Inflow of more funds is likely to widen the reach of insurance and drive M&A activities in the sector where growth has stalled.
Roopam Asthana, CEO and whole-time director, Liberty General Insurance Ltd, answers your queries on HEALTH and AUTO insurance.
'We like certain stocks from banking, insurance, retail, hospitals and capital goods.' 'Though some of these stocks may seem expensive, they will compound well over the long term, thus justifying their current multiples.'
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Mutual funds (MFs) are likely to surpass foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in terms of anchor investments in initial public offerings (IPOs) for the second consecutive year. In calendar year 2023 so far, MFs have invested Rs 5,577 crore as anchor investors, compared to the Rs 5,417 crore invested by FPIs this year. In 2022, MFs put in Rs 9,026 crore as anchor investment, 21 per cent higher than the FPI tally of Rs 7,105 crore. This marked the first time since 2014 that MFs had outpaced FPIs in anchor investments.
'Internet, healthcare and life insurance are a few sectors which offer solid long-term decadal potential.'
Covid-19, US yields, dollar to weigh on equity flows in the near term.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
In the 52 newly listed companies since 2014, fund managers have a total investment of a mere 2.5 per cent of their assets under management.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Of the total, the financial creditors - banks, bond holders and other financial institutions - have claimed Rs 86,892 crore.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Most banks led by the State Bank, have or are going to declare DHFL account as NPA in the third quarter.
'The correction could take two to three months and traders need to be careful.' 'For investors, this could be a good time to nibble in.'
LIC identifies the problems well, but what the markets will watch is how nimble it is with the solutions.
rediffGURU Sunil Lala answers your personal finance-related queries.
If you are diagnosed with a critical disease, then its treatment would be very expensive and may require intensive care and hospitalisation which your comprehensive insurance plan may not cover. In such type of cases you have to pay the cost of the whole treatment.
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
Add a term plan with a child mutual fund for best results.
Gains in financial shares capped further downslide.
rediffGURU Dev Ashish answers your personal finance and mutual fund queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Equity-focused schemes may perform better in a bull market, while debt-oriented ones may offer greater stability during volatile periods.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
A total of 25 companies raised Rs 28,220 crore during the financial year.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
ICICI Bank puts up a good show in Q4.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The mutual fund (MF) industry has seen a fair number of new entrants in the last 10 years but none of them have proved to be much of a challenge for the larger players. The list of top 20 fund houses, which manage over 90 per cent of the industry's total assets, continues to be dominated by players who have been in the business for more than a decade. Bajaj Finserv MF may change that, say experts.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'She was either overconfident that nothing will happen to her or she underestimated the gravity of the allegations.'
This critical illness policy is a good start, but more could have been done
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ITC were the top losers along with ICICI Bank and SBI
If a retail investor wants exposure to a healthcare ETF, it should be a part of his satellite portfolio, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Sharma would be 60 in November 2018, and would have completed 10 years as Axis Bank's CEO the following year in June.
If you think that revenue officials are going berserk, acting on their own, while the government chants the mantra of 'ease of doing business', you would be wrong. These moves appear to have full official backing, points out Debashis Basu.