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Failure of car manufacturer to provide airbag system should be subject to punitive damages: SC

MAS Team 23 April 2022
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Failure of a car manufacturer to provide an airbag system should be subject to punitive damages which can have a deterrent effect, the Supreme Court...

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Consumer courts empowered to direct refund, compensate buyer for not delivering flat: SC

MAS Team 10 April 2022
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The Supreme Court (SC) has held that consumer courts can grant relief to flat purchasers who are aggrieved with delay in handing over of the flat as...

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Home-buyers Get Priority over Banks in Case of Builder Defaults, Rules SC

MAS Team 18 February 2022
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In a significant order giving relief to lakhs of home-buyers, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the interest of home buyers is more important...

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Second-hand flat buyers have same rights as original allottees, says Supreme Court

MAS Team 23 July 2021
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The Supreme Court has given a major relief to homebuyers who purchased flats from original allottees but were not delivered the apartments.

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RBI fines HDFC Bank Rs 10 crore for irregularities in auto loan book

MAS Team 04 June 2021
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The Reserve Bank of India fined HDFC Bank Rs 10 crore for irregularities found in its auto loan book. The regulator found the bank deficient in...

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Deadline for Hallmarking Gold Jewellery Extended to 15 June

MAS Team 28 May 2021
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The government has extended the deadline for hallmarking gold jewellery to June 15 from June 1 in view of the Covid-19 second wave, writes The...

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Obtain learners license, renew driving license and more online by getting Aadhar authentication

MAS Team 11 February 2021
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Driving license holders and vehicle owners can now avail 16 types of online and contactless services and avoid the hassles of visiting offices of...

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Government may extend deadline for FASTag use for toll payment on National Highways

MAS Team 02 January 2021
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The government is set to extend the deadline for 100% collection of toll charges on the National Highway (NH) network through FASTag, reports The...

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More than 50% of Indians recharge their phones online

MAS Team 02 January 2021
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The share of digital mobile phone recharges in India crossed 50% for the first time in 2020 as the pandemic led people to minimise stepping out to...

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Flying out of IGI Airport in Delhi to be a bit costlier from February

MAS Team 02 January 2021
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The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has allowed Delhi International Airport Ltd to levy Rs 65.98 plus taxes per departing passenger...

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Changes in Our Business Model
 
 
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Between financial years 2019-21, SEBI has come up with extensive changes to investor advisor regulations. On Sep 23, 2020, SEBI had issued new additional guidelines. This comes just two months after extensive changes announced in July 2020. Earlier, in December 2019 there was an ad hoc circular
 
As a result of these changes, IAs, cannot accept fees through credit cards, will have to sign a 26-clause investor agreement, have to maintain physical record written & signed by client, telephone recording, emails, SMS messages and any other legally verifiable record for five years. IAs were already asked to record the suitability and rationale for every piece of advice given, sign them and store them for five years.
 
While these extensive and frequent changes, designed to strengthen the conduct of IAs are well-meaning, these have sharply increased compliance efforts and cost. We, being online advisors, find many of changes harder to implement, compared to advisors working in the physical space. We will have to have an army of advisors, administrative and tech staff to be compliant. If we do this, we will have to divert money to these areas and the cost of our service will double. We want to remain the least-cost service in the market to benefit more and more people. In the circumstances, we are forced to change our business model from “advisory” to “research”. This will mean the following:
 
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What changes:
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Over the next few weeks our site and our communication to you will reflect these and other additional changes.
 
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