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Marketing of Financial Services
Marketing of financial services and products is probably the most regulated field in India. Despite this, potential customers regularly get convinced about buying investment products which are inconsistent with their needs and future plans. In this article, I will...
Surrogate Advertising – Why Diversification into Loss making Businesses is Good for Some Companies
Surrogate Advertising Where one product or service is marketed with the intention of promoting/ marketing a product or service different from the one being marketed. Often this is done because it is illegal to propagate or promote a particular product for example –...
Top 5 in-Famous Financial Frauds in India
This post is about some famous financial frauds in India over the last few years. These certainly are not the only ones and as in past, in future there will be more. Harshad Mehta (1990 – 92) Known as the big bull – is perhaps the most familiar name when it comes to...
Jobs in Finance | Career in Finance Industry
From time to time people write in to me looking to get associated in some way. Most of them are looking for jobs in the financial services space. This is unusual as I don’t have any academic background in finance. What I have is a very keen interest in this area. My...
Trade Agreements in India – An Overview
Trade Agreements – Any contractual arrangement between states or countries concerning their trade relationships – involve understanding on tariff, tax and restrictions applicable on export and import of goods and services. Trade agreements can be bilateral or...
Foreign Portfolio Investors Regulations, 2014
In order to have one integrated policy on foreign investment, the Indian securities market regulator i.e. Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) has introduced the Foreign Portfolio Investors Regulations (FPI), 2014. The FPI Regulation, 2014 replace the existing...
Crude Oil Wars – How India could benefit from OPECs high supply policy?
Over the past few weeks the entire world’s attention has been focused on crude oil prices. Some countries are benefiting immensely from the recent meltdown in crude oil prices while others are being slowly driven towards bankruptcy. Countries Benefiting – All...
Latest Portfolio Holdings |Top Performing Mutual Funds
Portfolio Holdings as of 30 October, 2014
What is Algorithmic Trading
Before I begin – Remember that while algorithms can enable high frequency trading, the scope for algorithmic trading is much wider. While all high frequency trading will use some form of computer programming, all algorithms are not written to execute only high...
ITC Impact – Ban on Sale of Loose Cigarettes
Received this question on ITCs investment potential – day after the Government decided to put a ban on sale of loose cigarettes – 27 November 2014. I had a query regarding ITC. Over a period of time I have accumulated 1700 units of ITC (average price:290). However in...
Marketing of Financial Services
Marketing of financial services and products is probably the most regulated field in India. Despite this, potential customers regularly get convinced about buying investment products which are inconsistent with their needs and future plans. In this article, I will...
Surrogate Advertising – Why Diversification into Loss making Businesses is Good for Some Companies
Surrogate Advertising Where one product or service is marketed with the intention of promoting/ marketing a product or service different from the one being marketed. Often this is done because it is illegal to propagate or promote a particular product for example –...
Top 5 in-Famous Financial Frauds in India
This post is about some famous financial frauds in India over the last few years. These certainly are not the only ones and as in past, in future there will be more. Harshad Mehta (1990 – 92) Known as the big bull – is perhaps the most familiar name when it comes to...
Jobs in Finance | Career in Finance Industry
From time to time people write in to me looking to get associated in some way. Most of them are looking for jobs in the financial services space. This is unusual as I don’t have any academic background in finance. What I have is a very keen interest in this area. My...
Trade Agreements in India – An Overview
Trade Agreements – Any contractual arrangement between states or countries concerning their trade relationships – involve understanding on tariff, tax and restrictions applicable on export and import of goods and services. Trade agreements can be bilateral or...
Foreign Portfolio Investors Regulations, 2014
In order to have one integrated policy on foreign investment, the Indian securities market regulator i.e. Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) has introduced the Foreign Portfolio Investors Regulations (FPI), 2014. The FPI Regulation, 2014 replace the existing...
Crude Oil Wars – How India could benefit from OPECs high supply policy?
Over the past few weeks the entire world’s attention has been focused on crude oil prices. Some countries are benefiting immensely from the recent meltdown in crude oil prices while others are being slowly driven towards bankruptcy. Countries Benefiting – All...
Latest Portfolio Holdings |Top Performing Mutual Funds
Portfolio Holdings as of 30 October, 2014
What is Algorithmic Trading
Before I begin – Remember that while algorithms can enable high frequency trading, the scope for algorithmic trading is much wider. While all high frequency trading will use some form of computer programming, all algorithms are not written to execute only high...
ITC Impact – Ban on Sale of Loose Cigarettes
Received this question on ITCs investment potential – day after the Government decided to put a ban on sale of loose cigarettes – 27 November 2014. I had a query regarding ITC. Over a period of time I have accumulated 1700 units of ITC (average price:290). However in...
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