Co-operative Housing Society Issues: Your Rights & Remedies
With the recent Campa Cola episode, Moneylife Foundation has been receiving huge request from its members to conduct seminars relating to realty issues and issues relatingto cooperative housing societies (CHS). After many such successful events in the past MoneylifeFoundation conducted another workshop on issues related to CHS. Advocate Vinod Sampat, an expert in CHS matters, in association with Moneylife Foundation, spoke extensively…
Mumbai launch of book ‘The Descent of Air India’
At an exclusive event Dr Subramanian Swamy, former minister of commerce and law launched the book—The Descent of Air India authored by Jitender Bhargava, a former executive director of Air India. Having spent more than two decades with Air India, Mr Bhargava knows the issues and problems of the airline and the aviation industry better than most. He, along with…
Alarming consequences of neglecting Conveyance & the fine print in Redevelopment deals
Many builders have not conveyed the title of properties to the housing societies in the hope of availing more floor space index (FSI) that may become available, or the benefits accrued to them in case the property is redeveloped. The Supreme Court order to demolish unauthorised floors at Mumbai’s Campa Cola compound sent shock waves…
Transform Your Life with Neuro Linguistic Psychology
Moneylife Foundation’s seminar on NLP by well-known Marathi actor Shekhar Naware captivated the audience with a talk on how human communication techniques can be improved to remove the mismatch between personality-types that lead to miscommunication. Techniques to harness the power of your mind to improve own performance in any field was shared by Mr Naware…
Safe & Smart – exclusively for 2nd year students of Centre for Management
In a special programme, for the second-year management students of Centre for management, Bandra (Mumbai), Sucheta Dalal, trustee, Moneylife Foundation and Debashis Basu, editor & publisher of Moneylife magazine explained to the students on how to avoid financial traps and invest in the right products. Many have little idea of how to invest safely and…
Fixed-Income: High Returns, Safe Capital
Moneylife Foundation held an exclusive, in-depth session which delved into different options for fixed income investments. Each investment option was discussed in detail for its advantages and disadvantages Moneylife Foundation hosted its 184th seminar with the event titled “High Returns, Safe Capital” conducted by Debashis Basu, editor, Moneylife and Raj Pradhan, columnist at Moneylife, who…
ATMs with biometric readers: Who will bear the cost: Round-table disussion
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come up with a circular on 2nd September 2013 stipulating all banks to implement biometric enabled or Aadhaar compliant ATM machines. Moneylife Foundation along with organisations like All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Depositors Association (AIBDA), Council for Fair Business Practices (CFBP), V CItizens Action…
Keep your money safe: Avoid MLM schemes
Chain-money schemes like Saradha, QNet and Speak Asia are flourishing in our country. Countless money has been lost in this manner. Almost every other month we get to know of a big scam in one state or another, where thousands of crores have been collected from investors, who have been promised high returns, sometimes of…
Safe & Smart & Insurance – exclusively for students of Centre for Management
Moneylife Foundation hosted an insurance session by Raj Pradhan for management students of Centre for management, Bandra (Mumbai). Mr Pradhan gave insights to an eager audience of B-school students on different types of insurance ranging from personal accident, life, health to car, travel and home insurance. Personal accident (PA) is a must-have for everyone. PA…
What the B-schools do not teach you
The youth specially the ones with a new job and their own cash at their disposal have little idea of how to invest safely and smartly. Many end up falling into financial traps or invest in the wrong products. Being safe with money is very important at such a young age in life. A special…
Learn to Invest Safely in Stocks
The average investor has no clue about what he is buying or selling, survives in the stock market mainly because of luck. The ones who do survive may have done so because of some skill or just luck. At an exclusive event organised by Moneylife Foundation, on how to invest in stocks safely, R Balakrishnan,…
How To Write Your Own Will
A Will simply carries out your wishes after death. One has to give specific instructions about what has to be done with the movable and immovable properties one owns. A well-drafted, properly-executed Will ensures that your wishes are honoured. The courts spend much of their time resolving property disputes for want of a Will or…