Brokerages Financial Services Companies

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What is on line trading? What are the three accounts you need for on line trading? How do you get your PAN? What is the average brokerage charged for F&O on line transactions? What is the job of a clearing house? At what frequency is MTM done for futures? Can a commercial bank offer on line trading? Can an Indian purchase shares of a U.S.company? What is approximate market capitalization amount of NSE? What is ELOB? How will you go short on NIFTY futures? Can the buyer of stock futures demand delivery of shares for settlement? What is the beta of SENSEX? What is the present PE of Nifty? Is the margin on Futures refundable? While drawing Put option pay off diagram, is brokerage taken into consideration? Are real options traded in BSE? Are credit default swaps OTC products? Does beta take into account the diversifiable risk of a stock? Do you invest in shares? Approximately what percentage of retail savings is channelized to the share market? Is GOLD a good hedge against inflation? What is an Index fund? Does the fund manager of an index fund indulge in active investment? For a rational investor is the performance of the fund more important than returns?

Equity Research

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What does r^2 indicate? Is RSI part of fundamental analysis? What is a global minimum variance portfolio? Does insider trading play a major role in share price movement? What is coefficient of variation? What does a downward sloping yield curve indicate regarding a bond? Can duration exceed maturity of a bond? Will you recommend portfolios coming inside the efficient frontier for investment? What is the effect of introduction of a risk free security in a portfolio along the efficient frontier? What is EMH? Is a company with a high PE a good investment bet? Where are the Indian markets heading? Why do you think Tata Motors bought Tata Steel shares in a block deal on Sept. 25th. Will you recommend purchase of Lehman Bros. shares at this point? What do you think will be SUBEXs strategy regarding FCCB conversion which is priced at Rs.659? Do you think SBI shares will be the next target of bears? Are the Price to Book value ratios of Banking stocks less than IT stocks? Do you track any particular industry? What do you think is the support price for Crude in dollars? How do you implement market neutral strategy as a fund manager?

Banking Technology

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Hows a core banking solution from TBM? Are impersonal account balances normally updated online or in a batch? How does technology help a Bank official working in front office? What is a reverse parallel run? What data do you enter during master data creation of savings bank accounts? Do you think NEFT will reduce number of checks issued? Do you think according to BASEL ACCORD capital norms are applicable for computer system related risks too? What is phishing? What is SSL? What is the importance of audit trail ?

Banking

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Do you think there will be a financial crisis in Indian banking too? Is the Executive Director of a Public Sector Bank an Employee ? What is delegated authority of a Branch Manager? Which are the prominent new generation Private sector Banks? Why are public sector banks on a hiring spree? Do you think Management Education is important in a Banking job? What are the two books into which a banks business are categorized? What is NIM? What is Net Interest Income? Is Warren Buffet driving a hard bargain in his proposed bail out package for Lehman? What lesson does the US Financial crisis teach Indian Bankers? What are the main types of charges that are created on securities offered by borrowers as collaterals? How is call money market different from Repo Market? Can cash kept in the specialized currency chest branch of a bank be included in CRR? Is credit history important to borrow from a US bank? Does the owner of a credit card need to be an account holder of the bank? Is the interest on an FCNR account also repatriable? Do approved government securities have a risk weight under BASEL norms? What happens if a Banks capital adequacy ratio is more than what is prescribed by RBI? What is crystallisation of a charge?

Financial Services

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Asset Management is the business of floating and managing pools of public funds or private funds for profits from capital market investments True or False What is securities business? Asset Management is a natural extension to investment banking Do you agree? Generally venture capital is a corporate activity focused on making gains out of building corporate business through investment in unlisted companies. True or False. Private banking or wealth management is a service offered to HNIs True or False? Open end mutual fund is not a perpetual scheme True or False? Which are the three entities who are the pillars of the mutual fund structure? Can a mutual fund underwrite a public issue? Hedge funds are private investment funds True or False? What is the case of LTCM? What is convergence trade ? What is high water mark arrangement in compensation structure of hedge fund manager? What is the fate of IPO market in India? What is drag along rights of investors in private equity? Who are QIBs? When will compulsory de-listing occur? What is a sponsored ADR issue? What is the act of placing a new issue of shares with a group of selected financial institutions known as? In what context will FCFF model be used? How is ROCE calculated?

General for BFSI.

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Why is an MBA degree useful for a Banking job? How important is computer knowledge in Banking? Are the customers really benefitted through technology in Banking? Are retail loans essential for a bank? What is CIBIL? Are treasury operations more profitable than traditional banking oprations? Is BASEL II useful for Indian Banks? What are the pillars of BASEL Accord? Are Credit Risk Mitigation Techniques useful for the field functionaries? Are savings bank accounts cost effective? Should Financial Specialisation graduates do marketing? What is the role of a pre sales team in an IT consultancy firm? Is the time right for Indian consultancy companies to acquire small US firms? Will mergers in Banking sector be able to thwart the threat from outside? Is integrity important in a target oriented environment? Are incentives unavoidable in highly competitive areas? Is Investment Banking more of a selling activity? Is a front office Banking job the most attractive ? What is more important in BFSI segment Beauty or Brains? Can lady managers be effective field functionaries in Banks without sacrificing family life? Can you justify the importance of REPUTATIONAL CAPITAL ?

Vinod Daryani