Do a mid-life insurance scan
In the rush to build wealth, what often gets neglected is your insurance portfolio. If you are like most Indians, you likely bought your first life insurance policy in your late 20s or early 30s. Maybe it was a bundled endowment plan. Maybe it was a term cover recommended by your HR or a relative in the insurance business.

When are ULIPs the right choice
Based purely on content from a search engine’s results, one could form an opinion that Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) offered by insurance companies are costlier and lack the same transparency as mutual funds, besides generating much lower returns after 5 years, which is usually the lowest installment premium paying term for a ULIP investor.

"India's macroeconomic foundation remains solid": Angel One founder affirms confidence amid Jane Street probe
These remarks from Thakkar come close on the heels of SEBI alleging Jane Street, a US-based investment firm, of index manipulation.

Jane Street scam explainer: why sebi banned Wall Street giant Jane Street?
Here's a simple breakdown of the what, why, and how of the Jane Street saga. The case finally reached the regulator SEBI on July 3, resulting in a ban on the Wall Street proprietary trading giant. Jane Street, which operates in over a dozen markets worldwide, had been exploiting India's largest derivatives exchange, the NSE, for years.

Jane Street a surveillance issue, market manipulators will not be tolerated: SEBI Chief
‘Market manipulation won’t be tolerated’, says SEBI chief after Rs 4,843 crore Jane Street action
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Corporate bonds to be traded like equity: Pandey
 

Jane Street ouster by SEBI divides brokers, Zerodha CEO cautions impact on retail trading
 

Equity MF assets surge in the East; Calcutta leads with 141% rise in net inflows
The share of assets under management in equity mutual funds (excluding arbitrage funds) from the eastern states of India has the potential to rise to 20 per cent over the next five years from the current 13 per cent.

A major impact on 9 July unlikely but risks not completely off the table either, says HSBC MF’s Manghat
A lot is still in flux, says Venugopal Manghat, Equity chief information officer (CIO) at HSBC Mutual Fund, so it is too early to say that geopolitical tensions are fully behind, he said.

Earnings recovery critical for market rerating, says Sailesh Raj Bhan

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High global yields are making Indian bonds unattractive: SBI CIO
 

Markets set the hoofbeat: MFs run with the bulls to ₹72 trillion
 

‘Just Rs 750-crore margin can move Nifty by 2%’: Mayank Bansal, Hedge fund head
Jane Street and its four affiliates (JS) were capable of moving the Nifty index by as much as 2% with ease, said a Dubai-based hedge fund’s president, Mayank Bansal, who had raised red-flags and was in touch with SEBI officials since December 2024. He clearly outlines several manipulative strategies executed by the US-based market mover.