Motilal Oswal Group

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. is an Indian diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services. The company was founded by Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Agarwal in 1987.[1][2]

Motilal Oswal Group
Financial services
Traded as
IndustryFinance
FoundedMumbai, India, 1987
FounderMotilal Oswal 
HeadquartersMotilal Oswal Tower, Prabhadevi, Mumbai
Key people
Motilal Oswal, Raamdeo Agrawal
ServicesBroking, Mutual Funds, Wealth management
ParentMotilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd
SubsidiariesMotilal Oswal Securities Ltd,
Motilal Oswal Investment Services,
Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd,
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors Pvt Ltd,
Motilal Oswal Asset Management Co. Ltd,
Aspire Home Finance Corporation Ltd.
Websitehttp://www.motilaloswalgroup.com, https://www.motilaloswalmf.com

The company is listed on BSE and NSE stock exchanges.[3]

History

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd (MOFSL) was set up by Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Agarwal as a broking house in 1987.[4]

The company entered into investment banking in 2005, followed by private equity fund in 2006.[5]

On February 2006, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. acquired Peninsular Capital Markets, a Cochin, Kerala based broking company for Rs. 35 crore.[6] The company tied up with State Bank of India in 2006,[7] Punjab National Bank in 2007 [7] and Axis Bank in 2013[8] to offer online trading to its customers.

On January 2010, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. set up Mutual fund business named as Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company (MOAMC).[9]

On 2013, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. laid foundation of Aspire Home Finance Corporation Limited (AHFCL).[4] The company offers loans for home, construction, composite, improvement, and extension in India.[10]

Allegations in NSEL case

Motilal Oswal along with few other top brokers have been accused of various irregularities on NSEL. Agencies including EOW-Mumbai and SFIO have found the top 5 brokers including Motilal Oswal guilty of misselling NSEL contracts, KYC manipulation, client code modification, benami transactions & infusion of black money through their NBFCs on the Exchange platform.[11] The EOW had arrested senior employees of three brokerages namely IIFL, Geofin Comtrade & [[Anand Rathi in March, 2015.[12][13] This was followed by the market regulator, SEBI issuing multiple show-cause notices to the brokers in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 respectively.[14][15] The EOW-Mumbai in its supplementary charge sheet has also accused the three brokerages IIFL, Motilal Oswal & Anand Rathi of cheating clients.[16][17] Based on the recommendations of SFIO & EOW's report against misdeeds of 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.[18][19][20][21]

Awards and recognitions
  • Mr. Motilal Oswal, Chairman & MD is awarded as Outstanding Institution Builder of the year in The AIMA Managing India Awards[22]
  • Motilal Oswal wins GOLD for marketing effectiveness at the Global ACEF customer engagement awards (Awarded for Think Equity. Think Motilal Oswal TV Ad)[23]
  • Motilal Oswal TV Ad wins 3 awards at the ABBY Awards for Creative Excellence[23]
  • Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd wins the Brand of the Year Award at the CNBC TV18 - India Business Leadership Awards[24]
  • MOFSL has been featured in Forbes Super 50 Companies 2017[25]
  • Motilal Oswal Securities received two awards for its equity research in IT and commodity (forex) segments at India's Best Market Analyst Awards 2014, India's biggest Financial Market Awards also called as ZEE Business Awards 2014.[26]
  • Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd's Analyst Mr. Jinesh Gandhi won the Best Market Analyst Award for the categories Equity-Auto at ‘India's Best Market Analyst Awards 2013 organized by Zee Business.[27]
  • Motilal Oswal Securities was awarded with Best Performing National Financial Advisor Equity Broker Award in 2012, second time in succession.[28][29]
  • CNBC TV18 awarded Motilal Oswal the Best Performing Equity Broker Award in 2010 at CNBC TV18 Financial Advisor Awards 2010 [29]
  • Motilal Oswal IB team won the Asia Pacific Cross Border Deal of the year award in 2010 and the CEO Ashutosh Maheshvari got India M&A Investment Banker of the Year award [30]
  • Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. rated as No.1 Broker in ET Now – Starmine Analyst Awards 2009[10].[31]

See also

References
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  2. "Motilal Oswal Financial Services: The house that Raamdeo Agrawal and Motilal Oswal built". Forbes India. forbesindia.com. 28 July 2018.
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  5. Vadukut, Sidin (1 November 2008). "Motilal Oswal | When everyone knows your name". Livemint. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. Gurav, Vijay (10 February 2006). "Motilal Oswal buys Peninsular Capital for Rs 35-40 cr". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. Staff (24 November 2006). "SBI ties-up with Motilal Oswal for online trading". Oneindia. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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  9. "Motilal Oswal gets Sebi bod to set up MF biz". Rediff. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  10. "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  11. "NSEL scam: 2015 police report gives SEBI fresh ammo against brokers".
  12. "NSEL case: Mumbai Police arrests three top brokerage executives".
  13. "EOW arrest three top brokers in NSEL scam".
  14. "5 brokers issued supplementary notices".
  15. "Sebi issues another show-cause notice to NSEL brokers in 2013 scam probe".
  16. "Non-defaulting brokers named in NSEL case".
  17. "EOW submits charge sheet against 63 in NSEL scam".
  18. "NSEL scam: SFIO wants SEBI to put broker-firms through 'fit and proper' test".
  19. https://www.businesstoday.in/markets/company-stock/nsel-scam-sebi-declares-motilal-oswal-iifl-not-fit-and-proper-commodity-derivatives/story/321560.html
  20. https://www.livemint.com/market/commodities/nsel-case-commodity-arms-of-motilal-oswal-iifl-not-fit-and-proper-says-sebi-1550903694516.html
  21. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/sebi-declares-commodity-arms-of-motilal-iifl-as-not-fit-and-proper/articleshow/68123136.cms
  23. "Goafest 2018: It's raining awards but no Grand Prix in sight".
  24. Prasad, Gireesh Chandra (6 April 2018). "India Business Leader Awards to honour exceptional performers".
  25. "Super 50 Companies 2017 - Forbes India Magazine". Forbes India.
  26. "Motilal Oswal, ICICI Securities shine at Zee Business awards | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  27. "Zee Business presents India's Best Market Analyst Awards 2013". 24 July 2013.
  28. newkerala.com. "newkerala.com 24 x 7 Online News Channel". www.newkerala.com.
  29. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  30. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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