The company was originally incorporated on August 8, 1996 as M. BNL. Securities Private Limited, a private limited company, under the Companies Act, 1956, with the RoC. Thereafter, the company was converted from a private limited company to a deemed public company, pursuant to Section 43A of the Companies Act, 1956, and consequently, the term “private” was deleted by the RoC from the name of the company with effect from March 15, 1997. Thereafter, the company was converted from a deemed public company to a private limited company and consequently, the name of the company was changed to M. BNL. Securities Private Limited and the term “private” was added by the RoC to the name of the company with effect from June 17, 2003. Subsequently, the name of the company was changed to Angel Infin Private Limited pursuant to a special resolution passed by company’s Shareholders on March 15, 2005 and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the change of name was issued by the RoC on March 31, 2005. Further, the name of the company was changed to Angel Global Capital Private Limited pursuant to a special resolution passed by company’s Shareholders on December 16, 2008 and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the change of name was issued by the RoC on January 22, 2009. Thereafter, the name of the company was changed to Angel Broking Private Limited pursuant to an order of the High Court of Bombay dated March 2, 2012 approving the scheme of amalgamation between Angel Broking Limited, an erstwhile wholly owned subsidiary of the company and the company (erstwhile Angel Global Capital Private Limited), and such change was approved pursuant to a special resolution passed by company’s Shareholders on May 2, 2012 and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the change of name was issued by the RoC on May 16, 2012. Subsequently, the company was converted from a private limited company to a public limited company pursuant to a special resolution passed by the Shareholders of the company on June 22, 2018 and the name of the company was changed to Angel Broking Limited. A fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the conversion of the company to a public limited company was issued by the RoC on June 28, 2018.
Angel Broking is one of the largest retail broking houses in India in terms of active clients. The company’s experience of over two decades has helped it to integrate its knowledge and expertise in the broking industry with the technology it provides to its retail clients through various platforms. Over the years, the company has enhanced client engagement and experience through digitisation of its processes and augmentation of its technological platforms. It launched its mobile application for broking services in the year 2011 and KYC authentication and complete client on-boarding through the electronic and digital medium in the year 2015 and 2016, respectively. The company’s primary focus is to profitably grow its retail broking, margin funding and distribution businesses through its online and digital platforms, ‘Angel Broking Mobile App’, ‘trade.angelbroking.com’, ‘Angel SpeedPro’, ‘Angel BEE’, which are powered by ARQ, a rule-based investment engine. It provides its broking services through various web, digital and .exe platforms, which are integrated with each other enabling its clients to have a seamless trading and investment experience, positioning it to benefit from the development of the Indian financial market, increased emphasis on digitalisation, and growth in the returns from such financial investments.
Business area of the company
The company is a technology-led financial services company providing broking and advisory services, margin funding, loans against shares (through one of its Subsidiaries, AFPL) and financial products distribution to its clients under the brand ‘Angel Broking’.
Major Events and Milestones:
1996: The company was incorporated as a private limited company.
2001: The company developed a web-enabled back office.
2004: Angel Capital and Debt Market Limited (now amalgamated with our Company) launched internet trading platform.
2004: Angel Commodities Broking Private Limited (now amalgamated with the company) instituted commodity broking.
2006: The company crossed the 100,000 mark in unique trading accounts.
2006: Launched portfolio management services.
2006: The company expanded its network by creating a network of 2,500 authorised persons.
2007: Angel Capital and Debt Market Limited (now amalgamated with the company) registered as a member of NSE.
2007: The Company inducted IFC as an investor.
2007: The company crossed the benchmark of 200,000 unique trading accounts.
2008: The Company crossed the 500,000 mark in unique trading accounts.
2009: Angel Broking was registered with AMFI as a mutual fund advisor.
2011 The company launched a mobile application.
2015: The company launched e-KYC services.
2016: The company undertook digital transformation activity.
2016: The company launched a hyper intelligent investment engine, ARQ.
2016: The company deployed chat bots on Facebook and Twitter.
2016: The company launched a new client activation ‘Trade in One Hour’ service.
2016: The company launched d-KYC services.
2017: The company’s ADTO crossed the Rs 100,000.00 million mark.
2017: The company introduced UPI in investing.
2017: The company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Andhra Pradesh Electronics and IT Agency for creating a ‘use case repository’ and participating in events like hackathons.
2018: The company launched Angel BEE.
2019: The company launched the Angel iTrade Prime Plan.
2020: The Company crossed 2 million unique demat accounts.
2020: The company achieved highest turnover of Rs 1,700.00 billion mark.
Awards, Accreditations and Accolades:
2005: Awarded the ‘Major Volume Driver’ award by BSE for 2004-2005.
2006: Awarded the ‘Major Volume Driver’ award by BSE for 2005-2006.
2007: Awarded the ‘Major Volume Driver’ award by BSE for 2006-2007.
2008: Awarded the ‘Major Volume Driver’ award by BSE for 2007-2008.
2009: Awarded the ‘Major Volume Driver’ award by BSE for 2008-2009.
2009: Awarded the ‘Broking House with Largest Distribution Network’ award at the Dun and Bradstreet Equity Broking Awards 2009.
2010: Awarded the ‘Top Volume Performer in Equity’ for the year 2009-2010 by BSE.
2011: Awarded the ‘Best Contribution in Investor Education and Category Enhancement-Equity Broking’ award at the Financial Leadership Awards 2011 organized by Bloomberg and UTV.
2011: Awarded the ‘Best Retail Broking House’ award and the ‘Fastest Growing Equity Broking House (Large Firms)’at the BSE IPF-D&B Equity Broking Awards 2011.
2011: Recognized as one of the ‘Top Ten Performers in Equity Segment’ for the year 2010-2011 by BSE.
2013: Awarded the ‘Top Ten Performer in Equity Segment (Retail Trading)’ award by BSE.
2013: Awarded the ‘Largest Distribution Network’ award and the ‘Best Retail Equity Broking House’ award at the BSE IPF – D&B Equity Broking Awards 2013.
2014: Presented a certificate of appreciation for being among the ‘Top Performing Members in New Client Enrollments’ for the year 2013-2014 by NSE.
2014: Recognized as one of the ‘Top Ten Performers in Equity Segment (Retail)’ for the year 2013-2014 by BSE.
2014: Awarded the ‘Largest Distribution Network’ award at the BSE – D&B Equity Broking Awards 2014.
2014: Recognized as one of the ‘Top Three Clients Traded Members in Equity’ by BSE.
2015: Awarded the ‘Best Equity Broking House – Distribution Network’ award at the Dun & Bradstreet – BSE Equity Broking Awards 2015.
2016: Presented a certificate of appreciation for being among the top was performing members in currency futures for the year 2015-2016 by NSE.
2016: Conferred the status of ‘Master Brand’ for a period of two years (November 24, 2016 to November 23, 2018), presented by CMO Asia.
2016: Awarded as the ‘Best Technology House of the Year’ award at the Assocham Excellence Awards.
2016: The Angel Broking App was awarded the ‘Best Mobile Trading App’ award at the Global Marketing Excellence Awards.
2017: Awarded the ‘Fintech Trading Platform of the Year’ award at MONEYTECH Awards 2017 presented by BusinessEx.com.
2017: Awarded the ‘Best Performing Retail Member – Pan India’ award at the Market Achievers Awards 2017 organised by NSE.
2017: Awarded the ‘Most Trusted Financial Brand’ for reliability and customer satisfaction for the year 2016-2017 by WCRC Leaders Asia.
2017: Awarded at the BFSI Digital Innovation Awards in the analytics category organized by Express Computers.
2018: Awarded the ‘Fulcrums of Commodity Derivatives Market’ award by MCX.
2018: Certified as a ‘Great Workplace’ after the successful assessment conducted by Great Place to Work Institute, India for a period between March, 2018 and February, 2019.
2019: Awarded the ‘Trendsetter’ award at the Net App Data Driven Innovation Awards 2019.
2019: Ranked amongst the Top 100 Franchise Opportunities in India for the year 2019 in its Annual Survey by Franchise India.
2019: Awarded the ‘Best Performing Retail Member’ award by NSE at the NSE Market Achievers Award 2019.
2020: Awarded Silver Honour in the ‘Digital Marketing Excellence in Social Media (BFSI)’ award at the DIGIXX 2020 Summit Awards for ShagunKeShares campaign, organized by Adgully.
2020: Awarded Silver Honour in the ‘Digital Marketing Excellence in Video (Financial Services)’ award at the DIGIXX 2020 Summit Awards for ShagunKeShares campaign, organized by Adgully.
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