India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hindalco-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18490:1" rel="noopener">Hindalco Industries (HNDL IN)</a> Postpones <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novelis-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39969:1" rel="noopener">Novelis Corporation (0620365D US)</a> IPO Amid Market Considerations</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-motors-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:216:1" rel="noopener">Tata Motors Ltd (TTMT IN)</a>'s Tata Motors Finance to Merge with Tata Capital</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-stock-exchange" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23751:1" rel="noopener">National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN)</a> Sets World Record for Highest Number of Transactions in a Single Day</li>
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Hindalco Industries (HNDL IN) Postpones Novelis Corporation (0620365D US) IPO Amid Market Considerations

Tata Motors Ltd (TTMT IN)'s Tata Motors Finance to Merge with Tata Capital

National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN) Sets World Record for Highest Number of Transactions in a Single Day


#8 India Insight: Novelis IPO Postponed, TMFL Merger, Angle One Client Growth, NSE World Record

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<li>Indian household savings seeing a significant transition from traditional assets to financial assets</li>
<li>More than transition, there is a transformative trend ahead for financialization of savings paving way for Indian Households a decadal opportunity of wealth creation</li>
<li>What happened in US could happen in India over the next few decades - Significant wealth creation opportunity</li>
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Indian household savings seeing a significant transition from traditional assets to financial assets
More than transition, there is a transformative trend ahead for financialization of savings paving way for Indian Households a decadal opportunity of wealth creation
What happened in US could happen in India over the next few decades - Significant wealth creation opportunity


From Savings to Wealth Creation: The Financialization of Indian Households

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Event-Driven

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<li>The RBI's revised Commercial Banks Credit Facilities Amendment Directions, 2026, now take effect on 1 July 2026, introducing 100% collateral mandates for bank guarantees, a ban on intraday margin funding.</li>
<li>Proprietary desks, accounting for roughly 40% of F&amp;O turnover, face materially higher capital intensity. Combined with STT changes and end of weekly expiry cycles, this could reduce derivative-volumes by 15–20%.</li>
<li>The shift rewards well-capitalized, self-clearing brokers while punishing balance-sheet-light participants. The open question is whether MTF collateral ambiguity gets clarified before implementation, which could define the magnitude of the shock.</li>
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The RBI's revised Commercial Banks Credit Facilities Amendment Directions, 2026, now take effect on 1 July 2026, introducing 100% collateral mandates for bank guarantees, a ban on intraday margin funding.
Proprietary desks, accounting for roughly 40% of F&amp;O turnover, face materially higher capital intensity. Combined with STT changes and end of weekly expiry cycles, this could reduce derivative-volumes by 15–20%.
The shift rewards well-capitalized, self-clearing brokers while punishing balance-sheet-light participants. The open question is whether MTF collateral ambiguity gets clarified before implementation, which could define the magnitude of the shock.


RBI's New Bank Funding Rules: The Slow Squeeze on India's Derivatives Ecosystem

India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

Equity Capital Markets

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company / Equity Capital Markets

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (ICICIAMC IN)

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company

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<li>Ipru AMC, the largest AMC with high active AUM share and 60+% of Equity AUM boasts of one of the best operating metrics in the industry.</li>
<li>The IPO is being priced in line with peers based on FY25 accounting PE (40x vs 40-44x), however, based on Core PE the relative valuations stands at 40x vs 48/52x</li>
<li>We are bullish on the industry/company from a long-term perspective, although near-term valuations may look fully priced in light of regulatory tightening of profit pool and intensifying competition.</li>
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Ipru AMC, the largest AMC with high active AUM share and 60+% of Equity AUM boasts of one of the best operating metrics in the industry.
The IPO is being priced in line with peers based on FY25 accounting PE (40x vs 40-44x), however, based on Core PE the relative valuations stands at 40x vs 48/52x
We are bullish on the industry/company from a long-term perspective, although near-term valuations may look fully priced in light of regulatory tightening of profit pool and intensifying competition.


ICICI Prudential AMC - Reasonably Priced for the Longer Term.

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nextbillion-technology-pvt-ltd-groww" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34787:1" rel="noopener">Groww (1573648D IN)</a> raised around US$747m in its India IPO. Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures, is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing multiple financial products and services.</li>
<li>With Groww, customers can invest and trade in stocks (including via IPOs), derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products. Customers can also avail margin trading facility and personal loans.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Groww (1573648D IN) raised around US$747m in its India IPO. Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures, is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing multiple financial products and services.
With Groww, customers can invest and trade in stocks (including via IPOs), derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products. Customers can also avail margin trading facility and personal loans.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Groww IPO Trading - Decent Overall Demand

India

Angel One is an Indian technology-led financial services company that operates as a digital-first retail brokerage. It provides a comprehensive suite of investment and trading products across equity, commodity, and currency segments, along with depository services, margin trading, and mutual fund distribution. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Angel One (ANGELONE IN)

#8 India Insight: Novelis IPO Postponed, TMFL Merger, Angle One Client Growth, NSE World Record

Hindalco Industries postpones Novelis Corporation IPO, Tata Motors Finance to merge with Tata Capital, NSE sets world record for transactions in a...

Sudarshan Bhandari

From Savings to Wealth Creation: The Financialization of Indian Households

Equities as % household assets have rose from 2% to 5% as of 2023 and is expected to gone to 10% by 2030 paving a significant opportunity for...

Sudarshan Bhandari

RBI's New Bank Funding Rules: The Slow Squeeze on India's Derivatives Ecosystem

RBI's new rules on bank guarantees and margin funding could lead to lower derivative volumes and favor well-capitalized brokers over others....

Nimish Maheshwari

ICICI Prudential AMC - Reasonably Priced for the Longer Term.

Ipru AMC is up 28% since listing and now trades at a 10-12% premium vs closest peers Nippon and HDFC AMC. After a flattish QoQ performance impacted...

Himanshu Dugar

Groww IPO Trading - Decent Overall Demand

Groww raised around US$747m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the subscription demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

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#8 India Insight: Novelis IPO Postponed, TMFL Merger, Angle One Client Growth, NSE World Record

​Hindalco Industries postpones Novelis Corporation IPO, Tata Motors Finance to merge with Tata Capital, NSE sets world record for transactions in a...

Sudarshan Bhandari

From Savings to Wealth Creation: The Financialization of Indian Households

Equities as % household assets have rose from 2% to 5% as of 2023 and is expected to gone to 10% by 2030 paving a significant opportunity for...

Sudarshan Bhandari

RBI's New Bank Funding Rules: The Slow Squeeze on India's Derivatives Ecosystem

​RBI's new rules on bank guarantees and margin funding could lead to lower derivative volumes and favor well-capitalized brokers over others....

Nimish Maheshwari

ICICI Prudential AMC - Reasonably Priced for the Longer Term.

Ipru AMC is up 28% since listing and now trades at a 10-12% premium vs closest peers Nippon and HDFC AMC. After a flattish QoQ performance impacted...

Himanshu Dugar

Groww IPO Trading - Decent Overall Demand

Groww raised around US$747m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the subscription demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Hindalco Industries postpones Novelis Corporation IPO, Tata Motors Finance to merge with Tata Capital, NSE sets world record for transactions in a...

RBI's new rules on bank guarantees and margin funding could lead to lower derivative volumes and favor well-capitalized brokers over others....