mutual funds

This is one of those watershed moments for the nascent Indian fintech (Financial Technology) industry. The regulator of securities trade in India; The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed investment in mutual…

Airtel Payments Bank has decided to jump into the lucrative financial products niche and will be soon selling mutual funds and insurance policies. As of now, Airtel Payments Bank has 2,50,000 banking points across India and…

Over the past 5 years, the mutual fund industry has traversed many milestones to become a vital cog in the investor’s portfolio mix. There have been game changers introduced that have completely revolutionised the mutual fund realm. Gone…

Snapdeal-owned FreeCharge is trying to spread it’s wings in order to compete with likes of Paytm and Mobikwik, and have now now come up with an interesting concept that can go up against some banks. FreeCharge customers will now be…

Over last few years, Mutual Funds have increasingly becoming popular with investors in India, especially via SIP or Systematic Investment plans. SIP allows investors to invest small amounts on monthly basis, which helps in overcoming…

Soon, Indian consumers could buy Mutual Funds online on ecommerce sites similar to Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon and others – Market regulator SEBI (Securities & Exchange Board in India) plans to soon issue norms that will allow…

Call it the magic of positive sentiment in the year 2010. Almost all asset classes gained significantly in the year that just passed by. Most remarkable among them was commodities which outperformed all asset classes on the back of supply…

The much-awaited revised discussion paper on the Direct Tax Code (DTC) is set in the public domain by the Manmohan Singh government. The earlier discussion paper on the Direct Tax Code Bill was released in August 2009 to receive public…

A couple of weeks back, SEBI had proposed a wide range of changes in the rules governing the operation of mutual funds. One of such proposals is related to the dividend pay-out from mutual funds to the unit holders. Sebi has imposed a…

Is there a safe way to invest in Market? – There is none – Some are safer and some are riskier, depends on your appetite for Risk. This Finance Friday post is directed at people who are just getting into Stock markets and want to…