TGFL, incorporated on 27.11.1989, received the certificate of commencement of business on 04.12.1989 & became active in February, 1990. The registered office & the Comp. are situated at The Times of India Building, Dr.D.N.Road, Bombay-400001. The Comp. simultaneously started operations for retail & corporate lending, Merchant Banking & Money Market related activites. In April, 1991, the Comp. further diversified into Portfolio Mnagement Services. In 1993, the Comp. became an active player in the OTCEI. During this time the Comp. started investments & trading in equities in the secondary market; on its own portfolio. The Comp. is authorised with SEBI as Category i Marchant Banker & has also acquired membership of over the Counter Exchange of India.
TGFL is an existing profit making Comp. promoted by Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., proprietors of times of India group of publications. TGFL is presently active in various fund based & nonfound based activities. With the opening up of financial sector of economy, the Comp. & the group forsee a lot of potential for growth of TGFL.
TGFL is promoted by Bennett Coleman & Co., Ltd., [BCCLs] who are the proprietors of The Times of India group of publications. BCCL has been in the publishing business for over 150 years & has come to acquire a reputation for reporting credible, analysed & unbiased news. The flagship daily of Comp. 'The Times of India' has been recognised by BBC as one of six most influential dailies of world. The other well known publications of group are 'The Economic Times', 'Navbharat Times', 'Femina' & 'Filmfare'.
The Comp. is managed by Board Directors consisting of:
The overall management of Comp. is vested in the Board of Directors comprising of Mr.Ashok Kumar Jain [Chairmans], Mr.P.R.Krishnamoorthy [Managing Directors], Mr.T.V.Krishnamurthy [Dy. Managing Director and Presidents], Mr.C.S.Samuel [Business Executives], Mr.D.N.Shukla [Financial Advisors], Mr.Dinesh Vyas [Advocates], Mr.Gurucharan Das [Business Executives], Dr.Manu Shroff [Economists] & Mr.Vineet Jain [Company Executives].
2002
-Times Guaranty Ltd has appointed Mr Avinash Jain as Additional Director on the Board of company.
2003 - Delisting of shares from Delhi, Ahmedabad & Chennai Stock Exchanges.