After banks, it's the turn of housing finance companies to have a more transparent regime for pricing of loans. The National Housing Bank (NHB), the regulator for these companies, is working on a system that is similar to the base rate regime introduced for banks recently.
Crisil's experience is that these reports improve volumes for the companies covered.
With gold scaling all-time high levels and now trading at $1,241 per ounce, questions arise whether this is the right time to book profit from investment in gold or time to invest more.
Insurance and investment are two different needs. Then, there are Ulip pension plans with no sum assured. No wonder, there is confusion.
Delay your asset reallocation, take a call on debt after a few months.
With the financial year coming to an end, one needs to start proper planning for the new one.
Go for short-term debt funds and fixed deposits, delay home or auto loans.
Thirty per cent of the firms - mostly big companies - had no ceiling on the gratuity amount.
The common man's main grouse is high inflation numbers. But there are other anomalies as well that need to be addressed.
DIPP's proposal is believed to have the support of the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution and was originally mooted by the Forward Markets Commission.
Questions market regulator's showcause to insurers on conceptual, legal, structural grounds.
Tells finance ministry to allow companies a five-year timeframe
Economists forecast the benchmark food price indicator to slip to 12 per cent in near future
With necessity being the mother of invention, commercial property developers are going off the beaten track to meet the challenge of a huge sales slowdown.
Unlike fixed deposits or other recurring deposits, the rate will be reviewed every three months.
Don't make fresh lumpsum commitments, but continue with your SIP investments.
Interview with Shankar Sharma,VC & Joint MD, First Global.
For an investor, gold is a necessity in the portfolio.
Index products like fixed-income, volatility and weather to broaden basket for hedging.
India Inc sells a third of carbon credits to middlemen at low rates.
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