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Should You Contribute To VPF In Its New Avatar??

ByMarzee Kerawalla 13 March 202112 March 2021

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#140b8f”] Marzee Kerawala is a Certified Financial Planner with expertise in Income Tax and Investment products. Managing assets worth over Rs. 4 Billion, his firm ‘NiveshIndia’, designs Tailored Investment Strategy through Customised Financial Planning for individuals and NRIs, and also handles Treasury Management for corporates and SMEs. You can contact him at +91 9987567667 or…

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Financial Resolutions For 2019

ByPT Reporter 12 January 201911 January 2019

As the New Year sets in, most of us engage in the tradition of setting New Year Resolutions. The most popular resolutions tend to be related to getting healthier, getting financially sound, learning a new skill or hobby. It is also right time to forget and to make good the things that have gone wrong…

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Marzee Kerawala Felicitated By Dadar Athornan Institute

ByPT Reporter 29 December 201828 December 2018

Marzee Kerawala, one of the Community’s leading financial planners and Founder of NiveshIndia, was bestowed with the ‘Outstanding Ex-Student of the Institute’ (2018) honour, by Dadar Athornan Institute, on the occasion of its 100th year Melavdo, which was held at MEJ Hall, Dadar on 22nd December, 2018. Marzee was felicitated and congratulated by President of…

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Why You Need A Financial Advisor

ByPT Reporter 5 May 20184 May 2018

In our personal lives we have many people who guide us in the process of taking decisions – family, friends, consultants, etc, whom we trust and who help us enrich our lives with their experience and knowledge. They help us in choosing a career, a life partner, even setting up a business. We share a…

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2018 Budget Demystified

ByPT Reporter 3 February 20182 February 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his budget for the year 2018-19 in parliament a couple of days ago. The Rail Budget was also presented as part of the Union Budget. In this article, we analyse key budget proposals, and their impact on the salaried class, investors, senior citizens and consumers. A standard deduction of Rs….

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Marzee Kerawala – Leading Financial Advisor

ByPT Reporter 3 September 20171 September 2017

Marzee Kerawala started his full time financial advisory in January 2008, right at the peak of the last bull market. From then to August 2013 was a difficult time for financial planning professionals. Equity markets were sluggish and the period was marred with Lehman crises, Satyam fiasco, weak macroeconomics, dollar trouble just to name a…

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Is It Worth Investing In Indian Equities?

ByPT Reporter 2 July 20174 July 2017

We all wish to get rich/richer. But, unless one has the mythical Midas Touch to get rich, one has to follow the 3 P’s – Planning, Prudence and Patience. However busy you may be in your professional/personal engagements, you must invest some time – in estimating your income and expenses, both present and future, your…

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GST – A Master Stroke

ByMehran Felfali 17 June 201716 June 2017

The only way to realise your dream is to wake up, and that is the path which our country has chosen. India has awoken to implement one of the greatest reforms of all times – GST or ‘Goods and Service Tax’. Finally implemented, the GST is one indirect tax for the entire nation, which will…

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Investing In SIP? Try Step-Up SIP

ByPT Reporter 12 March 201710 March 2017

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Financial Consultant Farhad Mogal, owner of ‘Family Finances’, specialises in advising individuals and families about their insurance and investments needs. He is also AMFI Certified Mutual Fund Distributor and IRDA Certified Insurance Adviser, currently enriching the lives of over 250 happy families.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Most of us understand SIPs or Systematic Investment Plans. But, what…

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Rate Cut By RBI: Cheer For Some, Not So Good For Retired Senior Citizens

ByPT Reporter 3 December 2016

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsis, especially seniors, are known for their preference for choosing Fixed Deposits as their preferred financial instrument. However, with the change in the economy and policies, it would be more prudent to opt for financial instruments that provide greater income, likes Bonds and Mutual Funds, which offer the benefits of FDs and with…

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Wedding Finance

ByMehran Felfali 8 November 201616 November 2016

My best friend’s wedding is around the corner and with every passing day, his budgeting goes excessive! As the big day draws closer, he gets increasingly confused – he’s neither boggled by the fact that the secret of a happy marriage remains a secret, nor is he perturbed that he is serving a life sentence…