Why Do Women Stay Away from Money & Wealth Management? Women have never liked finance and this thinking got inside me when we passed our 10th standard and were divided as per the subjects were chosen. Very few girls wanted to go with commerce. Many got around science and even humanities had takers but nobodyRead More
Product Reviews
What is P2P Lending in India?
In P2P lending, the flow of funds is from lender to borrower and goes through a mediator in between, which normally is an online/Internet Company. So this online company matches the lender and borrower. In India, there are about 30 companies operating in P2P lending.Read More
Exchange Traded Funds [infographic]
I have previously written about Exchange Traded Funds in India but then I stumbled across a beautiful infographic from on the same. I must admit I am addicted to infographics – they are a beautiful way to represent what is in your mind. Best of all, you have to write less and make it moreRead More
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) launch Sachet – All Grievance Mechanisms Under One Roof
You may call it a parting gift from Dr. Raghuram G Rajan, RBI just launched a very informative website- Sachet. The home page is http://www.sachet.rbi.org.in/home/index. This is a Hindi word- Sachet means “ to caution” “ to inform”- A proactive kind of word. If you ask me, this is what we as an investor andRead More
Now Retail Investor can Buy & Trade Government Securities (Gsecs) from 16 Aug 2016
There is a very reassuring word in Fixed Income Market which is “Sovereign Backing” meaning that the security or the Bond is backed by the government, hence has the least possibility of default. These are called Government Securities or Gsecs by market participants. But you know there was no viable means to buy these securitiesRead More
TATA AIA Life iRaksha Supreme Online Term Plan – ‘You click, we cover’
TATA AIA Life Insurance company has launched it’s online term insurance plan called TATA AIA Life iRaksha Supreme. For those who are new to the concept of term insurance being sold online, please be aware that there are other insurance companies life ICICI Prudential, HDFC Life Insurance, Aegon Reliagre among many others who have alreadyRead More