Expense AccountInvestmentsMintMoneySeptember 20, 2018by Monika Halan0Mutual funds will now be cheaper and less cheatable
Sebi bats for mutual fund investors again and reduces costs.
Financial LiteracyInvestmentsMoney BoxMutual FundsPersonal FinanceNovember 14, 2017by Monika Halan0Move over NPS, ETFs will eat your lunch
NPS lost the battle to a bureaucratic tinkering with product structure and costs. ETFs have come of age.
Expense AccountJuly 6, 2011by Monika Halan0Will 0.5% become the industry standard for transaction costs?
Expense Account, Mint Are loads back? The distribution industry was agog when news filtered out last week that the Bajpai committee set up by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) had recommended a 50 basis points (bps) charge on the National Pension System (NPS) point of sale. A quick backgrounder: The Bajpai committee...
Expense Account, Mint For equally good food, which cafe would you pick—one that has good parking and is on the ground floor or another that has difficult parking and is two flights up a dark stairway? I find myself choosing the first over the other most times. I also find my selection process sensitive to...
Expense Account, Mint One of the reasons the new pension system (NPS) had got good previews before launch was due to the tiny costs the scheme carried. However, newspaper edits this week suggest that there is fine print to be looked at and that the product is not as cheap as touted. The criticism also...