This document provides an overview of financial planning and how to achieve financial security. It discusses the importance of planning one's finances, implementing the plan thoughtfully, and monitoring it carefully. Specific financial planning components covered include risk management, investment management, tax planning, retirement planning, and estate planning. The document emphasizes taking action and not procrastinating, as planning is necessary to avoid financial failure. It also presents a case study of a client who worked with the financial advisor to clean up investments, achieve goals, and implement a long-term financial plan.
2. Being financially wise is to ….
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Have control over our finances
Being able to pay all financial obligations - Still not
feeling burdened
Not spending more than you earn
Living with in the means
Saving for the future
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3. PLAN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE INTELLIGENTLY
IMPLEMENT THE PLAN THOUGHTFULLY
MONITOR THE PLAN CAREFULLY
Best way to be financially wise
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4. Planning is….
Blue print for management of all financial affairs of
entire life
It answers 3 straight questions:
1. Where am I?
2. Where do I want to go?
3. How do I reach there?
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5. What you can plan?-examples of goals
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• Buying a house
• Buying a car
• Risk management
• Prepayment of
housing loan
• Debt management
Retirement planning
Kids Education/
Marriage
Tax Saving
Budgeting/cash flow
management
Holiday planning
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6. NO ONE PLANS TO FAIL BUT PEOPLE
WHO DON’T PLAN ARE SURELY
MAKING PLANS TO FAIL
Why Financial Plan?
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7. Why Financial Planning?
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To have financial life in order
Reduce major cause of stress
More clarity on how to achieve dreams and goals
Understand impact of each financial decision
Get ready for life changing events eg. Child
birth, marriage, house purchase
Bring coherence to financial decisions
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8. GIVE IT A THOUGHT
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Do you need Financial
Planning?
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Do I have enough for
retirement?
When can I retire?
Am I paying more taxes?
How can I protect my
assets?
How will I pay for my
child’s education?
Are my investments
beating inflation?
How can I achieve my
financial goals?
Is my portfolio diverse
enough?
Am I saving enough?
Do I have money for
emergencies?
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10. IF YOU DON’T HAVE CLARITY FOR ANY OF
THE ABOVE QUESTIONS, PROBABLY YOU
NEED FINANCIAL PLANNING
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11. What happens if you do not plan?
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Lack of direction for financial decisions
Not able to distinguish needs- wants
Trigger spending
Borrowing
Stress
Depending on chance for financial success
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12. Components of Financial planning
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Risk Management
Investment Management
Tax Planning
Retirement Planning
Estate Planning
Children future Planning
Major goals Planning
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13. Risk Management
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Emergency Funding
Life risk planning
Heath risk management
Personal accident risk management
Property risk management eg. Auto insurance,
house insurance
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14. Retirement Planning
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How much corpus required when you retire?
How is it going to be accumulated?
Is there any gap? Gap analysis
How to manage gap? If any
What are best investment options for retirement
corpus accumulation?
What if I retire early?
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15. Investment Planning
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Risk profiling
Analysis of current Investments
Analysis of suitability of investments
Investing by matching risk profile & goals
Monitoring Investments
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16. Tax Planning
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Planning FBP
In time Income Tax Return Filing
Using all benefits of exemptions/deductions
Using best tax saving instruments to save tax
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17. Estate Planning
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Will creation
Trust creation
Gifting
POA
Philanthropic/Charitable giving
Solutions for families of children with special needs
Succession / Transfer
Special purpose planning
Family settlement
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18. Benefits of having Financial Planner
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• Professional management of your personal finance
• Deciding on investment which has sentimental
value
• To have a person on your side(Not a product seller)
• Have a person who makes you financially
discipline with strict insistence
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19. When and Why Financial planning fails?
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Planning without proper assessment
Improper assumptions
Lack of commitment
Improper Implementation
Not able to Integrate the financial management
into day to day life
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21. Elements of secured Financial life
Protected self
Protected family
Meeting emergency fund requirements
Secured retirement
Able to achieve financial goals
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22. Why people don’t do Financial planning
I don’t have time
Terribly Busy. Too many projects. Completion in 2
days time. Worked until midnight. Tired of this.
Cash lying in bank account without earning. What to
do? Terribly busy.. How much I will lose because I
have not invested? May be Rs.1 lac. It is OK ? No
Problems I will make it up.
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23. Cost of Delay
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Cost of Delay Calculator
Retirement age 60 60
Interest rate
p.a. 12% 12%
Monthly
Investment
Rs. 10,000 Rs. 15,000
Delay in
Investment
1 year 1 year
Age (in yrs)
Amount lost until age 60 (in
lakhs)
Amount lost until age 60 (in
lakhs)
30 41 61
35 22 34
40 12 19
45 7 10
50 4 6
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24. My kids will take care of me
I have taken care of my parents
and
“why not my son or daughter”
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25. Indian express report- 3rd Oct 2012
Number of Old Age Homes doubles in the last three
years
In 2009, Help age India, an NGO working for the
welfare of elderly people, counted 60 homes for aged
in Bangalore and now this number has crossed 120.
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26. What if I start doing my own financial planning?
So much information is available in the net and become my
own financial advisor
Have Time
Monitor your investment portfolio frequently
Track the markets
Keep a close watch on the economy and political scenario
Interpret changes in policies
Understand and evaluate the new options coming in almost every day;
AND do your regular job?
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27. Knowledge to interpret
N number of investments options available across geographical
boundaries that you need to evaluate.
To understand markets, government regulations, world economies and
their impact on your investments in turn on your goals
AND deduce and react to its changes appropriately and timely.
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28. Sources Result
Banks
Friends
Family
Co workers
Insurance Agent
Stock Broker
Tax consultant
Several people-
Different views
Decision in isolation
No relation with each
other
No consideration of
one decision on the
other
Where do we get advise from?
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29. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE AS
ACTIONS CAN ONLY BRING
RESULTS
Take Charge
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30. “There are no magic secrets that are
guaranteed to protect everyone under all
circumstances”
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31. “Intelligently planned, thoughtfully
implemented and carefully monitored is
about as close as anyone is going to get
developing a financial security”
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32. How Spearhead Finserve can help you?
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Be part of
Finwise turf
Subscribing
to our
weekly
Newsletters
Enrolling
for our
services
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34. Features of our Services
Core
• Goal Setting
• Analysis of current situation
• Cash flow management and
Budgeting
• Net worth statement
• Risk management
• Investment Management
• Tax planning
• Retirement
• Estate Planning
• Gap analysis
Added
• Clear Cut strategic guidance
• Facilitating actions
• Monitoring
Extra
• One stop shop
• Tax return filing
• Online software tool
• Your relationship with money
• Risk profiling
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35. Walk through our process
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Initial
Meeting
Risk Profiling
Letter
defining scope
of service
Your
relationship
with money
Signing of
confidentiality
agreement
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36. Next …..
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Step 1 -Establish Goals
Step 2 -Gather Data
Step 3 -Analyze & Evaluate Your Financial Status
Step 4 - Develop a Plan
Step 5 - Implement the Plan
Step 6 - Monitor the Plan & Make Necessary
Adjustments as and when required
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37. Why Spearhead FinServe ?
Conflict free advisory – Not attached to single Broker or Fund
House/Insurer
One Stop Shop advisory on all personal finance needs
Client’s interest first
Confidentiality of information at all stages
No obligation of implementing the recommendations through
Spearhead FinServe.
Continuous portfolio tracking through quarterly reviews &
online platform
Customized to Client’s requirement
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38. Case Study
Mr. X, wanted evaluation of his exiting
investments, insurances, etc & a Financial Plan for
his future.
Situation then:
16 Insurance Policies
15 Mutual Funds
19 Fixed Deposits spread across 4 banks
6 Post Office Deposits
2 Infra Bonds
Health Insurance Cover provided by Company
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39. Case Study
6 Goals to achieve
Situation Now:
Insurance & Mutual Fund Clean Up Completed
Presently 3 insurance policies are continued
About 6 Mutual Funds are continued
Post-Office Deposits & FD’s have been liquidated & invested
according to suitability of the goal.
2 Short-term Goals already achieved comfortably
Every investment is mapped to a specific goal
Sufficient Life Insurance cover taken considering his present
lifestyle & other commitments
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40. Case Study
Considering his health history & family illness, health
insurance cover was increased
Ensured sufficient liquidity to his cash flows in order to
take care in case of Emergencies
Implementation of the plan have been facilitated
Two reviews of the Plan over. He is happy that he is moving
in the right direction to achieve goals
Monitoring the investments is a continuous activity & is in
process…..
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41. Products
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Debt & Money Market Instruments
Mutual Funds
Equity
Real Estate Advisory
Other Products
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43. Products
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Mutual Funds
Equity/Debt/Balanced
Hybrid/ELSS/Gilt/MIP/ETF
Equity
Research base
Advisory
Trading Terminal
DEMAT Services
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44. Products
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Real Estate Advisory
Feasibility Study (Risk & Return)
Buy/Sell Recommendation
Legal Opinions
Housing Loan Facilitation
Other Products
Life Insurance – Traditional & Term
General Insurance – Health, Critical, PA, Home, Vehicle, etc
Loans against shares/Debt Instruments
Commodities & National Spot Exchange Investments
Debt Restructuring
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45. How Spearhead Services can help you?
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In-house Research – A team of professionals
Best of the instruments available in the market
Timely information
Facilitate Investments & Logistics
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46. Major Factors considered
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Client’s requirement
Credit Rating
Past Performance
Liquidity
Post tax Returns
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DOCUMENT OR THE FINANCIAL PLAN
Products will come and go, and you are not supposed to take note of
each of such events
UNLESS SUCH STRATEGY HAVE BEEN WELL
DOCUMENTED BEFORE HAND IN YOUR FINANCIAL
PLAN
Should you invest in any such Products?
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