Anil Rego One of the main grouses that many in the new generation have is that there isn’t enough money to save. Beyond the noise is the sober fact that saving money requires as much effort, if not more, as earning it. The entire ecosystem around us is about consumption. […]
Budget 2019 and Beyond: A debt market perspective
Joydeep Sen The Interim Budget presented by the interim Finance Minister, in the interim of the quarter was the interim event of the current government’s final months in power. The debt market, as usual, obsessed over the fiscal deficit numbers for the current financial year i.e. 2018-19 and the projected […]
Cross-border financial planning: Six tips to get it right
Lovaii Navlakhi Financial planning is slowly getting to be as common place as a commodity, though there are subtle underlying complexities. These could be factors like life expectancy, return expectations and rate of inflation, to name a few. For a non-resident Indian (NRI), financial planning becomes even more complex as […]
Here’s how to use insurance plans to save income taxes
Mahavir Chopra Two is always better than one, without any doubt! Insurance policies contribute to the dual benefit of meeting your long-term financial objectives and also act as a tax saver! Let’s know how… Knock! Knock! The email from the HR department about submitting your investment proofs for saving tax […]
Mutual fund performance review: The best and worst funds of 2018
Schemes investing in technology funds were a saviour for investors throughout 2018 as the domestic equity market wiggled through uncertainties and multiple domestic as well as global headwinds. At a time when most mutual fund categories including largecap, midcap, and smallcap suffered due to secular market movement, IT funds surprised by […]
Are equity savings funds worth your time? A look at their expense ratios
Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund completed four years in October 2018. What’s so special about it? This was the first equity savings fund launched in India that promised to give a mutual fund monthly income scheme (MIP) type of returns to investors, but with equity taxation. Today, there are 16 schemes […]
CAMS offers advanced net asset value search facility
Mutual funds transfer agency Computer Age Management Services (CAMS) has introduced a new facility titled advanced net asset value (NAV) search for distributors and investors, as per Cafemutual. Investors and distributors can use this facility on www.camsonline.com or myCAMS app. The advanced NAV search will allow investors and distributors to check NAVs […]