So as expected the ULIP bill is passed. I am not sure about my numbers but if the mf sales: ulip sales is 1:300, to even think the MF industry will be called for a meeting sounds funny. The mutual fund industry in India is going through a real hard grind – some partly its […]
Many organisations have a designation called the ‘Wealth’ manager. I have often wondered about the enormity of this task. You really have to be a friend of the client and you actually need only about 30-40 clients of good size to make a decent living. How is a wealth manager different from a Financial Planner. […]
Retirement Mistakes. Retirement, purportedly is the most important goal for most of the readers of this column. At least that is what most of the mails that I get say. Yet, looking at the numbers, it is clear that many investors are undermining their good intentions with unfortunate actions. Or inactions should I say? […]
Ration lines were in existence when I was in school. So one knew that India had a food shortage. Wheat used to be called PL480 wheat – what was unfit for consumption in US was sent to India. One of the honourable Ministers of yester-years Mr. C Subramaniam set up Food Corporation of India. This […]
A friend asked me to see value research online – and see the lead story on why you should distrust your adviser. I was amused because ‘How to select a financial adviser’ is a topic with which I have often grappled for and on behalf of many friends. Let us take a typical ‘media’ answer […]
Recently a very senior executive from a Pharmaceutical company came to see me (let us call him Mr. A). He was earning well, had a nice house, drove a nice car, ….to the world he looked successful. However he had 2 major problems – his son (age about 28) and daughter (aged 25) were quite […]
What happens when you cannot pay the life insurance premium? Well there are some implications for sure! Here is an article that I wrote for Money Mantra – a personal finance magazine in Hindi and English…. http://www.moneymantra.co.in/insurance_o.html