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 […]
http://www.subramoney.com/finance-for-non-finance-people-workshop/ Fee based Investment counseling is the cure to all problems, so say the Learned Men. They ought to be correct, because all channels are also saying it. Now I met a ‘Good Intentions’ – we will only do what is good for the client financial planning company. They wanted their ‘planners’ to be able […]
There are a few people I know who keep chasing investment opportunities. There are some people who are good in one field – say sales, marketing, operations, dentistry, physiotherapy,….could be anything, so they think they are good in finance. Of course some of them visit websites, talk to people, read books and suddenly believe that […]
In almost all trainings – whether it is a relationship managers training or a independent financial analyst’s training, one complaint comes through very loudly. It goes like this: “I have a client who invests 5 a month in a mutual fund regularly. However I am under tremendous pressure to sell him a unit linked plan […]
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about it, you will do things differently. This is what Warren Buffet has to say about reputation risk. Frankly this is perhaps the most ignored aspect today in financial product sales. Most people who are looking to selling […]