• Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual

Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has been set up as a Trust under the Indian Trust Act, 1882.

Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual has over 7000 crores (USD 1.55 billion) as Assets Under Management (AUM) as on November 13, 2006.

Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual has eleven equity, thirteen debt and one-hybrid products catering to various categories of investors. Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual was the country's first fund house to offer a branded Mid-cap product in 2002 (Sundaram BNP Paribas Select Midcap), It has been allotted CPR 1 ranking by CRISIL for three consecutive quarters ending December 2005, March 2006 and June 2006.

Sundaram BNP Paribas India Leadership Fund - Growth has won the CNBC TV18 - CRISIL Emerging Equity Fund for Year 2005. CRISIL has allocated AAAf rating to Sundaram BNP Paribas Money Fund and Sundaram BNP Paribas Floating Rate Fund – Short Term Plan, which indicates strong protection against losses from credit defaults.

www.sundarambnpparibas.in

• Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd.

Geojit, is a leading retail broker with more than 340 000 clients, Rupees 6000 CR of assets under custody and executes more than 150 000 trades per day. It is listed on NSE and its network is made of more than 400 offices all over India.

It offers a large range of products and services such as: access to NSE and BSE, futures & options, commodities, IPO's, depository services, margin funding, loans against shares, mutual funds, life insurance.
Via www.geojit.com clients can trade in real time Equities and Derivatives. Mutual Funds are also available online.

Geojit has 2 Joint Ventures in the Gulf: Barjeel Geojit in UAE and Aloula Geojit in Saudi Arabia.

www.geojit.com

• SBI Life

SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between the State Bank of India and Cardif SA of France. SBI Life Insurance is registered with an authorized capital of Rs 1000 crore and a paid up capital of Rs 500 crores.

SBI owns 74% of the total capital and Cardif the remaining 26%. State Bank of India enjoys the largest banking franchise in India. Along with its 7 Associate Banks, SBI Group has the unrivalled strength of over 14,500 branches across the country, arguably the largest in the world. Cardif is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas.

Cardif is ranked 2nd worldwide in creditor's insurance offering protection to over 35 million policyholders and net income in excess of Euro 1 billion. Cardif has also been a pioneer in the art of selling insurance products through commercial banks in France and in 35 more countries.

www.sbilife.co.in