Have you ever held an insurance policy which claimed to be for the benefit of your child? Or you might have heard of such insurance policies. Mutual funds also have product focusing of children. Read on to find out about it.

The growth has moderated for the mutual funds in their equity funds in the last few months. Besides, there is also an increase in the weight of defensives and decline in the weight of cyclicals in the overall portfolio of equity mutual funds.

Going ahead, the level of 11,200 is likely to act as an immediate support for the Nifty, followed by the important support placed in the region of 11,170-11,160, whereas on the upside, the levels of 11,280, followed by 11,310, are likely to act as near term hurdles for the index.  Stocks in news: Yes Bank, Clariant chemicals, ICICI Bank, Strides Pharma Science, Graphite India, NBCC, Manali Petrochemicals, Gravita, ITC, Max India and Dilip Buildcon.

Indian markets are expected to start the final trading session of the week with an uptick as cues from the global markets are positive. The SGX Nifty is trading up by 42 points at 11,354, indicating positive start for the day. However, it would be interesting to see how the market shapes up as the day progresses, because lately we have seen that after a positive start, market pares it gains and selling pressure intensifies in the last leg of trading. Would it be a replica of the previous trading session or would the bulls return to the scene? The answer to this would depend a lot on the rupee movement. 

Moody’s retains Yes Bank’s issuer, deposit and unsecured debt rating at ‘Baa3/P-3' with stable outlook, despite a change in leadership set to take place next year.

Many investors are impressed with the returns generated by equity in the past and are shifting their existing investments from gold and fixed deposits to direct equity or to equity oriented mutual funds. One must not rely a single asset class but follow a proper asset allocation. What is asset allocation and why is it important. Read on more to find out.

TVS Motor Company announced its association with leading distributor in the Mexican region, Torino Motors, a subsidiary of Groupo Autofin.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers’ IPO will open for subscription from September 24 to September 26, 2018. The issue is purely Offer for Sale (OFS) consisting of 2,92,10,760 shares worth Rs 344.69 crore. The face value is Rs 10 per equity share. The minimum lot size for subscription is 120 shares with issue price ranging from Rs 115-118 per equity share. For the retail investors and employees, a discount of Rs 5 per share would be offered. Post-allotment, the company would get listed on both BSE and NSE. 

BSE receives another feather in its hat by getting SEBI’s approval to launch Commodity Derivatives Segment from October 1, 2018.

Most of the mutual fund investors end up investing in too many mutual funds in their portfolio, which in long run may prove to be harmful for their portfolio performance. So let’s find out how many mutual funds one should invest in.