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- Master Trust Ltd (MASTERTR.NS) is a diversified non-banking financial company (NBFC) providing a comprehensive suite of brokerage, investment, and advisory services to retail and corporate clients across India. The company offers equity trading, derivatives trading, currency trading, commodity trading, depository services through NSDL and CDSL, wealth management, portfolio management services (PMS) including MPSL Vallum India Discovery Fund and MPSL iRage Absolute Return Strategy, insurance broking via Master Insurance Brokers Ltd, merchant banking as a Category-1 merchant banker, research and advisory reports, algorithmic trading systems such as Master Trader and Rest API integrations, non-banking financial services including lending and securities investments, mutual fund distribution, IPO and bond offerings, as well as discount brokerage through My Value Trade and mobile trading via Master Mobile and masterswift 2.0 platforms.
Incorporated in 1985 as Arora Financial Consultants Private Limited and renamed Master Trust Ltd in 1992, the company is headquartered at Master Chambers, 3rd Floor, SCO 19, Feroze Gandhi Market, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, with operations spanning 22 states and over 380,000 clients served by more than 1,180 employees.
In recent developments, Master Trust Ltd listed its shares on the main board of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) effective November 12, 2024, under the ticker MASTERTR, alongside BSE. Its subsidiary Master Capital Services Ltd received in-principle approval from SEBI on November 11, 2025, to sponsor and set up a mutual fund for launching equity and multi-asset schemes with a Rs 50 crore investment, as part of broader expansion plans into asset management, a private sector bank in Punjab, and custodian services for foreign financial institutions.