Court rejects Mamta Kulkarni's plea to de-freeze bank accounts

A special court in Thane has rejected former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni's application for de-freezing her six bank accounts, three FDs and releasing two Mumbai flats sealed in connection with......

Dr Seema Rao, India's first woman commando trainer

Dr Seema Rao has trained over 20,000 Indian soldiers.And has never been paid for it.Here's her super-inspirational story.Text and Videos: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com IMAGE: At a training session.......

Why Bankers Love 'Casa'

Every banker loves the four-letter word Casa as it plays an important role in lowering the cost of deposits.Every bank wants to increase its Casa, as a higher portion of Casa in the overall deposit......

Rising markets fails to lift new investor addition by mutual funds

Even as the returns of mutual fund (MF) schemes have improved considerably in the past three months, addition of new investors has remained in the slow lane for the MF industry. Illustration:......

'You should have a mix of equity, gold, fixed income'

''Returns can be very variable in equity markets.''That is why I tell small investors don't put 100 per cent of your money in equities, even if you are young.' Illustration: Dominic......

Safe-bet BAFs take the back seat as investors turn to riskier funds

Balanced advantage funds (BAFs) were popular in the later part of 2021 and continued to see good inflows until some months back as investors looked for safer options amid over-valuation concerns.......