Evolution of Corporate Governance in India

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Corporate governance is all about managing a company by balancing the interest of all stake holders and abiding to the laws of the land. For a company, there are many stakeholders. Some of the major stake holders
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Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) and ICAI

UDIN, Unique Document Identification Number, ICAI, CA, Chartered Accountant, Key value,
Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) is a computer system generated unique number for validating documents certified or attested by a Chartered Account.  Why is Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) introduced? There have been many complaints that financial
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Borrowing Against Mutual Fund Units

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Borrowing against Mutual Fund investments is a quick avenue available for mutual fund investors to tide over short term financial crunches.  Lenders extend finance against the value of units on which lien is marked in favour of
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Total Expense Ratio (TER) and Mutual Fund Investment

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All mutual fund investors must be receiving e-mails from mutual fund houses on Total Expense Ratios (TER). The details are being furnished by the fund houses as directed by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in
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Currency War-Causes and Impacts

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Currency war is all about nations deliberately devaluing their currency. Currency devaluation is different from currency depreciation. The term currency war came in to public attention in India, when Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Mr. Urjit
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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Fund of Funds (FoF) Schemes- Features and Characteristics

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A Fund of Funds (FoF) scheme invests the investible amount in different mutual fund schemes, instead of individual shares or bonds to ensure better diversification. An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a mutual fund scheme units of
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Financial Planning for New Parents

New parent, financial planning, saving, parenthood, child, education, college, insurance, mutual fund, budget, inflation
New parents have a lot of important choices to make in their lives, now that they are a growing family. The most important of these choices is the economic direction that the new family will take. As
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Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap –Features and Characteristics

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Mid Cap and Small Cap funds have been in news regularly for the past two years for their better returns over Large Cap funds, and the trend is slowly reversing. Recently, Securities and Exchange Board of India
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Hybrid Fund Scheme – Features and Characteristics

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A Hybrid Mutual Fund scheme offers a proper mix of equity funds and debt funds for the investor, based on his risk appetite. It is mainly a mix of investment in equity and debt. Hybrid funds are
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Solution Oriented Mutual Fund Scheme- Features and Characteristics

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A Solution Oriented Mutual Fund scheme focuses on supporting an investor to meet a long term goal. As per the revised norms issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), AMCs are permitted to offer schemes
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