Category: Fixed Deposits

7.50% Mahila Samman Bachat Patra / Savings Certificate
in Articles, Fixed Deposits, Investments

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2023 speech has proposed to introduce a new post office small savings scheme, called Mahila Samman Bachat Patra / Savings Certificate, carrying 7.50% fixed interest rate. There will be a cap of investment amount up to Rs. 2 lakh and the scheme will be available for 2 years
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India Infoline Finance Limited 12% NCDs Issue – September 2013
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] So, the next company in line to issue non-convertible debentures (NCDs) is India Infoline Finance Limited (IIFL), a 98.87% subsidiary of India Infoline Limited (IIL). It
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Fixed Maturity Plans aka FMPs – Favourable Factors & Checklist for the Investors
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Of late, the market has been flooded with fixed maturity plans (FMPs). In fact, I have never seen such a huge number of FMPs getting launched
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Muthoot Finance NCDs Issue – September 2013
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Muthoot Finance has also launched its issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) from September 2nd, with its plan to raise Rs. 300 crore, including the green-shoe option
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Tax Free Bonds Notification – FY 2013-14
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Amid volatile stock markets, rising interest rates and weakening economic growth, the investors are running out of patience now, even with their so-called “safe debt investments”
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Shriram Transport Finance NCD Issue – 2013-14
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Regular readers of OneMint must be quite familiar with NCDs or non-convertible debentures. There have been many such NCD issues in the past couple of years
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Interest Payment Dates of Tax-Free Bonds issued during FY 2011-12 & 2012-13
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Investors who invest in fixed income instruments, like fixed deposits, company deposits, NCDs, infrastructure bonds, tax-free bonds etc., eagerly wait for the day on which the
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Understanding Inflation Indexed Bonds
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Budget 2013 had “next to none” changes for the Indian taxpayers, investors or savers. As far as the investment options are concerned, some minor changes were
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Interest Rates on Post Office Small Saving Schemes – FY 2013-14
in Fixed Deposits

This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at [email protected] Interest rates on most of the Post Office small saving schemes have been reduced by 10 basis points (bps) or 0.10% effective April 1, 2013. The
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