Paulina Duran

Paulina Duran is a Sydney-based journalist at The Australian covering financial services, with 15 years of experience as a corporate finance, debt and banking specialist. She was previously a senior financial correspondent at Reuters, and has also worked as a reporter at Bloomberg and the Australian Financial Review.

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BankingFinancial Services

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 9, 2023: Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Royal commission bank reforms delayed

Regulators have warned banks must ensure they are ready for new banker accountability laws by June 30, extending the deadline by over two months.

EXCLUSIVEBusiness

Senior couple working on home / personal finance using laptop with concerned expression; retirement money generic

How retirees can get more income certainty

Super funds and their members don’t know what they want in retirement, a new study has found, if they did, collectively $145bn more would be in guaranteed income products.

BankingFinancial Services

Treasure Chest - Open Ancient Trunk With Glowing Magic Lights In The Dark. Picture: istock

Big banks sitting on a potential $6bn windfall

Australia’s big banks are holding on to $6bn in excess provisions for bad loans, but the economy’s resilience means this money may never be used and could instead be booked as profit.

BankingFinancial Services

Matt Comyn, CEO. Photos from Commonwealth Bank's FY23 investor and analyst briefing.

Hayne’s legacy: Booming CBA and safer, less profitable banks

CBA’s string of scandals in the early 2010s makes Qantas’ current reputational issues look like minor turbulence. Half a decade later, CBA has emerged strong.

Cyber focusFinancial Services

APRA chair John Lonsdale. Picture - Chris Pavlich for The Australian

Banks ‘sailing through’ hardship

Australian banks are sailing through the sharpest interest rate increases in generations, according to APRA chairman John Lonsdale.

MarketsFinancial Services

Perpetual CEO Rob Adams. Picture: Supplied

Worst quarter in 15 years for active funds: Perpetual

Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams has revealed a net $4.3bn in customer funds exited the business during a torrid quarter.

MarketsMarkets

Sydney, Australia - March 5, 2014: An office worker crossing a road is reflected in the glass display of a trading screen at the Australian Stock Exchange on Bridge Street.

Earnings season to test surge in stocks

The February reporting season will put high-flying share prices to the test, with investors anticipating flat interim earnings growth amid a soft economic landing.

SupermarketsBusiness

Dairy Australia Situation and Outlook breakfast, right, Mick Keogh, Agricultural Commissioner with the ACCC. Left, Rene Dedoncker, managing director of Fonterra.

Regulator promises in-depth supermarket price probe

The ACCC will produce an interim report on supermarket pricing later this year before its final report in 2025.

SUPERMARKETSPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. JANUARY 25, 2024: The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Woolies, Coles to face probe on prices

The Albanese government has directed the consumer watchdog to conduct a 12-month price inquiry into the supermarket industry – which is under pressure over price gouging.

businessPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. NOVEMBER 28, 2023: Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black, Council of Small Business Organisations Australia Chief Executive Officer Luke Achterstraat, Minerals Council of Australia Chief Executive Officer Tania Constable, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive Officer Andrew McKellar, Master Builders Australia Chief Executive Denita Wawn, Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association Chief Executive Officer, Charles Cameron hold a press conference hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor’s retreat signals ‘death knell’ for reform

Anthony Albanese’s changes to legislated stage three tax cuts are the ‘death knell for tax reform’, the head of one of the biggest business groups says.

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