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Foreign investors purchase $2 billion of India's high-yielding, index-eligible government bonds

MAS Team 22 April 2023
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According to a recent Bloomberg report, the purchase of Fully Accessible Route (FAR) bonds totalling about Rs15,000 crore ($2.1 billion),...

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In anticipation of new tax regulations, investors moved towards long-term debt funds in March

MAS Team 14 April 2023
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Investor flock towards long-duration debt funds in March, as they sought to benefit from the long-term capital gains tax advantage that was due to...

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Sovereign Gold Bond: Latest SGB tranche opens for subscription today, check issue price, other details

MAS Team 06 March 2023
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The Series IV subscription period for the Reserve Bank of India's (2022–23) Sovereign Gold Bond Program is now open. SGB tranche's subscription...

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PPF, SCSS, Sukanya Samriddhi, other small savings schemes: Government Clarified on what happens if an accountholder dies without nominee.

MAS Team 10 February 2023
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The Finance Bill 2023 proposed amending the Government Savings Promotion Act of 1873 which covers the Public Provident Fund, Sukanya Samriddhi,...

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NFO Alert: ICICI launches Prudential Fixed Maturity Plan – Series 88 – 1192 Days Plan R

MAS Team 24 January 2023
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Prudential Mutual Fund has launched a new closed-ended debt scheme ICICI Prudential Fixed Maturity Plan - Series 88 - 1192 Days Plan R. The issue was...

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NSC Interest Rate Hiked

MAS Team 09 January 2023
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The government has increased the National Savings Certificate interest rate for the January-Walk 2023 quarter to 7% from prior 6.8%

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RBI Floating Rate Bonds Interest Rate Hiked From 1st January

MAS Team 31 December 2022
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The Reserve bank of India on 30th December through a press release announced that they are planning to hike the interest rates on floating rate...

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Good News for Small Investors in Post Office Savings Schemes: Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, Post office Time Deposits, MIS, NSC, KVP Interest Rates Hiked by up to 110 bps from 1 January 2023

MAS Team 31 December 2022
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The government has hiked the interest rates of a few small savings schemes by between 20 bps and 110 bps for the January-March 2023 quarter. The...

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Bank of Baroda's Special Fixed Deposit Offering 7.5% Interest Rate to End on 31st Dec

MAS Team 28 December 2022
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Bank of Baroda has recently increased the interest rates offered on its 'Tiranga Deposit Scheme', a limited period special retail term deposit (fixed...

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DCB Bank Hikes FD Rates, Senior Citizens Can Now Get up to 8.35%

MAS Team 23 December 2022
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DCB Bank has announced an interest rate hike on fixed deposits under Rs2 crore. According to the bank's official website, the new rates come into...

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25th Sept 2020
 
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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
 
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