Birla Capital & Financial Services gets SEBI merchant-banking license

MUMBAI: Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd has been granted a merchant-banking license by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The license will enable the company to offer a wide range of on-shore investment banking advisory and underwriting services in the Indian market.

The company, which is a part of the Yash Birla conglomerate, will initially concentrate on regulated services like initial public offerings, takeover, buybacks, delisting and valuations. It also offers non-regulated services like PE Syndication, M&A Advisory and other corporate advisory.

Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd. is part of the 3,000-crore Yash Birla Group that has diversified interest in sectors like auto & engineering, textiles & chemicals and power & electricals, education & IT.