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Moneylife Exclusives Ashok Shaw 3 Comments‘Property rates becoming unaffordable for average buyer’  High property value and interest rates, coupled with a lower loan- to-value ratio are becoming serious obstacles for average home buyers, says researcher  Ravi SamaladMutual funds’ asset base up 3% in August HDFC Mutual Fund, Franklin Templeton and Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund’s AAUM soar by Rs5,550 crore, Rs4,684 crore and Rs2,685 crore respectively while LIC Mutual Fund and Deutsche Mutual Fund emerge as major losers  Other ML Exclusives Moneylife Digital Team
Interest rates may hurt auto sales after the festive season
Despite interest rate and fuel price hikes, coupled with production constraints, Indian automakers have exhibited good sales numbers in August, which marks the start of the festive season Munira Dongre
Merchant power: All plug and no play?
The recent rise in merchant power bid rates has created enthusiasm in the Street, but rates may soften in the next four years. Here’s a current account of various broker views Moneylife Digital Team 2 Comments
InstaWILL — an instant Will for your estate and succession planning
Leaving your wealth to your loved ones is a wonderful gift, but do you wish to leave them in a tangle of paperwork as well? There is one company, which has developed a specialisation that makes it stand out from a mass of lawyers for whom succession planning is a minor area of work Moneylife Digital Team
India loses $65 billion every year due to inefficient supply chain systems
Inadequate supply chain infrastructure, complex taxation laws, high levels of intermediaries, product proliferation and lack of supply chain visibility are a few supply chain challenges faced by the retail industry in India Moneylife Digital Team MORE IN OTHER ML EXCLUSIVES Investors furious over SEBI’s hike in arbitration fees, tilting the ground in favour of NSE 3 Comments Market Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team
FT's Singapore Mercantile Exchange starts operations
Exchange paves way for Singapore to be recognised as Asia’s cutting-edge commodities and Moneylife Digital Team Sucheta Dalal 32 Comments
NSE ‘refutes’ its own data which indicates that Indian markets have a long way to go
Ravi Narain, MD of the National Stock Exchange, believes that the bourse under his control is not hollow, shallow or illiquid. But his ‘explanation’ only raises more questions MORE IN MARKET Stocks Moneylife Digital Team 6 Comments
Cranes Software could be delisted; governance issues surface
The company’s shares are set to be delisted from the NSE due to non-compliance of listing agreements Moneylife Digital Team 2 Comments
On debut, trading volume of Prakash Steelage is 10 times its capital
The stock closed 68% up. Is there more to the stock’s phenomenal debut? MORE IN STOCKS Companies & Sectors Munira Dongre
What’s in store for the banking sector?
ENAM, CLSA banking sector reports suggest bullishness to continue; banks also expect loan growth to pick up — liquidity is not expected to be a major concern Raj Pradhan 1 Comment
What is the extent of spurious medicines in India; 0.04% or 30%?
The study done by Ministry of Health was based on incognito shopping of random medicines at 6,000 chemists. The question is whether any chemist will keep spurious drugs openly on shelf? Yogesh Sapkale 2 Comments
CII calls for common man's help to curb counterfeiting and piracy
Counterfeiting and piracy is generally perceived as a victimless crime with ‘fakes’ simply constituting a cheap alternative purchase. CII wants to change this perception Amritha Pillay
Arshiya International: Ambitious plans, insider trades
The company has been announcing the launch of lot of projects in the near future. But the trading in its scrip is more interesting than its growth plans Munira Dongre
Cairn deal: In whose interest?
The Cairn price is too expensive and Sesa Goa shareholders will suffer MORE IN COMPANIES & SECTORS Personal Finance Moneylife Digital Team
Personal finance today
A quick look at the latest developments in the world of personal finance Moneylife Digital Team 4 Comments
Central government employees getting short-changed by NPS allocations
Central government employees are getting an unfair deal with the NPS as politicians play politics and finance ministry plays safe Moneylife Digital Team 4 Comments
Pension payouts: SBI wakes up after RBI rap
Pinched by RBI’s scathing criticism of the inordinate delays in pension payouts to its customers, the state-run lender has put up advertisements in leading dailies, saying ‘We care for you’ MORE IN PERSONAL FINANCE If gold prices fall sharply, what happens to gold loan companies, their borrowers and their lenders? 9 Comments Insurance Moneylife Digital Team 1 Comment
IRDA to counter-check insurer claims by accessing their systems
This is the first time that a regulator is planning to keep an eye on players in an industry by accessing their systems Raj Pradhan 8 Comments
“There is no crisis in ULIPs”, says LIC chairman
It is interesting to note that 75% of premium, collected by LIC, is from ULIPs and 25% from non-linked products, but a number of policies sold in the market for small ticket, longer duration is 80% (non-linked) and 20% in ULIPs. Raj Pradhan & Aaron Rodrigues 1 Comment
‘Public sector insurers will be launching their own Third Party Administrators’
The CMD of The New India Assurance Co Ltd, M Ramadoss, spoke with Moneylife’s Raj Pradhan and Aaron Rodrigues on various issues facing the insurance industry MORE IN INSURANCE Mutual Funds Ravi Samalad 2 Comments
Handle small-cap funds with care at current levels
The market seems poised for a correction; small-cap stocks may not be a good bet Ravi Samalad 3 Comments
Compulsory KYC compliance for all investment sizes in mutual funds
AMFI committee has asked fund houses to implement KYC norms for all investments below Rs50,000 who invest from channel distributors from 1st October. Moneylife Digital Team 4 Comments
SEBI wants smoother transfer of mutual fund units, but will the investor benefit?
The move might just result in the already beleaguered industry having to shoulder additional costs MORE IN MUTUAL FUNDS MF houses receive 3.94 lakh investor complaints in 2009-10, non-receipt of dividends tops the chart 5 Comments Regulation Moneylife Digital Team 2 Comments
SEBI says arbitration fees are capped; increases arbitration filing period to three years
Within hours after Moneylife published a report about the unjustified increase in arbitration fees, SEBI has modified its earlier circular saying that there is a maximum limit on arbitration fees S Rodrigues 13 Comments
How SEBI killed the IFA: A murder investigation report-II
The IFA (Independent/Individual Financial Advisor) is on life support, suspected dead — and the prime suspect is the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). What can be done to revive the industry? Moneylife Digital Team 4 Comments
SEBI permits mobile-based trading and Smart Order Routing in stock markets
In one swoop, the capital market regulator has introduced two new systems for securities trading, which were the subject of much acrimony between rival exchanges BSE and NSE MORE IN REGULATION Corporate News Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team Moneylife Digital Team MORE IN CORPORATE NEWS Other News
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