Debt Funds Return to the Conversation as Investors Recalibrate the Duration Call

With RBI holding the repo rate steady, geopolitics injecting inflation risk, and equity volatility unsettling portfolios, fixed income is being reassessed segment by segment. Debt mutual funds spent much of the last three years being described by advisors as the boring cousin of the equity family. In FY27’s opening weeks, the description is beginning to … Read more

Oil Crashes, Markets Surge as Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Rewrites the Playbook Overnight

Trump announces a two-week US-Iran ceasefire, sending oil prices crashing from $111 to below $96. Indian markets, SGX Nifty, and global stocks surge. Here’s what it means for you. India woke up on Wednesday morning, April 8, to a world that looked markedly different from the one it went to sleep in. President Donald Trump, … Read more

The RBI New Rules for Stockbrokers Could Reshape the Brokerage Landscape

New collateral requirements taking effect on April 1 will squeeze proprietary traders and smaller brokers hardest, while large retail-focused houses emerge relatively unscathed — and a coming shake-out could reshape India’s brokerage landscape India’s capital markets are about to operate under a stricter funding regime, and the consequences will ripple across every corner of the … Read more