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3.3 (0.98%) | Chairman's Speech (Reliance Capital) | Year : Mar '11 |
My Dear fellow Shareowners, It gives me great pleasure to share with you the highlights of our Company''s performance during the financial year 2010-11. Today we stand closer to fulfilling the vision of our legendary founder and my father, late Shri Dhirubhai Ambani, in taking Reliance Capital to a position of pre-eminence as the leading financial powerhouse of a young, competitive and globalising India. Our current base of 20 million strong and loyal customers puts us in the ranks of the largest financial services players in India. This large and rapidly growing family is served by over 6,800 distribution outlets and half-a-million business partners. 25 Years old but a ''Young'' achiever This year, our Company completed 25 years of existence, although we started our commercial operations seriously only six years ago in late 2005. This makes us one of the youngest players in India''s financial services space. However, our relative youth compared to peers does not deter us from pursuing our core values or DNA of thinking big and setting ourselves industry-beating milestones in the fastest possible time. It is this strong faith and self-belief that has powered our emergence in a short span of time as a leading Indian player in nearly all our businesses, surpassing established names operating for decades. Growth Mantra For us, growth is not an end in itself. It is but a means to the creation of wealth and value for our investors. We remain committed to being one of the most profitable financial services companies in India. In line with this vision, we looked, during the year, to lower our cost structures and dramatically raise operational efficiencies across all our businesses. As a result, we maintained our profitability despite important changes in the regulatory regime that severely impacted growth and gave rise to avoidable uncertainties in key service segments. Bottomline Boost I am very happy to inform you that our hard work and clarity of focus during the year paid off handsomely. Some of our key businesses viz., asset management, commercial finance and broking & distribution, grew their bottomline substantially – well over 40 per cent year on year - while others managed to considerably pare down their losses. Our life insurance business, for instance, reduced its losses by as much as 54 per cent. In fact, it achieved a small profit ofRs. 34 crore in the second half of the year. We are on course to achieve significant profits in the life insurance domain in the current financial year. Reliance Mutual Fund retains its ranking as the largest mutual fund in India for the fourth year in a row. Reliance Life Insurance counts amongst the top four private sector life insurers in India in terms of individual new business premium. Reliance Commercial Finance is amongst the leading lenders in the non-banking financial space. Reliance General Insurance is amongst the leading private sector general insurance companies in India. Our Company is one of India''s leading private sector financial services companies and ranks among the top four private sector financial services and banking groups, in terms of net worth. It has interests in asset management and mutual funds; life and general insurance; commercial finance; stock broking; investment banking; wealth management services; distribution of financial products; exchanges; private equity; asset reconstruction; proprietary investments and other activities in financial services. Our Company is an integral part of the Reliance Group. Reliance Group is amongst India''s leading business houses with 10 million strong shareholders base and over 230 million customers. It has a strong presence across a wide array of high growth commercial- facing businesses of telecom, financial services, energy power, infrastructure and media and entertainment. Today, each of us can claim with pride and humility that the Reliance Group touches the life of one in every eight Indians, every single day. This proud association defines our vision and values. It defines who we are, what we stand for and what we aspire to achieve. Performance Review The key financial highlights on a consolidated basis are: - Total income ofRs. 5,498 crore (US$ 1.2 billion), against Rs. 6,141 crore (US$ 1.3 billion) in the previous year - Net profit (before one-time provisioning) ofRs. 475 crore (US$ 104.2 million), against Rs. 435 crore (US$ 95.3 million) in the previous year, an increase of 9 per cent - Earnings per share (EPS) of Rs. 11.85 (US$ 0.3), against Rs.17.69 (US$ 0.4) in the previous year - Total Assets of Rs. 31,965 crore (US$ 7.2 billion), against Rs. 26,029 crore (US$ 5.8 billion) in the previous year, an increase of 23 per cent - Total net worth of Rs. 7,862 crore (US$ 1.8 billion) as against Rs. 7,712 crore (US$ 1.7 billion) in the previous year, an increase of 1 per cent These robust financial numbers have enabled us to recommend a dividend ofRs. 6.5 per share. Highest credit ratings Our Company''s short term borrowing program has been assigned a rating of A1 by ICRA, the highest credit rating given by the agency. Another credit rating agency Fitch, assigned our borrowing program a rating of F1 , which stands for the highest credit quality and indicates the strongest capacity for timely repayment of financial commitment - a resounding reaffirmation of our unwavering and long-standing commitment to financial prudence and conservatism. A third agency, CARE, assigned our long term debt paper a rating of CARE AAA. Instruments with this rating are considered to have the best credit quality, and offer investors the highest degree of safety for timely servicing of debt obligations. Such instruments carry minimal credit risk. Achievements during the year across key operating businesses The year under review has seen our operating businesses grow from strength to strength despite continual changes in the regulatory environment which led to operating uncertainties in some of the financial services sector. Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) managed nearly Rs. 1,50,000 crore (US$ 33.4 billion) across its mutual funds, pension funds, managed accounts and hedge funds. RCAM''s profit before tax increased by 10 per cent at Rs. 294 crore (US$ 64.6 million) as againstRs. 268 crore (US$ 58.8 million) in the corresponding previous period. Reliance Mutual Fund (RMF) maintained its leadership position with a market share of 14.5 per cent. The average assets under management (AAUM) for RMF stands at Rs. 1,01,576 crore (US $ 22.3 billion). The number of investor folios have remained steady at 7.3 million, despite recent regulatory changes. In conjunction with hardening liquidity conditions, these changes have adversely impacted the pace of growth in AAUMs for India''s mutual fund Industry. RMF has addressed this by focusing on newer opportunities. RMF shifted its product mix to tap the retail opportunity. During the year, our portfolio of Systematic Investment Plan and Systematic Transfer plan investor accounts increased by 71 per cent to 1.87 million. RMF launched a unique retail Gold Savings Fund in February 2011. It is the largest gold fund in India in terms of retail participation. More than 2 lakh investors participated in this fund offer through systematic investment plans (SIPs) and RMF has received a commitment of approximately Rs. 3,000 crore (US$ 658.1 million) over 10 years through these SIPs. Reliance Life Insurance (RLI) is amongst the leading private sector life insurers with a market share of 7.7 per cent in the private sector. It ranks among the top four private sector companies in terms of new individual business premium with a market share of 8.7 per cent. RLI garnered a total premium of Rs. 6,548 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) in the year, as against Rs. 6,588 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) in the previous year. RLI received new business premium of Rs. 3,035 crore (US$ 665.9 million) for the year as compared to Rs. 3,921 crore (US$ 860.3 million) in the previous year. The renewal premium for the year was Rs. 3,536 crore (US$ 776.0 million) as against Rs. 2,684 crore (US$ 588.9 million) in the previous year – an increase of 32 per cent. The total funds under management increased by 31 per cent to Rs. 17,855 crore (US$ 4.0 billion). During the year, RLI sold the highest number of individual premium policies in the private sector at 1.9 million. The Company invested a sum of Rs. 120 crore (US$ 26.9 million) into the business by way of capital infusion during the year as against Rs. 231 crore (US$ 51.7 million) in the previous year, a 48 per cent reduction. RLI did not require any fresh capital for the last 2 quarters of the financial year 2010-11. In fourth quarter of financial year 2010-11, Nippon Life, Japan''s largest private life insurer, signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 26 per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. This is the largest FDI in Indian Financial Services sector and by far, the largest FDI in Insurance sector. The transaction pegs the valuation of Reliance Life Insurance at Rs. 11,500 crore (US$ 2.6 billion). Nippon Life Insurance will invest Rs. 3,062 crore (US$ 680.0 million) to acquire 26 per cent in Reliance Life Insurance. A 121 year old life insurance company, Nippon Life is the 6th largest private life insurer in the world. As a strategic partner, Nippon Life will bring vast experience, expertise and global best practices in areas of product development, underwriting, investment management, distribution, customer relationship management and risk management. Reliance Securities, the equity broking arm of Reliance Capital, is one of the leading retail broking houses in India, providing customers with access to equities, equity options, wealth management services, mutual funds, IPOs and investment banking. Reliance Securities had 6.64 lakh broking accounts as on March 31, 2011. The average daily equity broking turnover stood at Rs. 1,413 crore (US$ 310.0 million). In wealth management, the AUM stood at Rs. 169 crore as on March 31, 2011, an annual growth of 85 per cent. In investment banking, the company handled 4 issues and mobilized Rs. 620 crore (US$ 136.0 million) and did IPO funding of Rs. 3,164 crore (US$ 694.2 million). Reliance Securities achieved profit before tax of Rs. 22 crore (US$ 4.8 million) for the year ended March 31, 2011, as against Rs. 28 crore (US$ 6.0 million) in the previous year. The distribution business of Reliance Capital, known as Reliance Money, is a comprehensive financial services and solutions provider, providing customers with access to mutual funds, life and general insurance products, money transfer, currency exchange, loans, gold coins and premium products. It has a pan-India distribution network of 6,200 outlets. Reliance Money sold nearly 1,500 kg. of Gold in the financial year 2010-11, an increase of 235 per cent over the previous year figure of 433 kg. Reliance Money is now the largest private sector partner for Western Union Money Transfer, and has handled over 20 lakh money transfer transactions during the year. The business achieved profit before tax of Rs. 12 crore (US$ 2.7 million) for the year ended March 31, 2011 as against a loss of Rs. 13 crore (US$ 2.8 million) in the previous year. Reliance General Insurance is amongst the leading private sector general insurance companies in India with a market share of 9.4 per cent. Reliance General Insurance''s gross written premium for the year ended March 31, 2011 was Rs. 1,655 crore (US$ 363.1 million) as against Rs. 1,980 crore (US$ 434.3 million) in the corresponding previous period. Commercial Finance Business offers a wide range of products which include home loans, loans against property, SME loans, commercial vehicle loans, loans for construction equipment and infrastructure financing. The focus in this business is primarily on improving the asset quality as well as the profitability of each loan given; and not merely a gain in market share. Reliance Commercial Finance has emerged as one of the leading lenders in the Indian non banking finance space with a 52 per cent increase in disbursements at Rs. 8,782 crore (US$ 1.9 billion). The Company has been disbursing only secured loans and is winding down the unsecured loans portfolio. The outstanding loan book grew by 34 per cent to Rs. 12,290 crore (US$ 2.8 billion) as on March 31, 2011, compared to Rs. 9,166 crore (US$ 2.1 billion) as on March 31, 2010. This loan book is spread over 1,09,800 customers from top 18 Indian metros. The profit before tax grew 99 per cent at Rs. 269 crore (US$ 59.1 million) as against Rs. 135 crore (US$ 29.6 million) for the previous year. Future Plans We have drawn up exciting growth plans for the next three to five years: - Increase our customer base - from 20 million to 50 million - Increase the distribution reach - from 5 thousand to 25 thousand cities and towns - Increase the number of business partners - from half a million to one million - Globalize operations by leveraging our domestic experience and capabilities to expand our asset management and wealth management businesses in emerging markets across the world Together, these initiatives will further accelerate our growth and lead to substantial value creation for all. Corporate Governance Reliance Capital has always maintained the best governance standards and practices by adopting, as is the norm for all constituent companies of the Group, the Reliance Group - Corporate Governance Policies and Code of Conduct. These Policies and Code prescribe a set of systems, processes and principles, which conform to the highest international standards and are reviewed periodically to ensure their continuing relevance, effectiveness and responsiveness to the needs of investors, both local and global, and all other stakeholders. Social Commitments The Company continued to contribute actively to community welfare activities and took up several initiatives and measures related to education and healthcare. Our Commitment Our founder, the legendary Shri Dhirubhai Ambani, gave us a simple mantra: to aspire to the highest global standards of quality, efficiency, operational performance and customer care. We remain committed to upholding that vision. Dhirubhai exhorted us to think big. With your continued support, we will think bigger. Indeed not just bigger but better, creating ever greater value for all our stakeholders. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Chairman |
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