List of Financial Planning Articles

Financial Planning is an essential portion of both personal and organisational financial management. Additionally, having a plan in place is the first function of management.

One of the common problems people face is when an account holder in the family dies without appointing a nominee. Today, when you open a bank account or a demat account or even buy mutual funds, it is mandatory to appoint a nominee. In case you choose not to name a nominee, you must mention the reason why you don’t want to appoint a nominee.

Never give up is the key to being successful. Successful people are those who waded through their difficulties and overcame them to reach where they are today. The only thing that made them rich was that they didn't give up, even when life wanted them to.

having payments banks is to increase financial inclusion in remote parts of the country, where there are no physical bank branches. Most payments banks predominantly operate digitally. Customers mainly use them through their mobile apps. Payments banks have very limited number of physical branches.

Certificate of Deposit or CD is a fixed-income financial instrument governed under the Reserve Bank and India (RBI) issued in a dematerialized form.

The RERA Act is considered as one of the landmark legislations passed by the Indian Parliament. Its objective is to address grievances of buyers and to bring transparency and accountability in country’s real estate sector. This is in line with the vast and growing economy of India as in future many people will be investing in real estate sector.

Is there a difference between electronic and digital signature? Yes, though many people often use the terms interchangeably. But on a closer analysis it can be noticed that the term electronic signature is very wide and ‘digital signature is only one kind of electronic signature

Financial crises, over the years, have forced many to rethink their decisions of continuing a vulnerable job and prompted others to start their own ventures. However, the requirement of an initial capital to start a business have discouraged many without any investible surplus.

In property insurance, you invariably come across the term acts of god which are covered under the insurance policy. The term simply means natural disasters or calamities which are beyond human control and which cannot be caused by human beings.

The stock exchanges having nationwide terminals should provide arbitration facility (i.e arbitration as well as appellate arbitration) at least at all centres specified by SEBI from time to time, SEBI said in a circular on Friday.

India had numerous acts in place to punish the defaulters like the Indian Contract Act, the Recovery of debts due to Banks and Financial Institution Act 1993, the Securitizations and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA). The Government decided to replace the existing insolvency laws with new stringent laws which would take care of the existing defaulters in a time bound manner.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked Depository Participants to refund balance AMC. The Depository Participants (DPs) have a system of collecting account maintenance charge (AMC) from beneficial owners (BOs) towards maintenance of demat accounts for varied periodicity of collection (viz.monthly, quarterly, half yearly and annually).

An insurance policy is a legal document issued by the insurance company and outlines the terms and conditions of the insurance contract. If it is misplaced, lost or damaged, wholly or partially, an application has to be filed for the issuance of a duplicate policy document by following the prescribed procedure, which may vary across insurers.

Are equity investments really tax-efficient? That is a question that many investors have. To begin with, equity investment is not your typical Section 80C investment that gives you a tax exemption. But there are quite a few benefits that you can avail from investing in equities. Let us look at some of them.

Small finance banks came into existence only recently. The first small finance bank (SFB) of India, Capital Small Finance Bank, started operating in 2016. An SFB is meant to increase financial inclusion in the country. Therefore, at least 25% of the branches of any small finance bank should be located in rural areas where banking services are absent or not prevalent. 75% of the loans given by a small finance bank should be to priority sectors identified by RBI.