Financial Brokerage Market in India 2012

Countries covered: India Financial brokerage market in India is going through sweeping changes with new players looking to be a part of the highly competitive brokerage market characterized by dwindling brokerage and exponential growth of brokers and sub brokers. On the other hand, many existing players have been forced to undercut operations due to lack of revenues while others still surviving on the basis of consolidation. The market is witnessing new guidelines by the regulatory authorities and new innovative offers by banks and brokerage companies. The report begins with a brief introduction to the financial broking market. The market overview includes information regarding the Indian market scenario and equity volumes on a year on year basis. An indication of the prevailing brokerage structure is included as well as highlights of the business model employed by the brokerage firms. It covers information regarding the changes in brokerage fee structure due to changes in the market. The primary guidelines stated by SEBI regarding the brokerage market are highlighted. The market overview section also analyses the brokerage sector as a whole to understand the opportunities and competitiveness of the market through a porter’s analysis. The overall distribution of brokers and stock brokers has also been provided. The following section explains the major drivers in the market such as increase of income levels in tier 2 cities, under penetration of equities which can be explored by the brokerage firms to increase their brokerage. Other factors include developing franchisees to gather more revenue without having to actually spend on infrastructure. Return of FII and IPO are other encouraging factors. Rising rate of FD and other traditional saving instruments are proving to be more in vogue due to the turbulent Indian market conditions which is acting as a major challenge for the market. Global uncertainties have created huge pressures on the market. Consolidation of smaller broking firms and retail investors staying away are other important barriers that the market faces. The trends identified are trading in mobile and online platforms along with offline modes in order to reach out to the far flung customers, new players coming in the Indian broking space making the competition even more intensive including banking institutions. Other trends include diversification of the major players in other lines of business and new innovative offerings by broking units so as to lure customers. It has been seen that broking units are also trying to hard sell Demat account and bulk of the equity investments from retail customers are coming via mutual fund route. Additionally, large players are tying up with smaller players towards expanding their distribution network and to tap a larger market. The competition section provides an overview of the competitive landscape in the market and includes a detailed profile of the major players. A bubble chart for the public companies, depicting their relative positions in the market with respect to total income, net profit/loss and market capitalization is included. Similarly, a bubble chart for the private players is also included with respect to their total income, net profit/loss and total assets. This section also includes list of products and services, key people, financial snapshot, key ratios and key recent developments for all companies, along with key business segments and key geographic segments for public companies. In conclusion, key takeaways of the report have also been identified.

Additional Information

Press Release

Improving stock market conditions to help financial brokerage houses to recover, finds Netscribes

Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., launches a report on the Financial Brokerage Market in India 2012 as part of Netscribes’ Financial Services report series.

Mumbai, India - January 27, 2012 - Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., a knowledge consulting solutions company, announces the launch of its Financial Brokerage Market in India 2012 report. Advent of new players and aggressive strategies by existing players will cause a paradigm shift in the troubled financial brokerage market.

The report begins with a brief introduction to the financial broking market. The market overview includes information regarding the Indian market scenario and equity volumes on a year on year basis. An indication of the prevailing brokerage structure is included as well as highlights of the business model employed by the brokerage firms. It covers information regarding the changes in brokerage fee structure due to changes in the market. The primary guidelines stated by SEBI regarding the brokerage market are highlighted. The market overview section also analyses the brokerage sector as a whole to understand the opportunities and competitiveness of the market through a porter’s analysis. The overall distribution of brokers and stock brokers has also been provided.

The following section explains the major drivers in the market such as increase of income levels in tier 2 cities, under penetration of equities which can be explored by the brokerage firms to increase their brokerage. Other factors include developing franchisees to gather more revenue without having to actually spend on infrastructure. Return of FII and IPO are other encouraging factors. Rising rate of FD and other traditional saving instruments are proving to be more in vogue due to the turbulent Indian market conditions which is acting as a major challenge for the market. Global uncertainties have created huge pressures on the market. Consolidation of smaller broking firms and retail investors staying away are other important barriers that the market faces.

The trends identified are trading in mobile and online platforms along with offline modes in order to reach out to the far flung customers, new players coming in the Indian broking space making the competition even more intensive including banking institutions. Other trends include diversification of the major players in other lines of business and new innovative offerings by broking units so as to lure customers. It has been seen that broking units are also trying to hard sell Demat account and bulk of the equity investments from retail customers are coming via mutual fund route. Additionally, large players are tying up with smaller players towards expanding their distribution network and to tap a larger market.

The competition section provides an overview of the competitive landscape in the market and includes a detailed profile of the major players. A bubble chart for the public companies, depicting their relative positions in the market with respect to total income, net profit/loss and market capitalization is included. Similarly, a bubble chart for the private players is also included with respect to their total income, net profit/loss and total assets. This section also includes list of products and services, key people, financial snapshot, key ratios and key recent developments for all companies, along with key business segments and key geographic segments for public companies. In conclusion, key takeaways of the report have also been identified.

More India Brokerages Reports

India - Commerce and Industry Competitive Advantage Analysis by Aruvian's R'search
India at the moment is attracting abundance like never before in history. India today really is capital's favorite destination. The India investment attraction ...

Financial Brokerage Market in India 2011 by Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Financial brokerage market in India is going through sweeping changes with new players looking to be a part of the highly competitive brokerage market characterized ...

Bankinfo-India-2008 Financial Data Report by Kaihua Technology, Ltd.
This report show all types of banks in INDIA, including central banks, commercial banks, investment banks, securities companies and others. We provide more than 3 ...

India's Best Equity Analysts-2008 by India Today Group Digital
Sleep doesn’t come easy if you are an analyst on Dalal Street. When hundreds of important clients with serious money are looking to you for ...

Indian Private Equity Report 2007 by Four-S Services Pvt. Ltd.
Four-S has used its extensive experience of working closely with leading Private Equity (PE) firms to put together a report that presents all the current ...

See all reports like this >>

More India Reports

D&B Country RiskLine Report: India by Dun & Bradstreet Inc.
This D&B Country RiskLine Report will help you analyze the risks, opportunities and likely payment delays when doing business in this country. It includes ...

D&B Country Report: India by Dun & Bradstreet Inc.
D&B Country Report. Comprehensive information for evaluating risks and opportunities when trading or investing in this country. Providing critical information and analysis on ...

Country Report India January 2011 by Economist Intelligence Unit
Country Reports analyse political and economic trends in featured countries. They show you exactly how national, regional and global events will affect your business in ...

Spirits - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide by MarketLine
Datamonitor's Spirits - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, ...

Wine - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide by MarketLine
Datamonitor's Wine - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, ...

See all reports like this >>