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A seller-beware market for financial products

India, Jan. 6 -- The Financial Stability Report 2025 of the Reserve Bank of India has some damning evidence on the Indian insurance industry. Its data shows that commissions as a proportion of costs h... Read More


Managing wealth and assets in the New Year

India, Jan. 1 -- When I was young, the desires were sharp, but I had little money to fulfil them. Thirty years later, the money is there but desires have sharply ebbed. That is the paradox of money. W... Read More


Why are markets cool though GDP is hot?

India, Dec. 2 -- India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) print for the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26, at 8.2%, points to a full-year GDP growth rate of around 7.5% - making India the faste... Read More


Why are markets cool though GDP is hot?

India, Dec. 1 -- India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) print for the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26, at 8.2%, points to a full-year GDP growth rate of around 7.5% - making India the faste... Read More


Why the economy needs 4% inflation

India, Nov. 20 -- It is true that a happy economist is hard to find. Take the case of inflation. Grey heads were shaking just last year, stressing that inflation was too high. And now the same people ... Read More


Why the economy needs 4% inflation

India, Nov. 19 -- It is true that a happy economist is hard to find. Take the case of inflation. Grey heads were shaking just last year, stressing that inflation was too high. And now the same people ... Read More


Diwali gift to oneself, a new deal with money

India, Oct. 20 -- We have a difficult relationship with money. Centuries of poverty due to colonisation limited the possibility of achieving wealth for an average Indian family. It firmly created the ... Read More


Diwali gift to oneself, a new deal with money

India, Oct. 19 -- We have a difficult relationship with money. Centuries of poverty due to colonisation limited the possibility of achieving wealth for an average Indian family. It firmly created the ... Read More