Portfolio management services of IDLC Investments Limited

Abstract

Merchant Banking is one of the key capital market activities that were provided by IDLC finance Limited. IDLC is the first financial institution who got the license for Merchant bank activities in January 1998. They started their Merchant bank operations in 1999. Under the merchant banking wing the services such as issue management, portfolio management and Corporate Advisory Services are provided. During 2010 SEC came up with the law which required all the financial institutions to make the merchant banking operation separate. As per requirement of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), IDLC formed a separate subsidiary on May 19, 2010 in the name of „IDLC Investments Limited‟, in order to transfer its existing merchant banking activities to the newly formed entity. IDLC applied to SEC to transfer the existing merchant banking license of IDLC Finance Limited to IDLC Investments Limited. Accordingly, IDLC Investments Limited has started its operations from August 16, 2011 to offer merchant banking services to both our individual and institutional clients. Lastly this report contains overview of IDLC finance and investments, job description, findings and analysis, detailed study on the Portfolio Management Services of IDLC Investments Limited.