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Dhan appoints Angel One’s Ketan Shah as CEO of omni channel biz

EntrackrEntrackr · 15d ago
Dhan appoints Angel One’s Ketan Shah as CEO of omni channel biz
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Dhan appoints Angel One’s Ketan Shah as CEO of omni-channel biz. Shah joins Dhan’s leadership team to build and scale its omni-channel business and distribution of investing and trading products and other financial services. Stock trading platform Dhan has announced the appointment of Ketan Shah as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Omni Channel Business. Shah brings over 25 years of rich experience in the stock broking industry, covering business, technology, distribution, revenue, and strategy. He joins Dhan’s leadership team to build and scale its omni-channel business and distribution of investing and trading products and other financial services. Before joining Dhan, Shah was a key contributor at Angel One (formerly Angel Broking) for over 25 years. He was involved in its early journey, transformation into a digital business, public market listing, and scale-up to become one of the top 3 broking platforms in India. Most recently, he served as Chief Strategy Officer and Board Member at Angel One. Headquartered in Mumbai, Raise Financial Services owns and operates several platforms, including Dhan, a stock trading platform for investors and traders; Upsurge, a platform for learning about finance and markets in India; ScanX, which provides market insights and intelligence for public market investors; and FilterCoffee, offering financial media. Founded in January 2021 by Pravin Jadhav, Alok Pandey, Jay Prakash Gupta, and Raunak Rathi, Dhan last raised $22 million in January 2022. BEENEXT, Mirae Asset, 3one4 Capital, and Rocketship.vc are its major investors. The company was reportedly in talks to raise a large round. In September last year, Dhan surpassed Paytm Money to enter the top 10 list, competing in a crowded market alongside players such as Groww, Zerodha, AngelOne, Upstox, Paytm Money, and PhonePe’s Share. As per the latest NSE data, Dhan secured the 9th spot among stock brokers in August, with a 2.15% market share and 1 million clients.

Mobikwik enters stock broking biz with new subsidiary

EntrackrEntrackr · 6m ago
Mobikwik enters stock broking biz with new subsidiary
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Mobikwik enters stock broking biz with new subsidiary Fintech firm Mobikwik is entering the securities broking space with the launch of its wholly owned subsidiary, Mobikwik Securities Broking Private Limited (MSBPL). The company has received approval from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, as disclosed in a recent filing with the National Stock Exchange (NSE). With this move, Mobikwik aims to broaden its financial services portfolio by offering stock and commodity brokerage services. According to the disclosure, MSBPL will engage in trading shares, stocks, securities, debt instruments, commodities, currencies, and derivatives. The subsidiary also plans to acquire memberships with stock and commodity exchanges both in India and internationally. Mobikwik Securities Broking Private Limited has been set up with an initial capital of Rs 1 lakh, while the parent company plans to infuse an additional Rs 2 crore in one or more tranches. With this move, the company will enter the crowded stock broking space, which is currently dominated by players like Zerodha, Groww, and AngelOne. At present, Groww leads the pack with the highest number of active users, followed by Zerodha, AngelOne, Upstox, and ICICI Direct. MobiKwik’s registered user base has grown to 172 million, along with a merchant network of 5 million, the company said in the last quarter. The company’s payment GMV doubled year-on-year to Rs 29,400 crore. In the third quarter of the current fiscal year, MobiKwik reported revenue of Rs 269 crore, while its losses stood at Rs 55.2 crore during the same period. MobiKwik’s shares are currently trading at Rs 308 apiece, with a total market capitalization of Rs 2,393 crore (approximately $278 million). The company also hit its 52-week low of Rs 231 on March 17.

Jio-BlackRock JV to enter wealth management, stock broking biz

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Jio-BlackRock JV to enter wealth management, stock broking biz
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Jio Financial Services and US-based BlackRock have formed a joint venture to launch wealth management and broking businesses in India. In an exchange filing on Monday, Reliance’s Jio said that it has signed a 50:50 joint venture for the purpose of undertaking the two business ventures. The duo had announced an agreement in July 2023 to form a 50:50 joint venture with a $150 million investment each to enter the asset management business in India. With this, BlackRock is re-entering India’s asset management sector nearly six years after exiting the joint venture with DSP Group in 2018. Jio will compete with the likes of Zerodha, Upstox, Groww, AngelOne, and ICICI Securities, Paytm, PhonePe, ETMoney, Scripbox in the overcrowded market of stockbroking and wealth management. Tata Neu is also planning to start offering stock broking services soon. Entrackr exclusively reported the development. In February, fintech unicorn CRED made an entry into the wealth management space with the acquisition of mutual fund investing platform Kuvera.

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