Lower Parel, Mumbai

MCX, set up in 2003 and run from Exchange Square in Andheri East, is India’s largest commodity derivatives exchange, trading gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, copper and other metals.

HDFC Life, set up in 2000 as the joint venture of HDFC and Standard Life, is one of the three largest private life insurers in India; its head office is Lodha Excelus at Apollo Mills Compound, Mahalaxmi, close to Worli.

ICICI Prudential Life, the 2000 joint venture of ICICI Bank and Prudential plc, was the first private life insurer to list in India, in 2016; its registered office is ICICI PruLife Towers at Prabhadevi, with offices in B

Tata AIA Life is the joint venture of Tata Sons and AIA Group of Hong Kong, set up in 2001, with its head office at Peninsula Business Park in Lower Parel.

ICICI Lombard, set up in 2001, is the largest private general insurer in India, listed on the exchanges with its registered office at ICICI Lombard House, Prabhadevi.

HDFC ERGO, the general insurer of the HDFC group with Germany’s ERGO, has its registered office at HDFC House on H.

Tata AIG General, the joint venture of Tata Sons and American International Group, has its head office at Peninsula Business Park in Lower Parel.

SBI Mutual Fund, managed by SBI Funds Management, a joint venture of State Bank of India and Amundi of France, is the largest fund house in India by assets; its head office is at 9th floor, Crescenzo, Bandra Kurla Comple

HDFC AMC, listed on the exchanges since 2018, is one of the three largest fund houses in India; its head office is HDFC House on H.

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, the joint venture of Aditya Birla Capital and Sun Life of Canada, is listed on the exchanges and run from One World Centre in Lower Parel.

Axis AMC, the fund house of Axis Bank with Schroders of the UK as partner, is run from Axis House in Worli and is among the ten largest fund houses.

Motilal Oswal AMC, the fund house of the Motilal Oswal group, runs from Motilal Oswal Tower at Prabhadevi and is known for its index funds and focused equity schemes.

quant Mutual Fund, managed by quant Money Managers from Sabnis House in Dadar West, grew from a small fund house to one of the most followed in the country in the early 2020s on the strength of its equity schemes.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services, founded in 1987 by Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Agrawal as a sub-broking firm on Dalal Street, is a listed financial group run from Motilal Oswal Tower at Prabhadevi: broking, wealth, inves

ICICI Securities, the broking and investment-banking arm of ICICI Bank, runs ICICIdirect, one of the largest retail broking platforms in India, from ICICI Venture House at Prabhadevi; it was delisted and folded into ICIC

HDFC Securities, the broking subsidiary of HDFC Bank, runs from I Think Techno Campus in Kanjurmarg and is among the largest bank-owned brokers in India.

Sharekhan, begun in 2000 by the SSKI group, was among the first online brokers in India; it was owned by BNP Paribas from 2016 and bought by Mirae Asset in 2024.

Avendus, founded in 1999 and run from The IL&FS Financial Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex, is the leading Indian investment bank for technology and consumer companies, and also runs wealth and alternative asset businesses

Ambit, founded in 1997 and run from Ambit House in Lower Parel, is an Indian investment bank with institutional equities, wealth management and private equity arms.

CRISIL, set up in 1987 as India’s first credit rating agency, is majority-owned by S&P Global and run from CRISIL House in Hiranandani Business Park, Powai; it is listed on the exchanges.

ICRA, set up in 1991 and majority-owned by Moody’s, is the second of the big Indian rating agencies, headquartered in Gurugram with its large Mumbai office at Electric Mansion, Prabhadevi.

CARE Ratings, now CareEdge, was set up in 1993 and is the only large Indian rating agency not controlled by a foreign parent; its head office is Godrej Coliseum at Sion, and it is listed on the exchanges.

India Ratings, the Indian arm of Fitch Ratings, runs from Wockhardt Towers in Bandra Kurla Complex and rates banks, companies and structured finance.

CDSL, promoted by BSE in 1999 and listed since 2017, is the larger of India’s two securities depositories by number of accounts, holding investors’ shares in electronic form; its head office is Marathon Futurex in Lower

NSDL, set up in 1996 as the first depository in India, holds the larger share of securities by value and is run from Trade World in Kamala Mills, Lower Parel; it listed on the exchanges in 2025.

Paytm, run by One97 Communications from Noida, is the Indian payments and financial-services app that listed on the Mumbai exchanges in 2021 in the largest IPO of its time; it has a large Mumbai office.

PhonePe, headquartered in Bengaluru and owned by Walmart, is the largest UPI app in India by transactions and runs a large Mumbai operation; it is preparing a listing on the Mumbai exchanges.

Pine Labs, headquartered in Noida with a large Mumbai presence, provides point-of-sale terminals and merchant payments to retailers across India and Southeast Asia, and listed on the Mumbai exchanges in 2025.

Aditya Birla Capital is the listed holding company of the Aditya Birla group’s financial businesses — Aditya Birla Finance, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance and AMC, housing finance and health insurance — run from One Wor

Nuvama, the former Edelweiss Wealth bought by PAG and listed in 2023, is one of the largest wealth managers in India, run from 801 Plaza Tower at Nariman Point and Lower Parel, with institutional equities and asset servi

360 ONE, the former IIFL Wealth, is the largest independent wealth manager in India, listed on the exchanges and run from 360 ONE Centre, Kamala City, Lower Parel.

Acuité Ratings & Research, the former SMERA set up in 2005 by SIDBI and the banks to rate small enterprises, is a SEBI-registered rating agency headquartered at Lodha Supremus, Kanjurmarg East.

Emkay Global, founded in 1995 and listed on the exchanges, is a Mumbai broking and research house headquartered at The Ruby, Dadar West, with institutional equities, wealth and investment banking arms.

Anand Rathi, founded in 1994 by Anand Rathi, is a Mumbai financial group with broking, commodity and currency broking, wealth management (listed as Anand Rathi Wealth) and investment banking, headquartered at Express Zon

Nirmal Bang, founded in 1986, is a Mumbai broking house at Marathon Futurex, Lower Parel, in equity, commodity and currency broking with a large franchisee network.

Choice International, founded in 1993 and listed on the exchanges, is a Mumbai financial group headquartered at Sunil Patodia Tower, Andheri East, with broking, commodity and currency broking, wealth and advisory arms.