Bajaj Allianz claims to have become number one, beating ICICI Prudential for market leadership among private life insurers. It claims the most consistent, month-on-month growth. But ICICI Prudential disputes almost all of Bajaj's claims.

The main bone of contention is UnitGain Single Premium product of Bajaj. This had no lock-in and was more like a mutual fund. It propelled Bajaj to the top...

After Chartered Accountant and Certified Financial Analysts, now comes the Certified Financial Planner. CAs have traditionally helped wealthy individuals manage their money, mainly from the tax angle while CFAs apply sophisticated techniques to analysing stocks for big financial firms. CFPs are for the individuals. They help manage money for those who have a nest egg or are creating one....

Startling revelations following from consumer complaints, proves how your friendly neighbourhood jeweller may be cheating you, reports Sucheta Dalal

Indians are the world's biggest gold lovers. We account for one-fifth of world gold sales and nearly 70% of this goes into gold jewellery. But the gold jewellery market is so fraught with unfair trade practices that even a sympathetic National...