ABOUT TICL

Tata Investment Corporation Limited (TICL) is a non-banking financial company. Earlier named The Investment Corporation of India, the company is primarily involved in investing in long-term investments such as equity shares and equity-related securities.

Tata Investment Corporation Limited was promoted by Tata Sons Pvt Ltd., in 1937, under the name The Investment Corporation of India Limited. The Company remained a closely held company till 1959, when it became one of the few publicly held investment companies listed on the Stock Exchange, Mumbai. During the 1960s and 1970s the Company’s activities underwent a gradual transformation from assisting in the establishment of new ventures, to acting as an investment company with a diversified portfolio of investments.

The original inspiration for launching Tata Investment Corporation Limited was to help set up and nurture small and medium-sized entrepreneurs and their companies. For many years after its inception, the Company played a role of a catalyst in promoting long term investments in the country and was instrumental in the promotion of projects with new Indian entrepreneurs and foreign collaborators whilst simultaneously taking minority equity stakes in such new projects. This promotional role of TICL resulted in the formation of many companies which were well known a few decades ago such as, Associated Bearing Co Ltd. (now SKF Bearings (India) Ltd.), Ceat Tyres Ltd. (now Ceat Ltd), National Rayon Corporation, companies promoted by the Ghia family and others, some of which are even today listed on the stock exchange.

In the earlier years, TICL also had a subsidiary company by the name of Investor Machine Tools Ltd. whose plant located near Pune was subsequently taken over by Tata Motors Ltd. (which was then known as Telco) for building up the machine tools division.

Apart from growing its own investment activities, TICL also expanded inorganically by merging the investment activities of Investa Ltd. and Varuna Investments Ltd. with itself. TICL has an exemplary dividend record having declared dividend every year since inception, barring the first year.

The Company became a subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt Ltd. in February, 2008. Tata Sons, together with other Tata companies, holds approximately 73.38% of the paid-up capital of Tata Investment Corporation Limited.

The Company is managed by a well qualified Board of Directors, headed by Mr. Noel Tata as Chairman and Mr. F. N. Subedar as Vice Chairman, with knowledge and expertise in the field of finance, investment, administration and management, and is supported by an experienced team of professional managers.

TICL has been rated by CRISIL since 1994, and has been assigned their highest rating of ‘AAA’ (pronounced triple A) representing highest safety in payment of interest and principal amount, which rating has been re-affirmed from year to year and is valid to date.

TICL has acquired 95.57% stake in Simto Investment Co. Ltd. (Simto) on 31st August, 2012, following which Simto has become a subsidiary of TICL

TICL jointly with Tata Sons were among the first companies to receive an in-principle approval to incorporate, and become the sponsors of the Tata Mutual Fund.

TATA Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd.

TICL co-promoted TATA Asset Management Private Company Ltd. with TATA Sons Pvt Ltd. in 1994. Tata Sons holds 68% while TICL holds 32% of Tata Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd. Tata Asset Management (TAM) is one of the first fund management companies in the Indian private sector. The company’s principal activity is to act as investment manager to the Tata Mutual Funds. It has a client base of over 1 million people. The total assets under management of TATA AMC approximate Rs.89,500 crores as on 31st March 2022 in the domestic market.

Tata Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd offers a range of innovative investment solutions to facilitate wealth creation for its investors. The company manages funds across the entire risk-return continuum. These include equity funds, balanced funds and debt funds.

BUSINESS OPERATIONS:

Tata Investment is a non-banking financial company (NBFC) registered with the Reserve Bank of India under the category Investment Company.

The Company’s activities comprises primarily of investing in long term investments in equity shares, debt instruments, listed and unlisted, and equity related securities of companies in a wide range of industries. The major sources of income of the Company consist of dividend, interest and profit on sale of investments. Over the years, through a gradual and judicious portfolio management Tata Investment has built up a portfolio of investments which had a book value of over Rs.3000 crores with an approximate market value of Rs. 20,700 crores as at 31st March, 2022 spread over 87 companies in various industries.