Sunday, 29 December 2024

Corporate Groups and Listed Companies

Corporate Groups and Listed Companies


 

 

(This is for information purposes only. This should not be construed as a recommendation or investment advice even though the author is a CFA Charterholder. Please consult your financial adviser before taking any investment decision. Safe to assume the author has a vested interest in stocks / investments discussed if any.)
  
 
India is home to a number of corporate and family groups, like, Tatas, Birlas, Ambanis and others.

There is some confusion about which company belongs to which corporate or family group, because of similarity of names. 
 
This is an attempt to list such groups and their listed companies. They may be having some unlisted companies, but they are not included here. Data aggregators do not provide such information, at least it's not available in public domain.

One peculiarity of Indian corporate houses (similar to those in Japan) is that these companies will have cross holdings, which could complicate the shareholding pattern of companies.
 
The top of the list will be publicly traded companies from Tata group, Aditya Birla group,  Mukesh Ambani group, Mahindra group and so on.

Companies owned by Government of India, such as, public sector undertakings (PSU) and public sector banks (PSBs) are not mentioned here. For more on them, please refer Nifty PSE index, Nifty PSU Bank index, Trendlyne and other sources.
 
The blog will be updated continually with newer groups. 
 
 
1. Tata group and their listed firms:

Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Titan Company 
Trent
Tata Consumer Products 
Tata Chemicals
Voltas
Tata Motors
The Indian Hotels Company (Taj group of hotels)
Tata Elxsi
Tata Steel
Tata Power
Tata Technologies
Rallis India
TRF Ltd
Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts
Tata Communications
Tata Investment Corporation
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)
Tejas Networks
Automotive Stampings & Assemblies
NELCO
Oriental Hotels

For more on these companies, please see here - Nifty Tata Group index; and Trendlyne weblink.

2. Aditya Birla group and their listed firms:

UltraTech Cement
Grasim Industries
Hindalco Industries
Vodafone Idea
Aditya Birla Capital
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
Aditya Birla Real Estate (formerly Century Textiles & Industries Ltd)
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
Aditya Birla Money
Pilani Investment and Industries Corporation
Century Enka 

For more on this, please see Nifty Aditya Birla group index.

3. Mukesh Ambani group and their listed firms:

Reliance Industries
Jio Financial Services 
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure
Alok Industries
Justdial
Network18 Media & Investments

4. Mahindra group and their listed firms:

Mahindra & Mahindra
Tech Mahindra
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India
Mahindra Lifespace Developers
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services  
Mahindra Logistics
Swaraj Engines
Mahindra EPC Irrigation 

For more on this, see Nifty Mahindra group index.

5. Gautam Adani group and their listed firms:

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone
Adani Enterprises
Adani Power
Adani Energy Solutions
Adani Green Energy
Ambuja Cements
ACC
Adani Total Gas
Adani Wilmar
Sanghi Industries Ltd
New Delhi Television (NDTV)

6. ITC group and their listed firms:

ITC Limited
ITC Hotels (being listed in Feb2025)

7. Murugappa group and their listed firms:

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company
CG Power & Industrial Solutions
Tube Investments of India
Coromandel International
Carborandum Universal
Cholamandalam Financial Holdings
EID Parry (India)
Shanthi Gears
Wendt India
Coromandel Engineering Company
Kartik Investments Trust

8. Jubilant Bhartia group and their listed firms:

Jubilant FoodWorks
Jubilant Pharmova
Jubilant Ingrevia
Jubilant Industries
 
9. Raymond group and their listed firms:

Raymond Ltd
Raymond Lifestyle
Raymond Realty (probable listing in 2025)
 
10. RP - Sanjiv Goenka group or RPSG (Calcutta HQ)

CESC Ltd
Saregama India
Firstsource Solutions
PCBL Ltd
RPSG Ventures
Spencer's Retail
Harrisons Malayalam *
 
(* jointly owned by RP - Sanjiv Goenka group and RPG Enterprises group)

11. RPG Enterprises group (owned by Harsh Vardhan Goenka)

KEC International
Zensar Technologies
Ceat Ltd
RPG Life Sciences
Summit Securities
Harrisons Malayalam *
STEL Holdings
FGP
 
(* jointly owned by RP - Sanjiv Goenka group and RPG Enterprises group)
 
12. HDFC Bank group

HDFC Bank
HDFC Life Insurance
HDFC Asset Management Company
HDB Financial Services (to be listed in Q1FY2025)

13. ICICI group

ICICI Bank
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
ICICI Securities (delisting process is underway)
 
14. SBI group
 
State Bank of India
SBI Life Insurance Company
SBI Cards & Payment Services 
 
15. HCL group
 
HCL Technologies
HCL Infosystems 

16. L&T group

Larsen & Toubro Ltd
LTIMindtree
L&T Technology Services (LTTS)
L&T Finance

17. MP Birla group (Madhav Prasad Birla* group)

Birla Corporation
Universal Cables
Vindhya Telelinks
Birla Cable

(* Priyamvada Birla was wife of MP Birla; she bequeathed her assets to Rajendra S. Lodha through a will. Now, MP Birla is managed by Harsh Vardhan Lodha, son of Rajendra S Lodha.)

18. Bajaj group (different persons, like, Sanjiv Bajaj, Rajiv Bajaj, Shekhar Bajaj, Madhur Bajaj and Niraj Bajaj manage different companies of the group)

Bajaj Finserv
Bajaj Auto
Bajaj Holdings & Investment 
Bajaj Housing Finance
Maharashtra Scooters
Bajaj Electricals
Bajel Projects
Mukand
Hercules Hoists
Hindustan Housing Company

(In 2008, Shishir Bajaj and his son Kushagra Bajaj separated from Bajaj group -- and they now look after Bajaj Consumer Care and Bajaj Hindustan Sugar)
 
19. Shishir Bajaj group
 
Bajaj Hindustan Sugar
Bajaj Consumer Care 
 
 
20. JSW group (headed by Sajjan Jindal)
 
JSW Infrastructure
JSW Holdings 
Shiva Cement (a subsidiary of JSW Cement)

Please check tweet 30Dec2024 for more on this.
 
21. Naveen Jindal
 
Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL)
 
22. JSL group (headed by Ratan Jindal)

Jindal Stainless
 
23. PR Jindal group (headed by Prithavi Raj Jindal)
 
Jindal Saw
JITF Infralogistics 


Nalwa Sons Investments belongs to OP Jindal group.
 
Note on Jindals: Mrs Savitri Devi Jindal is wife of Late Om Prakash Jindal (OP Jindal). Their sons are: Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal. As shown above, the companies belonging to them are headed by different persons and they are having cross holdings and are related parties to one another. Sometimes, the group companies of these four sons are collectively known as OP Jindal group.
 

24. BC Jindal (Bhavi Chand Jindal) group
 

25. DP Jindal (Dharm Pal Jindal) group

Jindal Drilling & Industries
Haryana Capfin

26. Max Group (Analjit Singh is one of the promoters)

Max Financial Services Ltd
Max Estates
Max Ventures & Industries
Max India
{it may be noted Max Healthcare Institute Ltd (whose promoter is Abhay Soi) does not belong to this Max Group companies of Analjit Singh}

27. Kalyani Group (Baba Kalyani of Bharat Forge)

Bharat Forge
Hikal Ltd
Kalyani Steels
Automotive Axles
Kalyani Investment Company
BF Invstment
BF Utilities
Kalyani Forge

 
 
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References:
 
Tweet thread Raymond group
Tweet thread Jubilant Bhartia group
Tweet thread Murugappa group
Tweet thread RP Sanjiv Goenka and RPG Enterprises groups - blog
 


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Friday, 13 December 2024

Corporate Governance Concerns - Indian Companies

Corporate Governance Concerns - Indian Companies


 

 

(This is for information purposes only. This should not be construed as a recommendation or investment advice even though the author is a CFA Charterholder. Please consult your financial adviser before taking any investment decision. Safe to assume the author has a vested interest in stocks / investments discussed if any.)
 
 
According to BSE Limited, one of India's two premier stock exchanges, there are about 4,800 listed companies with equity capital in India. Out of which, around 4,300 companies are available for trade.

As the number of listed companies is one of the highest, so will be the corporate governance concerns with these listed firms.
 
Several companies take actions that are not in the best interest of minority shareholders. Some activities undertaken by promoters / management are not aligned with the interests of minority shareholders. 
 
We investors suffer from survivorship bias, which blinds us to look only at successful companies ignoring thousands of failed firms. For every Infosys, you have scores of failed companies, like, Satyam Computers.

This blog is an attempt to list out listed companies that are or have faced corporate governance concerns. This will be updated intermittently with new companies at the top. This is not an exhaustive list, but only illustrative. 

These are companies that are under scrutiny by activist investors, regulators like SEBI, RBI and IRDAI, and others. 
 
The allegations / suspicions / compliance violations may be proved incorrect subsequently -- but as investors we have to be careful about our hard-earned money and need to be aware of the misdeeds proven or otherwise of promoters / management of listed companies.

This blog may help potential investors to analyse companies from several angles, including corporate governance concerns if any.

Annexure 1 below lists out Twitter / Post X handles that caution investors about companies with poor corporate governance standards. 

Annexure 2 gives a list of other companies with poor corporate governance norms.


02Jan2025 Tweet thread - TVS Holdings Ltd (formerly known as Sundaram Clayton Ltd - stock fell 12% on 01Jan2025) - investors / observers are raising corporate governance concerns after TVS Holdings sold 100% stake in TVS Emerald Ltd (a 100% real estate subsidiary of TVS Holdings) for Rs 486 crore to VEE ESS Trading Pvt Ltd, which is a promoter group company of TVS Holdings


23Dec2024 Tweet thread - Bharat Global Developers Ltd (BGDL) - SEBI suspended trading in shares; company is charged with fraud, price manipulation of its listed shares, artificial share price rise, defrauding investors, false disclosures, showcasing non-existent expertise, misrepresentation of financial statements, etc.

13Dec2024 Tweet thread-  Mishtaan Foods - circular trading, shell companies and cooked financials
 
03Dec2024 Tweet thread - CE Info Systems (MapmyIndia) - promoter investments in related businesses

22Nov2024 Tweet - Apollo Micro Systems - company withdrew Warrants issue after FPI investors backed out at the last minute
 
21Nov2024 Tweet thread - Gautam Adani group after the US Bribery Charges and SEC Investigation
 
26Nov2024 Tweet thread -  C2C Advanced Systems Ltd - listing of SME IPO postponed, but subsequently got listed
 
11Oct2024 Tweet thread - Trafiksol ITS Technologies Ltd - SEBI cancelled the listing of SME IPO after money was collected - diversion of funds, misstatement of financial statements, etc.
 
06Jul2024 Tweet thread - Raymond Ltd and Raymond Lifestyle Ltd - promoter Gautam Singhania 
 
08Jun2024 Tweet - Suzlon Energy - independent director resigns citing weak corporate governance standards 

07Jun2024 Tweet thread - VIP Industries - independent director resigns citing differences on leadership accountability and succession planning

17Nov2023 Tweet - Religare Enterprises - ESOPs to chairperson Dr Rashmi Saluja, no shareholder approval - Burman family stake - legacy of Malvinder and Shivinder Singh of erstwhile Ranbaxy

Bharat Global Services Ltd
Brightcom Group
Polycab India
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Essel group)
Indiabulls Housing Finance (now renamed Sammaan Capital)



04Feb2023 Blog - Meltdown in Adani group stocks after Hindenburg allegations - related blogs here, here and here
 
16Nov2022 Bloomberg - EKI Energy Services Ltd - A 10,000% Indian Stock Rally Plunges on Shaky Green Claims - it's not listed on NSE; but listed only on BSE - carbon credit - carbon footprint - carbon offset -


Leel Electricals Ltd, formerly Lloyd Electric and Engineering Ltd, (once a favourite of veteran money manager Porinju Veliyath) - 'Chor' companies - alleged siphoning of funds
 
18Jun2018 Tweet - Infibeam Avenues - The Ken Web 

16Jun2018 Tweet - Auditors' resignations - Vakrangee Ltd, Manpasand Beverages, Atlanta Ltd and Inox Winds

31May2018 Tweet - Atlanta Ltd - promoters were censured by Sebi for manipulation

18May2018 Tweet - Kitex Garments Ltd - Amit Mantri - related party transactions - similar businesses by promoter entities - holding high debt and high cash simultaneously
 
06Dec2016 Tweet - Manpasand Beverages Ltd - when Mr Amit Mantri cautioned about the stock on 06Dec2016, the stock price was Rs 280, but it rose to Rs 490 by Jan2018 before the share price collapsed -- the thing is investors unfortunately don't care about red flags and continue their foolhardiness with stocks with suspect fundamentals and manipulation

06Jun2016 Tweet - Tree House Education & Accessories Ltd - high receivables - possible stock price manipulation ahead of QIP
 
23Apr2009 Tweet thread   Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd - forged SEBI letter

Vakrangee Ltd
PC Jeweller Ltd
IL&FS Investment Managers 
IL&FS Transportation Networks 
GTL Infrastrcture Ltd and GTL Ltd 
DHFL or Dewan Housing Finance Ltd
erstwhile Crompton Greaves Ltd (Gautam Thapar's CG Power -- later in the hands of Murugappa group)

Anil Ambani group companies:
Reliance Power
Reliance Communications  
Reliance Home Finance
Reliance Infrastructure

Kishore Biyani group companies:
Future Retail
Future Consumer
Future Lifestyle Fashions
 
 
Annexure 1

Twitter / Post X handles that caution investors ahead of corporate governance, rather corporate misgovernance issues.
 
What is remarkable is good people, like, Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu have been informing investors, in real time, about the tricks employed by several financial market participants to dupe gullible and greedy investors. 

For example, Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu have been informing public, in real time, about the IL&FS financial scandal and NSE co-location scam much before the regulators woke up from their slumber.

Sucheta Dalal is already widely known as the journalist that exposed the Harshad Mehta scam back in 1992.

Leading_nowhere - DIY investor
Sucheta Dalal - Journalist, Activist and Author
Debashis Basu - Journalist, Author and co-founder of MoneyLife
R Balakrishnan - Finance, Accounts and Investing
Amit Mantri - Fund Manager at 2Point2 Capital 
eeswardev - Jagadeesh, vet doctor 
 
Dr Vijay Malik - SEBI registered research analyst provides a detailed analysis of companies in his various blogs
 
 
 

Annexure 2

List of companies that have not survived or are struggling to survive due to various business related issues, corporate governance concerns, outright fraud and siphoning of money.
 
Yes Bank - original promoters, Rana Kapoor and family, were shunted out
ICSA (India) Ltd
Satyam Computers
Rolta India
Educomp Solutions Ltd
Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd (gyms, spas, yoga, etc)
Talwalkars Healthclubs Ltd (gyms, spas, yoga, etc)
Jaypee group stocks, like, Jaiprakash Associates and Jaiprakash Power Ventures 
 

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Read more:
 
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JP Morgan Guide to Markets 31Oct2024
 
JP Morgan Guide to Markets 30Sep2024
 
Wars and Wealth Protection 

NSE Emerging Indices Comparison 30Sep2024
 
Mutual Fund Asset Class Returns 30Sep2024
 
Primer on Global Capability Centres - India is World's GCC Capital 
 
JP Morgan Guide to Markets Jul2024
 
Cera Sanitaryware Buyback Offer 2024

Arbitrage Funds and Avenues

JP Morgan Guide to Markets Jun2024

Rapid Growth is Assets of India's MF Industry

Mutual Fund Categories with Similar Returns
 
Side Pocketing Episode of Aditya Birla SL Dynamic Bond Fund
 

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Disclaimer: The analysis and opinion provided here are only for information purposes and should not be construed as investment advice. Investors should consult their own financial advisers before making any investments. The author is a CFA Charterholder with a vested interest in financial markets. 

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