Thursday, July 31, 2008

Multiplier effect From 0 to 20,000 in 11 months

Aggression pays in the long run, and Reliance Money is ‘cashing in‘ on CEO Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s aggressive stance to expand ADAG’s financial services foray. By neha saraiya

“Let’s get it done,” gushes the dynamic Director and CEO of Reliance Money, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, when asked to comment on his leadership mantra. The line is reminiscent of Bandyopadhyay’s brazen aggressiveness to accomplish what many of his peers can only dream about. He has successfully led Anil Dhirubhai Ambani’s foray in the financial services domain, to emerge as one of the leading brokerage firms in the country today. Within just eleven months of its launch, Reliance Money (an offshoot of Reliance Capital, which crossed a total customer base of 14 million this financial year, recording a three-fold jump in one year) has been rated as the largest broker house with a distribution reach of 20,000 plus across 10,000 touch points, with a pan India presence in nearly 4000 towns/cities. The company has also bagged the recognition for being the top brokerage house in the Starcom Worldwide India Investor Survey for the year 2007.

“At Reliance Money, our approach is completely different. We don’t charge any brokerage as our security is unique. We have a security token, a trading clause and a mobile portal,” avers Bandyopadhyay, detailing qualities that makes Reliance Money distinct form others of its ilk. And Bandyopadhyay should know. He has been at the forefront of this initiative right from the very beginning. A commerce graduate and a chartered accountant and cost accountant by qualification, Bandyopadhyay has worked with HUL and ITC (as head of treasury & investments) before joining at the helm of Reliance Money. Ever since, he has been consistently working to bring out innovative investment models for large and small investors, eager to make a buck.

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IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Investee: DLF Assets Ltd.

Investor: D. E. Shaw & I PCC

Investment Value: $600 mn (cumulative)


Says, Naveen Jain, Real Estate Analyst, Emkay Share, “DLF Assets holds property and earns its bread and butter from the capital appreciation and rents from various properties that it has acquired from DLF. The infusion of growth capital will help DLF Assets to acquire more and more assets. DE Shaw & I PCC are betting on the Singapore listing (and may exit at the time of listing to rake in handsome returns) for which DLF Assets still needs to provide a lot of clarifications. For now, DAL is aggressively adding more properties to its existing portfolio, with plans to spend $1 billion annually for acquiring properties.”

DLF Assets Ltd. (DAL), a sister concern of DLF, sprang a surprise last year, striking it rich with not one but two PE deals, one with Hedge Fund D.E. Shaw for $400 million and the other with New Opportunities I PCC (sponsored by Lehman Brothers) for $200 million. The deals give DAL requisite growth capital and investors will gain by selling their stake in DAL through the proposed listing as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in Singapore Stock Exchange. They plan to raise as much as $2 billion by the listing. “The process of listing is in advance stages and pretty soon other details will be revealed,” offers a source in DLF. Both investors will get a seat on the DAL board and will play a critical part in future decisions. In HY ’08, sales to DLF Assets accounted for a huge 47% of DLF’s total income. DLF Assets has acquired more than 5.5 million square feet from DLF. To further boost its portfolio, DAL also plans to acquire SEZ assets.

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IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative