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HSBC Securities & Capital Markets (India) Pvt Ltd. (HSBC Securities India) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of HSBC Investment Bank Holdings BV, ultimately held by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA) in Great Britain. HSBC Securities India offers services in Investment Banking (IB), Infrastructure and Real Estate, Equities research and stock broking. Infrastructure and Real Estate Group services are provided to governments, large corporates and top-tier banks. Equities research and stock broking primarily cater to the institutional client base which includes foreign institutional investors, foreign portfolio investors, local institutions, mutual funds, insurance companies, and select high net worth and corporate clients.

Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. (MOSL) is a diversified brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai with an extensive network of branch offices throughout India. The firm is a subsidiary of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (NSE: MOTILALOFS). MOSL provides research-based brokerage services that covers equity and derivatives. Their clients are international institutions from the US the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as corporations, high-net worth individuals and retail investors.

Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Pvt Ltd. (GS India) is the India-based broker-dealer subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Securities Co. Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. Headquartered in Mumbai, GS India was founded in 2006 and provides execution services to corporate and institutional clients.

Part of Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Capital Securities (India) Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Mumbai, India. Founded in 1995.

Nuvama Wealth Management Ltd. (Nuvama) is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (NSE: EDELWEISS) in India. Formerly known as Edelweiss Securities Ltd., the firm is headquartered in Mumbai and provides brokerage services to global and domestic institutional investors. Nuvama offers perspective and fundamental research on economic issues, emerging themes and strategic analysis. They cover more than 250 stocks across 25+ sectors. Their trading desk offers multiple platforms that enable seamless execution of complex trades, across the entire gamut of trading strategies.

Part of BNP Paribas SA, BNP Paribas Securities India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Mumbai, India and was founded in 2008.

Axis Capital Ltd. is an institutional brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Axis Bank Ltd. (NSE: AXISBANK). Axis Capital offers an entire suite of execution services across cash and derivatives segments – with high touch and electronic trading capabilities for all their clients with access to unique pools of liquidity across large and mid-market segments.

Part of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Brics Securities Ltd. is an Indian brokerage service company. The company is based in Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 2004. The CEO is Venkatesh P. Iyer. Brics Securities was acquired by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. from J.V. Gokal & Co. Pvt Ltd. on August 14, 2007.

Founded in 2007, Jefferies India Pvt Ltd. is a brokerage services company that is part of Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. The company is based in Mumbai, India.

Ambit Capital Pvt Ltd. (Ambit) is a brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Xero Ltd. (ASX: XRO) in New Zealand. Ambit provides customized execution services to family office, HNIs and professional investor clients. They offer innovative tactical trade ideas for special situations, Futures & Options and derivative trading, hedging strategies, block trades and Interest Rate Futures.

Batlivala & Karani Securities India Pvt Ltd. (B&K Securities) is an independent brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. Founded in 1998, B&K Securities offers investment and financial services such as equity, debt, currency and derivatives research, sales and trading for institutional and corporate clients.

Kotak Securities Ltd. (KSL) is an equity brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NSE: KOTAKBANK). KSL offers a full-service stock broking service to retail and institutional investors across all segments of the capital market. Through a tie-up with partner brokers, they also provide direct access to the US markets.

Nomura International Plc provides a variety of financial services including advisement, investment banking and asset management. It trades in and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; and provides investment banking services, and corporate finance and private equity services. The company is also involved in asset and principal finance business. It offers investment advisory and management, custody, and employment services. Nomura International was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

HDFC Securities Ltd. is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of HDFC Bank Ltd. (NSE: HDFCBANK). HDFC provides brokerage services across different asset classes such as equity, gold, debt, real estate, stocks, derivatives, mutual funds, fixed deposits, NCDs, insurance, bonds and currency derivatives.

Dolat Capital Market Pvt Ltd. is an independent brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 1970 to offer equity research services, trade execution and settlement (equities and derivatives) to institutional clients. They specialize in the Indian mid-market coverage across sectors.

PhillipCapital (India) Pvt Ltd. is the Indian securities brokerage subsidiary of Phillip Securities Pte Ltd., which is owned by PhillipCapital in Singapore. Headquartered in Mumbai, the firm was founded in 2012 and offers brokerage services across the asset classes of cash and derivatives (equities, commodities and currencies), Advisory Services, Distribution of IPOs/Mutual Funds/Insurance etc., Research Services, Demat services, Clearing Services, Portfolio Management Services (PMS) and Merchant Banking Services to Corporates, Foreign & Domestic Institutions, High Net Worth Individuals (HNI) and Retail clients.

DAM Capital Advisors Ltd. (Broker) (DAM Capital-Broker) is the securities broker division of DAM Capital Advisors Ltd., an integrated full-service equity-focused Investment Bank and Institutional Equities platform headquartered in Maharashtra, India. The firm was founded in 1993 and formerly known as IDFC Securities Ltd. DAM Capital-Broker offers proficient and effective research and broking services to marquee global and local institutions investing in Indian equities.

JM Financial Institutional Securities Ltd. (JMF-IS) is the securities arm of JM Financial Services Ltd., which is owned by JM Financial Ltd. (NSE: JMFINANCIL), an integrated financial services group based in India. Headquartered in Mumbai, the firm was founded in 1995 as ASK-Raymond James & Associates Pvt Ltd., a joint venture between India-based ASK Investment and Financial Consultants Ltd., US-based Raymond James Financial, Inc. and Bharat Shah. JMF-IS provides trade execution services as well as research and analysis with a strong focus on the Indian economy. Their clients are domestic and offshore institutions, high-net worth individuals and non-resident Indians.

Futures First Info Services (Pvt) Ltd. provides information technology services. The company was founded on December 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Elara Securities (India) Pvt Ltd. (Elara Securities India) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 2007 and is a subsidiary of Elara Capital (India) Pvt Ltd., which is owned by Elara Capital Plc in Great Britain. Elara Securities India is a market maker across Indian cash equities and equity derivatives and offers execution services across a host of platforms, state of the art services in term of DMA, algorithm trading, and state of the art programs. They serve long only funds, hedge funds and asset management companies and private banks amongst other institutions.

SBICAP Securities Ltd. (SSL) is the wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of SBI Capital Markets Ltd., itself a subsidiary of the Indian Government's State Bank of India (BOM: 500112, NSE: SBIN). The firm was created in 2006 to take over the broking operations of SBI Capital Markets Ltd., which was founded in 2001. Headquartered in Mumbai, SSL provides broking services to a range of investors including financial institutions, FIIs, mutual funds, banks, corporates, high-net worth individual, non-residential investors and retail Indian investors. Its broking product range covers Institutional and Retail Equity, Derivatives, Depository Participant services, On-Line trading and a wide variety of Third Party Distribution products.

Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (Broker) (Edelweiss-Broker) is the securities broker division of Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (NSE: EDELWEISS), an investment and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded by Rashesh C. Shah in 1996. Edelweiss-Broker provides broking services to global and domestic institutional investors.

Part of ZS Associates, Inc., ZS Associates India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that provides IT, sales and marketing consulting services. The company is based in Pune, India and was founded in 2004.

Avendus Capital Pvt Ltd. provides financial services. The firm offers financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions, private equity syndication, equity capital markets, structured finance, financial sponsors group, wealth management, alternative asset management, and institutional equities. The company was founded by Ranu Vohra, Gaurav Deepak and Kaushal Aggarwal and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte, Haskins & Sells LLP provides accounting services. The company is based in Mumbai, India.

Part of S & P Global, Inc., CRISIL Research is an Indian company that provides investment research. The company is based in Mumbai, India and was founded in 2010.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley India Co. Pvt Ltd. is an Indian financial services company that has been operating for 25 years. The company is based in Mumbai, India. The company offers various services and career opportunities, and its employees bring innovative solutions to every role they tackle. Additionally, the company has an Inclusive Ventures Group that aims to broaden access to capital for underrepresented innovators and spotlight their successes. Aisha de Sequeira has been the CEO of the company since 2008.

Sabre Capital Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd (Sabre Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Rajiv Maliwal. The firm is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Fireside Investment Advisory LLP (Fireside Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Kanwaljit Singh and Vinay Singh. The firm headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Epiq Capital Investment Advisory LLP (Epiq Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Rishi Omprakash Navani. The firm is headquartered in Worli, Mumbai, India.

Founded by Siddharth Parekh and Sumeet Nindrajog, Paragon Advisor Partners LLP is a private equity firm.

Institute of Company Secretaries of India operates as a recognized professional body in India to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries in India.