Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/11/2011 -- Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. has announced the launch of Motilal Oswal MOSt Shares Midcap 100 ETF (MOSt Shares M100), an open ended Index Exchange Traded Fund which seeks to track the CNX Midcap Index. This Midcap ETF is India's first exchange traded fund (ETF) which tracks the performance of the Midcap segment of the broader stock market.

Speaking at the launch of Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund's second product, Mr. Nitin Rakesh, MD & CEO said, "We are excited to bring a brand new product to market – MOSt Shares M100 will be a 1st of its kind access into a midcap basket and will provide all categories of advisors & investors the ability to allocate assets to midcaps as a segment". MOSt Shares M100 is the second offering and also second 'India's First' product from the stable of Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, in line with Motilal Oswal AMC's endeavor to launch such specialized first of their kind products.

MOSt Shares M100 ETF will be listed on the NSE. The minimum investment amount during the NFO is ` 10,000 and in multiples of ` 1 thereafter. On an ongoing basis, on the exchange, the units of the Scheme can be bought/sold in round lot of 1 unit. The fund manager of the scheme is Mr. Rajnish Rastogi.

The New Fund Offer (NFO) will be open for subscription from January 12, 2011 and will be closed on January 24, 2011.

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Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/15/2010 -- Motilal Oswal Securities bagged the Best Performing Equity Broker (National) Award at CNBC TV18 Financial Advisor Awards 2010 held at ITC Central Sheraton and Towers, Mumbai on 8 December 2010.

About 17,000 entries were received for these awards out of which Motilal Oswal Securities was amongst those shortlisted. This was followed by a round of presentation to a jury.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Motilal Oswal, CMD, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said, "We are extremely delighted to receive this award. It is a testimony to our focus on in-depth research, customized advice and robust technology that has not only helped create wealth for our customers ; it has also helped us grow to more than 1500 locations across 591 cities and 666,600 customers''.

CNBC TV18 organised the 4th edition of Financial Advisor Awards 2010, in partnership with UTI MF. These awards recognize the best financial advisors across the country and acknowledge the contribution they have made to creating and preserving wealth and distributing expert and productive financial advice. These awards are India's first and authoritative evaluation backed by a robust methodology powered by India's leading rating house, ICRA.

Motilal Oswal Securities had bagged the No. 1 Broker Award in the ET Now – StarMine Analyst Awards 2009 and was ranked No. 2 by Asiamoney in 2010 and 2009, and also won awards in 3 out of 4 categories in the StarMine India Broker Rankings 2009 from Thomson Reuters.

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Funds managed and advised by Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors Private Limited (“MOPE”), has invested in Godrej Buildwell Private Limited (“GBPL”), a subsidiary promoted by Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL).

Mumbai, maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/20/2010 -- The subsidiary will undertake development of a large high end Residential project. IREF has invested INR 45 crores and would invest another INR 5 crores in second tranche for equity stake of 49.9% in the SPV. The project is in an extremely prime location at Hebbal junction in Bangalore.

The site is strategically placed along the 'golden corridor' of Hebbal and Devanahalli, an area slated to become the next IT hub. The project has easy access to the 6-lane Golden Quadrilateral highway which ensures excellent connectivity and is at less than 30 minutes driving distance from the new International airport and 20 minutes from M.G. Road, the heart of Bangalore.

Mr. Harvesp Mehta, Director (Real Estate), MOPE, said, "We are pleased to announce our first project with Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL). This investment was more in the nature of building a strong strategic relationship with Godrej Properties and explore possibilities of doing projects in major metros across the country. Further, we strongly believe that the project will be one of its kind combining synergies of project development experience and market knowledge of both Godrej Properties Ltd and Motilal Oswal Private Equity. The alliance between these companies of high repute will go a long way in making the project a huge success ".

About Bangalore residential market
Bangalore residential property market is witnessing a revival in fortunes on account of strong performance of the economy and changing dynamics of the IT industry. Bangalore residential property prices have seen a 15% increase from the 2009 troughs on the back of strong demand primarily driven by the city's large IT workforce which has been rewarded by salary hikes (in the range of 15 to 20%) and bonuses to check employee attrition. At current levels Bangalore property prices are still about 20% below the peaks witnessed in 2007-08.

Developers expect prices to rise by a further 10% before March 2011 keeping in mind robust sales expected during the festival period. Consumers have been dormant for the last 18 months and are sufficiently liquid at present, this is expected to unleash a wave of pent up demand.

Demand for homes in established neighborhoods of Jayanagar, J P Nagar and R V Road on the second phase of the Metro route are already witnessing an increase. Areas around the outer ring road (ORR) and NH7 between Hebbal and Devanahalli are particularly attractive both from an end user and investor perspective given the infrastructure development coupled with development of IT parks.

About Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors Pvt. Ltd. (MOPE) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (MOFSL), a diversified financial services group with businesses in securities, Asset Management, Private Equity and Investment Banking.

MOPE has currently two funds under management - India Business Excellence Fund (IBEF) and also India Realty Excellence Fund (IREF). IBEF is sector agnostic fund focused on providing growth capital. IREF is Real Estate focused fund investing in Tier I cities. The fund has till date already invested in four projects – three in Mumbai and one in Bangalore.

For further details, please contact:
Mr. Harvesp Mehta, Director
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Ph: 022-3982 5500

Tanmaya Rashi
Tanmaya.Rashi@motilaloswal.com
+91 22 - 39825500

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Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. has announced the launch of Motilal Oswal MOSt Shares M50 ETF, an open ended Exchange Traded Fund focusing on investing in a fundamentally weighted basket of stocks that comprise the S&P CNX Nifty Index (Nifty). This will be India’s 1st Fundamentally weighted ETF based on Nifty and will extend the ETF product set towards a new paradigm.

Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/27/2010 -- On the event of the launch of MOSt Shares M50- India's 1st Fundamentally weighted ETF based on Nifty, Mr. Nitin Rakesh, MD & CEO, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd said, "Motilal Oswal AMC is presenting a unique investment product to the investors that combines the benefits of active allocation and passive execution by using a fundamental weighing approach to the most popular market benchmark - Nifty. As an ETF platform, MOSt Shares M50 also provides the benefits of a mutual fund and a share."

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Raamdeo Agrawal, Director, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd., said, "In 5-6 years' time, India's GDP may touch US$2.5 trillion. At the then projected savings rates of 40% of GDP, India's savings would be almost 1 trillion dollars. This provides a great opportunity for investment businesses and Motilal Oswal's MOSt Shares M50 ETF is the first initiative, of Motilal Oswal AMC, to address this opportunity"

MOSt Shares M50 will be listed on the NSE. The minimum investment amount during the NFO is Rs. 10,000 and in multiples of Re. 1 thereafter. The fund manager of the scheme is Mr. Rajnish Rastogi.

The New Fund Offer (NFO) will be open for subscription from June 30, 2010 till July 19, 2010.

About MOSt Shares M50
MOSt Shares M50 is an open ended Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which seeks investment return that corresponds (before fees and expenses) generally to the performance of the MOSt 50 Basket (Underlying Basket), subject to tracking error. MOSt 50 Basket is a fundamentally weighted basket based on S&P CNX Nifty Index. The constituents of MOSt 50 Basket will be the same as the constituents of Nifty. The MOSt 50 Basket passively allocates weights to its constituents at the time of rebalancing based on the pre-defined methodology of the basket. Weights assigned to constituents are dependent on their fundamental performance and their prices with higher weights being assigned to constituents which have demonstrated superior financial performance and have reasonable valuation.

MOSt 50 Basket has been designed by Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. (MOAMC) which owns the intellectual property of the methodology of the Basket. MOSt Shares M50 would invest in securities constituting the MOSt 50 Basket in same proportion as in the Basket.

About Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company
Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company is registered with SEBI as the Investment Manager to Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund It was incorporated on November 14, 2008. MOAMC is a 100% subsidiary of Motilal Oswal Securities Limited.

About Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (NSE :MOTILALOFS, BSE :532892, BLOOMBERG : MOFS IN) is a well-diversified, financial services company focused on wealth creation for all its customers, such as institutional, corporate, HNI and retail. Its services and product offerings include wealth management, retail broking and distribution, institutional broking, asset management, investment banking, private equity, commodity broking and principal strategies. The company distributes these products through 1,397 business locations spread across 584 cities and the online channel to over 621,215 registered customers. MOFSL has strong research capabilities, which enables them to identify market trends and stocks with high growth potential, facilitating clients to take well- informed and timely decisions. MOFSL has been ranked by various polls such as the Best Local Brokerage 2005, Most Independent Research - Local Brokerage 2006 and Best Overall Country Research - Local Brokerage 2007 in the Asia Money Brokerage Polls for India. In the Starmine India Broker Rankings 2009 from Thomson Reuters, we won awards in 3 out of 4 categories and also bagged the No. 1 Broker Award in the ET Now – StarMine Analyst Awards 2009

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Paradigm Shift Public Relations
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Mr. Hari Krishnan
Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd
Mob: +91 9820520392
Ph: +91 22 39825500

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