Motilal Oswal Financial Services

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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited
Company type Public
ISIN INE338I01027
Industry Financial services
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987)
Founder Motilal Oswal
Raamdeo Agrawal
HeadquartersMotilal Oswal Tower, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹4,178 crore (US$500 million) [1]  (2023)
Increase2.svg₹1,877 crore (US$220 million) [1]  (2023)
Increase2.svg₹935 crore (US$110 million) [1]  (2023)
AUM Increase2.svg₹45,620 crore (US$5.5 billion) [1] (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svg₹22,949 crore (US$2.7 billion) [1]  (2023)
Total equity Increase2.svg₹6,142 crore (US$740 million) [1]  (2023)
Owner Promotor (69.53% stake) [1]
  • Motilal Oswal
  • Raamdeo Agrawal
Number of employees
7,303 (2023) [1]
Website motilaloswalgroup.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]

Contents

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

History

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]

In February 2024, Motilal Oswal Financial Services faced a cyberattack by the ransomware group LockBit, which claimed to have accessed confidential data. This breach could affect the information of over six million clients and put at risk data related to the company's asset management and investment banking operations. [12]

Management

Position [13] Personnel [13]
Founder and CEO of Motilal GroupMotilal Oswal
Co-founder and Chairman of Motilal GroupRaamdeo Agrawal
Managing Director at MOFSL GroupNavin Agarwal
CEO of Investment BankingAmit Ramchandani
CEO of Institutional EquitiesRajat Rajgarhia
CEO of BrokingAjay Menon

Listings and Shareholdings

The equity shares of Motilal Oswal Financial Services are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, [14] and the National Stock Exchange of India. [15]

Shareholders (as on 31-12-2022)Shareholding (%) [16]
Promoters69.47%
Mutual Funds05.89%
Financial Institution/Banks/Insurance00.00%
Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)07.35%
Corporate Bodies00.72%
Individuals09.15%
NRIs/OCBs00.38%
ADRs/GDRsNIL
Others7.04%
Total100%

Products and services

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. [17]

Milestones

Controversies

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 NBFC s on the Exchange platform. [19] The EOW had arrested senior employees of three brokers namely IIFL, Geofin Comtrade & Anand Rathi in March, 2015. [20] [21] This was followed by the market regulator, SEBI issuing multiple show-cause notices to the brokers in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively. [22] [23] The EOW-Mumbai in its supplementary charge sheet has also accused the three brokers IIFL, Motilal Oswal & Anand Rathi of cheating clients. [24] [25] 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. [26] [27] [28] [29]

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. [30]

Awards and recognitions

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. [31] The company featured in the Forbes Super 50 Companies in 2017. [32]

The company has been awarded by multiple Indian news organizations, such as ET Now, CNBC TV18 and Zee Business. [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

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