Have you ever received calls from financial planners from insurance companies? What do you think about their financial planning service? I believe that there are many professional financial planners who genuinely help people to better utilize their money. However, I believe even more out there are merely salespersons and all they want to achieve is to persuade you into buying their products. Today, I would like to explain more about one of the most popular products that they sell - mutual fund linked insurance products.
These kinds of product are getting more and more popular because they can generate large sum of income. The investors believe that help them save and earn the sum of money for their needs like retirement, therefore they are willing to put in a large sum of money first. When an investor pays his payment to the insurance company, the company transfers the sum to the fund managers. Some platforms allow you to allocate your payments to several different funds. The insurance company is effectively breaking down the mutual fund units into smaller blocks so that small investors can participate. The fund managers gather the money and invest it on financial assets like stock. When they earn in buying and selling or the worth of the underlying assets increase, then the price of the fund unit rises accordingly. And on your account statement you will see increases in your account values.
However, you also need to understand the cost structure of these investment linked products before you can decide whether they are really suitable for you. Firstly, why do these products gain great market shares in a comparably short period of time? It is because of the effort and time spent by our brilliant salespersons. A well trained salesperson can sell the most ridiculous product to the weirdest man in the world. Trust me, I've met them personally. So what drives them to do it so hard? Yes, you guessed it right. Money. These investment linked products always provide the salespersons with enormous amount of commission. As high as 50% of your first year payment could possibly entirely goes to the pockets of the person who handed you the pen for signature. What I can say is there is nothing you can do about it in a capitalism society.
Next main cost of the product is for the insurance company or the bank. They would suck a small percentage out of the capital you invested into the fund every year, or even every month. The percentage may be small but as the apparent capital grow larger, it can become very frightening. Try computing the absolute amount that they took from you, it may freak you out.
The final man cost is given to the fund manager. Fund manager is the person who manages your capital. They invest the money on stocks or other assets depending on their policy. Usually, each fund has some particular characteristics like area focused or industry focus to give customers the desired options.
So now you know. You can go ahead and decide whether to answer the call from your 'personal financial planner' next time. God bless.
These kinds of product are getting more and more popular because they can generate large sum of income. The investors believe that help them save and earn the sum of money for their needs like retirement, therefore they are willing to put in a large sum of money first. When an investor pays his payment to the insurance company, the company transfers the sum to the fund managers. Some platforms allow you to allocate your payments to several different funds. The insurance company is effectively breaking down the mutual fund units into smaller blocks so that small investors can participate. The fund managers gather the money and invest it on financial assets like stock. When they earn in buying and selling or the worth of the underlying assets increase, then the price of the fund unit rises accordingly. And on your account statement you will see increases in your account values.
However, you also need to understand the cost structure of these investment linked products before you can decide whether they are really suitable for you. Firstly, why do these products gain great market shares in a comparably short period of time? It is because of the effort and time spent by our brilliant salespersons. A well trained salesperson can sell the most ridiculous product to the weirdest man in the world. Trust me, I've met them personally. So what drives them to do it so hard? Yes, you guessed it right. Money. These investment linked products always provide the salespersons with enormous amount of commission. As high as 50% of your first year payment could possibly entirely goes to the pockets of the person who handed you the pen for signature. What I can say is there is nothing you can do about it in a capitalism society.
Next main cost of the product is for the insurance company or the bank. They would suck a small percentage out of the capital you invested into the fund every year, or even every month. The percentage may be small but as the apparent capital grow larger, it can become very frightening. Try computing the absolute amount that they took from you, it may freak you out.
The final man cost is given to the fund manager. Fund manager is the person who manages your capital. They invest the money on stocks or other assets depending on their policy. Usually, each fund has some particular characteristics like area focused or industry focus to give customers the desired options.
So now you know. You can go ahead and decide whether to answer the call from your 'personal financial planner' next time. God bless.
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