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We have trained 153 financial planners in India: George Kinder

Every two years planners take stock of clients' goals and check for changes

Three questions that can transform your financial life

A new approach called life planning can help you prioritise the use of both your time and money

What makes a property purchase commercial?

A person can also change his mind over a period of time, due to various circumstances

Guaranteed returns in products could see impact of falling interest rates: Milliman

In a falling interest rate scenario, insurers may lower future bonuses on participating products

Demonetisation: Sales of home developers to fall 20-30% next year, says Fitch

Leverage of top builders to rise in 2017

New income declaration scheme raises doubts

CAs not sure if individuals declaring unaccounted money will get immunity from reassessment as these provisions are not covered in the Bill

Renew lapsed policy faster through self-inspection

Customers must shoot a video of their vehicle through the insurer's mobile app, and in a particular sequence

Trump win lifts returns of US-focussed funds

The funds have given average category returns of 7% in one year, data from Value Research shows

Diversify beyond fixed deposits

Interest rates on bank FDs have started coming down and rates on other fixed-income products will also decline.

E-wedding planners can help tide over cash crunch

Apart from getting discounts of 10-30%, you can pay service providers online through planners' websites

How your investments have fared since demonetisation

After demonetisation, asset classes like equities have seen a decline, while debt funds have gained as bond prices rallied

Devangshu Datta: Benefit from weak rupee, lower rates

Invest in stocks of export-oriented and capital-intensive companies'

Claim tax benefit on costs incurred to evict tenants

While computing capital gains, compensation paid to occupants for vacating the house can be deducted as money spent on improvement of property

Bajaj Allianz to offer insurance products to Canara Bank customers

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance MD says that the penetration of insurance in India is very low as compared to other markets

Finders can't be keepers

If you say you found money on the street, tax officials could ask for details of how and where it was found

Taxation: Kuldip Kumar

Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader (personal tax), PwC India, answers your questions

Demonetisation: Stricter norms for NRIs

NRIs could run into difficulties if they possess discontinued currency notes amounting to a high value

Use new payment modes to beat the cash crunch

Opt for mobile wallets, micro-ATMs, virtual and prepaid cards to deal with the ongoing cash crunch caused by demonetisation

Spread equity investments over three-four months

Current downturn has created attractive opportunities which long-term investors should use

Khan Market world's 28th costliest location; slips 2 positions

New York's Upper 5th Avenue is the world's most expensive retail location, narrowly ahead of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay