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1. What is your primary source of income? (Select all that apply)
Salary Business Investments Pension Others (Pls. specify)_______
2. What percentage of your income do you normally save after meeting all regular expenses?
0% 1‐5% 6 ‐12 % 13‐20% 21‐30% More than 30%
3. Please rate the importance of goals that you take into consideration while making investments?
Not At All Somewhat Somewhat Important Very
important not important Important Important
Minimize income tax
Saving for children
(education, marriage
etc.)
Saving for retirement
To safeguard against
Income contingencies
To cover for medical
expenses
To improve standard of
living
Please mention any other goals you consider for making investments:______________
4. What is your minimum desired rate of return on your:
a. Short term investments (0‐3 years)____
b. Midterm investments (4‐7 years) ____
c. Long term investments (8+ years) _____
5. The table below lists various investment alternatives. Based on your current investments, please
provide the following information‐
6. Which Life Insurance Policies do you currently hold? (Select all that apply)
Endowment policy Whole life policy Term life policy Money‐ back policy
Joint life policy Group insurance Loan Cover Term Pension Plan or
policy Assurance Policy Annuities
Unit Linked Other (Please specify):________
Insurance Policy
7. For choosing your Life insurance policy, how important are the following factors?
Not At All Somewhat Somewhat Important Very
important not important Important Important
Flexibility in paying
premium
Smaller premium, longer
term
Higher premium,
shorter term
Periodic returns from
the policy
Lump Sum return at the
end of the policy term
8. Among the following Insurance companies, please rank the top three companies you are most
comfortable buying insurance policies from?
Ranked first in my Ranked second in my Ranked third in my
consideration consideration consideration
LIC
Tata AIG
Bharti Axa
Max New York Life
Reliance
ICICI Prudential
Bajaj Allianz
Kotak Mahindra
ING Vysya
SBI Life Insurance
9. Which of the following Mutual Fund types do you currently hold? (Select all that apply)
10. Select top 3 Mutual Funds types from the above list you are most likely to invest or reinvest in?
1____________ _ 2_________________ 3___________________
11. Among the following Mutual Fund providers, please rank the top three that you are most
comfortable investing in
Ranked first in my Ranked second in my Ranked third in my
consideration consideration consideration
Kotak Mahindra
Franklin Templeton
ICICI
Reliance
Birla
HDFC
ING
Religare
SBI
12. Who do you seek advice from before making an investment decision? (Select all that apply)
Family Friends & Relative Financial Advisor
Newspaper. If selected, please specify the Magazines. If selected, please specify the
name of the newspaper(s):_______ name of the magazine(s):_______
TV shows. If selected, please specify the Others (Please specify): _____
name of 1‐2 shows:_______
13. From the above list, which are the top 2 sources of advice that you trust the most?
1____________ _ 2_____________
14. How often do you seek advice, from the sources you have listed above, on your existing investment
portfolio?
a. Bi‐weekly or less
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly
d. Half‐yearly
e. Yearly or above
15. How strongly do you agree/disagree with the following statements?
Strongly Disagree Somewhat Agree Strongly
disagree agree Agree
“Generally, I prefer
investments with little
or no fluctuation in
value, and I'm willing to
accept the lower return
associated with these
investments.”
“During market declines,
I tend to sell portions of
my riskier assets and
invest the money in
safer assets.”
16. The table/graph below shows the greatest possible one‐year gain and loss on three different
hypothetical investments of Rs10 000. (For example, after one year Investment A can either give
you a return of Rs 590 or a loss of Rs 160)
Investment A Investment B Investment C
Max Gain possible 593 1921 4229
Max Loss possible 164 1020 3639
Given the potential gain or loss in one year, I would invest my money in...
Investment A Investment B Investment C
17. Please select the option that corresponds best to how you would react in the following scenarios.
Sell all of Sell some Hold on to the Buy more Don’t know.
the of the investment of the Would seek
remaining remaining and sell investment expert’s
investment investment nothing advice
Assume your equity
investment lost
more than 25% in
past one year.
What would you
do?
What is your
attitude towards
holding onto a long
term investment,
even though it
declined in value by
30% in three years?
18. How important do you think is retirement planning?
Not at all important somewhat not important somewhat important Important Very
Important
19. What factors do you think makes retirement planning as important as you have mentioned above?
Please rate it on a scale of 1 to 7. (Scale: 1‐ Very insignificant factor , 7: Highly Significant factor)
To tide over inflation
To cover all medical expenses
To enjoy – travel, etc
To support your spouse and dependents
20. How much do you think you would need on an average to meet your monthly post‐retirement
expenses? (figures in Rs.)
< 25,000 26,000 – 40,000 41,000 – 60,0000 60,000 – 90,000 90,000+
21. Does your employer provide retirement benefits (gratuity/superannuation)? Yes/No
22. What percent of your salary is invested in retirement benefits (gratuity/superannuation)? ___%
23. Please rate the following factors according to their importance in contributing to your post‐
retirement needs? (Scale 1: Not an Important Source Scale 7: Very Important Source)
Children
Real estate investments
Gratuity/PPF/Pension
Gold Investments
Life Insurance / Annuities
Equity Investments
Bond Investments
Mutual Fund Investments
Bank Savings
SECTION B: PSYCHOGRAPHICS
24. Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statements
Disagree Somewhat Neither agree Somewhat Agree
completely disagree nor disagree agree completely
I like taking high risks
as I want high returns
in my investments
I am very regular in
planning my finances
For long term
investment I choose
products of financial
institutions with high
brand equity
I am very particular
about getting good
customer service
I have a very good
understanding of
how equity market
works
I have a large circle of
friends who regularly
invest in financial
markets
I often compare my
investments with my
friends/relatives to
see if my investment
decisions are good
I always opt for
personalized/customi
zed service, where
my needs are
specially taken care
of
I need flexibility in
payment terms, with
respect to when it
has to be paid
I very often
overshoot my
budgets
I am a very brand
conscious person
when I am shopping
I prefer buying
expensive goods, as
it enhances my
prestige
I often go to
international
destinations for my
holidays
I can compromise on
quality a little, if it
saves me money
I feel very secure of
my future
earnings/employabili
ty
SECTION C: DEMOGRAPHICS
25. What year were you born in?
26. Please choose your gender Male Female
27. Please choose your marital status below
Single Married Divorced Separated
28. Highest level of education completed?
School ‐ 12th Standard Bachelors degree holder Masters degree holder Other (Please
specify): ______
29. Please tell us about your current employment? (Select all that apply)
Part‐time Self‐employed Government service Retired/Pensioner Student
Unemployed Family Business
30. Which industry are you employed in or have business(s) in? _________ (select from drop down)
31. Please choose the range your annual household income fell in last year?
Less than 2 lakh Over 2 lakh and upto 5 lakh Over 5 lakh and upto 10 lakh
Over 10 lakh and upto 15 lakh Over 15 lakh and upto 25 lakh Over 25 lakh
32. Where do you currently live? City ________ State ________
33. Which of the following do you own? (Select all that apply)
Two‐wheeler Four‐wheeler House
34. What activities interest you the most? (Select top 3)
Reading the newspaper
Watching TV
Listening to the radio
Reading magazines
Going to the cinema
Shopping
Browsing the internet
35. Do you read any financial newspapers? (Yes/No)
36. What kind of TV content do you prefer? (Select top 2)
General News Business News Live Sports Daily Soaps Music Videos
English Movies Hindi Movies Documentry Others (Please specify): ________
37. Which category of magazines do you read? (Select top 3)
Lifestyle Business News Fashion Electronic gadgets Film
Sports Health & Wellness Educational (S&T) Others (Please specify): ________
38. What type of websites do you visit most often? (Select Top 3)
Sports News Entertainment Social Networking Email Chat (text/voice)
Education Wiki Others (Please specify): ________
39. Name 2 favourite websites where you spend the bulk of your internet time?
____________________
40. Name 2 favourite radio stations that you usually tune to? ____________________
41. How frequently do you travel by air?
Rarely (2‐3 times a year) Moderately (4‐10 times a year) Regularly (1‐3 times a month)
Frequently (nearly every week or more)