Insights from Business Leaders
Insights from Business Leaders
Vivek Kulkarni, Founder & MD
Indian credit markets has witnessed some of the lowest points in terms of credibility in recent times. With NPA in banks at alarming rates, there is a dire need for reliable, credible and transparent credit views on Indian Issuers. Comfortably poised to fill this gap with its vast experienced analytical prowess and in-depth local knowledge of the economy is Brickwork Ratings, a SEBI registered and RBI accredited credit ratings agency. Brickwork Ratings is India’s home grown credit rating agency built with superior analytical prowess from industry’s most experienced credit analysts, bankers and regulators. Vivek Kulkarni (Founder & Managing Director) established Brickwork Ratings in 2007 in an effort to provide alternate credit views and opinions by creating new standards for assessing risk and by offering accurate and transparent ratings.
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LANXNESS, a leading specialty chemicals company appointsDr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber
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Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), a leading research and advisory company states that less than 50 percent
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LCR Capital Partners, the global leader in investment and advisory services, appoints
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Fortinet, a global leader in cyber-security solutions, announced the acquisition of Bradford
By: Vaibhav Parikh, Partner, Nishith Desai Associates
As many readers will have noticed, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are a huge
By: Ashim Sharma, Partner- Group Head, NRI Consulting & Solutions
Digital transformation entails application of digitaltechnologies to processes, organizational
By: Manish Sinha, Head - IT, Vectus Industries
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By: Ashutosh Sharma, CFO, FutureSoft Solutions
Risk is an integral part of any business. Apparently you can't really plan for recession natural disasters
By: Virender Jeet, SVP - Technologies, Newgen Software
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By: Rajeev Bhatia, Head - IT, NSDL Payments Bank
We are living in exciting times, there are numerous tech start-ups in financial space, big and small
By: Bharat Rathod, Head-Market Development, Financial, Thomson Reuters, South Asia
We are living in an age when an idea can progress from paper to reality almost overnight to become the
By: Ashish Tyagi, Senior Equity Strategist, Divitas Capital
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25 Best Financial Services Companies in India - 2018
The Financial sector in India is all about the capital markets, insurance markets and non-banking financial services (NBFCs). However, the annual turnover value in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) saw a CAGR of 19.13 percent between FY 96 and FY 17. Also, the number of listed companies on NSE and BSE increased from 6.445 in FY10 to 7,501 in March 2018. This sudden growth in the economy indicates financial awareness in our society and need to streamline this knowledge while culminating into a sustainable plan of action, affirming an economical and social progress. Adding to that, the current escalation lifestyle choices among the working professionals is yet another factor that will resort the common public to take more financially cautious decision, hence, giving rise to the third party expert opinion that can assist better investment of the people’s hard earned money. Interestingly, the marriage of high tech and high finance is disrupting the conventional financial services and in the years ahead with the introduction of biometrics, block-chain, cognitive computing, open banking and more will further automate how a layman regulates his money. This fast-evolving financial services is bound to attract foreign investments who see huge scope in the world’s one of fastest developing economy.. The incumbents who don’t value the changes or are slow to react will see themselves at significant risk and the help required will be provided by the financial services to obtain any asset on credit user’s requirement.
The financial service scale is yet to attain an affirmative balance and till then, it is the growth and the minds behind these fin-wiz scenario that can Indian finance scenario to new heights. Bringing forth in light the industry and the minds behind it is CEO Insights’ ‘CEO Insights:25 Best Financial Services in India-2018’, saluting the spirit of these financial leaders who, with their venture are not only catapulting the society towards a economic growth but are also acting as the aggregators of the better world, taking the next steps towards a stronger economy. An expert panel of CEOs and industrialists, along with CEO Insight Editorial Board has performed a diligent evaluation of the industry before listing the front-runners. These inspiring leaders listed are the ones which have distinguished themselves through their life achievements and success and will introduce our readers to the greatness of their journey and help them a take a leaf out of their book to understand the necessities and build their own enterprises based on similar virtues & values.
| Company Logo | Company Name | Company Management | Company Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 5paisa.com | Prakarsh Gagdani, CEO | Providing a 100 percent digital platform that offers less intricacies and least intermediation costs for availing investment services with already over one million mobile app users |
 | Aditya Birla Capital | Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman | Committed to serve end-to-end financial needs of its retail and corporate customers under a unified brand |
 | ANGEL BEE | Vinay Agrawal, CEO | Offers an extensive range of financial solutions, aided by hi-tech digital technology complemented by 16,308 trading terminals and a huge network of sub-brokers |
 | Ashika Group | Chirag Jain,CEO | A premier financial services provider offering a plethora of packages & products under single roof leveraging expertise in stock broking and NBFC business |
 | Aviva Life Insurance Company | Mohit Burman,Chairman | A reputed insurance agency that provides a range of corporate group insurance plans including corporate group life insurance, workman compensation and more |
 | Axis Bank | Shikha Sharma,CEO & MD | Third largest private sector bank in India offering financial services to diverse customer segments that include Large & Mid-Corporates, MSME, Agriculture and Retail Businesses |
 | Bajaj Finance | Rahul Bajaj,Chairman | A lending and wealth advisory arm of Baja Finserv offering 19 product lines across consumer, commercial and SME segments |
 | BASIX Sub K iTransactions | Sasidhar N Thumuluri,CEO | Bridging the financial divide, especially among low-income and rural communities, by effectively deploying a mix of human and technological capabilities to connect with the last mile |
 | Brickwork Ratings | Vivek Kulkarni,Founder & MD | India's home-grown credit rating agency built with superior analytical prowess from industry’s most experienced credit analysts, bankers and regulators |
 | Capital First | V. Vaidyanathan,Executive Chairman | Specializes in providing debt financing to MSMEs and end consumers in India using new-age analytics and technology solutions |
 | Diaz Invest | Primson Diaz,CEO | A leading provider of financial investment services and wealth management solutions with utmost commitment & trust, that are made accessible on multiple technological and social media platforms |
 | FINANZINDIA | Pravin Mutha,Founding Partners | Nasik’s first certified financial planning firm with client-centric approach that has mastered in all spheres of financial asset class equity & debt through regular research of portfolios & schemes |
 | Hero FinCorp | Pawan Munjal,Chairman & Director | Offering world class products through innovation & teamwork through its 2000 retail financing touch-points |
 | ICICI Securities | Chanda Kochhar,Chairperson | A technolog company offering a wide range of financial services, including investment banking, institutional broking, retial broking, private wealth management and more |
 | IDBI Federal | Filip Coremans, Executive Director | Distributes its products through a multi-channel network consisting of insurance agents, Bancassurance partners and Insurance brokers |
 | IIFL Center | Nirmal Jain,Chairman | Serves more than 4 million satisfied customers across various business segments like non-banking and housing finance, wealth and asset management, financial advisory, broking and more |
 | Karvy Finance | C. Parthasarathy, Chairman & MD | Serving the financially under-served customers in the Micro & Small Business segment by providing them much needed capital to grow and expand their businesses |
 | L&T Finance Holdings | Dinanath Dubhashi,CEO & MD | A NSE & BSE listed company that conducts its financial services business through various subsidaries |
 | LadCo Crest | (L-R) Prem Shankar Ladha, Piyush Jain & Bharath Kumar H.S.,Co-Founders, Co-Founder & Partner | Providing integrated and customized financial planning services on one platform through extensive research and advisory for delivering holistic investment experience |
 | LSI Financial Services | Raj Kajaria, Founder, Managing Director | A provider of holistic financial advisory services that handhold its clients as their growth partner to ensure that they thrive & operate optimally |
 | Max Life Insurance | Analjit Singh, Founder | Creating solutions to make life insurance plans easy, affordable, and suitable for every stage of life |
 | PNB Housing | Sunil Mehta,Chairman | A National Housing Bank (NHB) registered housing finance company enabling customers across the country to avail hassle-free financial services |
 | Toyota Financial Services | Atsushi Oki,Director | Manages financial services subsidiaries primarily in Japan & overseas and enables behicle purchasing through auto loans and leases |
 | UTI Mutual Fund | Leo Puri,Managing Director | With 150 branches, it is one of the leading financial institutions with a pan Indian presence |
 | Yes Bank | Rana Kapoor, Founder | Provides the corporate clients with a complete suite of investment and banking services in India and abroad |
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