4 reasons why ULIPs are best!

Ask any individual who has bought a life insurance policy in the past year or so and chances are high that the policy will be a unit linked insurance plan (ULIP). ULIPs have been selling like......

Mutual funds or Ulips? Has LTCG tipped the balance?

Mahavir Chopra compares mutual funds and Ulips to help investors decide. The introduction of long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on equities seems to be harsh for retail investors. But it also......

4 reasons why ULIPs score over endowment plans

Look at any advertisement for a life insurance product and chances are that it will be for a unit linked insurance plan (ULIP). Such has been the popularity of ULIPs in the recent past that they......

Want to know about 'switches' in Ulips? Read on...

Switches are options given to policyholders of unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) to move their investments from one fund to another, within one plan. You can transfer units fully or partially......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar in Bengaluru

Reader Gajanan Patil sent us this photograph from Bengaluru. 'My name is Gajanan Patil. I met Sachin Tendulkar at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru while the Indian team was practicing......

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