As inflation figures rage, marketers have a huge challenge on their hands—to keep the price-value equation just right for consumers. BT's Rachna Monga & A. Subramanian report.

Liquid funds are emerging as a new category to park your short-term money in.

All asset classes don’t move in tandem. The trick is to diversify portfolio across assets and cut risks. Find out how to create an optimal portfolio.

Late last year, when Mukesh Ambani, the richest resident Indian, bought his wife Nita an Airbus A-319 corporate jet, the world sat up and took notice. At Rs 225 crore, the price tag of this “gift” had everyone gulping. A few months down the line as we sat down to finalise the cover package for this fortnight’s BT More, we realised that dozens of corporate honchos do, in fact, own private jets in India—and their numbers are growing.

A new fund seeks to invest in films, and will benchmark returns against equities.

Millions of individuals waited with bated breath to hear whether the Finance Minister would dish out some sops to them in his direct tax proposals.

Art funds need SEBI’s nod to qualify as investment schemes.

How the rich fiddle online

With a strong line-up of public issues, big demand from investors and bullish secondary market, 2008 promises to be another good year for the primary market.

Jignesh Shah is using technology to deliver the benefits of globalisation to the masses.

It’s not just about beer and music any longer in Bangalore, as India’s Pub City has now become home to a wide assortment of lounge bars, restobars and cigar lounges.

Ten years ago, Barry Bateman realised, there was space for a new global consumer finance brand. A decade down the line, Fidelity International is managing assets of $299.4 billion outside the America with a sizeable presence in Asia-Pacific. As Bateman explains, India and China will be Fidelity’s growth drivers over the next 15-20 years.

Six months of survey and analysis, 94 final participants, and hundreds of days of reporting is what it took to bring you stories of India's best employers. Best companies in pictures

Unprecedented wealth creation in the last few years has not just pushed up the number of wealthy individuals in India, but it has managed to change some of the consuming and investing behaviour of this privileged and distinguished lot.

High profile slug-fests (LIKE the Birla-Lodha spat) regarding inter-generational wealth transfers in large business families and those of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) have exposed the inadequacies of the traditional methods of estate planning.

It is an oddity of our times that stands out for its sheer starkness. The stock market is roaring from one high to another, and the kitties of mutual funds are swelling like never before.

They grow fast and often provide multi-bagger returns for investors. Here's how to profit from them.

Private banking has a lot to offer, if you have the moolah that is.

Although the industry boasts of Rs 4 lakh crore in assets, contributions from retail investors account for less than 15 per cent. At an aggregate level, just 3 per cent of household savings get funnelled into mutual funds.

Positioned as instruments that are safe (safer than venturing on one's own into equities) and that promise attractive returns (more attractive than bank deposits), mutual funds are supposed to be the retail investor's best bet. Why is it then that 85-90 per cent of the assets managed by Indian funds are those of institutions and high net worth individuals?