October 2021

Work from home, concurrent market buoyancy, and the need to supplement incomes have driven up direct equity trading activity amongst individuals. Alongside, direct thematic basket investments have also caught fancy as new digital broking platforms have democratised such options for all investors and enabled quick access as well

Investors should periodically review and restructure their portfolios to get their investments doing well in every market cycle condition.

Robo advisers have been the buzzword in finance for years. As the name suggests, it is an adviser, which is not a human, but a robot. “Robo-advisers are essentially automated wealth managers. You need to input a goal, basic age/income profile, etc., it should throw up a reasonable list of products for you to invest

One 97 Communications — the parent company of digital payments giant Paytm — has reportedly decided to scrap off its pre-initial public offering (IPO) sale over valuation differences. The company is seeking a valuation of over $20 billion based on the feedback of its initial investors. However, advisors have recommended it to go for a

Wealth management platform Fisdom is entering online stockbroking, dominated by the likes of Zerodha, Groww, Upstox and Angel Broking. It hopes to gain a million customers in a year, benefiting from the segment’s rapid growth.

With theatres in Maharashtra reopening this week, market gurus see more legs to the rally in cinema stocks. In the past three months, PVR’s scrip has risen 28 percent and INOX Leisure’s stock has gained 37 percent.

Markets are a place of worries when times are uncertain. Markets are also a place where worries dissolve when times are favourable. So, when an investor devises an investment strategy, she wonders whether it will work. And when it works, there is a worry whether she will be able to protect, save or invest wisely

Ultra high net-worth individuals and others with investible funds are keen on investing in startups, an activity that has largely been the preserve of private equity and other venture capital funds

Investments in Indian capital through participatory notes (P-notes) were at Rs 97,751 crore till September-end, and going forward inflow is expected to remain positive.

Hyderabad: High net worth individuals (HNIs) and Ultra HNIs in India are showing a lot of interest in offshore investments. Pre-Covid, there was a little interest in geographic diversification, but post-Covid, they have realised the ‘opportunity spread’ outside India, according to a wealth management expert.