The coronavirus crisis is unlike any we have seen in recent memory. Its impact on our collective physical, mental, and economic health has elements in common with the 1918 influenza pandemic, the wave of terror bombings in the early 2000s, and the economic crash of 2008. It’s an inflection point, beyond which our personal and professional lives will be changed in ways we can’t yet fully understand. Nevertheless, we must persevere. Our organizations need to survive both as vital components of the global economic engine and integral threads in the fabric of social coherence. Many people derive not just financial…

The Rs 27-trillion mutual fund (MF) industry could see some slowdown in March, with estimates (up to March 27 for 80 per cent industry assets) suggesting a dip of 10-15 per cent to Rs 9,100-9,700 crore in the equity segment. Industry players say flows have shown resilience in a highly-volatile month that also saw closure of MFs’ branch offices due to Coronavirus-induced lockdown. Compared to the last 12-month average of Rs 6,984 crore, the estimated equity flows are still 30-38 per cent higher. The monthly flows for industry are typically released…

Think short-, medium- and long-term, and know what you should and shouldn’t be changing. March 24, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. These are extremely difficult times, and making it more difficult is that these are uncharted waters full of speculation, self-appointed gurus and presumptive forecasts, leaving business owners unclear on what they should or shouldn’t be doing with their business. At our agency, we are telling all our clients the same thing we always do: Think of your marketing in terms of short-, medium- and long-term objectives, and know where you should and…

With the coronavirus epidemic bringing the entire country to a standstill, many taxpayers, who had procrastinated and left the task of investing for tax saving for the last few days of the financial year, had got stuck. Fortunately for them, the government has extended the deadline until June 30, 2020, for people to make their tax-saving investments for the financial year 2019-20. This relief will matter especially to those who are not savvy enough to make their investments online. Now that tax savers have got a second opportunity, they should exercise due diligence and make their tax-saving investments…

SBI Mutual Fund (MF) and DSP MF have opened up their small-cap funds for accepting lump sum investments amid the sharp correction in valuation of these stocks in the recent market sell-off. Lump sum investments are like tactical infusions that one can make at any point of time, based on his view. They differ from systematic investments that are routed through SIPs on a monthly basis. Starting Monday, SBI Small Cap Fund will allow lump sum investments till it receives net inflow of Rs 1,000 crore. SIPs were allowed in the scheme with certain caps. From April 1, DSP…

Proven strategies to get your ecommerce brand on track.Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While there is no denying that email marketing has incredible potential for ecommerce brands, many struggle to generate the sales results they’d like to see. Research from Adestra reveals that 73 percent of millennials list email as their preferred method of getting contacted by a business. A study from Campaign Monitor found that more than 50 percent of American adults check their email upwards of 10 times each day. Needless to say, there are a lot of opportunities for reaching customers, but you’ll…

The Inside the Mind of the CEO interview series explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. For more insight, see PwC’s CEO Survey. The story of Titan, the fifth-largest watch manufacturer in the world, is the story of serendipity. In a quest for an exciting project, two employees of the Indian conglomerate Tata Group decided to design a watch, even though the Indian government closely regulated business and banned large corporations from manufacturing watches at the time. Bhaskar Bhat was their first recruit in 1983; the first Titan watch hit the market four…

Refined soy oil prices are trading at Rs 820 per 10 kg and prices are expected to head towards Rs 840 per 10 kg over the next few days…