HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED (HDFC)

HDFC Ltd. was incorporated in 1977 as the first specialised mortgage company in India. HDFC provides financial assistance to individuals, corporates and developers for the purchase or construction of residential housing. It also provides property related services (e.g. property identification, sales services and valuation), training and consultancy. Of these activities, housing finance remains the dominant activity. HDFC has a client base of around 13 lac borrowers, over 11 lac depositors, over 2.09 lac shareholders and over 25,000 deposit agents, as at March 31, 2012. The Company has a total asset size of Rs.1,67,250 crore as at  March 31, 2012 and cumulative approvals and disbursements of housing loans of Rs.4,63,400 crore and Rs.3,73,646 crore respectively as at March 31, 2012.

HDFC had raised funds from international agencies such as the World Bank, IFC (Washington), USAID, DEG, ADB and KfW, international syndicated loans, domestic term loans from banks and insurance companies, bonds and deposits. HDFC has received the highest rating for its bonds and deposits program for the Seventeenth year in succession.

HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited, promoted by HDFC was the first life insurance company in the private sector to be granted a Certificate of Registration (on October 23, 2000) by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to transact life insurance business in India. For more information log on to http://www.hdfc.com

STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

The Standard Life Assurance Company was established in 1825 and has considerable experience in global financial markets.  The company was present in the Indian life insurance market from 1847 to 1938 when agencies were set up in Kolkata and Mumbai. The company re-entered the Indian market in 1995, when an agreement was signed with HDFC to launch an insurance joint venture.

In April 2006, the Board of The Standard Life Assurance Company recommended that it should demutualise and Standard Life plc float on the London Stock Exchange. At a Special General Meeting held in May voting members overwhelmingly voted in favour of this. The Court of Session in Scotland approved this in June and Standard Life plc floated on the London Stock Exchange on 10 July 2006.

Standard Life Investments was launched as an investment management company in 1998. It is the dedicated investment management company of the Standard Life group and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Life plc.  

With global assets under management of approximately US$240.7 billion (£154.9 billion) as at December 31, 2011, Standard Life Investments Limited is one of the world's major investment companies, operating in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Ireland, Australia and the USA, and is responsible for investing money on behalf of five million retail and institutional clients worldwide

In order to meet the different needs and risk profiles of its clients, Standard Life Investments Limited manages a diverse portfolio covering all of the major markets world-wide, which includes a range of private and public equities, government and company bonds, property investments and various derivative instruments. The company's current holdings in UK equities account for approximately 1.8% of the market capitalisation of the London Stock Exchange. For more information log on to the website www.standardlifeinvestments.com