

Tuesday 19 May '09
Despite the buoyant mood exhibited by markets since mid-March, many mutual funds remained sceptical and maintained high cash positions....Tuesday 19 May '09
Public memory is short and retail investors today cannot wait to put their money in equities. The historic two-minute activity....Monday
18 May '09From one size fits all, insurance companies have moved on to offering policies that target special segments, like plans targeting women.Tuesday
12 May '09After a battering performance in March, the mutual fund industry has registered a net inflow of Rs 1,54,192 crore during April...Monday
11 May '09The key elements of the new pension system, which was opened to the unorganised sector, are in place.Monday
4 May '09May 1, 2009 is likely to go down as an historic day in the saga of pension reforms in India.Thursday
30 April '09Contrary to its earlier draft, New Pension Scheme for all citizens to be launched on May 1 has capped the equity exposure fund managers can take on investments made by subscribers at 50 per cent.Monday
27 April '09No matter what the price level is, Indian households have always bought gold, whether for investment or for aesthetic purposes.Monday
27 April '09Life insurance policies should ideally be bought to provide financial protection to dependants in case of the breadwinner’s untimely demise.Monday
20 April '09Ashok Chawla, 52, has three daughters. He works for a multinational software firm in Gurgaon and has acquired sizeable assets.....Monday
13 April '09India has entered a low inflation and low interest-rate environment, which has historically acted as a precursor to a bull run in equities.Monday
13 April '09Heavy discounts in premium rates after deregulation and greed for a greater market share have increased the claim ratio of the general insurance companies.Friday
10 April '09The recent sharp rally in the stock market does not seem to excite equity mutual fund managers much.Monday
6 April '09With the sale of insurance policies slowing down and lapsation of policies on the rise...Monday
6 April '09Increasing instances of denial of renewal to the elderly and sick people, unacceptably high loading on the premium rates by insurers...Monday
30 March '09Manish Gupta, 22, has just started working in Delhi. Gupta hails from Lucknow and had come to the National Capital to pursue engineering.Monday
23 March '09While the markets will remain range-bound in the near future, individual stocks will continue to show a lot of movement....Wednesday
18 March '09The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has sought the Election Commission’s approval to market the new pension scheme.....Monday
16 March '09Two years back the dream of getting a management degree from one of the world’s most renowned colleges appeared unrealistic to Aditya Kumar.Monday
16 March '09Taking a cue from the global markets, the domestic markets snapped their three-week losing streak on Friday and ended the week on a positive note with a 412-point rise.Monday
9 March '09Not every insurance agent aspirant gets a licence. Just about 25 per cent of those who appeared last year for the mandatory test...Monday
9 March '09With equity markets in the doldrums, insurance buyers are not enamoured of plain-vanilla unit-linked insurance plans anymore.Monday
9 March '09For the first time in the last five years the life insurance industry has witnessed negative growth in gross written premium for the nine-month period from April to December 2008.Thursday
5 March '09The Life Insurance Corporation of India seems to be stepping on the gas to regain its market share in the industry.Monday
2 March '09All parents dream of a better life, education and lifestyle for their child. But dreams alone do not suffice...