While it's true that term life insurance is a necessity, it still remains inaccessible to many low-income earners because of its minimum ticket size. The cover story of this issue of 'Mutual Fund Insight' tells you the alternative life-insurance options that anyone can buy. Apart from this, read our coverage of the best tax-saving funds. All this with plenty of other insightful articles.

In Mutual Fund Insight's May issue, we look at:
1. Why funds investing in international ETFs have been barred from accepting fresh inflows
2. The 3 newly-launched funds that delivered blockbuster returns in 2023-24
3. A snapshot of how the biggest 50 equity-oriented funds have performed over time
4. Mid-cap mogul Kenneth Andrade provides insights into his stock picking philosophy and his fund house's maiden fund launch
5. 10 growth funds you can consider adding to your core equity portfolio
6. Loan vs provident fund: Which is the better option to finance your dream home?

In Mutual Fund Insight's April issue, we look at:
1. The 8 stocks that have caught fund managers in a frenzy
2. Why does fund managers' experience matter for funds' performance?
3. Despite a lean period, why international funds deserve a place in your portfolio
4. Should you be a hurry to repay your education loan?
5. Why investors need to proceed with caution while investing in mid- and small-cap funds
6. Our guest columnist, Shyamali Basu, explains why women need to take money matters in their own hands

In Mutual Fund Insight's March issue, we look at:
1. 15 mutual funds that gained from Warren Buffett's 'buy-and-hold' mantra
2. Why multi-cap funds are raging ahead of flexi caps
3. Is switching back from the new to the old tax regime a wise idea?
4. Our cover story, 'Small-cap funds, ' explores whether adding them to your portfolio is a smart investment move
5. Why ELSS remains the best tax-saving option
6. Our guest columnist, Shyamali Basu, explains the downsides of buying too many insurance policies

In our second issue of the year, we look at:
1. The funds and fund houses that struck gold in 2023
2. R Srinivasan of SBI AMC discusses why their strategy has become conservative of late
3. How you can secure your retirement by generating additional income
4. Active large caps outshine their passive rivals after a sluggish two years
5. The 10 large-cap funds handpicked by our analysts
6. Our guest columnist, Shyamali Basu, describes the magic of compounding

In our final issue of the year:
1. The 9 best hybrid funds investors should pay attention to.
2. Which performs better, Sensex or Nifty?
3. Know what the ideal budget and EMI for buying your first home are, along with a tax hack.
4. NPS offers more than just tax benefits.
5. The ideal frame to help you minimise losses and make money.
6. Our columnist, Shyamali Basu, provides her take on the best time to start preparing for retirement.
7. Mahesh Patil of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC discusses why mid-cap and small-cap companies appeal investors.
8. SBI's Dinesh Balachandran takes us on his success journey, the reasons behind the fund's remarkable performance and why gold is good for multi-asset funds.

In this anniversary issue:
1. A model portfolio for 25 to 35-year-olds.
2. A comprehensive investment plan for 35 to 50-year-olds.
3. Ideal investment strategy for 50 to 60-year-olds.
4. What should a retiree's portfolio look like?
5. Succession planning for everyone above 40.
6. Mutual fund house CEOs on passive funds, debt funds, digitalisation and more.
7. Our exclusive supplement with the Big 50 largest equity oriented funds list curated by our analysts.
8. Another special supplement with the most rewarding SIP funds.

In this issue: 
1. The answer everyone wants! Know exactly when to sell your underperforming fund
2. Get the 10 Best Equity Funds list curated by our analysts
3. Know how to save tax in the new tax regime
4. Our columnist, Shyamali Basu, explores if you should invest in small-cap funds right now
5. Invesco's Taher Badshah also gives his take on the small-cap space and if it can go up even further
6. HSBC's CEO Kailash Kulkarni outlines the roadmap to crack India's mutual fund industry

In this issue: 
1. Invest less, earn more: The art of keeping a simple, decluttered portfolio
2. Our recommended small-cap funds and mid-cap funds
3. In which stocks are small-cap funds investing?
4. Did you know there's a difference between national inflation and your inflation?
5. Why international mutual funds still make sense

In this issue:
1. Conquer your retirement fears
2. ELSS: Criminal injustice
3. A special report on equity savings funds and why these funds are ideal for safe investors, especially retirees
4. Interview with Sohini Andani, Fund Manager at SBI Funds Management, on the active-versus-passive debate, the AMC’s conservative near-term outlook, among others.
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. How to build a crashproof portfolio
2. Mutual funds or NPS Tier-2: Which is better?
3. The best large-cap funds
4. Interview with Rajeev Thakkar, CIO - PPFAS Mutual Fund, on the AMC’s journey, his views on current global trends, among others.
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Investing blunders: False beliefs that can derail your financial future. 
2. A tax in time saves you dime
3. Best flexicap/large & mid-cap/value funds
4. Interview with Neelesh Surana, CIO – Mirae Asset Investment Managers India Pvt. Ltd., on his optimism for new-age companies, among others.
5. Chasing performance is futile
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis

In this issue:
1. Mastering Mutual Fund Tax Changes
2. How to save big on your health insurance premium
3. Are Axis funds still safe?
4. Interview with Harsha Upadhyaya, Chief Investment Officer – Equity, Kotak Mahindra AMC, on the reasons for his funds’ lean phase in 2020-21 and the recovery thereafter.
5. How to invest in direct plans
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis

In this issue:
1. Let India make you rich 
2. A 2023 roadmap for international investors
3. Fund Analyst's Choice: Best short-duration funds
4. The Plan: Should you prepay your home loan?
5. Interview with Rahul Singh, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) – Equities, Tata Asset Management, on what’s worked and what’s not since he took over the reins of Tata AMC’s equity division.
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis


In this issue:
1. India’s best life insurance plans
2. Fund Analyst's Choice: Best tax-saving funds 
3. The Plan: How to save income tax at the last minute
4. Budget & You
5. Interview with Roshi Jain, Senior Fund Manager, HDFC AMC, on her tenets of managing the schemes of the AMC. 
6. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis

In this issue:
1. Welcome 2023: Lessons from the year gone by and how to profit from them this year
2. The Plan: how to save tax after selling a house 
3. How to surrender your life-insurance policy
4. Interview with R Srinivasan, CIO, Equity at SBI Mutual Fund and the chief architect of SBI Small Cap Fund’s dream run, on his stock holdings, market valuations and the small-cap universe.
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Getting high: What to do amid the ongoing market euphoria 
2. Best large-cap funds 
3. How to file a health-insurance claim 
4. Interview with Niket Shah, Fund Manager at Motilal Oswal AMC, on the performance of the fund, among others
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Paying for higher education
2. Time to exit international funds?
3. The investment philosophy of Samir Arora, CEO and founder at Helios Capital Management.
4. Views of Jinesh Gopani, Head – Equity, Axis Mutual Fund, on the performance of the AMC’s funds, among others
5. Plus, our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. The journey of mutual funds in India: What’s hot, what’s not
2. Inspirational investors 
3. Investment stalwarts
4. The CEO’s desk
5. Bonus reports 
6. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. How successful investors buy low & sell high
2. When & how to change your NPS pension fund manager
3. Funds in action
4. Interview with Sankaran Naren, Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, ICICI Prudential AMC, on various lessons in value investing.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. 8 funds to supercharge your portfolio
2. A legacy of value: Prashant Jain
3. Tax-saving heavyweights
4. Interview with Vinit Sambre, Head – Equities at DSP Investment Managers, on the reason for the rough patch being faced by DSP’s equity funds, among others.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. India's best mid-cap and small-cap funds
2. Witness the magic
3. Interview with Pankaj Tibrewal, Sr. VP & Fund Manager (Equity) at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, on investing in the mid-cap and the small-cap segment, among others.
4. ELSS or NPS: Where should you invest?
5. More than meets the eye
6. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Ideas to retire rich
2. Where should retirees invest now?
3. How to port your health insurance
4. Should you invest in REITs?
5. Interview with Manish Gunwani, CIO - Equities, Nippon India Mutual Fund, on when the next round of growth can be expected for the Indian markets and where it will come from, among others.
6. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Frozen funds, angry investors
2. Eleven hand-picked growth funds
3. Interview with Krishna Sanghavi, CIO – Equity, Mahindra Manulife Investment Management Private Limited, on the markets, portfolio construction, the active–passive debate, among other things.
4. Should you trade stocks to generate a second income?
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. How to invest overseas now 
2. Best aggressive hybrid funds 
3. How to decide your asset allocation
4. Funds for first-timers
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. War & investing:  What to do and what not to
2. How to file a life-insurance claim
3. Four hand-picked short-duration debt funds
4. Interview with Sandeep Tandon, CIO & Founder, quant Mutual Fund, on the fund house’s ‘VLRT’ framework and how he manages his fund.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. Your ideal tax-saving plan 
2. ULIP vs ELSS: Which is better?
3. Which is the best NPS plan?
4. Guide to buying health insurance online
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. What to do if interest rates rise.
2. Should you invest in silver ETFs?
3. Two hand-picked international equity funds.
4. The most comprehensive fund scoreboard with key performance numbers and investment details. 
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. The promise and peril of balanced advantage funds
2. All you need to know about RBI Retail Direct
3. Have at your fingertips seven hand-picked large-cap funds. 
4. Interview with Gaurav Misra, Co-Head Equity, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India) Pvt. Ltd., on the market and economic scenario, Mirae’s investment philosophy, his Large Cap and Focused Funds and his career lessons.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

In this issue:
1. The passive party: NFO euphoria in ETFs, index funds and FoFs and what’s in it for you
2. Credit-risk funds: Should you invest in them now?
3. Best tax-saving funds at your fingertips
4. Interview with Anand Radhakrishnan, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Equity – India, Franklin Templeton, on the AMC’s equity funds and their performance, along with other current issues.
5. Plus our regular columns, insights and analysis.

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