Asan Ideas for Wealth (AIFW) is a personal finance group on Facebook. It is on the threshold of a major milestone – one lakh members. In this article, we trace the growth of its membership and how it has helped members manage money better. The group is owned by its sole admin – the one…

HourlyFee.org is the new initiative by SEBI Registered Investment Advisor, Avinash Luthria for US-based NRIs to find a financial planner free from conflict of interest. Avinash is the first Indian hourly fee financial planner (explained below). In this article, he explains in detail about the new website. About the author:  Avinash Luthria is Founder, Hourly-Fee Financial…

This article discusses why SEBI needs to categorize investment advisors like mutual funds as there is considerable confusion among investors. It has been almost nine years since the SEBI investment advisor regulations came into force. In essence, the rules mean that a person or entity has to be registered with SEBI to provide investment advice…

We had recently surveyed clients of SEBI registered fee-only investment advisors and obtained 685 responses. These are the results and a discussion of key learnings. We thank everyone who has participated in this survey. Your contribution will make a big difference in improving fee-only advisor (FOA) services and client-advisor relations. Two types of questions were…

SEBI has recently announced several important changes to its investment advisor regulations. Many freefincal readers and Facebook group Asan Ideas for Wealth members have played a role in influencing these changes. SEBI registered investment advisor Avinash Luthria explains what these changes are and how it would impact you.

SEBI has taken big steps to remove the conflict of interest in advisors. Thank you to all those who write to SEBI opposing key changes in their consultation paper!

27-year old Deepsh asks why is it so hard to find a financial advisor who is a fiduciary financial advisor! His email form this edition of reader story

The latest IA guidelines from SEBI would adversely affect Individual, Fee-only Planners. SEBI Registered investment adviser explains why this is so and how a fee-only model is superior to an asset-based model.

If an individual Fixed-Fee-Only RIA engages with a client with a net worth of Rs 40 cr, then the RIA may have to live at below the official poverty line! SEBI RIA Avinash Luthria explains why SEBI’s new RIA regulations on the anvil can do more harm than good

In a backward step, SEBI has proposed several harmful changes to regulations governing investment advisors in a consultation paper. We discuss why these affect investors’ and can kill fee-only advisory. You can write to SEBI and help stop these suggestions from becoming a rule.

The financial services industry has one goal: transfer wealth from the client to themselves. Their goal is to extract 1% of the client’s net worth each year in various excess fees. Here are five tactics used to achieve this and how you can protect yourself.