stock broker financial services founded 1994 founder uday raj kotak headquarters mumbai maharashtra india key people uday kotak chairman d kannan managing director kamlesh rao chief executive officer trivikram kamath cfo & head operations & it products mobile stock trader keat number of employees 4 600 parent kotak mahindra bank website www.kotaksecurities.com kotak securities limited a subsidiary of kotak mahindra bank is the stock broking and distribution arm of the kotak mahindra group . it is a corporate member of both the bombay stock exchange and the national stock exchange of india . kotak securities was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in mumbai india . 1 kotak securities limited is a financial services company . its major business comes from stock brokerage service for investors and traders . the stock broker offers services such as share trading derivatives trading mutual funds ipo exchange traded funds currency derivatives tax free bonds portfolio management stock lending and borrowing and interest rate futures . contents 1 history 2 corporate affairs 3 milestones 4 awards and accolades 5 references and notes history edit kotak mahindra group traces back its lineage to 1985 . in 1995 the brokerage and distribution businesses of kotak mahindra group was incorporated into a separate company and it was named as kotak securities . in february 2003 kotak mahindra finance ltd. kmfl the group s flagship company received a banking license from the reserve bank of india rbi . with this kmfl became the first non banking finance company in india to become a bank kotak mahindra bank limited . the group has businesses such as commercial banking stock broking mutual funds life insurance and investment banking and its customer base includes individual investors nri investors and institutional investors . the brokerage house has branches and franchisees across india and international offices in london new york dubai abu dhabi mauritius and singapore . kotak securities is headquartered in mumbai india . in 2014 kotak securities was ranked as number 1 in india s institutional investor rankings by weighted average . 2 kotak securities is a well known stock broker with professional traders for its comprehensive online trading portal offerings . it has 1128 branches including franchisees and satellite offices spread across 352 cities in the country . kotak securities is a corporate member of both the bombay stock exchange and the national stock exchange of india . it is also a depository participant with national securities depository limited nsdl and central depository services limited cdsl . the company also has a research division to study the macroeconomic indicators sectors company specific equity research which regularly publishes stock market analysis . corporate affairs edit as of june 30 2010 kotak securities has rs . 2250 crore of assets under management aum . the company also has a research division involved in macroeconomic studies sectoral research and company specific equity research which regularly publishes stock market analysis . 3 milestones edit 1995 the brokerage and distribution businesses of kotak mahindra bank are incorporated into a separate company named kotak securities . 2000 kotak securities launches its online broking site www.kotaksecurities.com . also the company commences private equity activity by setting up kotak mahindra venture capital fund . 2006 kotak securities launches kotak flat 4 2007 kotak lines up pms based on small caps 5 2008 kotak securities launches a gems portfolio . 6 2009 kotak securities launches online trading in currency derivatives 7 awards and accolades edit kotak securities have been awarded as the best broker in india by financeasia for two consecutive years . 8 besides that the stock broker has received several awards and recognitions as follows best broker in india financeasia country awards for achievement 2014 broker of the year in india in the asian banker financial markets awards 2014 awarded top performer in new accounts opening non bank category 2nd position at star performer by nsdl awarded my fm stars of the industry award for excellence in online demat awarded for smart order routing by banking frontiers at finnoviti 2015 best research as research showcase partner at researchbytes ic awards 2014 references and notes edit kotak securities ltd. private company information businessweek . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 2011 02 03 . kotak securities ranked number 1 in india s institutinal investor rankings . companies in india . retrieved 2015 07 21 . kotak securities company profile . linkedin . retrieved 2011 02 03 . kotak securities.com launches kotak flat deccan herald internet edition . archive.deccanherald.com . 2006 08 08 . retrieved 2011 02 03 . rajesh abraham mumbai may 15 2007 2007 05 15 . kotak lines up pms based on small caps . business standard.com . retrieved 2011 02 03 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link gems from kotak securities . the hindu business line . 2008 02 10 . retrieved 2011 02 03 . kotak securities launches online trading in currency derivatives . the times of india . 2009 03 03 . kotak securities wins the best broker award in india . financeasia . 2015 06 05 . retrieved 2015 07 21 . this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kotak securities & oldid 726304811 categories financial services companies of india1994 establishments in indiamahindra groupcompanies based in mumbaicompanies established in 1994investment banks in indiahidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors listarticles with a promotional tone from december 2015all articles with a promotional tone 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