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S&P ESG India Index - The success of socially responsible investing

Posted by ANANDH SUNDAR 02 December 2011 15092 Views

The above graph says it all. After a 15month hiccup from its Jan-08 launch(where it performed same as other indices), it broke away in Apr-09, and has not looked back since. A nearly 2.5yr track record of out-performance is not a joke. Now, one ma

Something about CWA, CFA, CPA

Posted by Guest 02 December 2011 31287 Views

Lets take a look at some of the finance courses that can provide professional leverage to the existing and new employees and help them upgrade their skills. Lets take a look at some of the finance courses that can provide professio

Being a cost accountant

Posted by Guest 30 November 2011 17170 Views

The lowdown Cost accountants collect, assimilate, collate and analyse all financial information related to an organisation. Their main role is to ensure that managerial decisions are within cost prescriptions. They need to give a prognosis for pro

Taxability of VRS Compensation

Posted by CA Mandar Joshi 29 November 2011 115353 Views

Whenever any employer organisation decides to introduce a scheme of Voluntary Retirement from the service, the main issue with employees' union, apart from consensus on VRS Compensation amount, is Taxability of that amount since the amount is

Income tax Scrutiny Assessment

Posted by CA Satish Badve 29 November 2011 82388 Views

Scrutiny of the income tax return is a regular feature to find out whether the income declared in the income tax return of relevant assessment year is correct and the income tax has been paid on the same.

One-Minute Guide To Understanding - Consolidated account statement (CAS)

Posted by Guest 28 November 2011 17519 Views

I would ensure that you do not have to track the account statements of different MF schemes separately and thus would help you reduce your paperwork What am I? Unlike a normal account statement issued by a mutual fund (MF) house, which provides

How to save more by spending smarter?

Posted by Ramalingam K 29 November 2011 14252 Views

The willingness and the ability to save money is the secret of building wealth. So as to save money, you need to spend less than you actually earn. Though it looks very simple when you say, it is really difficult to implement. There are plenty of wa

Business communication

Posted by *RENU SINGH * 28 November 2011 7551 Views

A big hi to all !!!!!!!!! This is November month. And I am trying a different tack. So, I am going to talk about communication skills. With good communication skill a person can gravitate people towards himself with ease. So here are so

Embezzlement-Arthshastra, Audit and Tax

Posted by Lekshmi 28 November 2011 16800 Views

Fraud, embezzlement, concealment of material facts, misappropriation, the list seem endless when the auditor is involved in the examination of financial statements. Chanakya who lived in India, is considere

Storytelling for Risk Managers

Posted by Sonia Jaspal 28 November 2011 9166 Views

When I started writing my blog "Sonia Jaspal's RIskBoard", a few writers and fellow bloggers gave me an ego deflating feedback Your posts read like research papers, you should write more stories. My reaction was