Wealth Management V/s Portfolio Management
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Wealth Management V/s Portfolio Management

Wealth management, portfolio management, consulting and advisory services are a few words that we tend to use interchangeably without realising the difference underlying among them. Especially, when you are about to fetch the service of one among them, you must be well aware of what these terms mean and then choose accordingly. Selecting the wrong service for the problem is like taking the incorrect medicine and hoping to get cured. 

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Share Buyback: Know about benefits, method & Purpose of Buyback
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Share Buyback: Know about benefits, method & Purpose of Buyback

A repurchase, also known as a share buyback, occurs when a company buys its outstanding shares to reduce the number of shares available on the open market. Companies repurchase shares for a variety of reasons, such as increasing the value of the remaining shares available, reducing the offering or preventing other shareholders from participating in the control.

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What is Enterprise Risk Management?
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What is Enterprise Risk Management?

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a plan-based business strategy that aims to identify, assess and prepare for any hazards, hazards and other potential disasters - physical and figurative - that may interfere with an organization's operations and objectives. Discipline not only requires companies to identify all the risks they face and decide which risks to actively manage, but it also involves making this action plan available to all stakeholders, shareholders and potential investors, as part of their annual reports. Industries as varied as aviation, construction, public health, international development, energy, finance and insurance use ERM. Companies have been managing risks for years.

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Wealth Management -An Holistic Financial Planning
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Wealth Management -An Holistic Financial Planning

From the game of monopoly to people in real life, we have seen that once a person gets rich, he tends to get richer. Once they can obtain some wealth, they can amass more by putting already accumulated wealth to work. Though these rich people must be ace in their fields, they might be well-read, yet investing and maintaining wealth is not everyone’s cup of tea. For instance, a person might be a great entrepreneur but not all entrepreneurs are great finance analysts or investors or possess the best knowledge of tax saving. Here is where wealth management comes into play. This piece is about wealth management and likewise importance this field is gaining.

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Is Defence turning out to be the next Big Export sector
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Is Defence turning out to be the next Big Export sector

The recently held DefExpo India 2020 held in Lucknow, turned out to be a grand success. The theme of the Expo was ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’ and the focus was on ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’ and that's exactly where India stands in the global market. Harnessing the potential of the Indian industry, by initiating new technologies and solutions is vital for the desired growth of this industry.

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Satyam Computers Scam Case: Know about India
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Satyam Computers Scam Case: Know about India's Biggest Accounting Fraud

“A lie keeps growing and growing, until it is clear”, Pinocchio. Every time we use lie as an instrument to win our way towards our goal, we fail to comprehend how it will hurt us in the long run. The Satyam fraud case is no exception to the quote. It unveiled the potholes that existed in the corporate governance of our country. The great stock market scandal which is known as the Indian version of Enron shook the entire country in 2009. 

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How hard has the coronavirus hit Indian billionaires?
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How hard has the coronavirus hit Indian billionaires?

Coronavirus has hit the Indian billionaires hard.What happened to them? COVID-19 is probably one of the worst pandemics world has ever seen. But, there’s one thing or rather a feature of this pandemic that can not be ignored and that’s liberalism. Coronavirus has indeed devastated the entire world and the pandemic might have had an equal effect on all the socio-economic classes, castes and creeds. So, poor people might be a little satisfied to know that they are not the only ones suffering, rich people are suffering as well due to this virus. The reason we are saying this is stated below.

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RBI’s moratorium policy- how will it affect the borrower?
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RBI’s moratorium policy- how will it affect the borrower?

All banks, including housing finance companies, were allowed to allow a 3-month moratorium on installments of EMI for outstanding loans on March 1, 2020. Loan Moratorium: Amid the Coronavirus outburst and its impact on the living of millions of individuals - paid and self-employed - the declaration of the Reserve Bank of India gave great relief to the term of borrowers. All commercial banks, including housing finance companies, were permitted to give a 3-month moratorium on monthly installments on all term loans which are outstanding on March 1, 2020.

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Crude oil: Price war vs Global Demand
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Crude oil: Price war vs Global Demand

US President says that Crude Oil price war may be over.But, what’s exactly going on with oil and oil producers? There’s a basic difference between a ‘need’ and a ‘want’. Needs are necessities that are required no matter what. On the other hand wants are not necessities but, considered by the individual as a necessity. So to understand, wants are like ‘you don’t need but still you want them’. Here we are not trying to teach you a lesson of psychology but drawing your attention towards crude oil. A lot of drama has been going around crude oil for the last few weeks. There is a price war going on which led to the decrease in oil prices to 18-year low! But now this war may end soon and prices would be back on track. Thanks to Coronavirus. But, this drama was shown the world something that they had not expected. Read on.

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Indian Audit Firm can break the Big Four
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Indian Audit Firm can break the Big Four's oligopoly

The Big Four Oligopoly in India An oligopoly is just like a monopoly. Just that instead of a single organization controlling the market, it is a nexus of more than one company.  One such oligopoly is the ‘Big Four’. Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers- together form the world’s largest professional accounting and consulting network, popularly known as the Big Four. This oligopoly has indirectly controlled an entire process of firm auditing. However, the time seems to come to move towards ending this oligopoly. 

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Important Keys for Retirement Planning
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Important Keys for Retirement Planning

Whenever I put forward the question as to how planned their retirement is, people hardly come up with an answer. Even those who choose to answer, are not sure whether their petty savings will suffice their ever-expanding needs. A major lot of people in India, who are currently part of the work-force, are highly optimistic that their children will take care of them financially. So planning for their retirement becomes the least of their concerns. But the latest study has come up with a startling fact. It states that only 3 out of every 10 individuals are capable of supporting their old age parents.

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The forthcoming of future group?
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The forthcoming of future group?

It was around 2005 that many non-metro cities of India started witnessing the sky-high shopping malls erecting. These places began a new era of the Indian consumption journey. While most people in these cities would crib about the high price the brands would ask, one sector people were most happy with was the retail. Big Bazaar, Central, Brand Factory, Pantaloons, and Indigo Nation are some names that are known to everyone. All these names were once under the conglomerate of the ‘Future Group’. Future Consumer Enterprises Limited, owned by this Future Group, once claimed to shape India’s consumption journey, is now struggling to shape its future.

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Can RBI save the Economy?
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Can RBI save the Economy?

You might have read a story in your childhood about 2 trees which faced a thunderstorm at the same time. One of them which had a nice built, stayed upright in pride while the other one was a bit flexible and started bending with the wind. The proud tree which was upright looked at the other one and laughed. It said “you’re dancing with the wind. Look at me, I’m strong and the strong wind can’t even move me.” The intensity of the wind increased and increased further. Slowly this tree started feeling the force and losing its balance. The other tree on the other hand kept dancing with the wind and stood its ground. Finally, when the thunderstorm’s intensity reached its peak, the stronger tree got uprooted. While, the flexible tree was still alive. With the relief package declared by RBI, our economy is probably showing the required flexibility to tackle the thunderstorm of Coronavirus.

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SIP or Lumpsum Investment: Which is the better option?
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SIP or Lumpsum Investment: Which is the better option?

SWP  and SIP or a bulk payment  The investment world is filled with acronyms making it difficult for a commoner to interpret or comprehend it. SIP and SWP are two such acronyms that you might constantly hear when you go in for investing. Especially, when you are about to invest in mutual funds, the one basic question which the broker might ask you is whether it is a lump sum or SIP-based investment. Without knowing the actual meaning and benefits of it most of us might simply choose one falling victim to the advice of brokers or friends. So what exactly are  SIP and SWP? Should I go for SIP or a lump sum? 

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How Annuity Helps to Plan Better Retirement?
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How Annuity Helps to Plan Better Retirement?

As many say, retirement is the start of a new adventure. It is that time of your life where you are relieved of all your responsibilities. But things are never going to be the same while you retire as it is today. Inflation is going to touch new peaks along with your ever-growing needs. So, without a steady flow of income, your new adventure will soon turn to be nothing more than a horror story. In no time you might be forced to return to the workforce once again. I am pretty sure that most of us don’t want to get back to work, rather than enjoying the perks of old age. So what should you do? 

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Will Coronavirus Lead to a Recession?
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Will Coronavirus Lead to a Recession?

Coronavirus has hit the economy hard indeed.Are we entering into a recession post lockdown? There’s a funny Cricket video on YouTube in which a fielder on the boundary puts in an intense dive and slides to save the boundary and also manages to save it but, in his effort takes off the pants (the lower slips off due to the impact of dive and slide). On the one hand, the spectators appreciate the effort but they can not stop laughing when they see the player without pants. Now, imagine the boundary as pandemic and pants as the economy. While the government is doing everything to control the spread of the pandemic, the economy is suffering in parallel.

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How cryptocurrency works
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How cryptocurrency works

“I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending.” These words by Warren Buffett have made investors a lot more skeptical about crypto investment. Well, not only him but many great investors have spoken against crypto. But one thing is for sure; you cannot ignore cryptos!

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Covid-19 Crisis: Three Industrial Sectors Remain unharmed
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Covid-19 Crisis: Three Industrial Sectors Remain unharmed

Three industrial sectors are still going strong amidst the crisis.Which are these and how are they doing it? If we tell you that there are certain things that have not been affected at all by the devastation that Coronavirus has caused, how would you react? We are not kidding, there are three industrial sectors that have somehow remained untouched by the effect of Covid-19 and since the 21-day lockdown has been initiated, these industrial sectors may stand strong at the end of all this as well.

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