Banking And Finance
Will interest on EPF balance earned till age 58 be tax-free after I stop work?
I left my job in 2025 at the age of 48 after working for 18 years. During this period, both me and my employer contributed regularly to my EPF account…
Margin trading hits ₹1 trillion. The hidden risks in your stock investment plan
India’s margin trading market has hit ₹1 trillion, highlighting a surge in leveraged stock buying even as risks loom large for retail investors. Data from the National Stock Exchange shows…
₹82 lakh crore mutual fund boom signals shift from FDs – but are households over-equitising?
India is in the middle of a genuine financial shift. For decades, household savings largely flowed into fixed deposits, gold, and real estate. Today, a growing share is moving into…
Middle East crisis: Top mutual fund categories to protect your investments
Mutual Funds (MFs) are typically held to be the go-to investment vehicle in times of crisis and the latest one in the Middle East is no exception to the rule.…
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Trenzet Infra files papers with SEBI to raise funds via IPO
Railway-focused EPC player Trenzet Infra Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO is a combination…
USD vs INR: Rupee touches record low of 93.60. Can it further depreciate to 100 per dollar amid US-Iran war?
USD vs INR: The Indian rupee depreciated past 93 against the US dollar for the first time on Friday, marking its sharpest single-day decline in more than four years, amid…
Gold rate today: Bullion logs worst weekly decline in 40 years. Will it crash further amid the ongoing US-Iran war?
Gold rate today: Yellow metal witnesses a steepest weekly decline since 1983, as escalating conflict in the Middle East pushed energy prices higher and dampened expectations of interest-rate cuts. Gold…
Upcoming IPOs: Amir Chand Jagdish Kumar IPO, Powerica IPO among seven new issues to open next week; check list here
Upcoming IPOs: The IPO buzz in the primary market is all set to continue as seven new initial public offerings (IPOs) are scheduled to open for subscription in the coming…
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Saudi Aramco boss pulls out of major international energy conference due to Iran conflict, source says
* CERAWeek organizers informed of Nasser’s withdrawal, source says * Aramco faces biggest challenges since COVID-19 and 2019 attacks * Kuwait state oil firm KPC’s CEO to attend virtually, source…
The Theatre of the Absurd in Trump’s Trade Fight
The US government’s trade lawyers are working overtime. So what if the work in question requires more imagination than it does expertise? Over the past fortnight, investigations into 16 countries…
Elon Musk announces ‘Terrafab’ project, will produce own AI chips to service Tesla, SpaceX’s lofty space computing goals
Elon Musk on Saturday announced that his rocket making company SpaceX and electric vehicle major Tesla will jointly run a new chip manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, AFP reported. The…
Writing there are issues but not spelling them out creates uncertainties, says HDFC Bank CEO Jagdishan
The markets were not kind to HDFC Bank after India’s largest private sector lender announced the abrupt resignation of its chairman Atanu Chakraborty late on 18 March. Chief executive Sashidhar…
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