Dwaipayan Bose Articles

In the Union Budget of 2021, interest on PF contributions (contribution made by the employee) above Rs 2.5 lakhs will be taxable as per the income tax rate of the employee. This has caused concerns among many salaried investors. In this article, we will discuss about who will get affected by this, how they will be impacted and possible...

planning... or start their retirement planning late in life, which may put their financial inRetirement planning is one of the most important life-stage goals especially for salaried people. The financial objective of retirement planning is to accumulate a sufficiently large corpus which can meet cash-flow needs of you and your...

ESG is an acronym for environmental, social and governance, which form the three pillars of this style of investments. Environmental factors relate to impact (favourable or unfavourable) which companies have on climate change, how they use the natural resources, waste management etc. Social factors relates to how companies...

This year has been unlike any year that most people have ever experienced. A deadly pandemic raging around the world, lockdowns and restrictions on many activities for a few months leading to one of the worst recessions many have seen in their lifetimes and an environment of fear and uncertainty. At the same time, the stock market has...

Nippon Life India Asset Management has launched Nippon India ETF Nifty CPSE Bond Plus SDL – 2024 Maturity. It is an open ended exchange traded fund (ETF) which will invest in constituents of Nifty CPSE Bond Plus SDL Sep 2024 50:50 Index. The New Fund Offer (NFO) which opens on 3rd November 2020 and closes on 9th November...

Small cap funds, as a category is the best performer among diversified equity funds over the last 6 months or so. We had mentioned a number of times in our blog that small caps saw deep correction in 2018 & 2019 and were well positioned to stage a smart recovery. When the stock market crashed in March 2020 due to outbreak of...

With bank deposit interest rates on a declining trend, investor interest in debt mutual funds has been rising over the past few years. Debt funds not only provide diversification benefits and relative stability to your investment portfolio, they are more tax efficient compared to the traditional fixed income investment options like Bank FDs...

Principal Equity Savings Fund is an open ended hybrid equity oriented mutual fund scheme. The scheme was launched in May 2002. From a taxation standpoint, this fund is treated like an equity fund scheme. Long term capital gains (holding period of more than 12 months) in this fund is tax free. Short term capital gains are taxed at 15%. The...

With banks reducing FD interest rates, we are seeing investor interest in debt mutual funds over the last few months. However, many investors are concerned about credit risks affecting debt funds. With the economy contracting and company revenues severely hit in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic credit risk concerns are likely to...

SIP is a disciplined way of investing from your regular savings to accumulate corpuses for your long term goals. However, a severe market crash can erode considerable amount of wealth accumulated over several years through SIP. In this two part blog post, we are discussing how you can protect your wealth created by Mutual Fund SIPs...