The Union government will be tweaking some provisions in the pension reforms Bill to facilitate easier passage in Parliament. It will also alter certain norms in the current pension scheme, to make it

Block relying on economies like China and Russia. Euro zone ministers agreed on Monday to boost IMF resources by euro 150 billion to ward off the debt crisis and won support for more money from EU

Bank will charge floating rates of interest from January. Home buyers who had taken loans from State Bank of India (SBI) under the so-called 'teaser rate' housing loan schemes three years ago, will

Being linked to the government bonds, rates on small saving schemes may fluctuate. Bangalore-based certified financial planner Anil Rego says small saving schemes used to provide a cushion when

Uncertain times offer attractive valuations. The stock markets are passing through turbulent times. The euphoria and over-confidence witnessed just a year ago has vanished. There is pessimism all

There will be tax incidence on a number of things such as cars, jewellery and paintings. Though most of us tend to focus on income-tax, there is another direct tax all of us are subject to -- the

Financial burden mounting for those studying with bank loans from here. The depreciating rupee has Aurangabad-based Aditya Ambarkar worried. He got admission early this year to North Carolina State

The worst nightmare for a financial planner is investors refusing to exit stocks or mutual funds because of emotional reasons. "It is very difficult to do financial planning for such clients. We have

Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs), who have been grappling with regulatory changes over the last two years, are still betting more on mutual funds than other financial products. The income,

Adopt varied strategies for investing across sectors, but after emergency planning. Conventional market wisdom advises selling stock holdings when the markets are trending upwards and buying when