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- Keynote Financial Services Limited is an India-based full-service investment bank and brokerage company offering integrated financial advice and services. The company provides investment banking services including capital markets such as initial public offerings, rights issues, follow-on offers, qualified institutional placements, and preferential placements with valuation reports, due diligence, market making, and underwriting; corporate finance encompassing project finance, syndication, asset-based bank loans, structured finance, restructuring advice, venture capital/private equity, valuations, and financial modeling; merger and acquisition advisory covering acquisitions, mergers, sales and divestitures, joint ventures, alliances, India access strategy, acquisition finance, FCCBs, ADRs, GDRs, and international exchange listings; alternative investment funds with end-to-end lifecycle services; debt advisory; employee stock ownership plans; China-India strategy; broking and related activities such as equity trading, currency trading, commodity trading, futures and options, depository services, and investment advisory with equity research, sector coverage, portfolio allocation, and regulatory assistance; and trading in securities along with investment activities. Keynote Financial Services operates primarily in India with international reach through cross-border services and targets mid-market business groups, corporates, alternative investment funds, high-net-worth individuals, retail investors, and domestic/global institutions. Incorporated in 1993 and headquartered at The Ruby, 9th Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg, Dadar West, Mumbai, the company changed its name from Keynote Corporate Services Limited in April 2019 and maintains subsidiaries including Keynote Capitals Limited and Keynote Fincorp Limited, an RBI-registered non-banking finance company offering loans against shares, property, SME working capital, and special situations funding. Recent developments include a strategic co-operation arrangement with BDO China Consulting Ltd for cross-border India-China transactions and declaration of a dividend for financial year 2024-2025.