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No Entry Loads for Mutual Funds, What about Insurance?
After the capital market regulator’s decision to abolish entry load for mutual fund schemes, it’s now time for the insurance regulator to usher in reforms, says Monika Halan. There shall be no entry load for the schemes, existing or new, … Continue reading
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Mutual Funds V/s Insurance Industry in India
U K Sinha, CMD, UTI Asset Management Company, feels the rules need to change vis-à-vis the insurance industry. There is a regulatory bias against the MF industry vis-à-vis its closest competitor — the insurance sector. While regulations are becoming far more … Continue reading
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Investing in Debt Funds in India
Credit risks have increased manifold in the debt market on account of the financial crisis. Many Indian companies have overstretched themselves and they may now have to resort to high leverage to fund expansions and acquisitions. In an interview to … Continue reading
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The difference between Mutual Funds & ULIPs
There were some announcements recently by the Life Insurance Council, a lobbying body formed by life insurance companies. Broadly, these announcements appeared to say two things: that the terminology of unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) would be made uniform and that … Continue reading
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Unfair & Anti Investor Practices of Insurance Firms
The Mutual Fund industry is concerned about insurance firms’ unilateral decision to prevent asset management companies from bundling insurance products with their own fund offers. The Life Insurance Council, the apex body of the insurance industry, fired a fresh salvo … Continue reading
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ULIP v/s Mutual Funds
The area under consideration today is availability of insurance along with mutual funds; and this is likely to remain in the spotlight because of huge attention focused on the area. An investor needs to distinguish the position with respect to … Continue reading
Personal Finance Literacy: Treasure Post
This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Allocation, Budgeting, ETF, Index Funds, Insurance, Investing, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Planning
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Personal Finance Website Update
Nine months ago I did not know what a blog is? Stuck up at home due to a back injury, I was casually chatting up with a geeky friend asking him about how to create a website, purely in jest. … Continue reading
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Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post
This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading
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Being Covered is not sexy or cool but Smart!
Hey, I’m not into fashion designing. But could not resist a tantalising title to talk about Insurance!! If you haven’t started a family, an Insurance cover is the least of your priorities. But even though it’s not that cool to … Continue reading
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