A simple man starts a business. He then incurs costs, gives good service and makes some money. The money is enough for him to fund further growth, he expands and grows even better. Then he wants to establish himself further…BUT HE IS EXTREMELY WORRIED about his image and his business. Either he or his children […]

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“Mutual funds are no longer profitable”; “It is not worth being in the life insurance business” – you have heard this and variants of this from the ad driven media, right? Well the truth is not very close to this. Let us take the case of Hdfc Mutual fund. Given the huge AUM already under […]

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When a banker aged 58 buys a UNIT LINKED PLAN…do you feel sorry for him or say ‘well all your life you did to your clients did you not?’. A banker spends all his life dealing with legal documents, he knows the value of the signature that he puts on the paper, correct? He is […]

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In 2008, GE was desperately calling the US Finance secretary to say ‘we are about to default’ AiG was bailed out so that Goldman Sachs could be saved AiG was paying its traders (hold your breath 30% of Revenue) for bringing deals, mind you not a %age of profits, but gross revenue JP Morgan, Morgan […]

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Subra, my money is safe, I bank with a mnc bank. They have fantastic internal systems, audit, well paid and well trained people to look after my money. They have a fantastic ……. Really? And I have dealt with banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, IFAs, ….and I know this is a wishful statement, not true. […]

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  “If you are a girl take up a government or psu bank jobs, you can work less, have a nice time and you will get a pension”. If this is the advice you got or are getting from your Mom, ask her to use the refresh button. Not once, but many times over. Things […]

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Hi Subra …should we do some training? Me: Of course R, we should…but tell me what. R: Actually whatever you want. Communication skills, Sales Closing skills, How to make a Powerful Sales Opening…. Me: hey but I rarely do this kind of stuff…I do domain related stuff, you know that for the past 10 years […]

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