Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) is a diversified financial services group headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Religare offers broking, insurance, asset management, SME lending, wealth management, institutional equities and investment banking services to its clients. In India, Religare serves over a million clients through over 2200 offices spread across approximately 550 cities. Religare also has a presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
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1 History 2 Organization 3 Major Awards and Recognition 4 Corporate Social Responsibility 5 References

[edit]History Religare began operations as a stock broker, through Religare Securities Ltd. (RSL), after being admitted to the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in 1994. In 2000, it secured membership of the Futures and Options segment of the NSE and also registered with NSDL as a depository participant. Religare Finvest, a group company, was founded in 2001 as a non banking financial institution not accepting public deposits. RSL registered with CDSL as a depository participant in 2003. It also became a stock broker at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in 2004. In the same year, Religare Commodities Ltd., a commodities broking company, started operations as a trading cum clearing member at both the MCX and the NCDX. A representative office was set up in London in 2006. Religare announced a joint venture with Macquarie Bank Ltd. in October 2007 to expand its wealth management business. REL came out with an IPO in November, 2007. AEGON Religare, a life insurance joint venture between AEGON, Religare and Bennett Coleman & Company, launched its pan-India operations in 2008. Religare Asset Management Company was formed on the back of Religares acquisition Lotus India AMC from majority shareholders, Alexandra Fund Management. Religare Capital Markets and Religare Global Asset Management were formed with a view to addressing opportunities outside India. [edit]Organization Religare Enterprises conducts its business through the following subsidiaries and sister concerns. 1. Religare Securities Limited (RSL), the broking arm of REL, offers services such as equity broking (cash and derivatives segments), currency futures and options broking and depository participant services. It is affiliated with the country's leading exchanges (NSE and BSE) and is a depository participant with NSDL and CDSL.

2. Religare Finvest Limited (RFL) is an NBFC that provides lending solutions to the SME sector. It has a book size of INR 89.7 billion or nearly USD 2 billion and a network of 46 branches in 13 states, covering the major SME clusters across India. 3. Religare Asset Management Company Limited (RAMCL), the domestic asset management arm of Religare, is Indias 13th largest mutual fund house by AUM. With nearly 250,000 folios, it has a presence in 58 business locations across 55 cities. 4. Religare Macquarie Wealth Management (RMWM) is a SEBI-registered Portfolio Management Advisor formed through a joint venture between Religare and Macquarie of Australia. It has positioned itself as an open-architecture advisory-led model. 5. AEGON Religare Life Insurance Company Limited (ARLI) is a three-way joint venture between AEGON of the Netherlands (26%), Religare (44%) and Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited (30%). 6. Religare Capital Markets (RCM) is an Emerging Markets Capital Markets platform offering institutional equities and investment banking services. With over 340 people worldwide, RCM has offices across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Australia and the Americas. 7. Religare Global Asset Management (RGAM) is a multi boutique asset management business. Northgate Capital and Landmark Partners are affiliates of RGAM. [edit]Major

Awards and Recognition

1. In 2012, Religare Securities Limited was awarded the Best Investor Education & Cate gory Enhancement Currency Broker at the Bloomberg UTV Financial Leadership Awards 2. In 2012, Religare Commodities Limited was awarded the Best Commodity Broker at the Bloomberg UTV Financial Leadership Awards 3. In 2011, Religare Capital Markets was adjudged the Most Improved Brokerage in the Last 12 Months by Asia Money Brokers Poll 4. Religare Enterprises Ltd received the Master Brand Award for 2010 and Best Marketing Campaign of the year at World Brand Congress 2010 5. In 2009, Religare Macquarie Private Wealth won the Private Banker International (PBI) Global Wealth Awards 2009 for the Most Exciting New Wealth Management Model [edit]Corporate

Social Responsibility

Religare runs an Investor Awareness Program which, through a number of awareness and education led initiatives, helps people understand the economy and the financial markets. Religare also partners the Save LIFE Foundation, a non- profit NGO that focuses on bystander care for road accident victims in India, the Akshaya Patra Foundation, a school meal program to facilitate the education of underprivileged children in India, and the SOS Childrens V illages of India which provides care to orphaned children.

Religare, a Ranbaxy promoter group company, a leading integrated financial services institution of India is coming out with its maiden public offer soon. About RANBAXY: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, headquartered in India, is an integrated; research based, international pharmaceutical company, producing a wide range of quality, affordable generic medicines, trusted by healthcare professionals and patients across geographies. The Company is ranked amongst the top ten global generic companies and has a presence in 23 of the top 25 pharma markets of the world. The Company with a global footprint in 49 countries, world class manufacturing facilities in 11 and a diverse product portfolio, is rapidly moving towards global leadership, riding on its success in the worlds emerging and developed markets. About Religare: Religare offers a large and diverse bouquet of services ranging from equities, commodities, insurance broking, to wealth advisory, portfolio management services, personal finance services, Investment banking and institutional broking services. Religares retail network spreads across the length and breadth of the country with its presence through more than 1,217 locations across more than 392 cities and towns. Having spread itself fairly well across the country it has also aggressively started eyeing global geographies. And now some latest news from this business house. 1) AEGON Religare Life Insurance - Life Insurance Company, a Joint Venture with Aegon Religare AEGON AMC - Asset Management Company, a Joint Venture with Aegon The Ranbaxy group made an ambitious expansion in its financial sector business by foraying into life insurance and asset management businesses. The groups financial arm, Religare joined hands with the Dutch financial group Aegon for forming two separate joint ventures for these businesses. The Religare-Aegon combine also plans to get into healthcare insurance as and when the government comes out with new guidelines for investments in this segment. Currently, non-life insurance companies can operate in the healthcare insurance segment as well, while life insurance companies can provide only rider policies. 2) Australia's Sydney-based Macquarie Bank has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Religare Enterprises for wealth management. Religare Macquarie Wealth Ltd, in which the two firms will hold equal stakes, will focus on the growing base of wealthy Indians, which expanded at nearly 21 percent in 2006, a recent study by Merrill Lynch and Cap Gemini showed. The new outfit, Religare Macquarie Wealth Limited, will start operations in two months with products for high net worth individuals in India and non-resident Indians in Australia. Macquarie has a presence in 24 countries. 3) Merrill Lynch, one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, has bought 5% stake for Rs 61-62 crore in the Religare ahead of

the company's initial public offering. The stake has been picked up by Indopark Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. This values Religare, the financial services company owned by the promoters of Ranbaxy laboratories, at Rs, 1,220 crore to 1250 crore.

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