Thursday, December 2, 2021

Wondering if you should invest in Flexi Cap Funds? Here's what you need to know

Flexi Cap Funds are a new category of mutual funds, which invest a minimum of 65% of its fund corpus in equity. In this fund category, the fund manager has the flexibility to take exposure to Large Cap, Mid Cap, and Small Cap segments without any restrictions.

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SBI join hands with Adani Capital for co-lending to farmers

State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a master agreement with Adani Capital Private Ltd (Adani Capital), the NBFC arm of Adani Group, for co-lending to farmers for purchase of tractor and farm implements, to increase efficiency in farm operations and productivity of crops, SBI said in a release on Thursday.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

What is my ITR filing status if I recently shifted back to India from the US?

If your days spent in India are more than 182, it makes you a resident in India. Further, determine whether you are resident and ordinarily resident (ROR) or resident but not ordinarily resident (RNOR).

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RBI's action against Reliance Capital: Better late than never

As a practical matter, a company can't be referred to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) within weeks and months of a first default. The promoters should be given a fair chance to revive the company.

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Changes in Banking Regulation Act in works

The move is aimed at aligning certain sections of the Banking Regulation Act with the norms stipulated by the banking regulator, Reserve Bank of India.

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Gift City's regulator wants more say in fund formation for business district

Since IFSC is treated as 'foreign territory' from exchange control perspectives, capital infusion for setting up a fund in the IFSC is considered as 'outbound investment' for floating an offshore financial services subsidiary

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India's new crypto law set to red-flag chit fund, MLM business models

Regulators including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) have raised concerns before a parliamentary panel about how some individual investors are collecting money in small towns - with business models resembling those of chit funds - for investing in crypto assets.

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FSS launches UPI eVoucher to advance financial inclusion

The UPI eVoucher enables customers to transfer funds for a specific purpose in real-time to any mobile number, regardless of whether the beneficiary has a bank account, the company said in a statement.

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Private sector banks lower lending rates more than PSU Banks during the pandemic

Weighted average lending rates for outstanding rupee loans of commercial banks fell 96 basis points- bps (one basis point is 0.01 per cent) between March 2020 and October 21, data released by the RBI indicates.

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Bank unions threaten two-day nationwide strike against proposed privatisation of PSBs

The government has already privatised IDBI Bank by selling its majority stake in the lender to LIC in 2019 and merged 14 public sector banks in the past four years.

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Deutsche Bank strengthens wealth management team in India

Among the new hires are Rajasekar Ayyalu who will take over as director in Chennai where he will be responsible for expanding and deepening Deutsche Bank’s presence in South India. Ayyalu was executive director (investments) at Julius Baer.

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Sumitomo Mitsui completes purchase of 74.9 pc stake in Fullerton India

As part of the transaction, Fullerton India's board will be reconstituted to comprise Nobuyuki Kawabata, Rajeev Veeravalli Kannan, Hong Ping Yeo, Anindo Mukherjee, Shantanu Mitra, Shirish Moreshwar Apte, Milan Robert Shuster and Sudha Pillai, the release said.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

New income tax portal errors resulting in reduced tax refund amounts for many

The pre-filled data fetched on the new income tax portal is showing a mismatch with the total TDS amount mentioned in Form 26AS. Even after correcting the amount at the time of filing ITR, it seems tax department is taking pre-filled data into account.

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