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TOP STORIES   Investment Advisor Regulation I: SEBI's ideas are, as usual, far from reality; may increase mis-selling! If SEBI's new norms on investment advisors come into force, mutual fund sales will decline even further and mis-selling of insurance products will increase!... *Investment Advisor Regulation II: How SEBI's do-gooding can be easily undermined *Investment Advisor Regulation III: SROs have never worked in the past; will it work now? *Investment Advisor Regulation IV: Distributors write to Moneylife to point out numerous holes *Microfinance industry: Genesis of current crisis, lessons learnt, challenges and prospects *Indians as guinea pigs: Clinical trials killed 1,600 people in the past two years; only 22 compensated for fatalities *Notwithstanding the Registry, how transparent are clinical trials in India? *Will Reliance's diversification strategy pay off? *Facing mounting debt, Mallya scraps Kingfisher Airlines' low-cost operations *While the US is planning to tax the rich, India's tax burden falls on the poor *Anna Hazare enters cyberspace; slams self-styled mediators who tom-tommed their vital role in breaking his fast     Markets (Regulation/Street Watch/Equities)   Weekly Market Report: Market under stress Nifty to move in the range of 4,900 to 5,000... *Bulls defend 4,720 but fail to take out 5,169 points, which means uncertainty continues *Regulation: People's wrath *Regulatory reforms: Cleaning up appointments *Corporate governance: Home truth for foreign diplomats *Investors lost money in 85% of GDRs issued in 2010 says recent study   Investing (Mutual Funds/Stocks)   JP Morgan & Baroda Pioneer continue to bet on foreign shores with new fund offerings JP Morgan and Baroda Pioneer are launching foreign fund schemes. But why are these foreign fund schemes flooding the Indian market, even as Indian savers are shunning the equity products of their own country? *Vivimed labs: Right chemistry *SML Isuzu: Heavy Machine   Personal Finance (Insurance/Retirement/Borrowing)   IRDA portability guidelines' definition of 'mediclaim policy break-in' changes the entire game IRDA has taken a huge step forward for the insured with its clear-cut definition of a 'policy break-in'. The insured have tremendous opportunity to request insurers to consider policy continuity even if it was considered as a break-in as per a mediclaim policy's terms of agreement... *Retirement fund: How much is enough? *Retirement: PFRDA bill, a long road ahead *Life insurance: Policy lapses *Education loan comes with an extended repayment period for students ON STANDS NOW Companies & Sectors   Onion prices fall in wholesale market as exporters stop buying Higher export prices have left no takers for Indian onions in the international market; wholesale prices are crashing due to excess supply... *Seventymm struggling with logistics and piracy problems in new ventures as well *Realty is the latest pick of a group-buying website. Will it work? *Rising costs, rates to affect domestic car sales during festivals *MFI corporate governance norms: How can these be put in place? *Microfinance: Will seal of excellence and social performance management as yardsticks work? *Microfinance industry must speak in a collective voice in PIL before Madras HC *Indian microfinance credit bureau: Why is it not fully operational yet? *Ten practical steps to eliminate multiple, over and ghost lending at MFIs *Price hike of 10%-15% seen in select pulses like yellow peas, 'tur dal' and lentils   Life (Public Interest/Entertainment)   Development and free markets—does it mean MNCs will sell us back our water? Healthy low-cost food and natural water to consume are important for all of us. Is there a conspiracy to force us Indians, in the name of "development" and "growth", to consume more and more unhealthy food and beverages? *Corruption in India is endemic because like charity, corruption begins at home, too *RMP Infotec—an MLM company—continues to grow while complaints pile up on the Web *IRCTC fails to refund amount of eight-month-old failed transaction *Medicine for unwanted SMS more poisonous than the disease *Telemarketers flood subscribers with messages before the implementation of new TRAI rule banning bulk SMS transmission *Kaun Banega Crorepati? Everyone except you!   BEYOND MONEY: FOR THOSE WHO NEED A HELPING HAND   Dr Nita Mukherjee finds a fledgling idea that has taken wing—keeping alive women-related history by archiving invaluable reference materials     BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   Taming the Beast LARRY LIGHT The Next Convergence MICHAEL SPENCE Trend Qualification & Trading LA LITTLE EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   DP World Ports Vallarpadam Container Terminal: The numbers behind point towards another huge scam Veeresh Malik   Lack of jobs is the real problem now, not falling markets William Gamble Politics of noise or how norms are drowned in the cacophony Sudhir Badami   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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