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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited
Company typePublic
ISININE338I01027
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
FounderMotilal Oswal
Raamdeo Agrawal
HeadquartersMotilal Oswal Tower, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease ₹4,178 crore (US$500 million)[1] (2023)
Increase ₹1,877 crore (US$220 million)[1] (2023)
Increase ₹935 crore (US$110 million)[1] (2023)
AUMIncrease ₹45,620 crore (US$5.5 billion)[1] (2023)
Total assetsIncrease ₹22,949 crore (US$2.7 billion)[1] (2023)
Total equityIncrease ₹6,142 crore (US$740 million)[1] (2023)
OwnerPromotor (69.53% stake)[1]
  • Motilal Oswal
  • Raamdeo Agrawal
Number of employees
7,303 (2023)[1]
Websitemotilaloswalgroup.com

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited is an Indian financial services company offering a range of financial products and services. The company was founded by Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Agrawal in 1987.[2][3]

The company is listed on BSE and NSE stock exchanges.[4]

History

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Motilal Oswal Financial Services was set up by Motilal Oswal and Happy Singh as a broking house in 1987.[5]

The company entered into investment banking in 2005, followed by private equity fund in 2006.[6]

In February 2006, the company acquired Peninsular Capital Markets, a Cochin, Kerala based broking company for Rs. 35 crore.[7] The company tied up with State Bank of India in 2006,[8] Punjab National Bank in 2007 [8] and Axis Bank in 2013[9] to offer online trading to its customers.

In January 2010, the company set up a mutual fund business named as Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company (MOAMC).[10]

In 2013, the company established Aspire Home Finance Corporation Limited (AHFCL).[5] The company offers loans for home, construction, composite, improvement and extension in India.[11]

Management

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Position[12] Personnel[12]
Founder and CEO of Motilal Group Motilal Oswal
Co-founder and Chairman of Motilal Group Raamdeo Agrawal
CEO of Asset Management Navin Agarwal
CEO of Investment Banking Abhijit Tare
CEO of Institutional Equities Rajat Rajgarhia
CEO of Broking Ajay Menon

Listings and Shareholdings

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The equity shares of Motilal Oswal Financial Services are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange,[13] and the National Stock Exchange of India.[14]

Shareholders (as on 31-12-2022) Shareholding (%)[15]
Promoters 69.47%
Mutual Funds 05.89%
Financial Institution/Banks/Insurance 00.00%
Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) 07.35%
Corporate Bodies 00.72%
Individuals 09.15%
NRIs/OCBs 00.38%
ADRs/GDRs NIL
Others 7.04%
Total 100%

Products and services

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Motilal Oswal provides products and services related to equity trading, commodity trading and investment advisory services, IPOs and SIPs investment, portfolio management services, and mutual funds investment.[16]

Milestones

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  • 1987 – Founded in Bombay by Motilal Oswal and Happy Singh.
  • 1990 – Listed on BSE.
  • 1994 – Listed on NSE.
  • 2007 – Went public via IPO; Featured as a case study in Harvard Business School.[17]
  • 2009 – Customer base crossed 5,00,000.
  • 2010 – Launched Motilal Oswal Foundation.
  • 2021 – AUM (assets under management) crossed the Rs. 2 trillion mark.

Controversies

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Motilal Oswal along with a few other top brokers have been accused of various irregularities on the NSEL case. Agencies including the Economic Offence Wing-Mumbai and SFIO have found the top 5 brokers including Motilal Oswal guilty of misselling NSEL contracts, KYC manipulation, client code modification, illegal transactions & infusion of black money through their NBFCs on the Exchange platform.[18] The EOW had arrested senior employees of three brokers namely IIFL, Geofin Comtrade & Anand Rathi in March, 2015.[19][20] This was followed by the market regulator, SEBI issuing multiple show-cause notices to the brokers in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively.[21][22] The EOW-Mumbai in its supplementary charge sheet has also accused the three brokers IIFL, Motilal Oswal & Anand Rathi of cheating clients.[23][24] Based on the recommendations of SFIO & EOW against misdeeds of these brokers, SEBI declared Motilal Oswal along with India Infoline Commodities (IIFL) ‘not fit and proper’ as commodity derivative brokers, in the last week of February 2019.[25][26][27][28]

In May 2022, SEBI imposed a fine of INR 2.5 million on Motilal Oswal for misutilization of client funds and incorrect reporting of margins.[29]

Awards and recognitions

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The company received a gold for marketing effectiveness at the Global ACEF customer engagement awards for their "Think Equity. Think Motilal Oswal" T.V Advertisement along with 3 awards at the ABBY Awards for Creative Excellence for the same.[30] The company featured in the Forbes Super 50 Companies in 2017.[31]

The company has been awarded by multiple Indian news organizations, such as ET Now, CNBC TV18 and Zee Business.[32][33][34][35][36]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Motilal Oswal Financial Services". 2023.
  2. ^ "Don't take a crazy call when things are down: Raamdeo Agrawal". The Economic Times. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Motilal Oswal Financial Services: The house that Raamdeo Agrawal and Motilal Oswal built". Forbes India. forbesindia.com. 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd". Business Standard India. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Motilal Oswal Financial Services: The House That Raamdeo Agrawal And Motilal Oswal Built". Forbes India. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ Vadukut, Sidin (1 November 2008). "Motilal Oswal | When everyone knows your name". Livemint. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. ^ Gurav, Vijay (10 February 2006). "Motilal Oswal buys Peninsular Capital for Rs 35-40 cr". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b Staff (24 November 2006). "SBI ties-up with Motilal Oswal for online trading". Oneindia. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  9. ^ Reporter, B. S. (20 May 2009). "Axis Bank ties up with Motilal Oswal for online trading". Business Standard India. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Motilal Oswal gets Sebi bod to set up MF biz". Rediff. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Motilal Oswal Home Finance Ltd - Company Profile and News". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Motilal Oswal Finance Management Information". economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  13. ^ "BSE India Motilal Oswal Financial Services". www.bseindia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  14. ^ "NSE India Motilal Oswal Financial Services".
  15. ^ "Latest MOTILAL OSWAL Shareholding Pattern". Equitymaster. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  16. ^ "MOFS.BO - Stock Price & Latest News - Reuters". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Motilal Oswal's IPO a case study for Harvard". Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  18. ^ SHAH, PALAK (6 January 2019). "NSEL scam: 2015 police report gives SEBI fresh ammo against brokers". @businessline.
  19. ^ Rukhaiyar, Khushboo Narayan, Ashish (3 March 2015). "NSEL case: Mumbai Police arrests three top brokerage executives". Livemint.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Reporter, B. S. (4 March 2015). "EOW arrest three top brokers in NSEL scam". Business Standard India – via Business Standard.
  21. ^ Sahgal, Ram. "5 brokers issued supplementary notices". The Economic Times.
  22. ^ Jha, Dilip Kumar (3 January 2019). "Sebi issues another show-cause notice to NSEL brokers in 2013 scam probe" – via Business Standard.
  23. ^ "Non-defaulting brokers named in NSEL case". The Economic Times.
  24. ^ "EOW submits charge sheet against 63 in NSEL scam". The Economic Times.
  25. ^ "NSEL scam: SFIO wants SEBI to put broker-firms through 'fit and proper' test". @businessline. January 2019.
  26. ^ "NSEL Scam: SEBI declares Motilal Oswal, IIFL 'not fit and proper' as commodity derivative brokers". www.businesstoday.in. 23 February 2019.
  27. ^ Upadhyay, Jayshree P. (23 February 2019). "NSEL case: Commodity arms of Motilal Oswal, IIFL not fit and proper, says Sebi". Livemint.
  28. ^ Zachariah, Reena. "Sebi rules Motilal Oswal, IIFL commodity arms 'not fit and proper'". The Economic Times.
  29. ^ "Sebi imposes Rs 2.5 million penalty on Motilal Oswal Financial Services". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  30. ^ "Goafest 2018: It's raining awards but no Grand Prix in sight".
  31. ^ "Super 50 Companies 2017 - Forbes India Magazine". Forbes India.
  32. ^ "Motilal Oswal, ICICI Securities shine at Zee Business awards | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  33. ^ "UTI Mutual Fund and CNBC TV18 present Financial Advisors Award". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  34. ^ "Business News Live, Share Market News - Read Latest Finance News, IPO, Mutual Funds News". The Economic Times.
  35. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  36. ^ Prasad, Gireesh Chandra (6 April 2018). "India Business Leader Awards to honour exceptional performers".
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