Triple Health Insurance Plan Introduced by Bharti AXA Life

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Recently, Bharti AXA Life introduced a new critical illness plan - Triple Health Insurance Plan. It covers up to 3 unrelated critical illnesses.

An online news portal about business and economy - economictimes.indiatimes.com, writes about Triple Health Insurance Plan, “The sum assured is paid out in lump sum upon diagnosis of ailments covered under the policy. While other critical illness covers cease once the claim is disbursed, this product promises to extend the cover to include three critical illness claims during the life of the policy.”

Further it adds, “However, it is restricted to 13 diseases or conditions covered by the policy. The claims can be to the extent of 100% sum assured for all the three illnesses, provided they do not fall in the same group as listed by the policy, which covers 13 such ailments, segregated into three groups in all.

Note that this condition means that no claim will be payable in the event of recurrence of say heart attack or cancer, since they would fall in the same group. Group A includes conditions like heart attack, coronary artery bypass, kidney or heart transplant, kidney failure and paralysis. Group B has coma, multiple sclerosis, liver or lung transplant. And Group C takes care of cancer, benign brain tumour and bone marrow transplant.”

About the details of Triple Health Insurance Plan the news portal writes, “Only those with no pre-existing illnesses at the time of applying will be eligible for this policy, which will kick in after a waiting period of 90 days from the policy's inception. Also, between diagnoses of two illnesses, there has to be a gap of 365 days, for the second or third claim to be admissible. Premium rates are guaranteed for the first three policy years, post which they can be reset annually.

The total policy and premium paying term is 15 years. The minimum and maximum ages at entry are 18 and 50, respectively, with the upper age limit at maturity being 65 years. You have to buy a cover of at least Rs 2 lakh, while the highest cover available under the policy is Rs 30 lakh.”

So, it is one of the best health policies for the age group of 18 to 50. Maturity of age for the plan is 65 years. Policy paying term is 15 years. You can take a look of Capital Protection Oriented Fund of SBI Mutual Fund also.
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Capital Protection Oriented Fund Launched by SBI Mutual Fund

Friday, October 7, 2011

Recently, SBI Mutual Fund launched a close-ended Capital Oriented Fund. It is featured with the twin objective of capital protection and growth.

An online news portal about business and economy - economictimes.indiatimes.com, quotes a statement about SBI Capital Protection Oriented Fund,
“The objective of the three-year close-ended fund is to protect the capital invested on maturity of the scheme through focused investments in equity, debt and money market instruments, at the same time also seeking to provide investors with opportunities for long-term growth in capital.”


SBI Capital Protection Oriented Fund is aimed to fulfill the objective of protecting the 3-year close-ended fund from the capital invested on maturity of the scheme. It protects the fund focused in equity, debt and money market. It seeks investors also to provide opportunities for long-term growth in capital.

Further it adds,
“Fund combines investment avenues and caters to the prime requirement of all the Indian investors who want returns along with the capital protection.”


SBI Capital Protection Oriented Fund is combined with the investment avenues. It creates the prime requirement of all the Indian investors who want returns along with capital protection. It is the latest offering from SBI after SBI Gold Fund of SBI Mutual Fund.
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SBI Gold Fund Launched by SBI Mutual Fund

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Recently, SBI Mutual Fund launched a new fund - SBI Gold Fund. It is an open-ended fund to enable investors to invest systematically in gold and gain advantage of the recent rally in the metal’s prices.

An online news portal about business and economy - economictimes.indiatimes.com, quotes a statement of Deepak Chatterjee who is the SBI MF Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer,
“It is a convenient product and will give an opportunity to an investor to invest in the purest form of gold without the need of buying and storing physical gold, that too, without a dematerialised account unlike gold exchange traded funds.”


So, SBI Gold Fund will give an opportunity to an investor to invest in the gold without buying and storing it. It is just like gold exchange traded funds.

He added,
“There was a demand for ETFs and the assets under ETF schemes in the country crossed Rs 6,000 crore last month.”


SBI Gold Fund will open on August 22 and close on September 5, 2011. Investors have to invest minimum Rs. 5000 in this fund.

The portal quotes another statement of SBI MF Chief Investment Officer Navneet Munot,
“Gold could show some volatility in future and hence the SIP route makes more sense. Looking at the current global economic conditions and stock market volatility, gold is a better option.”


So, gold is a better option to see the economic conditions and stock market volatility. In this situation, SBI Mutual Fund launches SBI Gold Fund to grab the investors from the market.

Gold loans and investment in gold are the main market in India these days. Loan against Gold Units of Reliance Commercial Finance and Loans against Gold ETF Units of Muthoot Finance are the most effective products of the recent days. Now, SBI Mutual Fund has introduced SBI Gold Fund to grab Indian market.
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HDFC Bank INFINIA Card Launched for Only 5000 Individuals

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Recently, HDFC Bank announced to launch a new credit card for the rich people of the country named – INFINIA. Initially, the bank will issue only to 5000 individuals.

The ultra premium credit card is featured with virtually “no limits” – not just in terms of spend, but also the luxuries as per the announcement of HDFC Bank.

An online news portal - economictimes.indiatimes.com about business and economy, quotes a statement of HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri about INFINIA Credit Card,
“…What prompted us to conceive INFINIA was the need our clients felt for such a product. We are confident INFINIA will soon be the card of choice for India's rich.”


So, INFINIA is launched by HDFC to satisfy the need of the Bank’s clients. The card is introduced as the choice for India’s rich.

Further the news portal quotes a statement of HDFC Bank Country Head (Retail Assets and Credit Cards) Pralay Mondal,
“…HDFC Bank already enjoys the highest mind and wallet share in credit cards. With INFINIA, we will redefine the lifestyle experience of the elite.”


So, HDFC Bank thinks to redefine the lifestyle experience of the elite. The bank has already targeted highest mind of India to share experience of credit cards.

INFINIA Card will be available in both Visa and MasterCard format. The card is launched for India's High Networth Individual (HNI) population.

HDFC Bank INFINIA card will became the honorable card for the rich population of India. The bank will initially offer the card only to 5000 HNI population.

HDFC Bank has 186 distribution network and 5,471 ATMs in 996 cities in India as on March, 2011. HDFC is one of the most influencing banks in Indian banking sector. Indian financial market is taking a new shape with banking institutions. Loans against Gold ETF Units of Muthoot Finance have given a new vision to the Indian investors.
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Loans against Gold ETF Units to be offered by Muthoot Finance

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Recently, Muthoot Finance Ltd announced to offer loans against Gold ETF (Exchange Traded Funds) units as security. The Company claims to be the largest gold finance NBFC in India.

An online news portal about business and economy - economictimes.indiatimes.com quotes a statement of Muthoot Finance Ltd Managing Director George Alexander Muthoot about loans against gold ETF units,
“loans against gold ETF units was a scheme through which Muthoot Finance plans to venture into a totally new segment of gold financing, which would not only add value, but also enable the company to service the financial requirements of newer customer segments.”


Further he adds,
“The new scheme would come into force by this month end and would enable the customers to avail finance at the rate of 15 per cent interest against their Gold ETF units to the extent of 85 per cent of the Net Asset Value of ETFs.”


The news portal quotes a statement of Sunita Anand also who is National Stock Exchange Assistant Vice-President and Southern Region Head,
“Gold ETFs have seen a progressive rise in popularity throughout the country over the past two to three years, attaining a whopping size of over Rs 5,000 crore as of June this year, resulting out of active investments from over 320,000 investors.”


In an analysis of the fund, the news portal writes,
“Commonly referred as 'paper gold', gold ETFs are mutual fund units issued by asset management companies against 99.5 per cent purity physical gold deposited with a SEBI-registered custodian.

These funds are passively managed and mirror domestic gold prices. By enabling investors to invest in gold without holding it in physical form, gold ETFs offer a rather unique investment opportunity to investors.”


So, essence of the gold ETFs offer is giving a rather unique investment opportunity to investors by Muthoot Finance Ltd. It is introduced just after Loan against Gold Units of Reliance Commercial Finance.
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Loan against Gold Units Launched by Reliance Commercial Finance

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Recently, Reliance Commercial Finance (RCF), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, launched a unique initiative plan – loan against gold.

An online news portal - economictimes.indiatimes.com, writes about the offer,
“Customers can avail of loans up to 90 percent of the value of gold units held, while the minimum amount offered under this initiative would be Rs.100,000 and the maximum would be Rs.1 crore.

The tenure of the loans will vary from 6 months to 12 months and can be paid in easy repayment options available under the initiative.”


The news portal adds a statement of K.V. Srinivasan, chief executive of Reliance Commercial Finance also,
“These loans, being offered by RCF, are part of an exclusive tie-up with Reliance Mutual Fund and would initially be available to investors of Reliance Gold Savings Fund only. We strongly believe that gold funds have opened an entirely new avenue for offering loans to customers. We expect this segment to ramp up aggressively as investors start embracing this form of gold for future investments. The tie-up provides a unique opportunity for Reliance Gold Savings fund investors to unlock the value of their savings held in form of Gold mutual fund units. Investors will continue to enjoy benefit of gold price appreciation during the tenure of loan.”


The news portal writes about the character of loan against gold units,
“Reliance gold savings fund enables investments in the precious metal in paper form, without having to open a dematerialised account. In other similar funds, a demat account is mandatory.”


This facility is offered across 17 locations in India. These are launched with an exclusive tie-up with Reliance Mutual Fund. It would initially be available to investors Reliance Gold savings fund only. So, it enables investments in the precious metal in paper form. It is launched just after Reliance SIP in gold savings fund.
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Equity Plus Scheme Launched by Sundaram Mutual Fund

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Recently, Sundaram Mutual Fund launched Equity Plus scheme, an open-ended scheme. The scheme was open for only May 16, 2011. It is closed now. It was open from May 4, 2011.

An online news portal about business and economy - economictimes.indiatimes.com, writes about the Sundaram Mutual Fund Equity Plus scheme,
“Sundaram Equity Plus aims to invest between 65-85 per cent in equity to give all the tax advantages of a designated equity fund and a maximum of 35 per cent in gold ETF.”


So, Sundaram Equity Plus is aimed to invest more than 80% equity to give all the tax advantages of a designated equity fund.

The portal quotes a statement of Sundaram Mutual Fund's Director-Sales & Marketing, Sunil Subramaniam also,
“The scheme will primarily focus on opportunities in Indian equities with the addition of gold-ETF to provide diversification and exposure to the relative attractiveness of gold in certain phases. The investors will get benefit from equity and gold ETF- two asset classes in terms of capital appreciation and avail tax benefits.”


It provides diversification and exposure to the relative attractiveness of gold in certain phases as per the stamen of Sunil Subramaniam who is the Sundaram Mutual Fund's Director-Sales & Marketing.

It quotes the statement of Sundaram Equity Plus Fund Manager, Srividhya Rajesh also,
“The performance of the scheme will be benchmarked to the S&P CNX Nifty index for the equity and equity related instruments and to the price of gold for the investments in gold-ETF. The objective of this scheme would be to seek capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-related instruments listed in India to the extent of at least 65 per cent and in gold-ETF up to 35 per cent.”


The news portal writes about the Sundaram Mutual Fund,
“Sundaram Mutual Fund, a major player in the fund management has an average asset under management (AUM) of about Rs 14,556 crore as on April 2011.”


We already have experienced Samridhi Plus of LIC. Now, tell your experience with Equity Plus Scheme of Sundaram Mutual Fund.
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