The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) is a secure, long term investment tool and retirement savings option for salaried individuals in India. You are eligible to open an EPF account if your basic pay and dearness allowance are up to ₹15,000, and you can add the voluntary provident fund (VPF) option if the basic pay and…
Classroom Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 18:17 [IST] India has made significant progress in promoting clean cooking fuels over the past decade, with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) becoming the preferred choice for millions of households. However, ethanol-based cooking stoves are now attracting attention as another cleaner alternative. While both fuels promise smoke-free cooking, they differ…
Stocks Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 18:35 [IST] Shares of Premier Roadlines ended higher on Tuesday, a day after the company announced a positive business update related to the first quarter of financial year 2026-27. Premier Roadlines Limited recorded double-digit revenue growth in Q1FY27. The company stock closed 0.99% higher at Rs 45.7 per share…
Rate-hike risk remains the key swing factor for buyers Porter said even a modest shift in the rate outlook could be enough to dent buyer sentiment, regardless of how far rates have fallen since the Bank’s benchmark rate sat at 5% a couple of years back. “I always say every basis point matters to somebody,”…
Travel costs also surged. Traveller accommodation prices in Ontario and British Columbia — concentrated in World Cup host cities Toronto and Vancouver — rose approximately 20% year over year in June. Air transportation costs, meanwhille, climbed 9.6% annually, their steepest increase since February 2023. For mortgage brokers, the read-through is clear. Leah Zlatkin, a licensed mortgage broker…
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check has debunked viral social media claims alleging that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s (MIB) new draft telecom rules would shut down 11 crore televisions, raise cable and DTH subscription charges by four to six times, impose heavy licensing fees, and wipe out millions of jobs. Calling the…
With a more than 8% yield, Western Midstream Partners (WES +1.39%) should be hard to ignore. However, it doesn’t have as much positive coverage on Wall Street as other master limited partnerships (MLPs). As a result, it’s flying under the radar of most investors. Here’s a look at why you won’t want to ignore this…
Fidelity Investments announced the addition of six new custom strategies and two new models to its SMA lineup for RIAs and broker/dealers. In addition, Fidelity launched new equity model SMAs that can be integrated into UMAs to offer a tax-efficient approach to portfolio management. The firm’s Institutional Tax-Managed Enhanced Equity and Institutional Tax-Managed Fundamental Equity…
The former operator of an Ontario mortgage investment corporation (MIC) has pleaded guilty to fraud and illegally distributing securities in connection with a $5.3-million investment scheme. The Ontario Securities Commission said Ian Ross McSevney, formerly of Ancaster, Ont., raised nearly $5.3 million from approximately 30 investors between May 2015 and May 2019 through Altmore Mortgage…
cBridge has introduced Markout Report, a new risk intelligence module that helps brokers detect potentially toxic flow, assess its financial impact and respond before repeated losses accumulate. The challenge many brokers face is catching toxic flow early enough – picking out the harmful trading patterns and turning them into consistent routing decisions. Markout Report addresses…