If you have been in the equity markets for 30 years you have some advantages. First you have seen many players come and go. You keep wondering how many are genuine, how many are fake. Over this period you classify people into platinum, gold, silver, …and of course mud. Fund managers also come in various […]
This article has been repeated…to say that inspite of the so called markets being down this still holds…and the last line is a new addition – a link to Deepak’s site… Over the last 7-10 years you could have heard the following comments: 1. Only banks can give home loans and make money: After all […]
It is quite surprising that there is a BIG rich much higher stake financial stake life insurance industry which is being made to look like a villain. The Mutual fund industry is supposed to be a good one which charges much lesser than the life insurance industry. Amusing. Ask a distributor, it is far more […]
I recently saw a post which said ‘Alert Investors already know about ULIPs’. Amazing half truth :). Once upon a time Arun Shourie said “In India what you say depends on where you sit”. This is so amazingly true – look at the Women’s Bill. BJP says it supports the bill, Congress says it wants […]
There are some changes happening in the life insurance industry! Some leadership positions are changing hands. The coming in of a new Managing Director in Hdfc Standard Life Insurance has had its impact perhaps…or it is just the old favorite Hdfc Bank pushing its sales force and getting some rocking numbers for Feb and March? […]
Frankly this is not a ‘how to sell life insurance or mutual fund’ tutorial but just a note on how desperate the industry is to sell! ALL the life insurance companies – Aviva, Hdfc Standard Life, Icici Prudential, Tata AIG, Birla Sunlife, Max New York Life, Reliance, Kotak, – have called me at least 10 […]
For many people understanding risk and preparing for the same is unheard of and non-existent. Here we are talking about a nice educated class of people who hold high positions and handle a lot of money. Like a friend says “Risk for these organisations is the quality of people they have hired to look after […]