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Subject: Weekly Updates - Best fund houses 2011, Sun TV and SpiceJet shares crash, Weak upmove possible, and many more
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TOP STORIES   Best fund houses 2011 Our new, improved methodology ranks 19 fund houses based on five-year performance of their equity schemes. While staying focused on performance, Moneylife's rankings are based on three other factors—downside risk, frequency of new fund offers and the size of equity assets... *Perils of investing in companies growing through political links *Sun TV, SpiceJet crash on PIL demanding probe against Dayanidhi Maran *Kalmadi's 'Cartoons': How Mani Shankar's red flags in 2007 about Kalmadi's dictatorship in CWG were ignored – I *Kalmadi's 'Cartoons': How Suresh Kalmadi extracted more money from governments – II *Weekly Market Report: Weak upmove possible *'My name is Nathu Gaikwad. I may not be literate, but I used the RTI Act to get back land taken by land sharks'     March quarter review   Despite rising inflation and a tight monetary regime, India Inc has managed to deliver in the March quarter The Indian corporate sector has managed to turn in a surprisingly robust performance in Q4 of this fiscal, despite a gloomy outlook—operating profit of 1,094 companies grew by 20% and net profit grew by 17%... *Leisure & lifestyle sector records highest sales growth in March 2011 *Sugar sector records highest net profit growth in March 2011   Regulations   Increasing retail investor base: SEBI has a tough job ahead The SEBI chief is worried about poor retail participation. The regulator and the exchanges are alone responsible for this. Will anything change? *Real estate rating conundrum: Will the rating agency rise to the challenge to help make the home buyers' dreams come true? Life (public interest / events / advertising)   'RTI can be used by anyone to great effect' Journalist and RTI activist Vinita Deshmukh says any individual can use the Right to Information Act for the betterment of society and to find answers to everyday problems. At a Moneylife Foundation workshop, she described numerous instances where common citizens have persisted and succeeded along this road... *Will our RTI Act ever live up to its promise? *ASCI asks top advertisers like HUL, Dabur, ITC, L'Oreal, TVS, to modify television commercials *Fastrack: Raunchy, but an interesting route *Maharashtra announces 25 as the permissible age for alcohol consumption. So, what's changed? Companies & Sectors   Power sector picks up in April as generation, renewable energy show encouraging growth Order inflows in the power sector were poor in April 2011, but power generation registered an encouraging 7.6% growth year-on-year, and alternate energy sources did much better. Power stocks have by and large underperformed the market over the past three months... *RCom again wants to sell RInfratel to reduce debt burden *Star-Zee partnership could improve economics of organised TV distribution industry *With the cricket over, general entertainment channels prepare to hit their way back into the game *Indian online travel sites record 32% more visitors in FY11, says private study *Sterling Holidays announces lifetime vacations contest to try and revive interest in its timeshare plans Investing   DSP BlackRock plans two more global funds. Should you invest? Both open-ended funds will invest in BlackRock's international funds and they are benchmarked against indices that have given far lower returns than the Sensex or Nifty... Personal Finance (Insurance / Taxation)   Bancassurance:The more the merrier? Current regulations allow banks to sell insurance from only one life and one general insurance company. Should it change? Raj Pradhan asks the experts... *Income-tax department's Centralised Processing Centre neglects acknowledging returns submissions *Pension products: Regulatory changes coming soon *ULIPs: Future Generali Wealth Protect TROTTER NAMA: THE WORLD AROUND US   Bhutan: Ancient kingdom, youngest king Jaideep Mukerji steps back in time as he travels through South Asia's tiny kingdom, untouched by the ravages of civilisation... .   BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   The Quest for Alpha LARRY E SWEDROE Delivering Happiness TONY HSIEH Brand Building Advertising McGraw-Hill EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   ULIPs: No child's play R Balakrishnan   The dangerous subsidies bubble William Gamble Kurkure: Another tasty one Anil Thakraney   To subscribe to this free newsletter log on to www.moneylife.in or email us at newsletter@moneylife.in To get FREE updates via sms click here.

 

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