HDFC Life has launched a fixed-benefit insurance plan that covers 18 heart conditions, called HDFC Life Cardiac Care. These 18 conditions are classified into three categories as per the severity – High Severity, Moderate Severity and Mild Severity. A lump sum benefit is given to the insured as perContinue Reading

Industry AUM up 24% YoY; declines marginally on MoM basis According to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), the Assets Under Management (AUM) of the Indian mutual fund industry came in at Rs. 22.20 lakh crore in February 2018, down from Rs. 22.41 lakh crore in January 2018.Compared with January 2018, there was aContinue Reading

BSE is pleased to announce that 40 banks have been enabled for e-mandate on BSE StAR MF, India’s largest mutual funds distribution Infrastructure. BSE StAR MF introduced e-mandate facility on 20th January 2018. This is completely paperless framework that reduces the time taken for mandate approval to 3 days from 10 to 35Continue Reading

The world of finance is not smooth and straight. There will be ups and downs. The important thing is whether you are staying the course and whether you save or not The financial world will always be choppy. There will be times when asset classes swing unpredictably. Equity assets areContinue Reading

Indian stock markets have touched a new peak while equity funds deliver stellar returns. But don’t throw caution to the wind The one beauty of this broad-based market rally is that all those people who have entered early in the game last year have struck a pot of gold forContinue Reading

BSE StAR MF, India’s largest mutual funds distribution Infrastructure is introducing e-mandate facility on 20th January. This is completely paperless framework that will reduce the time taken for mandate approval to 3 days from 10 to 35 days taken for paper based mandate approval. BSE has always been sensitive toContinue Reading

Almost all sectors performed decently barring the pharmaceutical sector which made negative returns 2017 has turned out to be a major wealth creating year for investors. Chances are, if you would have picked any sector randomly the last year, you would have had a 95% chance to make a tidyContinue Reading