There is an urgent need to eliminate dark patterns from the insurance ecosystem to preserve consumer trust and improve access to insurance products, while insurers must undertake an honest assessment of their own organisations, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) Chairman Ajay Seth said at an event in New Delhi on Saturday….
A ₹4.5 crore investment corpus at 32 would usually be counted as a financial success story. But the entire achievement can feel incomplete if it comes at the cost of poor health. Recently, in a LinkedIn post, investment adviser Abhishek Kumar shared the story of a 32-year-old who spent seven years moving from a salaried…
Carson Group, an Omaha, Neb.-based registered investment advisor with over $60 billion in assets under management, has launched an equity program that provides ownership opportunities for W-2 advisors and team members in operational and support roles, according to an announcement from the firm. The acquisitive Carson has, for years, given equity opportunities to founding advisors…
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage edged up to its highest level of 2026.
10th Anniversary Coincides with Release of Leadership Podcast BILOXI, Miss., July 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Keesler Federal Credit Union President and CEO Andy Swoger this month celebrated his 10th year leading the credit union – a period of unparalleled growth and success for the member owned financial institution. The anniversary coincides with the global release of…
Prior +1.2% revised to 1.4% PPI MoM -1.4% vs -0.4% expected PPI YoY 12.4% vs 13.6% last month Raw Material Price index MoM -6.9% vs 0.5% last month Raw Material Price index YoY 20.7% vs 33.4% lst month Details of the PPI data: Main driver: A tentative U.S.-Iran agreement eased concerns over shipping through the…
Passive funds captured more than 70% of net fund inflows on UK platforms during the second quarter of 2026, as advisers and investors sought low-cost index tracking. According to new data from distribution intelligence platform Finscape, UK funds gathered £4.6bn in net inflows across Q2. Passive strategies dominated the allocations, bringing in £3.2bn, while active…
BEIJING, July 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from China Daily: At the height of summer, 800 hectares of lavender are in bloom across Sigong village — also known as Huanghuang village — at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, drawing tourists to the…
The AI industry has spent the past few years obsessing over one question: Who has the smartest model? That still matters. But a new north star is emerging: how much useful intelligence can be delivered for each dollar spent. A lot of models are now good enough for many business tasks. Once that happens, buyers…
Roughly 60 years after the post-WWII baby boom ended, the global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s, the World Bank Group reported. But not every country reports similar birth rates. The World Bank Group gathered crude birth rate data in 2024 — that is, the number of live births…