'Huge demand for life insurance products in India'

'As our per capita income increases and various demographic segments emerge, the need for various kinds of protection and risk covers will become even more explicit.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LIC......

Will Bajaj Finserv MF be able to live up to expectations?

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. Illustration: Dominic......

Adani slips to No 30, group stocks lose Rs 12 lk cr in 1 month

Gautam Adani was the world's third and Asia's richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own......

Why the 'sponsorless' mutual funds could be a good idea

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has just released a proposal to alter the regulations pertaining to the sponsor system for mutual funds. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com One......