Are we in a slowdown or in a recession? Well, nobody has an answer to this question. When we see the media hysteria we keep wondering how ‘shriller’ can the voices become? If you are in the middle portion of your life and surrounded by EMIs for your house, children’s education, car payments the […]

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Not sure how many of you read about the prosecution of HSBC in UK… Whenever I speak to big branded banks they tell me how – – they have a fantastic risk profiling process – due diligence done on all products, issuers, exchanges….blah, blah, blah – how the client has to sign off on all […]

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A friend who works for a regulator ABROAD came to India to teach at arguably at the best 2 Business schools in India. As is customary his father took him to the bank to tie up some loose ends. The Branch Manager offerred him a Unit Linked Plan with a 40% assured return. Now here […]

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