Why Not Mint Money

Mint’s Satya Sontanam in conversation with Jitin Makkar, Vice President and Head-Credit Policy at ICRA, on how credit ratings to companies are assigned, to what extent investors can rely on these ratings and what it means to the investor when an agency downgrades the credit rating of a company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever applied for a home loan? Then your bank must have surely asked you for your credit score. Mint's Maulik speaks to Manish Ajwani to understand how credit scores work. Manish is the founding member and head of products at Recordent, a firm that has built a SaaS platform for MSMEs with a vision to create a trade credit bureau. Earlier, Manish spent 8 years at TransUnion CIBIL. Learn mor...

Do you know that just like stocks, now you can directly buy Indian government and state government bonds? Mint's Abhinav Kaul tells you about RBI Retail Direct scheme, how it works, and whether retail investors should go for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is BNPL a payment method or a loan? What happens when you don't pay back within the interest free window? Mint's Shipra speaks to Vikas Bansal, Director, Amazon Pay India to find out answers to these questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Covid crisis highlighted the importance of keeping the family informed about our financial documents. Manish Chauhan, Founder and Chief Blogger of Jagonvestor, share his insights on what documents to share and how to go about it. He also highlights how writing a Will should not be considered a major task. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Mint's Navneet Dubey gets in conversation with Naval Goal - Founder and CEO of PolicyX.com, to talk about how and when to port one's health insurance policies. Tune in to know more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investors would not be allowed to set off losses in one crypto asset against another, the government said on Monday. This is a significant blow to people who invest in crypto. Mint's Abhinav Kaul looks at tax-efficient crypto investment options that are available in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Why Not Mint Money, Mint's Namrata Patel talks to Ankit Mehra of GyanDhan about overseas education loans and how to build an education corpus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sankaranarayanan Krishnan, Quant Hedge Fund Manager of Motilal Oswal AMC tells us about the low volatility indices available in India, how they have performed during the market downturn and to what kind of investors this strategy is most suitable for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you a PPFAS Mutual Fund investor left wondering why the fund house stopped fresh inflows into its Flexi cap fund in February, only to re-start them from 15 March? Mint's Maulik speaks to Rajeev Thakkar, Chief Investment Officer, PPFAS Mutual Fund to understand why the fund house did what it did. In the talk, Rajeev also explains the investment strategy for their conservative hybrid fund. Learn...

The 75% limit on equity under NPS Tier II will be raised to 100% once the board approval comes through, reveals Supratim Bandyopadhyay, Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), in an interview with Mint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Covid-19 and uncertainty around, the importance of financial immunity has increased and many Indians now relate it to being able to maintain financial security and stability of self as well as the family. In this episode, Mint's Abhinav Kaul takes a look at how financial planning is important and what to do if you have taken a hit from the recent fluctuations in the markets. Learn more about...

Rushing to plan taxes at the last minute? Want to switch to a new regime? Changed jobs during the year? Mint's Shipra speaks to Rama Karmakar, Tax Partner – People Advisory Services, EY India to find out what you should do to ensure error-free tax planning for the current financial year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Why Not Mint Money, Mint's Namrata Patel talks to Salonee Sanghvi, My Wealth Guide about her personal financial journey, working with Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, and investing in market dips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Mint's Navneet Dubey talks to Mahesh Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Ltd. to ask that is it good to buy life insurance online or through an agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investors usually go into overdrive when they see the market crash just like we have been witnessing over the past few weeks. For this is the time when investors feel that stocks are on sale. In this episode, Mint's Abhinav Kaul take a look at the strategy that mutual fund investors can follow during this market correction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mint speaks to Usha Thorat, former Deputy Governor, RBI on how participation of women in Indian banking and finance has improved and asked suggestions for first-time investors, particularly women in India. Thorat believes that women must be financially independent and shared four money rules that must be kept in mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharan Hegde started creating personal finance content during the Covid pandemic and in a matter of just two years has built a follower base of nearly a million people on Instagram. Content creators like him bridge a gap between millennials and the formal finance world. Mint speaks to Hegde on his content journey, the concerns around paid promotions, and how he invests his own money. In his latest...

Do you know you can fly and stay in hotels for free on your next holiday with credit card rewards? This women's day Mint's Shipra speaks to Shipra Baranwal, co-founder, Live from a Lounge to find out how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ms. Radhika Gupta, one of the most respected executives in the mutual fund industry, shares that she has started investing late, made investment mistakes and learned from them. She is now a conservative investor and believes in keeping her portfolio simple. For more details, tune in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will energy stocks rally? Will debt mutual funds suffer? How about broader equity markets? Dhaval Kapadia of Morningstar speaks to Mint's Neil Borate on what the Ukraine-Russia conflict means for investors in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ukraine conflict has spelt doom for equity markets around the world. However there are select sectors tracked by Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that can do better. What are they and how do you invest in them? Mint speaks to Viram Shah of Vested Finance to find out. For any feedback or comments, you can reach out on Twitter @Actusdei or on email at mintmoney@livemint.com Learn more about your ad...

Neil Borate speaks to Smallcase CEO Vasanth Kamath on the explosive growth of Smallcase as a platform. Kamath also addresses some of the common criticisms of the platform - differing returns of the model portfolio and actual investors, high impact cost and tax inefficiency. Finally, Kamath talks about what his future plans are - whether Smallcase will list cryptocurrency and international stocks....

In this episode, Mint's Navneet Dubey gets in conversation with Subhajit Mandal, CFA - Co-Founder- India Insuretech Association & Cyber Sierra to talk about reasons behind the cyber crime and get to know what Cyber Insurance is all about. Tune into to know more about Cyber Sierra and how secure your business from constant threats ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a lay stock investor, it is tough to predict whether it is large-caps, mid-caps or small-caps that will do better in a year. But multi-cap and Flexi-cap funds easily solve this problem. In this episode, Mint's Abhinav Kaul will explore how these two funds differ from each other and which one might be a better fit for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices