In what was being seen as a turf battle between sebi and irda, the winner as of now seems to be Irda. It shows the power of the people in the life Insurance business. Now if you have LIC, SBI, Hdfc, Icici, …each with a few ‘000 crores of stake in the insurance business and […]

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Mutual fund loads abolished – let us look at how each constituent is likely to react: Investor: He is supposed to be the biggest beneficiary. Most of them will not know about it. A few handful of people (who had the option even earlier) can go direct. However to the best of my knowledge the […]

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The effect of Damodaran removing loads on mutual fund has been good for Life Insurance companies if the first cut or reaction is to be believed! Many planners who were avowedly against Unit Linked products are now recommending UL products whole heartedly – well almost! What the future holds one knows not, but watch this […]

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