by STCI Finance Ltd (formerly Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited), is a Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking NBFC registered with Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Presently STCI Finance Ltd is classified as a loan NBFC.
In May 1994, STCI Finance Limited was promoted by RBI with the main objective of fostering an active secondary market in Government of India Securities and Public Sector bonds. RBI owned a majority stake of 50.18% in the paid-up share capital of the company. In 1996, the Company was accredited as the first Primary Dealer in the India. As one of the leading Primary Dealers in the country, the Company was a market maker in government securities, corporate bonds and money market instruments. Its other lines of activities included trading in interest rate swaps and trading in equity – cash & derivatives segment. The Company enjoyed a successful track record of achieving profits during consecutive years spanning nearly a decade. RBI divested its entire shareholding in STCI in two stages- first in 1997 to bring it down from 50.18% to 14.41% and the balance in 2002 to the existing shareholders. Bank of India became the largest shareholder in the company with 29.96% stake.
In order to diversify into new activities, the Company hived off its Primary Dealership business to its separate 100% subsidiary, STCI Primary Dealer Limited (STCI-PD) in June 2007. Since year 2007, the Company has been undertaking lending and investment activities with its main focus on lending/ financing activities. With growth in the size of the Look Book, the lending activity became the core business of the Company and STCI Finance Limited was classified as a Loan NBFC . With a view to reflecting the lending/ financing business of the Company, the name of the Company was changed from Securities Trading Corporation of India to ‘STCI Finance Limited’ with effect from October 24, 2011.
STCI Finance Limited is a diversified mid-market B2B NBFC offering its product and services across multiple locations in the areas of Capital Markets, Real Estate, Corporate Finance and Structured Finance.
Subsidiaries:
STCI Primary Dealer Limited (STCI PD)
This company is a wholly owned subsidiary of STCI Finance Limited established consequent to the hiving off of the Company’s primary dealership business in line with the Reserve Bank of India guidelines on diversification of business activities by primary dealers. The Company undertakes trading in government securities, corporate bonds, money market instruments, interest rate swaps and trading in equity.
STCI Commodities Limited
This company is a wholly owned subsidiary of STCI Finance Limited. The Company has discontinued its commodity broking operations with effect from September 20, 2011 and has also surrendered its membership with Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) and National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX).
