The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 20, 2005

Closed-end funds: Stepping out of the rat race
The success of close-end funds could usher long-term funds into the equity market. They could provide investors with a transparent, cost-effective and tax-efficient avenue to invest for the long-term. It could also favourably influence behaviour of i nvestors in, and fund managers of, open-end funds. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Economics of equity options
MY friend, a successful trader, strongly believes that it makes economic sense to buy options instead of futures or shares. His argument is hard to beat. Why? Suppose you have a positive view on Reliance. You can buy ... More

TAX TALK

I'm repaying mom's loan, but house is in her name
I RECENTLY got a job in a software company in Bangalore. My parents took a housing loan from State Bank of India and constructed a house in Andhra Pradesh. This house is occupied by my parents. The loan was taken in ... More

Options for the borrower
I BOOKED a flat for Rs 28 lakh. I have taken a bank loan of Rs 24 lakh for buying the flat. The bank has started disbursing the loan in parts to the builder. The construction of the building started in June 2005. The flat will be ready for ... More

FUND WATCH

UTI MF declares 50% dividend

Tax-saving funds will sport a different profile as the notification by the Finance Ministry take effect. The government has specified that equity-linked savings schemes will have to be close-end funds and have a tenure of 10 years at the end ... More

AUTO FOCUS

New Pulsar is meaner and blacker
SINCE its introduction, the Bajaj Pulsar may not have clocked the kind of numbers that the Hero Honda Splendor has, but its success can still be ranked with the latter's. The Pulsar's introduction was probably a harbinger of the kind of ... More

BOOK VALUE

Future imperfect
FOR ages, future was a dark enemy, `a mirror of the past or the murky domain of oracles and soothsayers'. Then, with the help of daring thinkers, we realised that risk can be mastered, and future seen as an opportunity. Risk management is thus ... More

INSURANCE CORNER

LIC's Bima Bachat
SINGLE-PREMIUM plans appear to be the flavour of the season if recent product launches are any indication. Close on the heels of SBI Life launching such a product a few weeks ago, LIC has unveiled its single-premium ... More

LAW LANE

What goods vehicles are no good for
IS AN insurance company liable if death occurs when travelling in a goods vehicle? This was the question that occupied the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) in New India Assurance Company Ltd vs Diwakar S/o Daulatrao Rohankar and ... More

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