SUNDARAM BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has announced the launch of Sundaram BNP Paribas PSU Opportunities fund. The investment objective of this thematic fund is to seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity and equity-related instruments of PSU companies across the cap curve and sectors. This is an openended equity scheme, with CNX PSE Index as its benchmark. The issue of units is at Rs 10 each during the New Fund Offer period (between November 25, 2009, and December 23, 2009).
ICICI Pru LifeTime and ICICI Pru Lifestage are Unit Linked Pension Plans. Such insurance linked retirement plans are neither good investments nor do they offer sufficient insurance cover. As you can see, these have turned out to be bad deals. In the Lifetime plan, the fund value is not even equal to the total premiums that you have paid and in the Lifestage plan your return is just about 6% which is quite low. The mortality charges are as per your age which is why they have increased. Moreover, once these plans matures, you will have to compulsorily opt for annuity (regular income) and the annuity rates are generally modest. Assuming these plans mature in the next one year, it will be wise to surrender the plan now and curb your future commitments. Before you choose to buy a term plan, you have to consider a few points. You need to insure yourself, only during the time you are working and your family is financially dependent on you. At the age of 59, not all insurance companies w...
