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Indian Economy is continuous growing more than 6% p.a. Disposable income of Indian citizen is growing at very high rate. India has 10th highest number of millionaire and rate of growing is much higher than other countries As people are become wealthier, there is need for systematic management of their wealth. The rate of growing wealth in Upper Middle Class and Middle Class is very high. They represent highest amount of saving and investment. There are various reason for that. As people become more awake and caution about their proper managing wealth, there are plaintiff opportunities available in wealth management sector. In India, wealth management sector is underdeveloped. As financial sector reforms and relaxed regulatory framework allowing wealth management sector to become more open and competitive. There are few players in wealth management sector which providing services to Ultra high networth to High networth Individuals. There are mass-affluent and mass- market available in wealth management sectors, which was ignored by large players. Opportunities does not come alone, it come with various challenges. Wealth management services are new to mass-affluent and mass- market, they are unaware about wealth management. So first major challenges is o create awareness. They are other challenges also for wealth management. On basis of that, we have selected the main objective of our project is Opportunities for Wealth Management sector and Challenges for Wealth Management Sector.
investments and managing the tax planning that is associated with the task. The financial service can also be helpful for people who are just beginning to amass a large number of assets, and would rather spend time dealing with other issues than managing finances. Because wealth management is a form of private banking services, persons wishing to enter the field usually prepare by obtaining educational credentials that are directly connected to financial disciplines. A wide range of professionals may be involved in the extension of wealth management services. Attorneys, certified public accountants, insurance professionals and brokers may all be involved in providing services to wealth management clients. In recent years, accredited courses and seminars on wealth management have become more common as the demand for this type of service has increased. The services included with a wealth management package will often include management of the investment portfolio, with brokers empowered to buy and sell on behalf of the client. Attorneys will help to structure family corporations, trusts, and other components that can make estate planning more complete. When it comes to taxes, a wealth management service will also prepare all reports and returns, offer advice to the client on tax elements involved with various aspects of the estate, and in general provide advice that is in the best interests of the client.
At the end of 2008, the worlds population of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) was down 14.9% from the year before, while their wealth had dropped 19.5%. The most significant declines in the HNWI population in 2008 occurred in the three largest regions: North America (-19.0%), Europe (-14.4%) and Asia-Pacific (-14.2%). But behind the aggregate numbers lie some interesting developments in the HNWI populations of those regions. The number of HNWIs in the US fell 18.5% in 2008, but the US is still the single largest home to HNWIs, with its 2.5 million, which is 28.7% of the global HNWI population.
Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management report also finds that the current financial crisis and economic uncertainty has had a large impact on HNWIs and their lifestyle spending, with luxury goods makers, auction houses, and high-end service providers reporting significantly reduced demand worldwide. Fine art has remained the primary passion investment for ultra-HNWIs in 2008 (27% of their total passion investments). Lifestyle spending rose on Health/Wellness, where 54% of HNWIs globally said they increased spending, but dropped on luxury travel and luxury consumables.
It seems that the recession has taken its toll on charitable giving as the year progressed, with little change in the first half the year but severely impacted in Q4 as HNWIs gave less and focused on fewer causes. The outlook for Philanthropy in 2009 is poor with 60% of North American HNWIs saying they would be giving less due to the economic downturn. Japan was the only country that forecasted a growth in charitable donation Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 5 Challenges
HNWIs increased the proportion of their assets held in safer, simpler, more tangible investments in 2008, and reduced their relative holdings of equities and alternative investments. As global stock markets sold off in 2008, HNWIs joined those retreating from equity investments. Accordingly, the proportion of wealth allocated to equities by HNWIs globally dropped by 8 percentage points (to 25%).
North American HNWIs also significantly reduced their exposure to equitiesan asset class they have long favored to 34%, from 43% in 2007, but that was still 9 percentage points above the global average allocation to equities. Elsewhere, HNWIs also scaled back on their equity holdings amid stock-market volatility and declines. The allotment was 21% in both Europe and the Middle East by the end of 2008, down 10 percentage points from 2007 levels in each case. In Latin America, it was down 8 percentage points to 20%.
After experiencing rapid growth for three years, the size and wealth of the HNWI population in the Asia-Pacific region shrank significantly in 2008. By the end of 2008, the region's HNWI population was down 14.2% from a year earlier to 2.4 million compared with a 14.9% decline in the global HNWI population. HNWI wealth was down 22.3% to US$7.4 trillion vs. 19.5% globally, after experiencing double-digit growth in 2006 and 2007. Ultimately, the region's HNWI population and its wealth ended 2008 below the levels seen at the end of 2006. Average financial wealth per HNWI declined 8.8% in the region to US$3.1m in 2008, after growing at a sustained 3.0% per year from US$3.2m in 2005 to US$3.4m in 2007. At US$4.9m, Hong Kong still had the highest average financial wealth per HNWI in the region, despite experiencing the largest erosion of HNWI wealth on aggregate. Almost two-thirds of Asia-Pacific's markets were below the global average financial wealth per HNWI of US$3.8m.
The region's Ultra-HNWI population declined by 29.6% to 14.3k individuals, compared with a 24.6% decline in the global Ultra-HNWI population, and their wealth declined 35.1% vs. 24.0% globally. Asia-Pacific Ultra-HNWIs had allocated more of their investments than those in other regions to volatile assets such as real estate and alternative investments - at the end of 2008, 30% of their assets were in real estate and alternative investments, compared with 26% among Ultra-HNWIs globally. As a result, they suffered disproportionate losses, and those losses pushed a greater-than-average number out of the "Ultra" category. At the end of 2008, Asia-Pacific Ultra-HNWIs accounted for only 0.6% of the region's entire HNWI population, less than in any other region, but the segment still accounted for 22.5% of the region's HNWI wealth. India's HNWI population shrank 31.6% to 84k, the second-largest percentage decline in the world, after posting the fastest rate of growth (22.7%) in 2007. India, still an Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 8 Challenges
emerging economy, suffered declining global demand for its goods and services causing GDP to slow, and a hefty drop in market capitalization (-64.1%) in 2008. At the end of 2008, HNWI wealth was down 29.0% to US$310 billion, with the largest losses among those in the $1m-$5m wealth band (-31.8%).
HNWIs in the Asia-Pacific region have always tended to favor cash-based investments more than their peers in other regions, but that preference was compounded by the economic uncertainty of 2008. By the end of the year, Asia-Pacific HNWIs had allocated 29% of their assets to cash/deposits, compared with the 21% global HNWI average, as they sought to minimize their risk exposure, increase portfolio liquidity and create more flexibility for managing their assets.
However, that regional average is somewhat inflated by Japan, whose HNWIs account for more than 43% of the region's overall HNWI financial wealth. Japanese HNWIs have long held their financial institutions in high regard and view domestic banks as a safe haven in times of economic downturn. As a result, they are willing to hold cash/deposits Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 9 Challenges
held more of their financial wealth in cash/ deposits (30%, see Figure 7) than any other asset class in 2008. Excluding Japan, Asia-Pacific HNWIs allocated 26% of assets to cash/deposits.
HNWIs in Taiwan had the highest cash/deposit allocations (41%). The Taiwanese stock markets plummeted (-46.3%39) in 2008, so HNWIs sought refuge in more conservative investment vehicles in a bid to preserve capital. In a few countries, cash/deposit allocations are significantly lower than the regional average, including Australia (19%) and India (13%), where other assets typically yield higher returns (such as real estate in Australia and fixed maturity plans in India). In Asia excluding Japan, 29% of cash-based investments were held outside of the formal banking system (e.g., in a vault) at the end of 2008, compared with the global average of 19%. This largely reflects the lack of confidence HNWIs have in the region's emerging-market banking systems, which tend to be less transparent than those in more developed markets.
The net growth in global financial wealth is projected to be largely driven by China, India and Japan over the next few years, leaving those countries with a substantially larger share of global wealth within the next decade (see Figure 13). While Japan will still play a central role as a key market in the region, India and China are projected to display far higher wealth growth rates (~14% and ~12%, respectively, compared to ~7% for Japan)56. With China and India having the highest GDP growth rates in the region, they maintain their status as prime markets to invest for the long-term. Wealth management firms that are able to secure an early presence in these already booming, but still nascent markets will be in a unique position to capture future opportunities there. Indeed, many global wealth management firms have entered China or India since 2008, and local banks and wealth management firms are expanding their operations by focusing on two main business opportunities: Untapped market potential Potential for innovation around product mix and/or new customer segments However, wealth management firms must thoroughly understand these key drivers of growth, and how they intersect with the regulatory regime, in order to make the right tactical and strategic decisions to capture the opportunity in these still-challenging markets.
INVESTMENT PLANNING
Everyone needs to save for a rainy day. Once a person has saved enough to take care of emergencies, a person should start thinking about investing and to make his/her money grow. A person should plan his/her investments so that a person can reap adequate benefits and achieve his/her financial goals. Investment Planning Process includes: Risk Profiling Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction Creation and Accumulation of Wealth through Systematic Investment Plans (SIP) Regular review of progress and Portfolio Rebalancing Essentially, Investment Planning involves identifying his/her financial goals throughout his/her life, and prioritising them. Investment Planning is important because it helps a person to derive the maximum benefit from his/her investments. His/her success as an investor depends upon his/her ability to choose the right investment options. This, in turn, depends on his/her requirements, needs and goals. For most investors, however, the three prime criteria of evaluating any investment option are liquidity, safety and return. Investment Planning also helps a person to decide upon the right investment strategy. Besides his/her individual requirement, his/her investment strategy would also depend upon his/her age, personal circumstances and his/her risk appetite. These aspects are typically taken care of during investment planning. Investment Planning also helps a person to strike a balance between risk and returns. By prudent planning, it is possible to arrive at an optimal mix of risk and returns, that suits his/her particular needs and requirements.
INSURANCE PLANNING
"Insurance is not for the person who passes away, it for those who survive, goes a popular saying that explains the importance of Insurance Planning. It is extremely important that every person, especially the breadwinner, covers the risks to his life, so that his family's quality of life does not undergo any drastic change in case of an unfortunate eventuality. It is extremely important that every person, especially the breadwinner, covers the risks to his life, so that his family's quality of life does not undergo any drastic change in case of an unfortunate eventuality. Insurance Planning is concerned with ensuring adequate coverage against insurable risks. Calculating the right level of risk cover is a specialised activity, requiring considerable expertise. Proper Insurance Planning can help a person look at the possibility of getting a wider coverage for the same amount of premium or the same level of coverage for the same amount of premium or the same level of coverage for a reduced premium. Hence, there is a need for proper insurance planning. Insurance, simply put, is the cover for the risks that we run during our lives. Insurance enables us to live our lives to the fullest, without worrying about the financial impact of events that could hamper it. In other words, insurance protects us from the contingencies that could affect us. So what are the risks that we run? To name a few - the risk on our lives that is, the worries of replacement of the incomes that we contribute to the running of the household), the risks of medical contingencies (since they have the capability of depleting our wealth considerably) and risks to assets (since the replacement of these can have tremendous financial implications). If we can imagine a situation where our
goals are disturbed by acts beyond our control, we can realize the relevance of insurance in our lives. Insurance Planning takes into account the risks that surround a person and then provides an adequate coverage against those risks. There is no risk not worth insuring his/herself against, and insurance should first and foremost be looked as a measure to guard against risks - the risk of his/her dreams going awry due to events beyond his/her control.
RETIREMENT PLANNING
Retirement planning is the important task of deciding how a person will live once he/she retires. Retirement planning involves the consideration of a number of factors, including at what age a person hope to retire, how much money a person will need to cover living expenses coupled with the things a person plan to do once a person retired, and where his/her money will come from. Generally speaking, retirement planning is planning his/her finances for the period of life after a person stop working. Each person's situation is unique, and therefore, retirement planning isn't one standard plan for every person. Saving money for retirement through one or all of the available retirement planning options is the first place to start. Many employers have retirement planning options available to their employees. Some companies have pension plans, Even without company sponsored plans, retirement planning is possible for any individual who wisely invests his or her money. A person can choose to talk to a financial planner, but usually for a fee. Another option is to discuss investment and savings options with the bank where a person currently have his/her checking or savings account. Many banks offer free advice to their account holders hoping to gain more of their business through long-term savings. Retirement planning involves more than just saving money. It's important to determine as closely as possible what his/her potential expenses and compare them to his/her potential income. For instance, if a person will be able to pay his/her mortgage off before retiring, that is one less expense a person will need to cover. It may be necessary to find a way to pay an extra small amount towards his/her mortgage while working in order to have that debt absolved before retirement, thereby lowering the amount of money a person will need each month. Depending on what age a person hope to be when a person retire, retirement planning should also involve tax planning. By doing a little research and talking to financial professionals, a person should be able to come up with a savings and investment plan Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 17 Challenges
that works for a person. A person can begin retirement planning at any stage in life, though earlier is better. Be prepared to make changes in his/her plan as his/her life changes, and when a person finally reach retirement, the retirement planning a person done will leave a person better prepared to relax knowing his/her finances are taken care of.
ASSET PROTECTION
Asset protection is a way of protecting an individuals assets in the event of legal proceedings being brought against the individual. There are a number of reasons why a person may wish to do this. A main factor is to limit the amount of assets that can be recovered if legal proceedings are put in place. Another is to protect how much monetary value is actually placed under one's name. The less money or assets people know a person have, the less likely they are to target a person for theft or in a court case. The act of placing his/her assets into a business entity or trust means that another person cannot gain access to these assets. The assets also cannot be identified as his/hers by criminals who, on seeing his/her worth, may try to use identity theft to gain access to his/her assets. Anyone who has a substantial amount of wealth can find asset protection advantageous. It is particularly helpful to people who work in professions with a propensity towards litigation. Lawyers, doctors and business owners are at higher risk from lawsuits, and asset protection can be a help in the worst eventuality. Asset protection does not mean that the person is trying to get out of paying if he or she is liable. Those with asset protection are simply making it more difficult for people to target them as easy paa personts, which they may perceive them as if they had knowledge of their wealth. The amount of litigation and lawsuits, combined with the size of awards won in these cases, makes asset protection a very important financial option to consider. There are a many different ways that a person can set in motion the process of asset protection. A person can place stocks, share and cash into offshore bank accounts. A person can invest his/her money in living trusts or partnerships and companies. The safest forms of asset protection investment are tested ones, which have successfully protected assets from litigation in previous court cases. Use these methods of protection
as an example of how a person should invest his/her assets and a person should not get caught out in any eventuality
TAX PLANNING
Tax planning is a broad term that is used to describe the processes utilized by individuals and businesses to pay the taxes due to local, state, and Central tax agencies. The process includes such elements as managing tax implications, understanding what type of expenses are tax deductible under current regulations, and in general planning for taxes in a manner that ensures the amount of tax due will be paid in a timely manner. One of the main focuses of tax planning is to apply current tax laws to the revenue that is received during a given tax period. The revenue may come from any revenue producing mechanism that is currently in operation for the entity concerned. For individuals, this can mean income sources such as interest accrued on bank accounts, salaries, wages and tips, bonuses, investment profits, and other sources of income as currently defined by law. Businesses will consider revenue generated from sales to customers, stock and bond issues, interest bearing bank accounts, and any other income source that is currently considered taxable by the appropriate tax agencies. In many cases, a primary goal of tax planning is to apply current laws in a manner that allows the individual or business to reduce the amount of taxable income for the period. Thus, planning for taxes involves knowing which types of income currently qualify for as exempt from taxation. The process also involves understanding what types of expenses may be legitimately considered as deductions, and what circumstances have to exist in order for the deduction to be claimed on the tax return. There are three common approaches to tax planning for the purpose of minimizing the tax burden. The first is to reduce the adjusted gross income for the tax period. This is where understanding current tax laws as they relate to allowances and exemptions come into play.
A second approach to tax planning is to increase the amount of tax deductions. Again, this means knowing current laws and applying them when appropriate to all usual and normal expenses associated with the household or the business. Since these can change from one annual period to the next, it is always a good idea to check current regulations. One final approach that may be applicable to effective tax planning has to do with the use of tax credits. This can include credits that relate to retirement savings plans, college expenses, adopting children, and several other credits. One common example of a tax credit is the Earned Income Credit, which is intended to relieve the tax burden for persons who earn less than a certain amount within a given calendar year.
ESTATE PLANNING
Whether or not it's something we want to think about, it's important to set our affairs in order so our loved ones won't be burdened with too many details in the event of our passing. Estate planning is important because it ensures our assets will be transferred smoothly and effortlessly when we're longer here to oversee them. Estate planning includes, among other things, writing out one's Last Will and Testament, naming a Power of Attorney and installing trusts. Estate planning isn't only for the wealthy, either. Anyone with assets would be wise to look into it. If a person have a home, a car, a retirement fund, stocks, bonds, or any other investments, it would be in the best interests of his/her family for a person to meet with an estate planning professional. The benefits of estate planning are many. The first and most important is that a person get to designate where, or to whom, his/her assets will go. To not do so means his/her relatives may end up fighting over everything in court. Thanks to estate planning, his/her family will have minimal court and attorney fees regarding the distribution of his/her property. If a person prefers his/her estate be left to charity, this, too, can be handled through estate planning. With careful estate planning, a person will be able to take care of his/her family after a person gone. His/her final expenses and lack of income can put a serious dent in the family's finances. It's best to plan accordingly to avoid putting his/her family in a position where they will run out of money. Estate planning will allow his/her money to flourish after a person is gone. A person will be able to set up accounts and trusts for children and grandchildren which allow money to grow. A person will be able to specify at what age the children will be allowed access to these funds. If a person afraid someone will be irresponsible with his inheritance, this may be a good idea. Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 23 Challenges
A person will also be able to name guardians to his/her underage children so they're not dragged around through the courts or social service system in the event of his/her untimely death. Estate planning will also help in the event that a person become physically or mentally impaired. It will ensure that the cost of his/her care will be covered and a person will be given the best care a person can afford. His/her passing will be hard enough on his/her family. With estate planning a person can be sure his/her affairs are in order. This will ease some of the burden after a person gone. His/her family will thank a person for it.
Financial Planning Client profiling takes in account multitude of behavioral, demographic and investment characteristics of a client that would determine each client's wealth management requirements. Some of key characteristics to be evaluated for defining client's investment objective are: Current and future Income level Family and life events Risk appetite / tolerance Taxability status Investment horizon Asset Preference /restriction Cash flow expectations Religious belief (non investment in sin sector like - alcohol, tobacco, gambling firms, or compliant with Sharia laws) Behavioral History (Pattern of past investment decisions) Level of client's engagement in investment management (active / passive) Present investment holding and asset mix
Based on the client profile, investment expectations and financial goals of the client could be clearly outlined. Defining investment objectives helps to identify investment options to be considered for evaluation. Investment objective for most of the investors could be generally considered amongst the following: Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 25 Challenges
Current Income Growth (Capital Appreciation) Tax Efficiency (Tax Harvesting) Capital Preservation (often preferred by elderly people to make sure they don't outlive their money.)
Portfolio Strategy Definition / Asset Allocation After establishing investment objectives, a broad framework for harnessing possible investment opportunities is formulated. This framework would factor for risk-return tradeoff of considered options, investment horizon and provide a clear blueprint for investment direction. Investment strategy helps in forming broad level envisioning of asset class (Securities, Forex, Commodity, Real State, Reference and Indices, Art/Antique and Lifestyle Assets (Car, Boat, Aircraft)), market, geography, sector and industry. Each of these asset classes is to be comprehensively evaluated for inclusion in portfolio model, in view of defined investment objectives. While defining the strategy, consideration of client preference or avoidance for specific asset class, risk tolerance, religious beliefs is the key element, which would come into picture. Thus, for a client with a belief of avoidance of investment in sin industries (alcohol, tobacco, gambling etc.) is to be duly taken care of. Likewise, for a client looking for Sharia- compliant investment, strategy formulation should consider investment options meeting with the client expectations.
Determination of Portfolio Constituents and Allocation of Assets Guided with the investment strategy, constituents in portfolio model are determined, which would directly and efficiently contribute towards client's investment objectives.
Thus, a broad level investment guidance of - "investment in fixed income in emerging market" would further determine classification within Fixed Income such as Govt. or corporate bonds, fixed or variable rate bonds, Long or short maturity bonds, Deep discounted or Par bonds, Asset backed or other debt variants.
Return profile, risk sensitivity and co-relation of constituents within portfolio model would help to determine the size (weightage) of each individual constituent in the portfolio.
Strategy Implementation Having decided the portfolio constituents and its composition, transactions to acquire specific instruments and identified asset class is initiated. As acquisition cost would be having bearing on overall performance of the portfolio, many times process of asset acquisition may be spread over a period of time to take care of market movement and acquire the asset at favorable price range.
ASSET CLASS
An asset class is a set of securities that show similar characteristics and behavior in the market. The group of securities in an asset class is also governed by the same rules and regulations. Asset classes can be broadly classified into two types, namely defensive and growth oriented. The first category comprises assets that generate safe and consistent returns. The assets in the defensive asset class are suitable for investors who are not willing to take high risks. Growth oriented asset classes match the profile of long-term investors who do not fear risks. Their aim is to generate higher returns.
Cash: This type of asset class includes everyday bank transactions and short-term investments in the money market. Cash investments reduce the overall risk in an investment portfolio as investors can easily access their capital. However, the rate of return in cash investments is the lowest. There is very limited scope for capital growth. Fixed interest assets: These assets yield fixed rates of return until the expiry of the maturity period. Examples are bonds and certificate of deposits (CDs). The level of risk associated with fixed interest assets is low. So, the rate of return of these assets is usually lower than that of shares and real estate. An added benefit is that fixed interest investments can be converted to cash whenever required. This asset class is usually preferred by those who have low risk appetite.
Stage 1: Identify Goals and Objectives Stage 2: Collect Data Stage 3: Analyze Information Stage 4: Produce Plan Stage 5: Implement Plan Stage 6: Review of Plan & Objectives
Stage 1: Identify Goals and Objectives The starting point is to identify Client goals and objectives. This step is done by asking the soft questions which really get client thinking about where he/she what to be financially. A Wealth Manager or Financial Planner discuss with them what aspirations and intentions they have, what concerns they have and how important each of these are. Furthermore, A Wealth Manager or Financial Planner discuss their attitude to investment and other risks which is especially important, as it will be critical to investment portfolio construction, a key aspect of your Personal Financial Plan. Finally, it is crucial to understand how each of these issues makes them feel, so that a wealth Manager or Financial Planner can help them to prioritise their objective. Financial planning is not about selling products. It is about developing a financial game plan.
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5. Implement Plan
MANAGEMENT PROCESS
2. Collect data
4. Produce Plan
3. Analyse Information
Stage 2: Collect Data Next, wealth manager or financial planner needs to collect factual information. It is crucial to understand clients personal circumstances, current financial situation and how you have arrived there. The more detail the better, because the clearer this picture of client and their finances is, the clearer the starting point of our journey. The best advice cannot be given in isolation. Wealth manager or financial planner does this by completing our Financial Review document. Wealth manager or financial planner will consider their family, income and expenditure, employment status, tax position and Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 31 Challenges
existing financial products so that wealth manager or financial planner can appraise the appropriateness of them in relation to their financial plan. It is important to work out clients disposable income (net monthly income minus monthly expenditure).
Stage 3: Analyze Information The third stage is to for us to analyze your current financial position, and to fully review your existing Investment. Wealth manager or financial planner considers clients goals and objectives identified in stage 1, to determine the 'gap' between the goal and the reality. This 'Gap Analysis' will enable us to clearly understand the journey clinet will need to travel in order to achieve his/her goals and wealth manager or financial planner can present this in Investment Plan. Stage 4: Produce Investment Plan Stage four involves the creation of a roadmap or journey plan, which communicates the most efficient route from A to B. This roadmap is clients Personal Financial Plan. It will analyse clients financial arrangements and make recommendations as to how their existing finances can be utilised. This will cover their assets, investments, liabilities and income. The way in which client spends his/her money is also a vital aspect of the analysis. Therefore, a review of clients expenditure, in both the short-term and over the long-term will help to establish how robust the overall financial plan is. The plan will identify the cost of achieving Clients objectives, financial independence and plan for any disasters which may arise. Financial Plan can be multi-generational and can cover the effective and efficient distribution of assets on death, in accordance with goals and objectives of clients Stage 5: Implement Plan The fifth stage of the process is to implement the plan. This stage includes an action plan which will be provided once wealth manager or financial planner and client have both agreed the plan. It could include amalgamating some or all of Clients existing Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 32 Challenges
investments, cancelling unsuitable investments and would list all recommendations. Without the implementation stage, the rest of the planning process can be worthless.
Stage 6: Review of Plan & Objectives The final stage is to regularly review the plan and make modifications where required. Reviews normally occur on an annual basis. The overall aim of the financial planning process is to help client reach his/her financial goals and develop or maintain his/her desired lifestyle, in the most efficient way possible. Financial planning gives consideration to strategies for the creation, distribution or protection of wealth specifically to meet your financial objectives.
A. ADVISORY
Wealth manger's role is limited to the extent of providing guidance on investment/ financial planning and tax advisory, based on client profile. Investment decisions are solely taken by the client, as per his /her own judgment.
Client engages wealth manager to execute specific transaction or set of transactions. Investment planning, decision and further management remain vested with the client.
Client is responsible for investment planning, decision and execution. Wealth manager is entrusted with management, administration and oversight of investment process.
Wealth manager owns the whole gamut of investment planning, decision, execution and management, on behalf of the client. He is mandated to make financial planning, implement investment decisions and manage the investment throughout its life.
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KOTAK SECURITIES
Kotak Mahindra Bank 'Kotak' has one of the largest, oldest and the most respected Wealth Management teams in India providing solutions to the High Net Worth Individuals. With our existence of over eleven years and the widest range of wealth management solutions, Kotak has emerged the largest player by a wide margin. The client base ranges from entrepreneurs to business families, as well as employed professionals. Kotak provide financial advice and manage wealth for 30% of India's top 300 families
Products
Direct Equity: Direct Equity investment generally refers to the buying and holding of shares of stock on a stock market by individuals in anticipation of income from dividends and capital gains as the value of the stock rises. Mutual Funds: A Mutual Fund is a professionally managed pool of money from investors with similar investment objectives. Mutual funds offer diversification and professional management of money. Diversification reduces the risk because all stocks may not move in the same direction in the same proportion at the same time. Insurance: Insurance needs are dependent on responsibilities and financial commitments, which are defined by life stage and needs. Structured Products: A structured product is generally a pre-packaged investment strategy which is based on derivatives, such as a single security, a basket of securities, options, indices, commodities, debt issuances and foreign currencies. A feature of some structured products is a "principal protection" function which offers protection of principal if held to maturity. Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 35 Challenges
Private Equity: Private equities are equity securities of unlisted companies. They are generally illiquid and thought of as a long-term investment. Private equity investments are not subject to the same high level of government regulation as stock offerings to the general public. Private equity is also far less liquid than publicly traded stock. Real Estate: Real estate funds are founded by a group of real estate
professionals/experts to 'manage' property/real estate for the investor. Apart from sale of property, real estate funds also make money from rentals on property owned by them. Some real estate funds may not actually own property as that may involve aboveaverage risk from volatility in property prices. Estate Planning: Estate planning is a process involving the counsel of professional advisors who are familiar with goals and concerns, assets and how they are owned, and family structure. It can involve the services of a variety of professionals, including lawyer, accountant, financial planner, life insurance advisor, banker and broker.
Estate planning covers the transfer of property and may or may not involve tax planning. Commodities*: Commodity trading provides an ideal asset allocation; also helps hedge against inflation and buy a piece of global demand growth. Investors must understand the demand cycle that commodities go through and should have a view on what factors may affect this. Because commodities prices usually rise when inflation is accelerating, they offer protection from the effects of inflation. Few assets benefit from rising inflation, particularly unexpected inflation, but commodities usually do. Art*: As with any investment, need to do research and go beyond comfort zone. The
art market is fickle and there are no guarantees of profitability, but with a little legwork and forethought one can fill home with images that may prove worthy investments down the line. The price of art is affected by such an array of intangible factors that valuing it can never be an exact science.
PMS and NDPMS: Investing in equities requires time, knowledge and constant monitoring of the market. For those who need an expert to help manage their investments, Discretionary Portfolio Management Service (PMS) comes as an answer. Asset Allocation Model Seeks to estimate future market movement Tracks various parameters to be used as lead indicators E.g. factors denoting liquidity, economic growth, volatility, risk spread etc Also accounts for qualitative macroeconomic factors
Quantitative models outputs ratified by highly qualified Investment Committee Takes into account unforeseen non-quantifiable events
Combination of parameters indicate future course of capital markets Combination of high liquidity, high volatility, high risk spread, etc could denote imminent fall in markets Combination of low risk spread, low equity risk premium, etc could denote imminent upswing in the markets Proprietary Lead Indicator Model Indicates phase in the economic cycle through Overweight, Neutral, and Underweight Bands Call to be taken as per the phase in economic cycle indicated
Investment Philosophy
The mission is to provide clients with wealth management services that result in a performance that meets or exceeds their investment goals. Exposing clients to undue risk is contrary to this mission. They believe that the tools of Modern Portfolio Theory empower with a methodology for building superior investment portfolios. This has been tested in all types of market conditions for decades and has consistently protected investor wealth from the perils of non-diversification.
ICICI BANK
Investment process starts with understanding of background, investment objectives, risk tolerance and existing investment pattern. A comprehensive risk-profiling exercise helps in evaluating risk appetite and understanding investment objectives, which are kept in mind while building portfolio.
Investment Planning
Based on investment goal, wealth requirements, investment horizon and risk profile, they construct a suitable asset allocation plan. During this exercise, they also evaluate and realign existing investments as per the suggested asset allocation.
Portfolio Construction
From wide range of investment avenues, icici construct appropriate solutions to implement investment plan and evolve a tailor-made portfolio for specific requirements. This would involve execution of investments in debt, equity, structured products or alternative asset classes as per the suggested asset allocation.
Portfolio Maintenance
Company monitors investments and periodically suggest rebalancing in the portfolio for maintaining the asset allocation or aligning portfolio to changes in macro-economic factors that might affect investments.
Portfolio Review
As investment preferences or financial goals change over a period of time, they review portfolio periodically with to discuss and implement any changes in asset allocation or portfolio strategy. All with a view to keeping your portfolio healthy at all times.
Competitive priced brokerage rates Reduced account opening charges Online share trading services
2. Mutual Funds Bank offers advice on the entire universe of mutual funds. So be it equity funds, where look for growth and capital appreciation or debt funds for capital preservation, they can help select the right mix to suit. Choose from an array of more than 15 fund houses with innumerable schemes.
3. Structured Products Structured Product offerings are tailor-made to suit your investment objective and risk appetite. These services include Portfolio Management Services and specially designed products that are Equity or Index-linked in nature.
4. Alternate Asset Products These offer products which complement your existing investments eg. Art Funds, Private Equity Funding, Realty Funds.
5. Life Insurance & Retirement Solutions With assistance one can choose a plan customized to his benefit.
6. General Insurance They offer products in areas of Health Insurance, Home Insurance, Travel Insurance and Motor Insurance.
7. Fixed Deposits Choose from wide variety of Fixed Deposits. Be it that Recurring Deposit for monthly savings plan, or Floating rate Deposits to take advantage of dynamic interest rates.
Products
1. Panther The Panther portfolio aims to achieve higher returns by taking aggressive positions across sectors and market capitalizations. It is suitable for the "High Risk High Return" investor with a strategy to invest across sectors and take advantage of various market conditions. 2. Tortoise The Tortoise portfolio aims to achieve growth in the portfolio value over a period of time by way of careful and judicious investment in fundamentally sound companies having good prospects. The scheme is suitable for the "Medium Risk Medium Return" investor with a strategy to invest in companies which have consistency in earnings, growth and financial performance. Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 40 Challenges
3. Elephant The Elephant portfolio aims to generate steady returns over a longer period by investing in Securities selected only from BSE 100 and NSE 100 index. This plan is suitable for the "Low Risk Low Return" investor with a strategy to invest in blue chip companies, as these companies have steady performance and reduce liquidity risk in the market. 4. Caterpillar The Caterpillar portfolio aims to achieve capital appreciation over a long period of time by investing in a diversified portfolio. This scheme is suitable for investors with a high risk appetite. The investment strategy would be to invest in scrips which are poised to get a re-rating either because of change in business, potential fancy for a particular sector in the coming years/months, business diversification leading to a better operating performance, stocks in their early stages of an upturn or for those which are in sectors currently ignored by the market. 5. Leo Leo is aimed at retail customers and structured to provide medium to long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks across the market capitalization range. Its aim is to have a balanced portfolio comprising selected investments from both Tortoise and Panther. Exposure to Derivatives is taken within permissible regulatory limits.
STANDARD CHARTERED
Priority Banking - personalized Wealth management program at Standard Chartered Bank. It is their endeavor to be the Right Partner in all their personal and business ventures. That's why Priority Banking has been tailored to offer you the highest level of service, appropriate to unique requirements and status.
2. Parivaar Account
Parivaar is a unique Wealth Management Solution from Standard Chartered Bank that offers family flexibility, convenience and essential tools for Wealth accumulation and preservation. Parivaar is much more than a regular Savings Account. It allows you maintain individual identity while allowing you to tap family's financial strength.
Investment Philosophy
They have developed a different and more focused approach to wealth management. Understanding that wealth means different things to different people, they believe that no one is better placed to help acquire wealth and grow it, use and enjoy it, protect it and pass it on. The investment philosophy uses sophisticated profiling and portfolio construction techniques to aim for investments that deliver market-leading performance in the way you want, because while performance is key, it is performance that suits that really matters.
For consistency in the manner in which our Relationship Managers identify customer needs and suggest suitable solutions, we extensively leverage technology to support our sales process. Our indigenously developed systems like Wealth Management System, Financial Planning System and Customer Relationship Management System have been built basis customer insights. 3. Sharing the knowledge They frequently organize wealth management events and investment seminars, where one can interact with investment experts and fund managers. This provides a platform to know and understand the market and economic developments and trends.
The need of investment is very from every age group. We also see that the amount they can invest is also differing. We can understand that at the age group of 45 to 55 years has substantial amount of fund which they want to invest.
In survey we find that more than 50% people have income bracket of rupees 3 lakhs to 7 lakhs. On the basis of the sources of income like Business, Profession and Salary employee the annual income is differ. So amount for investment purpose is directly related with that.
We find that 54% people know about the wealth management services. This is on the basis of people exposure toward investment purpose. If they invest in stock market than they knowledge these services.
There is more than one services used respondent. Generally people less invest in real estate area because it requires higher amount investment. The insurance, retirement and tax planning have around same kind of service preference by respondent.
The objective for investment is to earn regular income and risk associated with it. There is also more than one preferences for people to invest. This is important for duration of investment and earning requirement of people.
In survey we find that major part of allocation of money is toward fixed income investment because people are risk averse and long term return requirement.
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Most of people believe that they should take advice from financial adviser but they actually not taking any service because the charges and the confidentially of information. People have hesitation to give financial detail to adviser.
8. Do you believe that the systematic saving is easier and an efficient way of saving?
Systematic saving gives the return according to future requirement and risk taking ability so the efficient wealth management is possible and most of respondent agree with but in reality they think that are smart enough to manage their wealth.
To Review clients current circumstances. To Listen clearly to what they say. To Understand their goals, requirements and concerns. To Provide Education regarding investments To Develop the right strategy to move forwards. To Analyse Risk and then develop an appropriate investment strategy To Be Mindful of any shortfalls and to make client aware of them. To Minimise taxation implications or any consequences of tax changes. To Implement the proposed financial plan To Monitor progress towards objectives. To Communicate on a regular basis. Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 60
Challenges
6. Communication Hassles 7. Protection 8. Neglecting Succession Planning 9. Involving Family 10. Overdependence The detail regarding each mistake and how to solve that mistake are as follows. 1. Going it alone And one of the biggest mistakes people make in this area of wealth management is to do it alone. I think I can manage stuff on my own and after all I have the knowledge to handle it, is the usual response. Professionals like lawyers, doctors and even trained financial professionals need specialised wealth management support. And this is because it is not about placing monies in pre-designed compartments 10% in fixed income, 40% in real estate 40% in equities and the rest in insurance. It is not a product of a software program, but a series of iterations that result in asset allocation, which is designed to meet his/her life goals. Professional wealth management service providers go a long way in understanding a person and his/her needs, his/her lifestyle and his/her family. They then come up with several plans that could enable a person to grow and distribute his/her wealth. It is better to involve professionals here. 2. The right partner By an extension of the previous mistake, often high net worth individuals tend to pick up more than one service provider. In India, clients provide only a portion of their portfolio to one wealth manager; hence the advice is suitable for only a part of the overall client portfolio. This is in contrast to international practice where investors engage with one wealth manager to provide holistic advice on their entire portfolio. It not only allows disciplined approach to investments but also helps clients achieve their investment objectives. Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 64 Challenges
And when a person express his/her desire to chose a wealth management partner, there will be many who will line up for what is known as the beauty pageant and will present their abilities to manage his/her wealth. Here, it can be said that it is better to avoid service providers who base their income on commissions from financial product vendors. These are advisors who, often enough, would peddle products based on the commissions that they receive and not the efficacy of the product itself and its match with his/her life goals. While most financial planners and wealth managers would be good and competent, one can never be sure of their genuineness. Hence, doing a background check before deciding on someone is a must, for there are still those unscrupulous advisors lurking around, only waiting to catch their next prey. Yes, the process of choosing a wealth manager should be even more carefully done, then choosing someone to employ. Hence, references are more important here, and, checking up with them equally so. It is, after all, his/her entire wealth and life a person are going to be discussing with this person. When a person goes to a wealth manager, note, most of them will have the gift of the gab, but under no circumstances should that intimidate a person or make a person passive. After all it is a service a person wish to buy, hence it is important to ask questions, determine what their plan of action will be and how his/her money will be invested. Prepare a list of questions a person would like answered, to put forth to his/her wealth manager. Remember, being free and open about talking to his/her manager, being able to disclose everything and, most importantly, having a comfort level and rapport with him is a must. 3. Clarity Lokesh Nathany, national head of wealth management, Almondz Global Securities feels One of the most important parts of wealth management is asset allocation. This is a critical area where many people have made mistakes, by jumping around too much or Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 65 Challenges
not changing at all. And this happens because there is no clarity in why the wealth manager was approached. Wealth Manager often gets clients who have come to us because their friends told them at a party that our firm had helped them get some quick returns. Though not water-tight, a person have to have some clarity on the broad goals that a person want to achieve in his/her life. These goals could be in the form of his/her childrens education, buying a farm house, childrens marriage, retirement and even beyond his/her demise. 4. Revisiting objectives Obviously, as life goes on, objectives and goals keep changing. And when these happen, the wealth manager or the relationship manager must be consulted to reset the entire portfolio. And this is a critical aspect many clients tend to forget, says a wealth manager. In case a person have a marriage plan changed to a closer date than planned then a person would might have to liquidate a few assets that a person have kept for that date. Now, which are the assets that a person would liquidate and how do a person restructure the portfolio? Such decisions must be taken after great thought, reckon experts. But revisiting objectives just because market circumstances have changed and reshuffling the overall asset allocation mix at regular intervals might not be the right thing to do. But if there are compelling reasons, like the huge bull-run in the past three years (which is not exactly short-term), revisiting objectives and a reshuffle might actually work. As per one wealth manager, Asset allocation, however, should be reviewed periodically and strictly. If it was decided his/her allocation would be 70% equity and 30% debt, during an equity boom this may change to a 90-10 ratio.
5. Panic / greed Wealth management is a long term process and there will be times, especially in the bull-run, when a person would be tempted to risk more. These are the times when long and detailed wealth management plans are often shelved, sometimes broken down to indulge in speculation. One of my clients actually broke our relationship and placed all his wealth on the markets, he even borrowed and took large positions. And when the markets started to tank, he panicked. But then, around 30% of his wealth was washed out in three months, says a relationship manager not wanting to be named. Its first greed and then panic, he adds. A person might want to keep some funds aside for speculation, but do not interfere with his/her wealth management capital and his/her life goals, unless any of them have changed. 6. Communication hassles Wealth managers usually will keep sending a person a lot of mailers and documents to keep a person abreast of his/her wealth position. Now, there could be an information overkill situation. However, a person needs to be clear about where his/her funds is being allocated and how are they being monitored. And this relationship should be clarified at the very beginning of the association. Moreover, it is prudent to work with those, who ensure maximum confidentiality and address his/her communication needs. 7. Protection Often enough, wealth management is considered to be just about growing a set capital and then deciding how to distribute these monies. Many times, the aspect of protecting and covering assets and lives is not looked into. And many wealth managers, especially those attached with broking firms, tend to overlook this factor as well, or would include this in the investment basket, by using the unit linked route. This is a grave mistake. A person needs to insist to his/her wealth manager to include the insurance aspect as well. And it is most likely that his/her wealth manager will Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 67 Challenges
actually provide a person with some sound advice here. The commissions from life insurance are quite attractive, says one of Wealth Manager 8. Neglecting succession/estate planning There have been umpteen cases where the family members of the deceased have been involved in bitter legal wrangles over sharing the estate. And most of this happens because a proper legal will was not prepared. Planning the will much earlier will ease much of the tension. His/her philanthropic activities can also be scheduled in the will. Moreover, wealth managers now offer trust services where trusts can be created for various purposes and their execution can be managed by the wealth managers. And trusts can be created even when a person is alive and they will be managed according to his/her wishes and direction. 9. Involving family Though it comes at the bottom of the rankings, not involving his/her family in the wealth management process could easily be one of the biggest mistakes. Experts recommend that speaking and sharing his/her overall plans with his/her family. Discussing the life goals helps as the clarity, understanding and alignment of all family members is enhanced and therefore the wealth manager can then set up a solution that best fits his/her requirements. And with the family members involved, the sense of participation also increases, reckon wealth managers. 10. Overdependence Lastly, wealth managers are human too and they make mistakes. Being completely dependent on them could be as counter-productive as constantly prodding them with suspicion. However, a healthy sense of accountability must be established where performances are questioned and monitored.
Having looked at all these factors, wealth management can be a rewarding experience that can help a person fulfill his/her dreams and aspirations. It can, as a wealth manager says, enable a person to see the fruits of his/her labour and enterprise be translated into happiness. It just requires some smart diligence.
1. Power of Service Provider Less knowledge of systematic wealth management, the clients follow only by manager advice. Service providers have to provide customize product so it is challenge to
maintain relation with client in this case less power with service provider. The expert annalist requires making analyses but scarcity of professional, charges make very high for services. 2. Power of Client
There is number of players in the industry so client may switch over to other service provider. The client try to make own investment decision so manager may not provide efficient service to its client. 3. Threat of New Entry Banking companies started providing this service as value added service. Comparatively small stock broking firms enter in this business. International firms enter into Indian Wealth Management market.
4. Threat of Substitute services The portfolio Management Service provider which has only span of stock market. The single service provider like insurance service, tax planning service etc.
5. Rivalry among existed Competitors The service charges are very competitive so it effected to margin. Every player has to compete with different level of competitor like international firm compete with small broking firm. The level of customization is change by every competitor.
chaotic domain. There should expect some very India specific innovations in the near future. The market is currently dominated by unorganized players, whose share is 1.5 times that of the organized market. However, a structural change is taking place and organized players are drawing clients away from the unorganized players. As per report of Celent, Wealth management revenues are expected to contribute 3237% of the total revenue of full-service financial institutions by 2012. According to the report, mass-market (Rs2-10 lakh of disposable income) would be a key driver, accounting for 40% of the overall growth in the number of households. A majority of wealth managers, except niche players, would target the mass market because of its youth-dominance and this market would see more service providers entering the fray with a own them young policy. The ultra-high net worth households with wealth in excess of Rs 120 Crores would have a total population of 10,500 households by 2012, while the super high nets worth households (Rs 40 crores -120 crores ) are expected to grow to 42,000. The population of high net worth households (Rs 4 Crores 40 Crores) would grow to 3,20,000, while there would be 3,50,000 households in the super-affluent category (Rs50 Lacs - 4 Crores ). Besides, 10 lakh new households would join mass-affluent category (Rs10-50 lacs ), taking their population to 18 lakh by 2012. However, a vast majority of 39 million households, out of the total 42 million target market population in 2012, would belong to the mass market (Rs2-10 lac).
Category
Ultra High Networth Super High Networth High Networth Super affluent Mass- Affluent Mass Market
Wealth Size
> Rs 120 Crores Rs 40 Crores - 120 Crores Rs 4 Crores - 40 crores Rs 50 Lacs - 4 Crores Rs 10 Lacs - 50 Lacs Rs 2 Lacs - 10 Lacs
No of Household
10,500 42,000 320,000 350,000 1,800,000 39,000,000
Private banks, independent financial advisors and full service brokerages would serve the high networth segment, while ultra high networth households would be served by private banks and family offices. India has the tenth highest number of dollar millionaires in the world and their rate of growth is higher than in any other country. A relaxed regulatory framework and financial sector reforms are gradually allowing wealth generation in India to become more open and competitive. Wealth Management services in India are under-developed and there are immediate opportunities for organizations who understand the market to capture business there. Wealth Management will need to spread beyond the largest cities and to adapt with and educate its clients on the changing business environment. Indians are increasingly looking beyond their own borders for investments; foreign banks must therefore leverage their global expertise. India's potential for HNWI growth and expansion is also evident. The HNWI population in India is also expected to be more than triple the size in 2018 that it was in 2008, with emergent wealth playing a key role. Like China, relatively few among the current HNWI population (13%, compared to 22% in Japan) have inherited their wealth and few (9%) are over the age of 66, suggesting economic growth has the potential to boost the size of the HNWI population. Wealth is also likely to extend beyond metropolitan areas. India currently has a middle class of 80 million households and only 25 million reside in Tier I cities like Mumbai and Delhi, while many others live in smaller cities and beyond. And there are already 5 1 districts that have twice the market potential of the four metros combined illustrating the potential for HNWI wealth to be even more geographically dispersed in the future. Firms in India also have an important and unique opportunity to serve the offshore segment, as the remittances ceiling has been progressively raised over the last five years: from US$25,000 in 2004 to US$200,000 per person in 2009. Moreover, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently eliminated the entry load for mutual fund distributors, which is expected to encourage firms to adopt a more advisorybased model with increased transparency. Wealth Management Sector: Opportunities and 74 Challenges
Likewise, non-resident Indians (NRIs) represent a huge potential client segment for wealth management firms: NRI deposits grew from US$36.1 billion in December 2008 to US$39.2 billion in May 2009, while remittances, estimated at US$49 billion in 2008 are projected to reach US$56 billion in 2013. By contrast, China's remittances were US$37 billion in 2008 and are projected to be US$48 billion in 2013. This is particularly significant given that 15%-25% of NRI portfolios are invested in India. Outside of AsiaPacific, the Middle East and North America are the regions with the highest NRI population. Together, they submit close to 70% of NRI remittances coming from outside of Asia-Pacific. If we talking about opportunities in particular services, then there are opportunities available in Investment Planning, Retirement Planning and Estate Planning.
5. Tough Competition From Individual Service Provider Wealth Management service is package of various services like Investment Planning, Insurance Planning. Retirement Planning, Tax Planning etc. There are lots of stock broking firm who provide Investment planning service. There are lots of individual insurance agent and there are lots of CA who providing Tax Planning Facilities. 6. Personal relationship driving the business To meet client expectation of personal attention, mode of communication in wealth management services tends to be highly personalized. Thus, the conventional grids of communication, such as call centre, data centre does not fit well. Success of wealth management services heavily draws on personal interaction with the dedicated relationship manager, who takes care of whole investment management lifecycle for bunch of clients on one-to-one basis. This essentially requires service firm to invest heavily in human processes to groom and retain a team on competent relationship managers with cross functional skills. 7. Evolving Client Profile
The biggest challenge in providing wealth management service offering is to factor and reckon the evolving nature of client profile, in terms of investment objective, time horizon, risk appetite and so on. Thus, a service model developed for a particular client cannot remain static over a period of time. Any service model has to be flexible enough to consider the dynamic nature of client profile and expectations arising out of it. 8. Client Involvement Level The conventional adage the more money you have, more effort is needed to manage it proves to be otherwise in case of HNWIs. Generally, client involvement in managing the finance remains on the lower side. This brings onus of managing the whole gamut of investment and due performance single-handedly on the shoulders of investment manager.
9. Limited Leveraging Capabilities of Technology (as an enabler) In the recent times, we have witnessed technology a key enabler to help business to expand its market reach with reduced cost of services offering. Online banking and online trading/brokerage services are the best examples in this regard. Technology leveraging has helped services firm to achieve universal proliferation of market with substantially reducing transaction cost. As business rules and service definitions to guide the applications tends to be quite composite in wealth management services, leveraging the capabilities of technology to meet the business requirement may not be highly feasible in the initial years. 10. Intricate Knowledge of Cross-functional Domain By very nature of wealth management, it not just involves matters of plain vanilla finance but has intricate relationship with many elements of domestic / international law, taxation and regulatory norms. In order to provide sound investment guidance, a relationship manager is required to have intricate knowledge of domestic/cross-border finance, accounting, legal and taxation subjects.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
We collected information from following sites www.wisegeek.com www.bajajcapital.com www.wealthmanagement.kotak.com www.icicibank.com www.hsbc.co.in www.religare.in www.standardchartered.co.in www.capgemini.com/Solutions / Wealth Management www.wikipedia.com www.economywatch.com We collected information from following Newspaper Articles Business line Financial Express We collected information from following Reports World Wealth Report 2009 by Capgemini and ML Asia Pacific Wealth Report 2009 by Capgemini and ML Celent report on World Wealth
ANNEXURE
1. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONSUMER SURVEY
: Mr./Ms................................................................................Cont. No........................ : A) 22-34 b) 35 - 44 C) 45-55 : MALE Single Service FEMALE Married Business Divorced Professional No. of Kids : .................................... C) 7,00,001 - 15,00,000 D) >15,00,000 D) More than 55 yrs
Others........................................... 6) No. of dependants: ................................. 7) Gross annual income : A) < 3,00,000 B) 3,00,001 - 7,00,000
10. Which kind of services do you use or will be use in Wealth Management Services? A.- Investment Planning B.- Insurance Planning C.- Retirement Planning D.- Tax Planning E.- Real Estate Planning
11. What is your concerned area when you use or will be use Wealth Management Service?
12. What is your primary investment objective? A. To earn inflation adjusted returns. B. To preserve the initial capital C. To maximize the long term growth potential D. To earn regular income E. To earn a supplement income and possibly some capital gain F. Others. 13. Which asset category will you prefer to allocate your money to? A. Put the money in Equity shares B. Invest the money in Mutual Funds C. Invest in a balanced proportion with major allocation to Mutual Funds and shares D. Invest in Bonds or Other Instruments to earn higher returns than FD's E. F. Invest in Bank FDs, Post Off. Savings, PPF and Other Govt. Schemes Others ..
14. Do you take advice from any financial adviser before investing? A) Yes B) No
15. Do you believe that the systematic saving is easier and an efficient way of saving? A) Yes B) No
2. What is the basic objective of client while availing the services of wealth management?
3. What are the concerned areas of the clientele regarding wealth management?
4. What are the kinds of questions asked by clients before or after taking services?
6. Details related to Client Profiles a) Occupation : b) Average Age : c) Average size of their wealth : 7. What are the opportunities unexplored as yet in wealth management?