January 2012 CRISIL Insights Capital Market Entities Redesigning Strategies: Will They Succeed? CRISIL Insights Analytical Contacts Name Designation Email id Pawan Agrawal Director
[email protected] Nagarajan Narasimhan Director
[email protected] Rupali Shanker Head
[email protected] Suman Chowdhury Head
[email protected] Manoj Damle Senior Manager
[email protected] Prachi Gupta Senior Manager
[email protected] Gourav Gupta Manager
[email protected] Subhasri Narayanan Manager
[email protected] Abhishek Sonthalia Rating Analyst
[email protected] Shailesh Sawant Rating Analyst
[email protected] Prashant Mane Executive
[email protected] Sahil Utreja Executive
[email protected] FOREWORD I am delighted to present this compendium of articles on the India’s capital market entities (CMEs), titled ‘Capital Market Entities Redesigning Strategies: Will They Succeed?’ This compendium is part of our initiatives to share with you, the insights we have gained from our ongoing analysis of key developments and sectors, over the years. Capital market entities are primarily engaged in the business of broking (both retail as well as institutional) and investment banking. They also provide associated services like demat accounts, providing loans against shares, margin funding, etc. to their broking clients. In the financial system, they perform an important intermediary role: n As investment bankers, CMEs facilitate raising of capital (both equity and debt), which is critical raw material for growth. They also play an important role in mergers, acquisitions, and their funding n As brokers, CMEs enable equity investing culture, helping to expand the retail investor base. CRISIL has a strong and diverse rating coverage in this sector – CRISIL rates more than 50 companies engaged in capital market and related businesses, including domestic and foreign, as well as large and small.