Continuing the state of the Life insurance Industry… One very important part of this industry are the agents. Now the agents are of 3 types a. National Level Distributors (non banks), b. National Level Distributors (banks) and c. Individuals (largely local level). The N L D as they are called seem to be making money, […]
It is funny that to be in any business you need to have some qualification. Let us take the mutual fund business for example. To be the Asset management company – you need to have 5 years of track record of some financial business. You need to have a networth of Rs. 10 crores (to […]
Recently got a copy of Amar Pandit’s book – Bill and Penny’s Money Adventures. There was no point in trying to do a book review. So I asked my daughter to read it and WRITE what she understood. I was quite impressed – first of all to get a 9 year old to read a […]
It is very difficult to be in the PMS (Portfolio Management Services), Mutual fund business, Broking, Investment banking, …at some stage there is a conflict. There is a conflict between pricing an issue for the IPO and for the customer. What do you do when the promoter of a small company asks you to handle […]
Just finished what could have been India’s first (or one of the earlier) training sessions for the NISM exams. Was there conducting the first sessions of the Amfi training in 2002 – took the exam in April…and started doing the training in the month of May. Do not see much difference in the syllabus – […]
If I were to define a millionaire as a dollare millionaire…that would at least make the club a little exclusive. If it is a millionaire – Rs. 1 million – i guess everybody walks into it :). Millionaire today has lost meaning. I guess the Indian equivalent should at least be ‘Crorepati’. Here are some […]
This is what every channel, magazine, website wants to carry for ‘Easy simple steps to get rich’: Set a goal, quantify your goals, decide on the amount of money for each goal that you can set aside, choose good mutual funds, and hey presto in 5 years you would have achieved your goals….and other goals […]