
He has worked in the Indian mutual fund industry for more than 15 years. He picks tomorrows blue-chip stocks from todays numerous mid-cap companies. Investment philosophy: He hitched his fund wagon to the theme of consumption and food inflation more than two years ago and his top picks too have remained the same over that period. Other interests: Stays in Mumbai and is slightly partial to Totos, that classic of...

01:09 PM, Jan 17, 2012

Mumbai: Corporate giant Reliance Industries' Chief Mukesh Ambani on Friday announced that the company would become debt-free in the current financial year. Announcing a bullish stance on the company's financial position, the Chairman and MD said that RIL would become debt-free on a net basis in the current 2011-12 fiscal. RIL had outstanding debt of Rs 67,397 crore ($ 15.1 billion) as of March 31, 2011, as against Rs 62,495...

12:00 PM, Jun 03, 2011

The floodgates might just have opened for the Indian mutual fund industry. Indian markets have always been considered to be very attractive for investors in developed markets, but mutual funds in India were never allowed to tap retail investors from abroad. Hence, mutual funds used the Mauritius route to attract international investors into their portfolio management schemes (PMS) or offshore funds. This has often been considered cumbersome and the target...

02:41 PM, Mar 19, 2011

Mumbai: Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Mutual Fund today launched a new Gold Savings Fund, a first-of-its-kind investment scheme focused on gold, to tap a market that it expects to become bigger than even equity mutual funds. The new fund, which is different from gold ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) that require subscribers to have a demat account, will also offer investors the option to invest as little as Rs 100...

04:22 PM, Feb 09, 2011

Mutual funds are a safe investment, but what fund to pick? ...

08:58 PM, May 08, 2010

SEBI on Saturday banned the sale of unit linked insurance plans by 14 major life insurance companies. ...

09:44 AM, Apr 11, 2010

SEBI's ruling on mutual funds will change industry, make it stronger. ...

01:49 PM, Jul 21, 2009

The Indian mutual fund industry is set to change forever. ...

06:01 PM, Jun 11, 2009

Experts say investors would be disappointed with the performance of mutual funds. ...

02:58 PM, May 19, 2009

This was the first opening trade ever since election results were out on Saturday. ...

12:57 AM, May 19, 2009

Sector funds work only if the sector is promising enough in the long term. ...

03:09 PM, May 13, 2009

You can invest in mutual funds with a sum as low as Rs 500 per month. ...

02:58 PM, May 11, 2009

Buying gold on the day of Akshaya Tritiya is considered auspicious. ...

01:58 PM, Apr 27, 2009

Never trust an extra attractive financial scheme. ...

11:41 AM, Apr 22, 2009

Qs you always wanted to ask your tax consultant, answered here. ...

12:14 PM, Mar 27, 2009