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Equity fund managers' fancy for IT stocks continues

Banks and FMCG witness more than 100 bps cut in allocation

RBI's Jaago Grahak Jaago moment

The apex bank is taking away the 'psychological hook' that schemes with zero interest have on consumers

Reliance Life launches e-insurance policies

Policyholder can choose to open an e-Insurance account with any one of the five approved insurance repositories by providing their KYC documents

Govt mulls raising income tax exemption limit

J D Seelam, MoS for finance, says govt feels in case of tax evasion; penalty should be in accordance with proportion of evaded amount

Many look for one-time engagement for financial planning: ICICI Securities

The company recently launched its investment advisory services earlier this month

We've been trying to broadbase our products within the segments: Rakesh Jain

Inteview with CEO, Reliance General Insurance

How you can get yourself a cheaper home loan

Negotiate with lenders to lower the spread; there are reasons why they might oblige and ways you can shop around

South Delhi goes south

Be it Greater Kailash, Vasant Vihar, South Extension or Saket, property prices have taken a hit across the board.

Aadhaar not must for availing of benefits: SC

Ruling may hit direct benefits transfer scheme

Gilt funds: Returns and inflows to take a hit

Fund managers advise investors to reduce holding durations

Season of benefits for reviving policies

Insurers are willing to go the extra mile to lure back customers; however, accept that offer only if you really need it

Want higher income? Go for broadband connection

Study says setting up a new connection of speed 0.5 Mbps can increase household income by Rs 50,000 a year

Tata Steel to disburse Rs 180.5-cr bonus in FY13

A minimum and maximum annual bonus payable for 2012-13 (Apr-Mar) will be Rs 13,311 and Rs 143,653 respectively

One in four unaware of credit bureaus: Survey

92% unaware of their credit scores: Survey

Revive your lapsed policy without any penalties

Take advantage of 'revival campaigns' where insurers waive off medical tests, offer discounts on penalties >

Realty check

Case study

Banking: Prashant Joshi

Do you know your home loan interest rate?

RBI and NHB have both acknowledged the market practice of Indian lenders is to charge higher rates to old home loan consumers, while providing lower rates to new ones

Policy boost for short-term debt funds

From a long-term perspective, the 10-year G-sec is not appealing for additional exposure over the next 4-5 months