Financial Services Marketing (303)

SBI Capital Markets Limited Bajaj Capital Limited DSP Merrill Lynch Limited Birla Global Finance Limited Housing Development Finance Corporation PNB Housing Finance Limited ICICI Group LIC Finance Limited L & T Finance Limited Karvy Group

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Money is the root of all progress For thousands of years, metals such as gold, silver and bronze served as money because they were available, affordable, durable, fungible (substitutable), portable and reliable But shortages of precious metals created problems for the economy leading to development of paper money and electronic money Money is essentially a matter of belief, faith and trust Money is a matter of functions four; a medium, a measure, a standard, a store

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Intermediation
Individuals with money to save need to find those who need to borrow, and vice versa. Financial services do the job lending and collecting payment more easily, cost effectively and expertly

Risk management
Without financial services people will focus on saving to cover risk that they might not buy many goods and services

Financial services help put money to productive use

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

A person provides a financial service if they

provide financial product advice
to influence a person in making a decision in relation to a particular financial product

deal in a financial product

acquiring/issuing/varying/disposing a financial product underwriting the securities or interests

make a market for a financial product

through a facility, at a place or otherwise, the person regularly states the prices at which they propose to acquire or dispose of financial products on their own behalf

provide a custodial or depository service

a financial product, or a beneficial interest in a financial product, is held by the provider in trust for the client

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

A financial product is a facility (arrangement or intangible property) through which, or through the acquisition of which, a person
makes a financial investment
the investor gives money to another person and the person uses the contribution to generate a financial return, or other benefit, for the investor the investor has no day-to-day control over the use of the contribution to generate the return or benefit Eg: a person paying money to a company for the issue of shares (the company uses the money to generate dividends for the person and the person, as a shareholder, does not have control over the day-to-day affairs of the company) manage, avoid or limit the financial consequences to them of particular circumstances happening Eg. taking out insurance and hedging a liability by acquiring a futures contract or entering into a currency swap by ways other than making physical delivery of a domestic or foreign currency in the form of notes / coins Eg: facility for direct debit of a deposit account, a facility for the use of cheques

manages financial risk

makes non-cash payments

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Financial services are economic services provided by the finance industry which comprises of
Deposit-taking Firms
Commercial banks Credit unions Finance companies Property and casualty insurance companies Pension funds Investment companies Mutual Funds

Professional asset management companies Institutional investors Securities Firms

Investment banks Brokers and dealers Mortgage banks

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Service / Product Market

Banking & Credit Current account Retail deposits Travelers cheques Consumer finance Credit cards House mortgages Loan guarantees Exposure credit Leasing Venture capital Business loans International lending Foreign currency deposits

Insurance

Securities and Brokerage

Personal

Life Non-life

Equities: Broking Unit trusts Pension funds

Corporate

Non-life Exporters liability Insurance broking Reinsurance

Corporate finance Securities market Fund management Corporate advisory services, etc.

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Intangible; cannot be visually communicated in advertisements Inseparability; of prodn and distn direct sale Lack of special identity; as products are similar, emphasis is on package (branch, location, staff, promotion) rather than product Heterogeneous; dependent on human factor, technology, same person/ATM may render service differently each time Labour intensive Fluctuation in demand as per economic activity Information based; relatively unexciting nature makes attracting consumer attention and inspiring consumer desire difficult.

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Changing customer behaviour; longer life spans, increasing urbanization, increased home ownership, higher proportion of women in workforce, better living standards, etc. Deregulation and government intervention; to protect interests of consumers and to facilitate more competitive and efficient industry Intense competition Technological innovation; new products, new payment systems, new forms of distribution and delivery, enhanced MIS Client relationship and quality; aim is to establish long term, multiple service relationship

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.

Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, GOI Visit http://financialservices.gov.in/ What do they do? What is financial inclusion? What are some of the new initiatives being taken?

Mrs. Charu Rastogi, Asst. Proff.