Continuing my dialogue series… Journo: Subra do you not think the life insurance guys get pampered? Subra: Why do you say so? Journo: 40% of the contribution as a commission is too much, do you not think so? Subra: What about products with 122% commission? http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ J: Not possible in the financial service industry…..at least [...]
No clue whether the allegations against Goldman Sachs will stick but if you have spent even a little time in deal structuring and marketing derivatives…you can understand that THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. It is also easy to realise that when a brokerage firm is small and the owner is worried about his reputation, he could [...]
If you are a demat account holder with CDSL you now get an excellent service – free access to your demat account where you can check your statement, transaction, etc. Should the login be given and the client asked to generate his own password – name+ dob+ four digits of the account number …or something [...]
I could not believe my eyes when I saw this headline! Once upon a time when Chartered Accountants were judged by their reputation, things were different I guess. PwC when it pitches for business now must be saying..’See we are such a big firm, a few frauds do not matter’. However long ago when I [...]
http://www.subramoney.com/personal-financial-planning-workshop/ Yesterday a friend pointed out an interview of Mr. Azim Premji in Economic Times. One quote was: “Subhiksha was unfortunate. I think it is a retail equivalent of Satyam. I think the media has completely ignored it, its a very interesting minefield for you. It is an out and out fraud, there is no [...]
Indian market today is a very difficult market to please. Is the end client really difficult to please, I am not sure but the distributor is very difficult to please. And the last mile connect is the real tough nut to crack. Whether it is your cable television provider deciding not to give you UTVi [...]