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For rest of the year, the issue is largely going to be the balance between growth rates and macro stability versus interest rates, says Sankaran Naren.
New-generation private sector banks such as ICICI, HDFC, Axis, Kotak etcetera owe their existence to the recommendations of the first Narasimham Committee.
Most large fund houses, such as HDFC MF, ICICI Prudential AMC, Reliance MF, Reliance MF, Birla SunLife MF and SBI MF, have the backing of large banks or financial institutions, giving them reach and understanding, they say.
Vishal Sikka who was made vice-chairman till his successor was appointed, also quit the board with immediate effect.
You may invest even at current market levels provided you have an investment horizon of five years or more.
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
PFRDA will invite bids to appoint pension fund managers.
Harvard-educated Piramal is also in the boards of several companies, including Piramal Life Sciences, SBI Capital Markets Ltd and Prudential ICICI Management.
India remains an attractive destination and the recent sell-off has made valuations attractive in the large-cap space.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Move could be aimed at integrating operations with Indian subsidiary.
Event-based volatility could rise in the near future, increasing arbitrage opportunities.
Invest 5 to 10 per cent in a banking sector fund. Ensure that mutual fund's portfolio includes all three players -- private sector banks, public sector banks and NBFCs.
This critical illness policy is a good start, but more could have been done
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
They are suitable for a 3-5 year horizon. Choose equity funds for longer than 5 years
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'The IPO window has been more or less open since the new government in 2014.'
'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
One can short-sell an ETF or buy on margin or even purchase one unit, which is not possible with index-funds/conventional MFs.
Fund houses' tie-ups with the postal department for marketing their schemes through post offices are yet to take off in a bigger way.
S Naren, CIO of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, in an interview with Chandan Kishore Kant, says cyclicals will offer good value.
Mid-cap funds have given three-digit returns -- more than those from benchmark and large-cap funds. But, due to the higher risk they entail, you need to tread with care.
Even optimists suggest a tempering of expectations and there may still be room for a fall.
Paper gold saves your investments from volatility, and you from hassles that come with the physical form. The chance of good returns gives that extra shine.
Reliance Mutual Fund has toppled UTI MF to become the country's largest fund house in January with assets under management of more than Rs 39,000 crore (Rs 390 billion).
Rakesh Kaul, CDO, Edelweiss General Insurance, answers your health insurance queries.
The results certainly show it is, but infrastructure and people shortages don't make for an uncontrolled bull run
If inflation is robust then interest rates will have to be ra
