SEBI has tweaked some fund management regulations for the liquid and overnight funds categories, through a Circular issued on September 20. Here, we discuss these changes and focus on how…
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All You Need To Know About Investing In Bonds
A lot has been discussed about investing in bond mutual funds. Here is what you need to know about how to invest in bonds or debentures. Q: Is investing in bonds…
Will External Benchmark Bring Down Loan Rates?
One of the pet peeves of customers of bank loans, and rightfully so, is that banks are quick to raise loan rates when interest rates are moving up, but…
Opinion | 110 bps Cut Later, Transmission Is The key Now
Come any monetary policy review by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and all eyes are on the “action” on policy rate, like the climax of a movie. This is…
Opinion | The ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’ Of The Economy And Your Portfolio
Did you find the headline confusing? Don’t worry, everybody is confused about it. The term floccinaucinihilipilification, which means estimating something at little value, was used by a member of the…
Are Arbitrage funds A Better Substitute For Liquid Funds?
Over the last one year, most debt funds have delivered suboptimal returns, particularly liquid funds and funds with long portfolio maturity largely due to market conditions. This has led many…
Buy Quality Bonds In Primary Issues And Hold Till Maturity
There are certain inherent advantages in the primary issuance of bonds for retail investors. Retail investors can participate in the bond market through two avenues. The first is through mutual…
Why Financial Planning Is Essential Early In Your Career
When you start earning after years of hard work, you taste the freedom to spend your own money, on things you want to. But this is the time you need to…
Breathe Life into Your Flash-based E-learning Assets and Increase L&D ROI
Breathe Life into Your Flash-based E-learning Assets and Increase L&D ROI Companies have invested crores of rupees in e-learning courses over the years. Until a few years ago, Adobe Flash was the industry…
Bond Yields: Negative Bond Yelds Abroad Won’t Affect Your Portfolio
By Joydeep Sen Normally, bonds have positive yields i.e., you would expect a return for buying a bond. Negative yield means you have to actually pay for buying the bond….
SEBI’s Consultation Paper Seeks To Strengthen Portfolio Manager Regulations
Market regulator SEBI released a consultation paper on Portfolio Managers regulations last Friday. It is good time for us to take a holistic view of it. A Portfolio Management Service…
Opinion | Bonds That Look More Attractive After The Budget
Most post-budget discussions on your investments are about the impact on the equity market, and the broad trends in the bond market. That apart, as a corollary of the budget,…