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Plan to support your child's aspirations

As parents, one thing that you would want for your child is for him/her to get the best of everything in life.

MANAGING EQUITY MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENTS DURING MARKET VOLATILITY

The stock market is not a one-way highway.

The Million Dollar Question - Is This The Right Time To Invest?

Vikaas is an industry veteran with over two decades of experience. In the course of his career, he has held several influential and senior management positions across marquee financial service organizations. He has a broad range of interests across functions like sales, distribution, marketing, Investment banking, product, and customer service. Vikaas was the CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management Ltd, successfully turning around the business culminating in the acquisition of JP Morgan MF and was also the Global CEO of Enam Asset Management Ltd, where he oversaw both global and domestic side of the business. He has also worked with Birla Sun Life International AMC Ltd., and ING Investment Management (India) Ltd. His industry affiliations include a seat at the Mutual Fund Advisory Committee (MFAC), a special committee of industry professionals selected by SEBI to advise them on governing the MF industry and he was also on the board of the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI), heading the ETF and indexing committee, which submitted the first white paper on ETFs to SEBI.

Know Your Risk Profile Before Investing

It has always been said that “Do not keep all eggs in the same basket & these COVID times showed the impact of this statement like no other times when global equity markets corrected sharply, Gold rose exponentially.

Venimus! Vidimus! Vicimus!

“ 2020 has been a lousy year...” we have heard this phrase so many times amongst friends, colleagues, with our spouses, and sometimes kids to have echoed it.

Things every new mutual fund investor needs to know before investing

For someone looking to start investing through mutual funds, making the right beginning goes a long way in putting the savings in good use.

Term Insurance Plan

All the features, benefits you need to know

Smart-beta funds: These new kids on the block hold promise

These funds have made a good start. Invest in them once they have an adequate track record

PLANNING YOUR RETIREMENT?

Here are a few basic things to have a comfortable retired life

National Digital Health Mission

The new tech-driven future of the Indian healthcare industry….and how it will impact insurance policy purchase and claim settlements in future.

AN HOUR SPENT IN YOGA IS REWARDED WITH 2 HOURS OF EXTRA LIFE SPAN

There is no doubt that a strong, healthy body is more resistant to stress, both physical and emotional, than a weak and exhausted body.

Risks and potential of Mid-cap Mutual Fund schemes: Know them before investing

The returns in the mid-cap mutual fund schemes have been badly hit in the recent stock market meltdown.

Retiring Shortly? Invest In Debt Mutual Funds And Start A SWP

When you design your retirement plan, first and foremost, you’ll want to make sure your day-to-day expenses— non-negotiable costs, such as housing, food, utilities, taxes, and health care— are covered by guaranteed income sources.

Covid-19 Health Insurance Policy: Corona Rakshak And Corona Kavach Policy – How They Work

The incidence of Coronavirus is on the rise and till the time a vaccine is found, the risk of hospitalisation due to COVID-19 remains high.

Nippon India Dynamic Bond Fund

Over the past few months fixed income markets witnessed a slew of events with continued liquidity support from RBI, announcement of additional gross market borrowing by central government, new 10 Yr G-Sec auction, fiscal stimulus package and finally the bi-monthly monetary policy.

SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF MIRACLES OF PRAYER

The Science of Prayer – Prayer is the tuning of our mind, our personality, our understanding of ourselves to God or the divinity within us

Tilting the balance: CIO's Desk July 2020 from Tata Mutual Fund

As we approach market levels which are now only 10% below the pre-Covid levels, there are questions which this newsletter seeks to answer apart from making sense of what has happened so far in the markets.

RETIREMENT PLANNING – ADDRESSING KEY CHALLENGES USING A DUAL APPROACH

Indian retirees often get stuck between safety of capital and guaranteed income on one hand and, beating inflation, growing the corpus and making it last over the lifetime, on the other hand. A dual approach using a judicious mix of fixed income bearing instruments, market-linked debt mutual funds and dynamic asset allocation funds might help in ensuring that money doesn’t come in the way of your dream retirement

Protocols and checklists help in saving lives and in managing money too

The first line of defence against Covid 19 has turned out to be the simple practice of washing hands.

National Pension System: Features, benefits to know before investing in NPS

National Pension System (NPS) is a pension plan managed by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and is gaining popularity among investors primarily because of some tax modifications made in the scheme and the returns generated by the pension fund managers.

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Financial Planning

Myths And Mistakes To Avoid While Buying Health And Life Insurance

Buying a health insurance policy for self and family is considered to be the first step in the financial planning process. Still, many of us ignore it citing lame reasons.

Don't Shy Away From The Debt Funds, Understand The Risk

There is a saying that ‘Challenging times teach us important lessons!’.

Is This A Good Time To Purchase A House?

At a time when many people are losing their jobs, experiencing salary cuts, or seeing the income from their businesses decline, people are often asking themselves this question:

Preparing for marriage: Here's how to prepare financially before and after tying the knot

If you start saving from the moment you start working, you don’t actually have to depend on your parents to fund your wedding and, more importantly, can look forward to a financially secure future.

Why Invest for the Long Term?

Investing can be considered as an easy task for anyone but generating the desired returns on your investments is not that simple.

MARKET GAINS MOMENTUM!

What should equity mutual fund investors do now?

IRDAI instructs inclusion of telemedicine in claim settlement of policy

In view of the ongoing pandemic, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), in one of its series of circulars issued on June 11, 2020, has advised all health and general insurers to include telemedicine as part of their claim settlement of policy.

Heart Healthy Diet

Recommendations of American Heart Association and British Heart foundation

Aspirations and the pursuit of lifestyle upgrade

There could be close to 9 million species in the world as per various estimates by scientists. These mind-boggling numbers point to biodiversity of our planet.