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Source: Live Mint Union Budget 2025: The budget has introduced immense clarity on the tax treatment of the Unit Linked Insurance Policies. Specifically those ULIP’s that don’t fall or qualify for the exemptions provided under Section Section 10(10D) of the Income Tax Act. What are ULIPs? A Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) joins investment and…
Source: Live Mint Capital markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has alluded that the daily transaction limit for capital market transactions is set to be raised to ₹5 lakh. The daily transaction limit currently stands at ₹2 lakh. Notably, this is not a final announcement but a part of the Sebi’s consultation paper…
Source: Live Mint Top News SEBI Mandates Evaluations for Market Infrastructure Institutions to Ensure Transparency and Efficiency The Securities and Exchange Board of India has mandated external and internal evaluations for Market Infrastructure Institutions and their statutory committees. This move aims to enhance transparency, governance, and performance efficiency in financial markets. The evaluations will help…
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025: The Indian stock market experienced high volatility on Saturday, February 1, following the FY26 Union Budget announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While the budget introduced major changes in income tax slabs, shifting more money into the hands of middle-class consumers, market sentiment remained mixed due to concerns over government…
Source: Live Mint Hybrid mutual funds are funds that invest in multiple asset classes. Their investments constitute a collection of equity, debt, gold and even real estate. This kind of planned diversification while investing helps in managing risk and returns. Hence, ensuring both growth potential and stability making the case for them as solid investment…
Source: Live Mint In the run up to the Budget 2025, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2024-2025 in the Parliament on Jan 31, giving an assessment of the economy’s performance in the current financial year while listing out the challenges ahead. The survey document keeps GDP growth forecast for FY26 in the range of 6.3…
Source: Live Mint The movie has more flash, more swagger than the dark Malayalam version where Prithviraj looks like he’s truly haunted by his loss of memory, and events there seem to be a tad more honest. Like all Haider and Udta Punjab fans, one expected Shahid Kapoor to add a little more ‘acting’ than…
Source: Live Mint The Union Budget 2025 is just around the corner, and taxpayers are keeping a close watch. Over the years, the middle class has shouldered a big part of the tax burden, with individual tax collections doubling from ₹4.8 lakh crore in FY21 to ₹10.4 lakh crore in FY24. This year, many are…
Source: Live Mint Top News 1/ SEBI mandates daily disclosure of the Information Ratio (IR) for equity-oriented mutual fund schemes on AMC and AMFI websites. IR measures risk-adjusted returns by comparing portfolio returns to benchmark returns, accounting for volatility. This aims to enhance transparency, aid investor decision-making, and improve scheme performance evaluation. AMFI must ensure…
Source: Live Mint If you are planning to invest in a mutual fund scheme, it is quite usual to evaluate the past returns of that scheme and compare the same with its rivals in the same category. Although past returns do not guarantee the future returns, they, however, give a sense of the scheme’s potential…
