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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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22/1/18 Mark Freeman is the managing director of Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFCI). The company has a $650 million stake in Commonwealth Bank, making it one of the largest Australian shareholders in the company. The company has today released interim financial results 2018, announcing a profit of $136.7 million. Aaron Francis/The Australian

AFIC wary of ‘full’ market, boosts dividends

Australia’s largest listed investment company boosted its interim dividend despite an 8 per cent fall in interim profits. Here’s why.

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PricesWealth

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Cost of living impact depends on your age and stage

Young and middle-income families are bracing for increased reliance on loans to weather the cost of living crunch, while older Aussies are dipping into savings to maintain their lifestyles.

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Financial ServicesFinancial Services

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Aware Super eyes infrastructure after tech bonanza

The $160bn super giant delivered double-digit returns last year for about half its 1.1m members, thanks to a technology-fuelled rally in equities. Now, other opportunities are on the horizon.

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BNPLFinancial Services

29/8/23: New Zip Group CEO Cynthia Scott at their Sydney offices. John Feder/The Australian.

Zip’s US gains drive surge in share price

Shares in buy now, pay later provider Zip Co climbed after the firm unveiled strong quarterly revenues and said it was on track for profitability.

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SHARESFinancial Services

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos November 12, 2021: General coverage of the ASX in Sydney.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Rate cut hopes crumble for non-banks as Citi downgrades lenders

Investors who bought shares in listed non-bank lenders on expectations of interest rate cuts later this year may be in for a nasty surprise.

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fundsBusiness

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NEWSWIRE Photos - September 14, 2022: A view of the Australian Stock Exchange in the CBD in Sydney after a drop in the market overnight. Picture: NCA Newswire/Gaye Gerard

TCorp risk re-evaluation in face of impending volatility

The CIO of NSW’s TCorp, Stewart Brentnall, says greater policy intervention and market volatility will require the $109.9bn fund to increase its risk focus and tolerance.

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LendingEconomics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 11: Medium density houses are seen in the Western Suburbs on January 11, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Data from PropTrack, the property analytics division of REA Group, has revealed Australia's national rental prices rose 11.5% over the past year, with combined capital city rents up 13.2% to an average of $600 a week, driven by large increases in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, The Guardian reported earlier this month. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Investors drive rise in home loans

The value of new home loans has continued to rise, albeit at a reduced rate, fuelling expectations of higher property prices this year.

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Financial ServicesFinancial Services

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Half of lenders spot financial stress too late

Many lenders lack the data and technology necessary to assess borrowers’ creditworthiness, Experian says.

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BankingFinancial Services

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Banks to feel pinch as RBA’s Covid lifeline expires

Australian banks face the prospect of higher funding costs because $104bn of cheap term funding from the RBA, implemented during the height of the pandemic, is due to expire.

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Financial servicesFinancial Services

18/08/2023. Newly appointed chair of Magellan Andrew Formica, photographed at their offices in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Magellan plummets on downgrade, GQG shines

Magellan shares suffered their steepest drop in 13 weeks after Citi downgraded the once-favourite fund manager to “sell”, while rival GQG impressed with $US9.9bn net inflows.

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