Understand how affordable housing projects affect the environment and society worldwide. Learn how sustainable housing contributes to social equity and ecological health.

Have you even wondered who pays for all the mutual fund advertisement, the running costs of the mutual fund offices, the administrative costs of managing a fund etc? Its the investor. All these costs added up constitute the Total Expense Ratio. Learn what it means and how it affects your investments in this article.

One of the keys to an understanding about mutual funds is to understand the tax benefits and tax implications pertaining to mutual funds. There are different tax implications for different kinds of payouts and also in case of specific mutual funds, there are tax exemptions. Let us look at each of them.

For majority of individuals ULIPs are not a rational choice. Read along to know how they compare to Mutual Funds..

Tax status of mutual fund holdings is based on whether a fund is classified as an equity fund or as a debt fund. As per the Income Tax Rules, if 65% of the AUM is in equities then it is an equity fund, otherwise it is a debt fund...

The difference between most of them is based on the term to maturity or the credit quality. There is also a classification based on the discretion of the fund manager in terms of allocation.

Liquid Funds are the best way of creating an emergency fund. Read about how liquid funds and debt funds are taxed to make sound investment decisions.

Your pressures at your work place may be tight enough to leave you with little spare time to worry about how to create a second stream of income. That is when you have to make money work hard for you. Let us look at two such approaches.

A Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) is a closed-ended fund that invests predominantly in debt instruments. Since it is a closed ended fund, it is able to invest in instruments that precisely match with the tenure of the FMP in terms of asset maturity.

Smart cities hold key to real estate growth in India. Smart cities improve quality of life and promote sustainable living in urban and semi-urban locations