Awesome news item saying that IRDA is cleaning up. Great. The way the financial services sector is structured, it should not be difficult to do it. There is only one downside. 38 mutual funds and 16 life insurance companies will close down. So the media being supported by them will shut down. No more sponsors, […]
I am asked this question a million times, and I have always given a sub optimal answer! Frankly I do not know whether a person needs a financial planner or not. A financial planner has so much of responsibility and work to do that he/she does not do it! In fact I do not know […]
The slowdown in the economy, SEBI and IRDA never ending and ever changing regulations, falling margins, better opportunities elsewhere….are all reasons why the agents seem to be consolidating. Many wealth oriented people are hoping that the clients will understand the need for Medical and Life cover insurance. Typically my suggestion is for people to buy […]
No this is not an article of whether you should buy life insurance from a bank or from an agent…it is just leading to an article on MoneyLife. Agents tell me ‘we cannot sell a wrong product to the customer, because we have to go to the same guy again and again, but bank managers […]
There are some loose cannon balls out there at the regulators place who are hell bent on letting blood flow… The mutual fund industry in India was anyway a top 8 cities, institutional phenomena. However the retail portion was serviced by a huge army of advisers and employees of AMCs. You should meet the Indian […]
Is the financial service industry doing anything for society? I mean is there a VALUE ADD or is it just getting more and more out of the value adding channel? Not sure? Ask MBA colleges – the financial service industry is a big saviour. Whether it be ICICI, Hdfc, Kotak, Indiainfoline, – all their arms […]