Kumar Shankar Roy
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Kolkata, WB, India
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Reit, InvIT within your reach now. Should you invest?
Reit, InvIT within your reach now. Should you invest? - While it will offer portfolio diversification, remember that returns are not guaranteed and you must hold for the long term → Read More
It's April, folks! Start tax saving right away
It's April, folks! Start tax saving right away - To get full benefit of tax saving, make all investments in next 10 months and complete the process by January to avoid unpleasant shocks → Read More
Sensex at 39,000: should you invest?
Sensex at 39,000: should you invest? - Don't have fear of missing out on the rally. Ignore the market levels and stick your asset-allocation → Read More
Can investors make money as consumption rises?
Can investors make money as consumption rises? - Mutual funds focused on the consumption theme are offering good returns. Should you invest in them? → Read More
Need money urgently? Here are some options
Need money urgently? Here are some options - If you don’t have family or friends to fall back on, you can choose from a range of secured or unsecured loans from banks and NBFCs → Read More
Get best of equity, debt features in one product
Get best of equity, debt features in one product - Include products such as equity savings funds and debt Ulips that offer stability of debt instruments with tax structure of equity, in your portfolio → Read More
Short-term debt fund returns may turn volatile
Short-term debt fund returns may turn volatile - The recent change in the valuation method for debt securities is likely to impact liquid and money market funds. But it is too early to say if returns will decrease → Read More
RBL Bank unseats SBI as No.1 in Point of Sales deployed
RBL Bank unseats SBI as No.1 in Point of Sales deployed - The PoS, or swipe machine, is provided to a merchant establishment (ME) to carry out the sale of goods or services to customers through a cashless transaction → Read More
Women fund managers continue to beat peers, but performance slips
Women fund managers continue to beat peers, but performance slips - BIGGER PIE: The percentage of industry's assets handled by women has gone up to 15% from around 11% from a year ago → Read More
What to do if your MF's management changes hands?
What to do if your MF's management changes hands? - The exit of a fund manager will have a long-term effect on the schemes' performance, but it may not be necessarily negative → Read More
Akorn likely to put Himachal manufacturing facility on the block
Akorn likely to put Himachal manufacturing facility on the block - Akorn owns approximately 3,80,000 square feet of pharmaceutical manufacturing, warehousing and distribution facilities situated on approximately 14 acres of land in Paonta Sahib → Read More
Endo International scraps India deal on regulatory delays
Endo International scraps India deal on regulatory delays - The foreign company has attributed the inordinate delay in regulatory approvals in India → Read More
Not just PNB, Mehul Choksi conned Wells Fargo, Gordon Brothers, too
Not just PNB, Mehul Choksi conned Wells Fargo, Gordon Brothers, too - Used his US Co Samuels Jewelers to fraudulently authorise millions of credit line from the lenders → Read More
Sun Life's India insurance bet pays off
Sun Life's India insurance bet pays off - Bancassurance sales have quadrupled but wealth management business has been hit due to volatility → Read More
Regulator plans forensic audit of housing finance companies
Regulator plans forensic audit of housing finance companies - Moves comes amid reports that some HFCs have siphoned off funds by granting loans and advances to shell companies → Read More
Are smallcaps worth the risk now?
Are smallcaps worth the risk now? - Currently, 10-year returns from smallcaps and largecaps are similar. There could be further gains if you pick the right stocks → Read More
Free insurance comes with strings attached
Free insurance comes with strings attached - It is given along with fixed deposits, mutual funds and credit cards → Read More
Are mutual funds good investing option when returns turn lacklustre?
Are mutual funds good investing option when returns turn lacklustre? - Almost all MF categories are seeing outflows, with automated systematic investment plans being the only bulwark left → Read More
Bank FDs offer more than safe returns
Bank FDs offer more than safe returns - Regular saving, flexible monthly installments and goal-linked savings are some features that bank FDs offer → Read More
Short-term debt funds best bet post RBI rate cut
Short-term debt funds best bet post RBI rate cut - Avoid much exposure to interest rate risk, given the high near-term uncertainties → Read More