I wish to invest Rs 1,000 per month (SIP) for my daughter's education. She's two years old. What would be the best asset allocation plan for this? asks Sanju Kumar from Hyderabad.

Before investing in IPOs, new fund offers and insurance policies, make sure that you are familiar with their growth prospects and associated risks.

Equities that you should aim to have in your portfolio.

Non-convertible debentures offer 2-3 percentage points more in interest than bank fixed deposits for a slight increase in risk.

While the FDI inflows from all the sources declined by 25 per cent in 2010-11, the drop was steeper at about 33 per cent to $6.98 billion from Mauritius. Likewise, the inflows from Cyprus were down by 44 per cent to $913 million.

Between juggling the pressures of economic forecasts, high shareholder expectations, transparency and lumbering operating models, CFOs have a lot on their minds.

While the government has been pressing for re-negotiating the Mauritius treaty, seeking to plug the loopholes and revenue leakages, some experts have raised concerns that the move may impact foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country.

The heavy tax burden borne by the consumers of petroleum products is reflected in the fact that they contribute to more than 40 per cent of the Central government's excise collections and over one-third of the total revenue of state governments.

Optimise your investments and save on taxes by routing them through parents and children.

Salaried individuals with a total taxable income of up to Rs 5 lakh do not have to file income tax returns this year. However, in case tax payers in this bracket want to seek an income tax refund, they will have to file their returns.

In a candid interview with Chaitanya Kalbag, ITC's chairman YC Deveshwar talks of its future-ready status, government policies that are affecting its most ambitious initiative for rural India, and more.

In a candid interview with Chaitanya Kalbag, Yogesh Chander Deveshwar talks of ITC's future-ready status, government policies that are affecting its most ambitious initiative for rural India, and more.

The new black money pact with the Swiss is pretty much useless for accessing money which has already been squirreled away abroad.

After an initial visa screening, applicants can get avisa that allow them to visit Canadaoften,  as long as their passports arevalid up to ten years.

The International Air Transport Association slashes the airline industry's profit forecast for 2011 by more than half to $4 billiondue to the sharp rise in oil prices, natural disasters and unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

Industry observers, trade analysts and even merger and acquisition experts have been shaking their heads over the sheer magnitude, hardship and complexity of this 'utopian' exercise. If the bid really goes through, it could spell more trouble than good.

The government said that location-based services must be introduced across the country within three years, a move that may result in increase in mobile tariffs.

Baba Ramdev has threatened to go on hunger strike on the issue of black money and corruption from June 4.

The draft Direct Taxes Code provisions empower to probe into the commercial justification of the arrangements entered into by the tax payers, thus, choking some fund raising channels for charities.

During the fourth quarter, the company incurred an expenditure of Rs 571.5 crore related to restructuring, forensic investigation and litigation support, class action settlement consideration and provisioning for impairment losses in subsidiaries.