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K.L.E.SOCIETYS
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH,
B.V.B CAMPUS
VIDYANAGAR
HUBLI.
(APPROVED BY A I C T E, NEW DELHI AND AFFILIATED TO KARNATAKA UNIVERSITY,
DHARWAD.)
PROJECT REPORT ON:
Study of investors preferences and trends towards investment
UNDERTAKEN AT
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of masters degree in business
administration of Karnataka University Dharwad during academic year
2007-2008
Submitted by:-
Mr.Gururaj A Angadi
M.B.A 4th Sem.
MBA06002088
Institute Guide Organization Guide
Prof. Mona Agarwal Mr. BHAKTIYAR KHAN
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Faculty, KLESs IMSR Branch Manager
Hubli. Apollo
shindoori
DeclarationI, Gururaj A Angadi, hereby declare that
this project entitled Study of investors preferences and
trends towards investment, has been prepared by me
under the valuable guidance and supervision
ofProf. Mona Agarwal, Faculty Member,
KLESs Institute Of Management Studies And
Research, Hubli, in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of the Masters
Degree in Business Administration during
the academic year 2007-2008.
I also declare that this project report
has not been submitted to any other university
for the award of any other degree, fellowship,
associate ship or any other similar title.
Countersigned:-
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Prof:-Mona Agarwal MR.
GURURAJ.A.ANGADI.(Faculty Member) Register No. MBA06002026
, KLESs IMSR (M.B.A. Student)
Hubli
DATE:
PLACE: Hubli
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Dr. S. M Bagali, Director of KLESs
Institute Of Management Studies And Research, Hubli, for the guidance he
has given to me in the conduction of my project work.
I express my profound thanks to Prof:-Mona Agarwal, my
teacher and guide, who has been magnanimous in guiding, encouraging
and supporting me during this project and special thanks to him because
who guided me to choose this immensely productive topic and it was
because of his confidence in me that I have been able to carry out such a
beautiful study report..
My sincere thanks goes to Mr.BHAKTIYAR KHAN, Branch
Manager, Apollo shindoori capital investment Hubli, for giving me an
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opportunity to do a project for their esteemed organization and for
extending his valuable guidance and patient support throughout my project
.
Gururaj.A.Angadi
KLESs IMSR, Hubli.
Master of Business Administration:2006-08
CONTENTS
Page No.
Executive Summary i
Chapter 1
Introduction 2
1.1 Definition and Overview 2
1.2 Problem Identification 2
1.3 Objective of the study 2
Chapter 2
Industry Profile 3
2.1 Industry overview 4
2.2 Investment 6
2.3 Capital market and depository 20
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Chapter 3
Company Profile 31
3.1Basic facts about ASCIL 32
3.2 Service profile of ASCIL 35
3.3 Product profile of ASCIL 49
Chapter - 4
Data Analysis & Interpretation 61
4.1Methodology 61
4.2 Data Analysis 62
4.2.1 Analyze investors preference on investment 62
Chapter 5
Suggestions and Limitation 72
5.1Findings 73
5.2 Suggestion 74
5.3 Limitation 75
Chapter 6
Learning Outcomes 77
6.1On investment avenues 77
6.2 On DP Services 77
Chapter 7
Reference: and Bibliography 78
7.1Article 79
7.2Books 79
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7.3 Websites 79
Chapter 8
Annexure 80
8.1Questionnaire 81
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This project has been done in APOLLO SINDHOORI CAPITAL
INVESTMENT LTD. (ASCIL), which is one of the Indias major depository
participants. Apart from the regular activity of a DP, ASCIL provides a range of
products to its client for investment. The project is designed keeping importance
of the investment pattern of people and the popularity of the various products
offered at ASCIL for investment.
This study deals with various investment avenues like equity, bonds,
debentures, bank deposits, insurance, mutual funds etc. and the risk involved in
it. Apart from this, it also gives emphasis on the depository and various
functions of depository participants.
This study also consists of the investment pattern of people who reside in
an economically developed area & economically developing area and how the
investment pattern of people varies according to their social classes like age,
education, income etc. For this study I have taken Bangalore as an
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economically developed area and Bhubaneswar as an economically developing
area. In Bangalore, people are generally prefer to take risk in investment and
invest in such avenues where the return is more but in Bhubaneswar the
scenario is contradictory to Bangalore, where people are more conservative and
investing more in Bank Deposits, Postal Deposits etc. Like that, the middle age
group people are investing more in Insurance, Equity and Mutual Funds, where
as the old age group people prefer to invest in RBI Bonds, Bank Deposits etc.
And among ASCILs product, investor are giving more preference to
Stock Direct rather than any other of its products. But RBI Bonds is the more
preferred product among older age group investors. As ASCIL is one of the
major DP in India, 85 per cent of its client are dealing with demat transactiononly and merely 15 per cent of its client invested in other products.
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Introduction
1.1 Definition and Overview
1.2 Problem identification
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Methodology
PART - I
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1.1 Introduction:
The money you earn is partly spent and the rest saved for meeting future
expenses. Instead of keeping the savings idle you may like to use savings in
order to get return on it in the future, which is known as investment. There are
various investment avenues such as Equity, Bonds, Insurance, Bank Deposit
etc. A Portfolio is a combination of different investment assets mixed and
matched for the purpose of achieving an investor's goal. There are various
factors which affects investors portfolio such as annual income, government
policy, natural calamities, economical changes etc
Topic of the study
Study of investors preferences and trends towards investment.
Main Objectives:
To understand investors behavior on various investment alternatives.
1.2 Sub Objective of the study:
To study the investment pattern of people.
To study the investment decisions of different social class people (in term
of age group, education, income level etc.)
To analyze the investment pattern of people who reside in an
economically developed area and economically developing area.
To study the difference between various investment options offered at
ASCIL.
To study the popularity of various products offered by ASCIL.
And, to study the role of ASCIL as a depository participant.
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1.3 Problem identification:
Analyze the investment pattern of people and the popularity of different
products (Fund Invest, RBI Bonds, Stock Direct, Insure) provided by ASCIL for
investment.
1.4 Methodology:
Primary Data
A questionnaire schedule was prepared and the primary data was
collected.
Secondary Data
Company website
Customer data base
Company report
Books and publications
Related information from net
Period of Study:
The study concentrates only on the past 3 years data with the help of data
source available. Period of study and analyzing the primary data is two months.
Type of research:
This is a descriptive research where survey method is adopted to collectprimary information from the investors using different scales as required and the
required secondary information for the analysis.
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Sampling Technique
The sampling technique followed in this study is non-probability
convenient sampling. Simple random techniques are used to select the
respondent from the available database. The research work will be carried on
the basis of structured questionnaire. The study is restricted to the investors of
Hubli city only.
Sample Size
The population being large the survey will be carried among 100
respondents who are the clients of ASCIL, They will be considered adequate to
represent the characteristics of the entire population.
Tools used for data analysis
The analysis of data collection is completed and presented systematically
with the use of Microsoft Excel and SPSS.
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Industry Profile
2.1 Industry Overview
2.2 Investment
2.3 Capital Market and Depository
PART - II
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2.1 Industry Overview:
Globalization of the financial market has led to a manifold increase
in investment. New markets have been opened; new instruments have been
developed and new services have been launched. APOLLO SINDHOORI
CAPITAL INVESTMENT LTD. (ASCIL), the premier custodian of Indian capital
market providing services of international standards, is geared up to reposition
itself in the changed scenario. With world acclaimed automation and a team of
committed professionals, ASCIL is confident of scaling new heights. Combining
its financial strengths and technical expertise to serve the clients better,
wherever and whenever it is needed, ASCIL envisages acting as a partner one
can trust. The corporation has restructured and geared itself to serve the
growing needs of individual investors in the paperless environment. The
organization in its willingness to provide its state-of-the-art financial services in
securities industries to the various segments of the investors has expanded
itself to more than hundred cities across the country. ASCIL desires to give
investors the time and attention in monitoring the performance of their securities
consistently. All aimed at providing the investor with optimum financial gain.
India has a well established capital market mechanism where in
effective and efficient transfer of money capital or financial resources from the
investing class to the entrepreneur class in the private and public sector of the
economy occurs. Indian capital market has a long history of organized trading
which started with the transaction in loan stocks of the East India Company from
that time it has undergone drastic changes to meet the requirements of the
globalization. The Indian Capital Market had been dormant in the 70's and 80's
has witnessed unprecedented boom during the recent years. There has been a
shift of household savings from physical assets to financial assets, particularly
the risk bearing securities such as shares and debentures. Capital markets
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structure has also undergone sea changes with number of financial services
and banking companies, private limited companies coming in to the scene
which made the competition in the market stiffer.
The Companies Act 1850, introduced the concept of limited
liability to India, served to stimulate the activity in the stock market. From then
number of acts are passed to boost the revolutionary change. The global capital
market registered spectacular growth in the decade of 1990's which had an
effect on the growth of Indian market. The world market capitalization grew at
an average annual rate of 16% during the decade, it grew from about US $ 9.3
trillion in 1990 to about US $ 36 trillion in 2000 but fell to about US $ 28 trillion
by 2001. The turnover on all markets taken together has grown nearly 19 times
from US $ 5.5 trillion in 1990 to US $ 48 trillion in 2000 before depleting to about
US $ 42 trillion in 2001. The turnover in developed markets has, however,
grown more sharply than that in emerging markets. The US alone accounted for
about 70% of world wide turnover in 2001. Despite having a large number of
companies listed in its stock exchanges, India accounted for a merger of 59% in
2001 down from 1.06% in 2000.
The stock markets world wide has grown in size as well as depth
over last one decade. During the decade 1990-2000, the world market
capitalization/GDP ratio more than doubled from 51% to 120%. Value traded
GDP rose from 29% to 103% and turn over ratio shot up from 48% to 89%. The
combined market capitalization of a select 22 emerging economies increased
from US $ 339 billion in 1990 to US $ 2.2 trillion in 2000. The average market
capitalization increased from 3.6% to 7%, annual value of shares traded
increased from $ 180 billion to $ 2.2 trillion and GDP increased from 16.7% to
45.5%.
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For India the total capitalization grew from $ 38,567 million at the
end of 1990 to $ 110,396 million at the end of 2001. Turn-over of stocks
increased from $ 21,198 million in 1990 to $ 249,298 million in 2001. Market
capitalization as a percentage of GDP grew from 12.2% in 1999 to 32.4% in
2001 while turnover ratio went up from 65.9% in 1999 to 191.4% in 2000. The
number of listed companies in India was 5,975 as at end of 2001. There are
very few countries, which have higher turnover ratio than India. Standard and
Poor (SP) ranked India, 25th in terms of market capitalization, 15 th in terms of
total value traded in stock-exchanges and 6 th in terms of turn-over ratio.
2.2 Investment:
Investment means buying securities or other monetary or paper
(financial) assets in the money markets orcapital markets, or in fairly liquid real
assets, such as gold as an investment, real estate, or collectibles. Valuation is
the method for assessing whether a potential investment is worth its price.
Types of financial investments include shares or other equity investment, and
bonds (including bonds denominated in foreign currencies). These investments
assets are then expected to provide income or positive future cash flows, but
may increase or decrease in value giving the investor capital gains or losses
2.2.1 Characteristics of Investment:
(i) Interest (return)
When we borrow money, we are expected to pay for using it this is
known as Interest. Interest is an amount charged to the borrower for the
privilege of using the lenders money. Interest is usually calculated as a
percentage of the principal balance (the amount of money borrowed). The
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percentage rate may be fixed for the life of the loan or it may be variable,
depending on the terms of the loan.
What factors determine interest rates?
The factors which govern these interest rates are mostly economy related
and are commonly referred to as macroeconomic factors. Some of these factors
are:
Demand for money
Level of Government borrowings
Supply of money
Inflation rate
(ii) Risk
Risk may relate to loss of capital, delay in repayment of capital non-
payment of interest, or variability of return. While some investment such as
government securities and bank deposits are almost without risk, others are
more risky. The risk of an investment is determined by the investments maturityperiod, repayment capacity, nature of return commitment, and so on.
(iii) Safety
Every investor expects to get back the initial capacity on maturity without
loss and without delay. Investment safety is gauged through the reputation
established by the borrower of the fund. A highly reputed and successful
corporate entity assures investors of their initial capital.
(iv) Liquidity
An investment which is easily saleable or marketable without loss of
money and without loss of time is said to be possess the characteristic of
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liquidity. Some investments such as deposit in unknown corporate entities, bank
deposit, post office deposit, national saving certificate, and so on are not
marketable.
An investor tends to be prefer maximization of expected return,
minimization of risk, safety of fund, and liquidity of investment
The three golden rules for all investors are :
Invest early
Invest regularly
Invest for long term and not short term
One needs to invest for
Earn return on your idle resources
Generate a specified sum of money for a specific goal in life
Make a provision for an uncertain future
To meet the cost of inflation
2.2.2 Types of Investment:
(i) Short term Investment- It is an investment made by the investor for very
short period of time i.e. for one to three years. Such as investment in bank,
money market, liquid funds etc.
(ii) Long Term Investment When investor invests money for more than three
to five years then it is called long term investment. Such as investment in bonds,mutual funds, fixed bank deposits, PPF, insurance etc
Various options available for investment
Physical assets
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o Real estate
o Gold/jewelry
o Commodities
o Assets etc.
Financial assets
o fixed deposits with banks
o Small saving instruments with post offices
o Insurance /provident /pension fund etc.
Securities market
o Share
o Bonds
o Debentures
o Mutual fund
o Derivatives etc.
2.2.3 Investor:
Investor is a person or an organization that invest money in various
investment sources for specific objective. Attitude of investment is different in
each alternative. E.g. financial market have different attitude towards risk and
return. Some investors are risk avers, while some have an affinity of risk. The
risk bearing capacity of investor is a function of personal, economical,
environment, and situational factors such as income, family size, expenditure
pattern, and age. A person with higher income is assumed to have higher risk-
bearing capacity. Thus investor can be classified as risk skiers, risk avoiders, or
risk bearers
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Before making any investment, one must ensure to :
Obtain written documents explaining the investment
Read and understand such documents
Verify the legitimacy of the investment
Find out the costs and benefits associated with the investment
Assess the risk-return profile of the investment
Know the liquidity and safety aspects of the investment
Ascertain if it is appropriate for your specific goals
Compare these details with other investment opportunities available
Examine if it fits in with other investments you are considering or you
have already made
Deal only through an authorized intermediary
Seek all clarifications about the intermediary and the investment
Explore the options available to you if something were to go wrong, and
then, if satisfied, make the investment.
Portfolio
A Portfolio is a combination of different investment assets mixed and
matched for the purpose of achieving an investor's goal. Items that are
considered a part of your portfolio can include any financial asset you own, like
shares, debentures, bonds, mutual fund units etc. and real assets like gold, art
and even real estate etc. However, for most investors a portfolio has come to
signify an investment in financial instruments like shares, debentures, fixed
deposits, mutual fund units.
Diversification
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It is a risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of
investments within a portfolio. It is designed to minimize the impact of any one
security on overall portfolio performance. Diversification is possibly the best way
to reduce the risk in a portfolio.
Advantages of having a diversified portfolio
A good investment portfolio is a mix of a wide range of asset class.
Different securities perform differently at any point of time. So with a mix of
asset types, your entire portfolio does not suffer the impact of a decline of any
one security. When your stocks go down, you may still have the stability of the
bonds in your portfolio. There have been all sorts of academic studies andformulas that
demonstrate why diversification is important, but it's really just the simple
practice of "not putting all your eggs in one basket." If you spread your
investments across various types of assets and markets, you'll reduce the risk
of your entire portfolio getting affected by the adverse returns of any single
asset class.
2.2.4 Investment Avenues:
In India, numbers of investment avenues are available for the investors.
Some of them are marketable and liquid while others are non-marketable and
some of them also highly risky while others are almost risk less. The investor
has to choose proper avenue among them, depending upon his specific need,
risk preference, and return expected
Investment avenues can broadly categories under the following heads
1. Corporate securities
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Equity shares Preference shares
Debenture/Bonds GDRs/ADRs
Warrants Derivatives
2. Deposit in bank and non banking companies
3. Post office deposits and certificate
4. Life insurance policies
5. Provident fund schemes
6. Government and semi-government securities
7. Mutual fund and schemes
8. Real estate
(i) Corporate securities:
(a) Equity share
Total equity capital of a company is divided into equal units of small
denominations, each called a share. For example, in a company the total equity
capital of Rs 2,00,00,000 is divided into 20,00,000 units of Rs 10 each. Each
such unit of Rs 10 is called a share. Thus, the company then is said to have
20, 00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each. The holders of such shares are
members of the company and have voting rights. When company makes profit
shareholder receives there share of the profit in form of dividends. In addition,
when company performs well and the future expectation from the company is
very high, the price of the companies share goes up in the market.
Investor can invest in shares either primary market offerings or in the
secondary market.
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(b) Preference shares
Preference share as that part of share capital of the Company which
enjoys preferential right as to: (a) payment of dividend at a fixed rate during the
life time of the Company; and (b) the return of capital on winding up of the
Company. It is lie in between pure equity and debt. But preference shares
cannot be traded, unlike equity shares, and are redeemed after a pre-decided
period. Also, Preferential Shareholders do not have voting rights. These are
issued to the public only after a public issue of ordinary shares.
Preference shares also get traded in the market and give liquidity to
investor. Investor can opt for this type of investment when their risk performanceis very low.
(c) Debentures and Bonds
It is a fixed income (debt) instrument issued for a period of more than
one year with the purpose of raising capital. The central or state government
corporations and similar institutions sell bonds. A bond is generally a promise to
repay the principal along with a fixed rate of interest on a specified date, called
the Maturity Date.
Many types of debenture and bonds have been structured to suit
investors with different time needs. Though having higher risk as compared to
bank fixed deposits, bonds and debentures do offer higher returns. Debenture
instruments require scanning the market and choosing specific securities that
will cater to investment objectives of the investor.
(d) Depository Receipts (GDRs/ADRs)
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Global depository receipts are the instrument in the form of a depository
receipts or certificate created by the overseas depository bank outside India and
issued to non-resident investors against ordinary shares. A GDR issued in
America, is an American Depositary Receipts. As investors seek to diversify
their equity holdings, the option of GDRs and ADRs is very lucrative, while
investing in such securities, investors should identify the capitalization and risk
characterizes of the instrument and the companies performance in the home
country.
(e) Warrants
A warrant is a certificate giving its holder rights to purchase securities ata stipulated price within a specified time limit. The warrants act as a value
addition because holder of the warrant has the right but not the obligation to
investing in equity at the indicated rate. An option contract often sold with
another security. For instance, corporate bonds may be sold with warrants to
buy common stock of that corporation. Warrants are generally detachable.
Options generally have lives
of up to one year. The majority of options traded on exchanges have maximum
maturity of nine months. Longer dated options are called Warrants and are
generally traded over-the counter
(ii) Savings bank account with commercial bank
Broadly speaking, savings bank account, money market/liquid funds and
fixed deposits with banks may be considered as short-term financial investmentoptions:
Savings Bank Account is often the first banking product people use,
which offers low interest (4%-5% p.a.), making them only marginally better than
fixed deposits.
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(iii) Bank fixed deposits
Fixed Deposits with Banks are also referred to as term deposits.
Minimum investment period for bank FDs is 30 days. Fixed Deposits in banks
are for those investors, who have low risk appetite. Bank FDs is likely to be
lower than money market fund returns.
(iv) Company fixed deposits
These are short-term (six months) to medium-term (three to five years)
borrowings by companies at a fixed rate of interest which is payable monthly,
quarterly, semi annually or annually. They can also be cumulative fixed depositswhere the entire principal along with the interest is paid at the end of the loan
period. The rate of interest varies between 6-9% per annum for company FDs.
The interest received is after deduction of taxes.
(v) Post Office Savings:
Post Office Monthly Income Scheme is a low risk saving instrument,
which can be availed through any Post Office. It provides an interest rate of 8%
per
annum, which is paid monthly. Minimum amount, which can be invested, is
Rs. 1,000/- and additional investment in multiples of Rs. 1,000/-. Maximum
amount is Rs. 3,00,000/- (if Single) or Rs. 6,00,000/-(if held Jointly) during a
year. It has a maturity period of 6 years. A bonus of 10% is paid at the time of
maturity. Premature withdrawal is permitted if deposit is more than one year old.
A deduction of 5% is levied from the principal amount if withdrawn prematurely.
The 10% bonus is also denied.
(vi) Life insurance policies
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Insurance companies offer many investment schemes to investors.
These schemes promote saving and additionally provide insurance cover. LIC is
the largest life insurance company in India. Some of its schemes include life
policies, convertible whole life assurance policy, endowment assurance policy,
jeevan Saathi, money back policy etc. Insurance policies, while catering to the
risk compensation to be faced in the future by investor, also have the advantage
of earning a reasonable interest on their investment insurance premiums.
(vii) Public Provident Fund:
A long term savings instrument with a maturity of 15 years and interest
payable at 8% per annum compounded annually. A PPF account can beopened through a nationalized bank at anytime during the year and is open all
through the year for depositing money. Tax benefits can be availed for the
amount invested and interest accrued is tax-free. A withdrawal is permissible
every year from the seventh financial year of the date of opening of the account
and the amount of withdrawal will be limited to 50% of the balance at credit at
the end of the 4th year immediately preceding the year in which the amount is
withdrawn or at the end of the preceding year whichever is lower the amount of
loan if any.
(viii) Government and semi-government securities
It is a fixed income (debt) instrument issued for a period of more than one
year with the purpose of raising capital. The central or state government,
corporations and similar institutions sell bonds. A bond is generally a promise to
repay the principal along with a fixed rate of interest on a specified date, called
the Maturity Date.
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The government issues securities in the money market and in the capital
market. Money market instruments are traded in Wholesale Debt Market (WDM)
trades and retail segments. Instruments traded in the money market are short
term instruments such as treasury bills and convertible bonds.
(ix) Mutual fund
These are funds operated by an investment company which raises
money from the public and invests in a group of assets (shares, debentures
etc.), in accordance with a stated set of objectives. It is a substitute for those
who are unable to invest directly in equities or debt because of resource, time or
knowledge constraints. Benefits include professional money management,buying in small amounts and diversification.
Mutual fund units are issued and redeemed by the Fund Management
Company based on the fund's net asset value (NAV), which is determined at the
end of each trading session. NAV is calculated as the value of all the shares
held by the fund, minus expenses, divided by the number of units issued.
Mutual Funds are usually long term investment vehicle though there some
categories of mutual funds, such as money market mutual funds, which are
short term instruments. On the basis of objective we can categories mutual
funds as equity funds/growth funds, diversified funds, sector funds, index funds,
tax saving funds, debt/income funds, liquid funds/money market funds, gift
funds, balanced funds.
And on the basis of flexibility we can categories them as open-ended
funds, close-ended funds and interval funds.
(x) Real Estate
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Investment in real estate also made when the expected returns are very
attractive. Buying property is an equally strenuous investment decisions. Real
estate investment is often linked with the future development plans of the
location. At present investment in real assets is booming there are various
investment source are available for investment which are directly or indirectly
investing real estate.
(xi) Bullion investment
The bullion offers investment opportunity in the form of gold, silver, and
other metals, specific categories of metals are traded in the metal exchange.
The bullion market presents an opportunity for an investor by offering returnsand the end value of future. It has been absurd that on several occasions, when
stock market failed, the gold market provided a return on investments.
2.2.5 Sources of study for investors:
A look out for new investment opportunities helps investors to beat the
market. There are many sources from which investors can gather the required
information. Such as;
(i) Financial institutions
Corporate house, government bodies and mutual funds are the main
source of investment information. Many of these enterprises have their own
website and post investment related information on their websites.
(ii) Financial market
Stock exchange and regulated bodies also provide useful information to
investor to make there investment decisions. With respect to secondary market,
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the Securities and Exchange Board of India uses various modes to promote
investors education and takes great effort to achieve an investor friendly
secondary market in India. The Reserve Bank of India also provide useful
information relating to the prevent interest rates and non-banking financial
intermediaries that mobiles money through deposit schemes.
(iii) Financial service intermediaries
These are intermediaries who promote securities among the public.
Many of these intermediaries are the agencies of specific instruments especially
tax saving instruments. These intermediaries offer to share their commission
from there concerned organization with the individual investor thus investor getadditional advantages while investing through intermediaries.
(iv) Media
Press sources such as financial news papers, financial magazine,
business news channel, websites etc. provide information related to investment
to the public. Besides information on securities, these sources also provide
analysis of information and in certain instance suggest suitable investment
decisions to be made by investor
2.2.6 Fundamental analysis of various investment alternatives:
Before investing in various investment alternatives fundamental analysis
is very necessary. A fundamental analysis believes that analyzing the economy,
strength, management, production, financial status and other related information
will help to choose investment avenues that will outperform the market
and provide consistent gain to the investor
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Fundamental analysis is the examination of the underlying forces that
affect the interests of the economy, industrial sectors, and companies. It tries to
forecast the future movement of capital market using signals from the economy,
industry, company. Fundamental analysis requires an examination of the market
from broader prospective. It also examines the economic environment, industrial
performance, and company performance before taking an investment decision.
(i) Economic Analysis
The economic analysis aims at determining if the economic climate is
conductive and is capable of encouraging the growth of business sector,
especially the capital market. When the economy expands, most industrygroups and companies are expected to benefit and grow and when the
economy declines, most sectors and companies usually face survival problems.
Hence, to predict scrip prices, an investor has to spend time exploring the
forces operating in the overall economy. Economic analysis implies the
examination of GDP, government financing, government borrowings, consumer
durable goods market, non-durable goods and capital goods market, saving and
investment pattern, interest rates, inflation rates, tax structure, foreign direct
investment, and money supply.
The most used tools for performing economic analysis are;
Gross Domestic Product
Monetary policy and liquidity
Inflation
Interest rate
International influences
Consumer behaviors
Fiscal policy etc
(ii) Industry Analysis:
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It is very important to see how the industry to which the company belongs
is faring. Specifics like effect of Government policy, future demand of its
products etc. need to be checked. At times prospects of an industry may
change drastically by any alterations in business environment. For instance,
devaluation of rupee may brighten prospects of all export oriented companies.
Investment analysts call this as Industry Analysis. Companies producing similar
products are subset (form a part) of an Industry/Sector. For example, National
Hydroelectric Power Company (NHPC) Ltd., National Thermal Power Company
(NTPC) Ltd., Tata Power Company (TPC) Ltd. etc. belong to the Power
Sector/Industry of India.
Tools for industry analysis Cross study of performance of the industry.
Industry performance over times
Differences in industry risk
Prediction about market behaviors, and
Competition over the industry life cycle
(iii) Company Analysis:
Company analysis involved choice of investment opportunities within a
specific industry that consists of several individual companies. How has the
company been faring over the past few years? Seek information on its current
operations, managerial capabilities, growth plans, its past performance vis--vis
its competitors etc.
(iv) Financial Analysis:
If performance of an industry as well as of the company seems good,
then check, if at the current price, the share is a good to buy or not. For this,
look at the financial performance of the company and certain key financial
parameters
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Like Earnings per Share (EPS), P/E ratio, current size of equity etc. for arriving
at the estimated future price. This is termed as Financial Analysis. For that you
need to understand financial statements of a company i.e. Balance Sheet and
Profit and Loss Account contained in the Annual Report of a company.
2.3 About Capital Markets and Depository:
2.3.1 About Capital Market:
The function of the financial market is to facilitate the transfer of funds
from surplus sectors (lenders) to deficit sectors (borrowers). A financial market
consists of investors or buyers of securities, borrowers or sellers of securities,
intermediaries and regulatory bodies. Indian financial system consists of money
market and capital market.
The capital market consists of primary and secondary markets. The
primary market deals with the issue of new instruments by the corporate sector
such as equity shares, preference shares and debt instruments. The secondary
market or stock exchange is a market for trading and settlement of securitiesthat have already been issued. The investors will holding securities or sell
securities through registered brokers/sub-brokers of the stock exchange.
The introduction of NSE & BSE has increased the reach of capital market
manifold which in turn increased the number of investors participating in the
capital market and thus creates the possibility of a bad delivery. The cost & time
spend by the brokers for rectification of this bad delivery tends to be higher with
the geographical spread of the clients. The increase in trade volumes leads to
exponential rise in the back office operation. The inconvenience faced by the
investors (in area that are far long & away from the main metros) in the
settlement of the trade also limits the opportunity for such investors in
participating in auction trading.
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This has made the investors as well as brokers wary of Indian capital
market. The erstwhile settlement system on Indian stock exchanges was
inefficient and increased risk, due to the time that elapsed before trades was
settled. The transfer was by physical movement of papers. There had to be a
physical delivery of securities - a process fraught with delays and resultant risks.
The second aspect of the settlement related to transfer of shares in favor
of the purchaser by the company. The system of transfer of ownership was
grossly inefficient as every transfer involves physical movement of paper
securities to the issuer for registration, with the change of ownership being
evidenced by an endorsement on the security certificate. In many cases the
process of transfer would take much longer than the two months stipulated inthe Companies Act and a significant proportion of transactions would end up as
bad delivery due to faulty compliance of paper work. Theft, forgery, mutilation of
certificates and other irregularities were rampant. In addition, the issuer had the
right to refuse the transfer of a security. All this added to costs and delays in
settlement, restricted liquidity and made investor grievance redress time
consuming and, at times, intractable.
To obviate these problems, the Depositories Act, 1996 was passed. It
provides for the establishment of depositories in securities with the objective of
ensuring free transferability of securities with speed, accuracy and security.
2.3.2 Depository:
Depository is an organization where the securities of a shareholder are
held in the electronic form at the request of the shareholder through a medium
of a Depository Participant (DP). The principal function of a Depository is to de-
materialize securities and enables their transaction in book-entry form
electronically.
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Depository functions like a security bank, where the dematerialized
securities are traded and held in custody. This facilitates faster, risk-free and
low cost settlement similar to bank.
Following tables compares the two;
BANK DEPOSITORY
Hold funds in account Hold securities in accountsTransfer funds between accounts Transfer securities between accountsTransfer without physically handling
money
Transfer without physically handling
securitiesSafekeeping of money Safekeeping of securities
In India the Depository Act defines a Depository to mean, a company
formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and which has been
granted a certificate of registration under sub-section (1A) of section 12 of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992
Depositories in India
There are two depositories in India, which provide dematerialization ofsecurities.
National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)
Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL)
Benefits of participation in a depository
Immediate transfer of securities
No stamp duty on transfer of securities
Elimination of risks associated with physical certificates such
as bad delivery, fake securities, etc.
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Reduction in paperwork involved in transfer of securities
Reduction in transaction cost
Ease of nomination facility
Change in address recorded with DP gets registered
electronically with all companies in which investor holds securities
eliminating the need to correspond with each of them separately
Transmission of securities is done directly by the DP eliminating
correspondence with companies
Convenient method of consolidation of folios/accounts
Holding investments in equity, debt instruments and
Government securities in a single account; automatic credit into demat
account of shares, arising out of split/consolidation/merger etc.
Depository Participant
The Depository provides its services to investors through its agents
called Depository Participants (DPs). These agents are appointed by the
depository with the approval of SEBI. According to SEBI regulations, amongst
others, three categories of entities, i.e. Banks, Financial Institutions and SEBI
registered trading members can become DPs. The depository has not
prescribed any minimum balance. Customer can have zero balance in his
account.
ISIN
ISIN (International Securities Identification Number) is a unique identification
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number for a security.
Custodian
A Custodian is basically an organization, which helps register and safeguard the
securities of its clients. Besides safeguarding securities, a custodian also keeps
track of corporate actions on behalf of its clients:
Maintaining a clients securities account
Collecting the benefits or rights accruing to the client in respect of
securities
Keeping the client informed of the actions taken or to be taken by
the issue of securities, having a bearing on the benefits or rights
accruing to the client.
Dematerialization of securities
In order to dematerialize physical securities one has to fill a Demat Request
Form (DRF) which is available with the DP and submit the same along with
physical certificates. Separate DRF has to be filled for each ISIN number. Odd
lot share certificates can also be dematerialized. Dematerialized shares do not
have any distinctive numbers. These shares are fungible, which means that all
the holdings of a particular security will be identical and interchangeable. One
can dematerialize his debt instruments, mutual fund units, government
securities in his single demat account.
Re-materialization
If one wishes to get back his securities in the physical form one has to fill
in the Remat Request Form (RRF) and request his DP for rematerialisation of
the balances in his securities account.
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Legal framework:
The Depositories Act 1956 provides the regulation of depositories in
securities.
SEBI formulated the Depositories and participants Regulation Act, 1996
to oversee the matter regarding admission and working of Depositories and its
participant. The Depositories Act passed by parliament received the Presidents
assents on August 10, 1996. The Act enables the setting up of multiple
depositories in the country. Only a company registered under the companies
Act (1956) and sponsored by the specified categories of institution can setup
depository in India. The Depository offers services relating to holding of
securities and facility processing of transaction in such securities in book entryform. The transaction handled by depositories includes settlement of market
trades, settlement of off-market trades, securities lending and borrowing, pledge
& hypothecations.
Eligibility criteria for a Depository:
Any of the following may be a Depository:
A public financial institution as defined in section 4A of the
Companies Act, 1956.
A bank included in the second schedule to the RBI Act, 1934.
A foreign bank operating in India with the approval of the RBI.
A Recognized Stock Exchange.
An institution engaged in providing financial services where not
less then 75% of the equity is held jointly or severally by the
institution.
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A custodian of the securities approved by Government of India.
A foreign financial services institution approved by Government of
India.
The promoters of Depository are also known as its sponsors. A
depository company must have a minimum net worth of Rs. 100 cr. The
sponsor(s) of the depository have to hold at least 51% of the capital of the
Depository Company.
Agreement between depository and issuers:
If either the issuers (a company which has issued securities) or the
investor opts to hold his securities in a demat form, the issuer enters into an
agreement with the depository to enable the investors to dematerialize their
securities. No such agreement is necessary where the state or central
government is the issuer of securities. Where an issuer has appointed a
registrar to the issue of share transfer, the depository enters into a tripartite
agreement with the issuer and (R&T) agent, the case may be, for the securities
declared eligible for dematerialization.
Rights and obligation of Depositories:
Every depository should have adequate mechanism for reviewing
monitoring and evaluating the controls, system, procedures and
safeguards.
Annual inspections of the procedures and it should be reported to SEBI.
To ensure that the integrity of automatic data processor system is
maintained to safeguards information.
Adequate measures, including insurance, to protect the interests of the
beneficial owners against any risk.
2.3.2.1 Function of Depository Participant:
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Dematerialization:
One of the primary functions of depository is to eliminate or minimize
the movement of physical securities in the market. This is done throughconverting securities held in physical form in to holdings in to back entry form.
Account Transfer:
The depository gives effects to all transfer resulting from the settlement
of trade and other transaction between various beneficial owners by recording
entries in the accounts of such beneficial owners.
Transfer & Registration:
A transfer is a legal change of ownership of a security in the records ofthe insurer. Transfer of securities under demat occur merely by passing book-
entries in the records of the depositories, on the instruction of beneficial owners.
Pledge and hypothecation:
Depositories allow the securities with them to be used as collateral to
secure loans and other credits. The securities pledged are transferred to a
segregated or collateral account through book-entries in the records of the
depository.
Linkage with clearing system:
The clearing system performs the function of ascertainment in the pay in
(sell) or payout (buy) of brokers who leave traded on the stock exchange.
Actually delivery of securities from the clearing system is from the selling
brokers and delivery of securities from the clearing system to the buying broker
is done by depository. To achieve this depositories and the clearing system are
linked electronically.
To handle the securities in electronic form as per the Depositories Act
1996 two depositories are registered with SEBI.
They are
1) NSDL -- National securities depository limited.
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2) CDSL -- Central depository service (India) limited.
NSDL
India had a vibrant capital market, which is more than a century old, the
paper-based settlement of trades caused substantial problems like bad delivery
and delayed transfer of title till recently. The enactment of Depositories Act in
August 1996 paved the way for establishment of NSDL, the first depository in
India. NSDL promoted by institutions of national stature responsible for
economic development of the country has since established a national
infrastructure of international standard that handles most of the trading and
settlement in dematerialized form.
Using an innovative and flexible technology system, NSDL works to
support the investors and brokers in the capital market of the country. NSDL
aims at ensuring the safety and soundness of Indian marketplaces by
developing settlement solutions that increase efficiency and minimizing risk and
cost. In the depository system, securities are held in depository accounts, which
is more or less similar to holding funds in bank accounts. Transfer of ownership
of securities is done through simple account transfers.
This method does away with all the risks and hassles normally
associated with paperwork. Consequently, the cost of transacting in a
depository environment is considerably lower as compared to transacting in
certificates.
CDSL
CDSL was set up with the objective of providing convenient, dependable
and secure depository services at affordable cost to all market participants.
CDSL received the certificate of commencement of business from SEBI in
February 1999.
Depository facilitates holding of securities in the electronic form and
enables securities transactions to be processed by book-entry by a Depository
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Participant (DP), who as an agent of the depository, offers depository services
to investors. According to SEBI guidelines, financial institutions, banks,
custodians, stockbrokers, etc. are eligible to act as DPs. The investor who is
known as beneficial owner (BO) has to open a demat account through any DP
for dematerialization of his holdings and transferring securities.
The balances in the investors account recorded and maintained with
CDSL can be obtained through the DP. The DP is required to provide the
investor, at regular intervals, a statement of account, which gives the details of
the securities holdings and transactions. The depository system has effectively
eliminated paper-based certificates, which were prone to be fake, forged,
counterfeit resulting in bad deliveries. CDSL offers an efficient andinstantaneous transfer of securities.
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Company Profile
3.1 Basic facts about SHCIL
3.2 Service profile of SHCIL
3.3 Product profile of SHCIL
PART III
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3.0 Company profile:
ASCI, is a premier integrated financial services provider, and ranked
among the top five in the country in all its business segments, services over 16
million individual investors in various capacities, and provides investor services
to over 300 corporate, comprising the who is who of Corporate India. ASCI
covers the entire spectrum of financial services such as Stock broking,
Depository Participants, Distribution of financial products - mutual funds, bonds,
fixed deposit, equities, Insurance Broking, Commodities Broking, Personal
Finance Advisory Services, Merchant Banking & Corporate Finance, placementof equity, IPOs, among others. ASCI has a professional management team and
ranks among the best in technology, operations and research of various industrial
segments
The birth of ASCI was on a modest scale in 1981. It began with the
vision and enterprise of a small group of practicing Chartered Accountants who
founded the flagship company ASCI Consultants Limited. It started with
consulting and financial accounting automation, and carved inroads into the field
of registry and share accounting by 1985. Since then, they have utilized their
experience and superlative expertise to go from strength to strengthto better
their services, to provide new ones, to innovate, diversify and in the process,
evolved ASCI as one of Indias premier integrated financial service enterprise.
Thus over the last 20 years ASCI has traveled the success route, towards
building a reputation as an integrated financial services provider, offering a wide
spectrum of services. And they have made this journey by taking the route of
quality service, path breaking innovations in service, versatility in service and
finallytotality in service.
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Our highly qualified manpower, cutting-edge technology, comprehensive
infrastructure and total customer-focus has secured for us the position of an
emerging financial services giant enjoying the confidence and support of an
enviable clientele across diverse fields in the financial world.
Vision of ASCI:
To be amongst most trusted power utility company of the country by providing
environment friendly power on most cost effective basis, ensuring prosperity for
its stakeholders and growth with human face.
Mission of ASCI:
To ensure most cost effective power for sustained growth of India.
To provide clean and green power for secured future of countrymen.
To retain leadership position of the organization in Hydro Power generation,
while working with dedication and innovation in every project we undertake.
To maintain continuous pursuit for cost effectiveness enhanced productivity for
ensuring financial health of the organization, to take care of stakeholders
aspirations continuously.
To be a technology driven, transparent organization, ensuring dignity and respect
for its team members.
To inculcate value system all cross the organization for ensuring trustworthy
relationship with its constituent associates & stakeholders.
To continuously upgrade & update knowledge & skill set of its human resources.
To be socially responsible through community development by leveraging
resources and knowledge base.
To achieve excellence in every activity we undertake.
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Quality policy of ASCI:
To achieve and retain leadership, ASCI shall aim for complete customer
satisfaction, by combining its human and technological resources, to provide
superior quality financial services. In the process, ASCI will strive to
exceed Customer's expectations.
Quality Objectives
As per the Quality Policy, ASCI will:
Build in-house processes that will ensure transparent and harmonious
relationships with its clients and investors to provide high quality of
services.
Establish a partner relationship with its investor service agents and
vendors that will help in keeping up its commitments to the customers.
Provide high quality of work life for all its employees and equip them
with adequate knowledge & skills so as to respond to customer's needs.
Continue to uphold the values of honesty & integrity and strive to
establish unparalleled standards in business ethics.
Use state-of-the art information technology in developing new and
innovative financial products and services to meet the changing needs of
investors and clients.
Strive to be a reliable source of value-added financial products and
services and constantly guide the individuals and institutions in making
a judicious choice of same.
Strive to keep all stake-holders (shareholders, clients, investors,
employees, suppliers and regulatory authorities) proud and satisfied.
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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
HEIRARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF ASCIL
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO
JOINT MD
SENIOR VP{BUSINESS DIVISION}
ASSISTANT VP'S DIVISIONAL MANGER
SENIOR VP{FINANCE}
VP'S{FUNCTIONAL}
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3.2 Service Profile:
Custodial service:
Since its commencement in 1988 as the premire custodian in the
country, ASCIL has been providing custodial services of international standards
to financial institution. Foreign institutional investors and domestic mutual funds
with 70% of the institutional business to its credit, ASCIL has guaranteed to
providing specialized services to large investing institution dedicated pool of
professional working in inter connected offices linked to client institutions. Stock
Exchange, Depositories and brokers through VSATs, electronic mail and other
telecommunication channels is at the help of ASCILs custodial service.
ASCIL offers the following services to the clients:
(i) Market operation:
Here they take care of activities starting from receiving the order to
receiving/delivering the securities from the clearing House/clearing Corporation
to facilitate purchase and or the sale transaction. ASCIL prefers transaction
through clearing hours. However they also undertake delivery Vs payment
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List of various Functional VPs:
VP (Depository Services)
VP (Information Technology)
VP (Products)
VP (Personal)
VP (HRD)
VP (R&D)
VP (Facilitation centre Co-ordination)
The following Positoins are below Assistant
VPs & Div. Mgrs in the Company's
Organizational Hierarchy :-
Senior Manager
Manager
Deputy Manager
Assistant Manager
Executive
Junior Executive
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transaction if the clients desire the same. Market operation also includes
customized reporting to clients.
(ii) Lodgments and registration:
This covers the receipt of securities and scrutiny thereof and also their
lodgment with the Registrars/Companies. The securities sent for transfer are
followed up at regular intervals. There is also customized reporting the clients of
securities in transit.
(iii) Custody management:
Custody management covers physical receipt of securities upon
registration from the company and online audit of shares in custody. ASCIL is
the first custodian to introduce the bar coding system in India wherein a unique
identify is imparted to the securities by affixing a bar code. This aids in tracking
of securities at any point in the processing cycle correlation of certificates
received after registration.
(iv) Data bank:
To serve client, the corporation requires a large amount of the
information from Stock Exchanges, Depositories, SEBI, Companies and other
entries of the capital market. Data bank departments collect information from
companies and maintain obligation that is required by the corporation for
carrying out market obligation. Databank maintain information of approximately
12,500 instruments, 8,500 companies, 2,500 registrars, two depositories and six
Stock Exchange namely BSE, NSE, OTCEI, DSE, CSE & MSE, information
regarding various scrip (listed and unlisted) in which the clients have holding,
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information pertaining to book closures/records, dates for corporate events, ex-
dates and no delivery schedules for various Stock Exchanges.
It also keeps information related to details of monetary and non-
monetary benefits, in the electronic segment information such as ISIN data, the
Registrars handling demat for a company, the scrip under compulsory. Demat
trades as declared by SEBI and a script included in compulsory rolling
segments etc.
(v) Corporate actions:
Corporate actions cell ensures timely collection of monetary and
non-monetary benefits. It covers all activities related to corporate actions likecalculation entitlement receipts of monitory corporate actions and transfer of the
same to client. It also does customized reporting to clients on the status
corporate actions.
(vi) Primary market:
Here ASCIL takes care of applications on behalf of clients for
market issues, calculates the entitlement, follow up for allotment or refunds and
send customized reports to clients.
(vii) Client interface:
This is the single point contact for all client issues. The client
interface team prepares and reconciles holding the statement for clients.
(viii) Reporting and market updates:
ASCIL makes available reports on clients holdings; scripts avail
for trade and valuation of securities based on the market price on hard copy as
well as through file transfer mechanism.
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(ix) Street name securities:
This is a special service offered to clients who wish to turn around their
portfolio in a speedy manner. The securities purchased by the clients are not
sent for registration, but are stored in the safe deposit value of the corporation,
the corporate events are monitored continuously and the securities are sent for
regulation during book closure or before the expiry of the transfer deed.
Technology support team:
ASCIL has been able to maintain its lead position in this high
volume mission critical and securities environment largely due to the emphasis
on the innovative use of technology. ASCIL has recognized the need to adoptstate-of-the-art technology right from its inception a direct result of this is the
receipt of the Smithsonian Institutes Award for Visionary use of information
technology and the NATIONAL IT award from CSI for BEST IT USAGE
During the past ten years ASCIL has been a user of a wide range of
hardware and has one of the best infrastructures in Indian in terms of hardware
and networking equipment. It has an enterprise wide network implemented
using leased lines VSAT, VPN, and ISDN.
About 140 offices are connected through the network. All the
workstations are interconnected via Local Area Network and all the branches
and facilitation centers (totaling 140 offices) of SCHIL are connected via Wide
Area Network. There is a total integration of front office with central back office
system and regional offices with our corporate office. ASCILs enterprises wide
network connects servers of various platforms.
ASCIL Net is one of the largest WANs in the Country. ASCILs in-house
development methodology has been certified at CMM level-3 by i-Flex, while its
IT activities have been certified for ISO-9001 by BVQ1.
Depository Service:
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ASCILS depository participant services addresses individual
investment needs. With a percentage of leading financial institutions and
insurance majors and a proven track record in the custodian business, ASCIL
has registered its past success by establishing itself as the first ever and largest
depository participant in India.
From a tentative foray in 1998 into the individual investor arena to
servicing around seven lakh accounts, ASCIL has endeavored to constantly add
and innovate to make business a pleasure for its clients. Across the country,
fourteen Depository Participant Machines (DPMs) connected to NSDL and
seven connected to CDSL ensure fast and direct processing clients instruction.
ASCILs Depository Service includes:
Creation of demat request based on client requirement
Follow-up with Registrars/companies for pending demat cases.
Accounting of securities received in dematerialization form.
Opening and maintenance of client Demat accounts
Electronic holding statement to clients.
Lessoning with Depositories.
Settlement of Trades in electronic form.
Pledging.
Reporting.
Securities lending.
Account opening
Any investor who wishes to avail depository services must first open an
account with a Depository participant of NSDL. The investor can open an
account with any depository participant of NSDL. An Investor may open an
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account with several DPs or he may open several accounts with single DP.
After exercising this choice, the investor has to enter into an agreement with the
DP. The form and contents of this agreement are specified by the business
rules of NSDL.
A DP may be required to open three categories of accounts for clients -
Beneficiary Account, Clearing Member Account and Intermediary
Account.
A Beneficiary Account is an ownership account. The holder/s of
securities in this type of account owns those securities.
The Clearing Member Account and Intermediary Account are transitory
accounts. The securities in these accounts are held for commercial
purpose only.
A Clearing Member Account is opened by a broker or a Clearing Member
for the purpose of settlement of trades.
An Intermediary Account can opened by a SEBI registered intermediary
for the purpose of stock lending and borrowing.
Check List for Account Opening
Proof of Address, certified copies of ration card/ passport/ voter ID/ PAN
card/ driving License / bank passbook.
Ensure that all compulsory fields in the account opening form are filled
(except PAN/ GIR & nomination which are optional).
In case of corporate, ensure a copy of board resolution of authorized
signatories. Ensure proper authorization in case of power of attorneyholder.
DP should give a copy of agreement to the client, including the charges.
Inform clients regarding standing instruction facility.
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Branches of DP to co-ordinate & follow up with Head Office for account
opening.
Ensure account is activated before forwarding Client ID to client.
Inform settlement deadlines to clients.
Dematerialization
One of the methods for preventing all the problems that occur with
physical securities is through dematerialization (demat). The share certificates
are shredded (i.e., its paper form is destroyed) and a corresponding credit entry
of the number of securities (written on the certificates) is made in the account
opened with the depository participant (DP). Each security is identified in the
depository system by ISIN and short name.
Steps in Dematerialization of shares:
1. Client/ Investor submit the DRF (Demat Request Form) and physical
certificates to DP. DP checks whether the securities are available for
demat or not. Client defaces the certificate by stamping Surrendered for
Dematerialization. DP punches two holes on the name of the company
and draws two parallel lines across the face of the certificate.
2. DP enters the demat request in his system to be sent to NSDL. DP
dispatches the physical certificates along with the DRF to the R&T Agent.
3. NSDL records the details of the electronic request in the system and
forwards the request to the R&T Agent.
4. R&T Agent, on receiving the physical documents and the electronic
request, verifies and checks them. Once the R&T Agent is satisfied,
dematerialization of the concerned securities is electronically confirmed
to NSDL.
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5. NSDL credits the dematerialized securities to the beneficiary account of
the investor and intimates the DP electronically. The DP issues a
statement of transaction to the client.
Rematerialisation
Re-materialization is the exact reverse of dematerialization. It
refers to the process of issuing physical securities in place of the securities held
electronically in book-entry form with a depository. Under this process, the
depository account of a beneficial owner is debited for the securities sought to
be re-materialized and physical certificates for the equivalent number of
securities is/are issued. A beneficial owner holding securities with a depositoryhas a right to get his electronic holding converted into physical holding at any
time. The beneficial owner desiring to receive physical security certificates in
place of the electronic holding should make a request to the issuer or its R&T
Agent through his DP in the prescribed re-materialization request form (RRF).
Re-Materialization Process:
1. The DP should provide re-materialization request forms (RRF) to clients.
2. The client should complete RRF in all respects and submit it to the DP.
3. If RRF is not found in order, the DP should return the RRF to the client
for rectification.
4. If RRF is found in order the DP should accept RRF and issue an
acknowledgement to the client.
5. DP should enter the re-materialization request in DPM. DPM will
generate a remat request number (RRN) which should be mentioned onRRF.
6. An authorized person, other than one who entered the RRF details in
DPM, should verify the details of RRN and release a request to the
depository.
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7. The DP should complete the authorization of RRF and forward it to the
issuer or its R&T Agent for re-materialization. The DP should forward
RRF to the issuer or its R&T Agent within seven days of accepting it
from the client.
8. The issuer or its R&T Agent should verify the RRF for validity,
completeness and correctness. It should also match the details with the
intimation received from the depository against the same RRN.
9. In case the issuer or its R&T Agent finds RRF in order, it should confirm
the re-mat request. The issuer or its R&T Agent should then proceed to
issue the physical security certificates and dispatch them to the beneficial
owner.10.The DP, on receiving confirmation of debit entry in DPM, should inform
the client accordingly.
The entire process takes a maximum of 30 days.
Trading and settlement
One of the basic services provided by NSDL is to facilitate transfer of
securities from one account to another at the instruction of the account holder.
In NSDL depository system both transferor and transferee have to give
instructions to its depository participants [DPs] for delivering [transferring out]
and receiving of securities. However, transferee can give 'Standing Instructions'
[SI] to its DP for receiving in securities. If SI is not given, transferee has to give
separate instructions each time securities have to be received.
Transfer of securities from one account to another may be done for any
of the following purposes:
a. Transfer due to a transaction done on a person to person basis is called 'off-
market' transaction.
b. Transfer arising out of a transaction done on a stock exchange.
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c. Transfer arising out of transmission and account closure.
Settlement of off-Market transaction
Steps in settlement of off-market transaction
1. Seller gives delivery instructions to his DP to move securities from his
account to the buyer's account.
2. Buyer automatically receives the credit of the securities into his account
on the basis of standing instruction for credits.
3. Buyer receives credit of securities into his account only if he gives receipt
instructions, if standing instructions have not been given.
4. DP needs to be extra careful in verifying the signature of the client if
unusual quantities of securities are being debited to the account
5. Funds move from buyer to seller outside the NSDL system.
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2. Securities are transferred from broker's account to CC on the basis of
a delivery out instruction.
3. On pay-out, securities are moved from CC to buying broker's account.
4. Buying broker gives instructions and securities move to the buyer's
account.
Transfer of securities towards settlement of transactions done on a stock
exchange is called settlement of market transaction. This type of settlement is
done by transferring securities from a beneficiary account to a clearing member
account.
Brokers of stock exchanges that offer settlement through depository are
required to open a 'clearing member account'. In addition to the brokers,
custodians registered with SEBI and approved by stock exchanges can open a
clearing member account. These accounts are popularly known as 'Broker
Settlement Account'. A client who has sold shares will deliver securities into the
settlement account of the broker through whom securities were sold.
Pledge and Hypothecation
The Depositories Act permits the creation of pledge and hypothecation
against securities. Securities held in a depository account can be pledged or
hypothecated against a loan, credit, or such other facility availed by the
beneficial owner of such securities. For this purpose, both the parties to the
agreement, i.e., the pledger and the pledgee must have a beneficiary account
with NSDL. However, both parties need not have their depository account with
the same DP.
The nature of control on the securities offered as collateral determines
whether the transaction is a pledge or hypothecation. If the lender (pledge) has
unilateral right (without reference to borrower) to appropriate the securities to
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his account if the borrower (pledger) defaults or otherwise, the transaction is
called a pledge.
Pledge of Demat shares
Steps:
1. Agreement is signed between the pledger and pledgee outside the NSDLsystem
2. Pledger gives a pledge creation request to DP who enters it in thesystem.
3. The request reaches the pledgee's DP through the NSDL system.Pledgee is intimated by his DP.
4. Pledgee gives a pledge creation confirmation to his DP who enters it inthe system.
5. Securities are transferred from 'free balances' head to 'pledged balances'head.
6. Loan is given by pledgee to pledger outside the NSDL system.
Checklist for pledge/hypothecation
While processing a pledge/hypothecation request, the DP should take care with
regard to the following steps/points:
1. Ensure that the instruction form is submitted in duplicate.
2. On receipt of instruction for creation of pledge, check whether there is
enough balance in pledger's account to effect the creation of
pledge/hypothecation or not. If not, advise the client suitably.
3. Ensure that all compulsory fields in the instruction form are entered.
4. Ensure that request for confirmation of pledge is given before the closuredate mentioned in the instruction form.
Stock Lending and Borrowing
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The transactions involving lending and borrowing of securities are
executed through approved intermediaries duly registered with SEBI under the
Securities Lending Scheme, 1997. Such an intermediary may deal in the
depository system only through a special account (known as Intermediary
Account) opened with a DP. An intermediary account may be opened with the
DP only after the intermediary has obtained SEBI approval and registered itself
with SEBI under the Securities Lending Scheme. The intermediary also needs
to obtain an approval of NSDL.
Deposit of securities from lender to intermediary
Steps:
1. Lender forwards request to his DP.
2. Lender's DP electronically commu