Mutual funds in India have seen significant growth, with AUM rising from ₹10.90 trillion in 2014 to ₹68.08 trillion by 2024. Investors must strategically time their exits based on financial goals, tax planning, performance, fund strategy changes, and portfolio rebalancing.
4 min read10 Jan 2025The Indian economy needs a long capital-expenditure cycle to keep GDP growth up. Policy measures must aim for more private investments, larger FDI inflows and a deeper corporate bond market that has long-horizon investors—like insurers and pension funds—as participants.
4 min read9 Jan 2025As India’s economy slows in 2024-25, the Centre can’t keep doing the infra heavy lifting on its own. We should revive public-private partnerships to attract private investment. But for debt funding, we’ll need to reform and enliven our market for bonds.
3 min read9 Jan 2025Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s backing of NFRA’s power to give independent recommendations to the government gives the authority a free hand in rule-making, at a time it has differed with ICAI over the SA 600 standard.
3 min read2 Jan 2025The new policy comes into force with the introduction of the Centralised Pension Payments System, and the rollout is expected to benefit 78 lakh EPS pensioners.
1 min read1 Jan 2025Plug your income, debt, assets, hopes and fears into MaxiFi and Boldin, two next-generation financial-planning tools, and see how your financial future might play out.
4 min read31 Dec 2024Improvements have been made, but they’re patchy. Indian states should spend more of their scarce resources on capital projects that can support future economic growth than on freebies and subsidies.
4 min read30 Dec 2024On the growth targets, he said that the company’s business over the long term will continue to compound at 10-15%.
3 min read5 Dec 2024India’s cultural affinity for gold persists, evolving into digital forms like Gold ETFs and Fund of Funds. On Mint Money Shots, we discuss how Budget 2024 alters tax implications, with Gold ETFs benefiting from a shorter holding period for long-term status.
2 min read28 Nov 2024India should push the developed world to come good on its climate financing commitments even as it nudges its financial sector to adapt to climate-aligned financing. Banks are a big source of climate finance and their participation will smoothen our climate transition.
3 min read22 Nov 2024The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared