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Loan rates should mirror unfinished homes higher risk

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Rajesh and Seema’s ordeal with a stalled housing project shows how India’s home loan system masks the biggest risk in real estate — that under-construction projects may never be completed. Banks and buyers treat them like ready homes, offering or taking loans at the same rates despite far higher uncertainty. With weak enforcement of RERA safeguards, homebuyers are left exposed. Differential interest rates — lower for completed homes, higher for under-construction ones — would make risks visible, protect buyers, and push the housing finance system toward fairness.

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Notify draft rules making dealer liable for sold vehicle

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Have you ever sold a car and signed a blank transfer form — did you know it could stay in your name for months and even end up as a terror tool, just like in the Parliament attack of 2001?
RCs often remain in the seller’s name while vehicles pass through multiple hands. If that car is in an accident, you may still be liable. Worse, it can be misused in crime — even terrorism — while the records still show you as the owner.
Other countries have solved this problem with simple processes. India’s draft rules of 2022 offered a clear solution: dealer authorisation, digital delivery intimation, and deemed ownership during possession. Yet three years later, these reforms remain unnotified.

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When compliance overwhelms, access to advice suffers

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The story of a visually impaired masseur exposes how compliance and mis-selling limit access to sound financial advice. SEBI’s accessibility rules, coupled with rising audit costs, add to the heavy burden on solo investment advisers. A review of regulations is needed to balance fiduciary standards with practical, proportionate compliance.

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Remove friction in fee payment for advice

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Abhilash dislikes selling mutual fund units monthly to pay his RIA.
MFD commissions are deducted automatically, but RIA fees need direct payment.
He suggests letting funds sell units and pay RIAs directly.
This keeps costs transparent, taxable, and investor-controlled.
Removing such friction can make quality advice widely accessible.

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Steadiness trumps aggression in investing

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📈 Steadiness trumps aggression in investing.

Too often, investors go hunting for the next big winner—like picking Virender Sehwag over Mr. Average. But investing isn’t a sport. You don’t need to be spectacular. You just need to be consistent.

This column argues for choosing steady, reliable returns over flashy, high-risk bets—helping you get close to your goal, consistently.

👉 Worth reading for anyone planning long-term goals like education or retirement.

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Rely on rolling returns, not point to point data

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“FD can give better returns over a 10 year period than stock markets”. That was the shocking statement that triggered this article in Business Standard more so because is true 5% of the time (95% of the time stock markets beat fixed deposits over 10 years). Clients often struggle to embrace rolling returns, which offer a clearer picture than misleading point-to-point comparisons. Mark Twain’s words on ‘lies, damned lies, and statistics’ resonate when cherry-picking exceptional periods like the rare 10 year period where FDs beat the stock market—ignoring that 95% of the time, stocks outperform FDs. Investors reading this please remember this when your advisor is asking you to exit a fund which has given good point to point returns but has poor rolling returns compared to its benchmark and peers.

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Sebi´s new product: MF´s efficiency, PMS´ control

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The New Product (earlier called New Asset Class) approved by SEBI Board, is excellent for investors comfortable with high risk investments. It will also allow Long short strategies and is designed to wean investors away from unregulated products. Whilst the New Product will do that, the operational ease and tax benefits of the MF structure will most probably also result in the New Product eating into the existing Rs. 2 lakh crore PMS market. If the fund manager is offering a choice to the investor between the two , there is no doubt the investor will choose the New Product.

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