Thursday, October 11, 2012

Financial Planning - Manish and Juhi

Manish is a leading professional with good reputation in the society ,apart from being a professional he is also involved in social activities, a member of Rotary group.

Manish is having a very strong cash flow coming every day from the practice, having a house located in the posh area of town, going very regularly on domestic tours and enjoying his life. Juhi is also a professional however not in practice as she choose to give more importance to the upbringing of their children but surely will start practice as her younger child goes to graduation. 

One day while reading the news paper she come across an article about financial planing and got interested however Manish is not keen on same as he believes that he had managed his finance in good way and may not need any consultation on same but she successfully convinced him.

During the first meeting with there was a clear signal from Manish that he is not in need but only because of Juhi he is doing that but in the second meeting when the cash flow presented to him, was a eyeopener and shaken his belief system.


The data which was collected during the initial meeting process reveals the following :

Manish stays with Juhi and 2 children Manasi ( Daughter ), Samir ( Son),
The ages are Manish : 40, Juhi : 40, Manasi :10, Samir : 7.

Existing financial data
Net asset  :
Residential house ( Personal property ) : 6500000/-
Office space : 5500000/-
Gold : 942000/-
Mutual funds : Nil
Equity : Nil
FD's : 300000/-
PPF ( both ) : 328000/-
Savings a/c : 785000/-

Net asset  Approx. : 7855000/-

Allocation of the investment ( Residential house is not considered as investment )
Equity :            0%
Debt :               8%
Commodity :    12%
Cash :               10%
Real estate :     70%


The asset allocation clearly shows the tilt towards real estate, this is majorly because the need of office space and the appreciation in the real estate over few last year.

For acquisition for this new property as there is a regular income Manish decided to liquidate all investments in MF and Equity as these investments were not performing since from the investment i.e. over last 3 years in 2010.

Real estate is not a bad investment however tilting your investment portfolio to any asset class is dangerous.

The family has following financial goals :

1. Manasi's education 8 years from now. Today's cost Rs.3500000/-
2. Samir's education 10 years from now. Today's cost Rs. 3500000/-
3. Manish's and Juhi's retirement 20 years from now and they choose to maintain the standard of living after retirement.
5. Creation of medical corpus in tune of Rs.1000000/- today's value.
6. Want to go on World tour every alternate years from now which expenses are measured to be rs.400000/- in today's term.
7. Want to buy a car next year costs Rs.1200000/-.



The Suggested allocation is to be achieved over a period of time and support for same is provided by us.

Monthly cash inflows :
Manish : 200000/-

Monthly cash outflows :
Household exp :           60,000/-
Life style exp. :            15,000/-
Loan EMI :                  0/-
Insurance premiums :   12,000/-
PPF :                             20,000/-
Savings :                       93,000/-

The incomes are very strong and expenses are in limit which reflects in strong savings on monthly basis

As it was shown Mr. Manish from the cash flow that if there is no proper optimization of cash flows ( financial plan) he may fail to complete his all financial goals. 
After the proper cash flow optimization he not only in position to complete all financial goals but also could plan for his dream, farm house at the time of retirement.


The couple also given the idea to have a proper protection plan to take care of financial risk and suggested with Term plan , Accidental death and disability and Medical insurance. In medical insurance medical benefit and critical illness plan is also suggested on the basis of family history.
The major differentiator is a rate of inflation which was completely ignored by Juhi and Manish.

Now they were suggested to build equity investment and sufficient balance in savings a/c for emergencies.

We observed in this case, even having a handsome income and strong capacity to invest individuals may fail to their financial goals without proper financial planning.

Suggested investment includes : 

ICICI Pru focused bluechip, DSPBR top 100 fund, IDFC premier equity fund, SBI magnum emerging businesses fund, DSPBR microcap fund, UTI dividend yield fund.


Case Ashok and Anjali.

About the author : Ashish Ramesh Bhave is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, focused and specialized in financial planing for individuals and families. He is a personal financial coach for more than 100 families across the globe. Can be reached at arbfinancials@gmail.com or Cell : 08793107044

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Financial planning : Ashok and Anjali

A couple staying in Pune came to me for financial planning, The first question was in their mind whether this is a right time to opt financial planing ?

Some of the individuals are really confused about whether to go for a PAID advice or keep on taking FREE advice. Then we had a good discussion and after discussion there was a self realization of requirement of FEE BASED financial planning.

The couple Ashok and Anjali age 34 and 30 respectively having a child Anuj age 3 years. 

The financial goals which come out of our discussion was
1. Anuj's Graduation 15 years from now. Today's cost Rs. 500000/-
2. Anuj's Post graduation 19 years from now. Today's cost Rs. 500000/-
3. Anuj's Marriage, 22 years from now Today's cost Rs. 500000/-
4. Ashok and Anjali's retirement 24 years from now and they choose to maintain the standard of living after retirement.
5. Creation of medical corpus in tune of Rs.500000/- today's value.
6. Want to go on World tour 6 years from now which expenses are measured to be rs.400000/- in today's term.
7. Want to buy a car immediately costs Rs.650000/- for which the funds are accumulated in FD and saving a/c.

The data which was collected during the process revels the following :

Existing data

Net asset  :
Residential house ( Personal property ) : 4500000/-
Jewellery : 750000/-
Mutual funds : 350000/-
Equity : 450000/-
FD's : 375000/-
PF Accumulation : 234000/-
PPF ( both ) : 23000/-
Savings a/c : 200000/-
Housing loan : 3400000/- 

Net asset  Approx. : 3482000/-

Allocation of the investment ( Residential house and jewellery is not considered as investment )
Total :              1632000/-
Equity :            49%
Debt :              38.75%
Commodity :    0%
Cash :              12.25%
Real estate :      0%

The Suggested allocation is to be achieved over a period of time and support for same is provided by us.

Monthly cash inflows :
Ashok : 55000/-
Anjali : 48000/-

Monthly cash outflows :
Household exp :           30000/-
Life style exp. :             5000/-
Loan EMI :                  33900/-
Insurance premiums :    10800/-
RD :                             10000/-
Savings :                       13300/-


Insurance cover :
Ashok : 800000/-
Anjali : 300000/-
No Medical reimbursement plan as covered by company , no accidental death and disability plan.


It is communicated to couple that Insurance is not an investment instrument but a protection tool, by taking it as an investment tool results in under-performance of both protection and returns.
We suggested them to go for surrendering some of insurance endowment policies depending on the basis of expected ROI.
We suggested them to go for pure online term life insurance for the following amounts,
Ashok : 5800000/- 
Anjali : 4900000/-
Medical insurance family floater plan with Sum assured Rs.500000/-
Accidental death and disability plan for Rs. 33,00,000/- for Ashok and 28,00,000/- for Anjali.

The couple suggested to keep a reserves for 6 months expenses 4,15,000/- as reserves to face any kind of contingency. These funds are to be maintained in combination of Savings A/c and FD.

The result of this suggestions results in additional savings of Rs. 82600 per year.



Ashok and Anjali were busy in their work and could not get a time to look in to financial management even they agreed it to be an important part of life.

We suggested them to invest in following funds to complete their financial goals.

We suggested Ashok to buy a car on loan, on the basis opportunity cost. 

Goldbees ( Gold ETF ), ICICI Pru focused bluechip,IDFC premier equity fund,DSPBR microcap fund,UTI divident yield fund. And continuation of Existing RD.
now Anjali and Ashok are very clear about their goals and the strategy they have to adopt for completion of financial goals.

Anjali quote that  " we were not sure about achieving all financial goals but now knowing the cash flow for the entire life we are confident and can take financial decisions in proactively ".

We know where we are and where to go !


About the author : Ashish Ramesh Bhave is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, focused and specialized in financial planing for individuals and families. Can be reached at arbfinancials@gmail.com or Cell : 08793107044

Thursday, October 4, 2012

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About the author : Ashish Ramesh Bhave is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, focused and specialized in financial planing for individuals and families. Can be reached at arbfinancials@gmail.com or Cell : 08793107044

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

ARB FinTip - Sept 2012



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About the author : Ashish Ramesh Bhave is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, focused and specialized in financial planing for individuals and families. Can be reached at arbfinancials@gmail.com or Cell : 087931-07044

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Setting up Financial goals are important ?

Financial goals are nothing but the future expenses which are apart from the regular expenses and come in lump sum in addition to your regular expenses. We have to prepare for this because our regular income may not have the capacity to accommodate them.
There are majorly three types of expenses in life.

 Liabilities:    eg household expenses, life style expenses, EMI’s of existing loans  Dependents expenses. Etc.
    Responsibilities :  eg. Children’s higher education , marriage ( now a days it is optional J ), Your retirement , Creation of medical fund after retirement day to day medical expenses which may not be covered by Mediclaim.
    Aspirations :  eg. Buying a car, international tours, Domestic tours, buying a real estate property other than residential house, cars, wealth creation etc.

Out of above expenses 2 and 3 are considered as financial goals.
There is one more classification of the goals which can be done on the basis of the duration of the goal viz.

1.Immediate goals : these are the goals which are in need of financial support within a year’s time  means in same financial planning year this may be any kind of goal , every goal acquires this status when it comes to maturity or implementation.

 2. Short term goals : these are the goals which are having horizon of 1 to 3 years.

3. midterm goals : Goals having a time horizon between >3 years to <7 years.

4.Long term goals : These are the goals which are having a time horizon more than 7 years.


How to setup a financial goal ? :

This is one of the important question everybody asks specially when it comes to child education funding plan. “ The problem is my child is too small and I don’t know what type of education he will go for then how I can plan for and I don’t want to force him like what “Virus” had done in “3idiots”.
This is a normal answer.However financial goal for child’s higher  doesn't mean any specific education it is about the funds which we have to made available. Having a money is not a problem if you plan for say Rs.1500000/- for higher education and because of some means your child doesn't used it then this will help you to achieve your future goals more faster. But you child requires Rs. 1500000/- and you have prepared for 500000/- will create big problem.
 “ How I can predict the expenses at that time as I don’t know what would be the situation then “ this is where financial planner will help you , you have to plan for all your future expenses in today’s term and financial planner will grow it at appropriate growth rate to reach the funds as on then.
For eg. If you are planning to fund Rs.500000/- in today’s term for higher education of your child who is of 2 years old  , considering say 11% growth in expenses you will be requiring Approx.Rs.2656000/- at your child’s age 18.
In a same way you have to think about your each financial goal this will give you the picture of the expense in future.

Prioritizing the financial goals :

Once the goals are set you have to prioritize the goals on the basis of the importance of such a goal in your life. Prioritizing will help you to understand your needs and your wants, this may help you to understand you better.
It also helps in channelizing the resources towards the goals on the basis of its priority.

Why setting up financial goals are important

We may be in any type of work , may be a salaried , or Businessman , or a professional we have some goals to achieve, these goals gives us a fuel to work and plan and execute.
In the same way we have to plan our life as well achievements for life, it is all about how you would like to see your life to be financially.
It helps in optimization of the resources what we have as well as help in defining a clear-cut strategy for the financial decisions, gives a more structured and articulated approach to our financial management .
The duration of the goal also help us in setting up a proper strategy for investment.

Advantages of setting up financial goals :

   1. Gives clarity about the expenses in future.
   2. We get to know the time duration available for the specific
   financial goal.
   3.We can plan the strategy to achieve these goals.
   4.We can analyze where these goals are affordable or not and
       rework the financial goals if needed.
   5.It increases the success rate of achieving financial goals which
  ultimately gives you satisfaction.
   6.The money can be made available in the right amount at the right
      time.


Happy Financial Planning !!!

About the author : Ashish Ramesh Bhave is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, focused and specialized in financial planing for individuals and families. Can be reached at arbfinancials@gmail.com or Cell : 08793107044

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Adequate Insurance cover



As we all know insurance is a protection tool. It helps to protect your family and love ones after any unfortunate event (your Death or Disability). But most difficult part is to ascertain your life value or income generation capacity . If you take higher cover than required then burden of higher premium can diminish family savings or in case of lesser cover, family may not able to cope the essential future expenses. Hence knowing proper cover is most important and essential step of your financial planning.

It creates another important question, how can we know the proper cover? And because there is no awareness and clarity what to do backed by biased advice ,customer end up taking many insurance policies still may not have a proper insurance cover. This situation not only affect saving capacity of an individual but on worst part his /her family still at risk of miserable life.

Let’s understand today how to calculate your Life cover or can say risk cover. There is two scientific method of calculation of Human Life Value.

1) Income replacement method:

In this method financial planner measures present value of client’s contribution towards family up to his retirement or working tenure considering appropriate discount factor. Here most important factor is to consider future changes/growth in income.

Let’s take an example: Mr. Rajiv is employed in IBM Limited earning 55000 per month , while his self expenses are 8000 per month and yearly tax is 40000.

Mr. Rajiv is expected to get 7% rise every year on his salary. His current age is 35 years and retirement age is 60 years. In case of Mr. Rajiv his yearly contribution towards family is 524000. Hence his adequate cover/HLV (in income replacement method) should be 1.48 cr. Mr. Rajiv’s family’s future in jeopardy if he takes less than 1.48 cr. or no insurance.

2) Need based Analysis: In this method financial planner ascertain future key expenses (inflation adjusted) of client’s life and calculate the cover required by him/her. As the name suggest only future needs are covered in this method i.e. Child education expenses, dependent’s expenses (Parents), Child’s marriage etc…

Example on Need based Analysis : Mr. Narayan Shetty is a working in Wipro earning 18 Lakh per annum his house hold expenses are 340000 pa. Lifestyle expenses are 240000 p.a. Apart from that he had a Home loan of 45 Lakh and paying EMI of 45000/ month. Mr. Shetty’s parents residing with him annual expenses on them is 60000.His age as on today is 32 years and he is planning to retire at the age of 58. His future expenses are as follows:

Neha’s (Child current age 5) Graduation fees 10L and 15L on post graduation on today’s value . He want to create a reserve 0f 15L for child’s marriage. 
He wants to change his car after every 7 years. Mr Shetty loves to visit different places and every year his expenses on such vacation are around 1 Lakh. 
He is planning to go abroad tour in every 4 years of now and create a budget of 4 Lakh for every such tour. 
He loves to throw parties on every occasion his yearly expenses are around 2L. He likes to maintain same lifestyle and want to create retirement corpus of 4cr.

He want to protect all his above said goals even if he is not there.
In above case understanding his Life important needs are important while suggesting proper cover. His most important needs where he required protection in case of unfortunate death are child education, child marriage, home loan repayment, dependent Expenses, retirement corpus for her spouse, house hold and normal lifestyle expenses. 
Assuming inflation rate is 7% and expected rate of return on corpus post death is 9%. His adequate Life cover is 2.19 Cr. as per need based analysis.

Individual should take a proper care and should ask agent or advisor to do the HLV for you and take that cover , Term plan is the purest and cheapest form of insurance available and you should go for it .Insurance is like twin blade sword if you know how to use it you can win the battles, otherwise you will hurt yourself.

This article is written by Mr.Hitesh Paliwal, Risk analysis and insurance consultant, ARB financial consultants.
You can reach him on : 8551905999