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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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>IDFC First Bank reported a INR 590 crore fraud at its Chandigarh branch involving Haryana government accounts, linked to employee collusion.</li>
<li>The incident highlights weaknesses in internal controls at the branch level and raises concerns about governance oversight, recovery timelines, and potential impact on government deposit relationships.</li>
<li>Although capital remains comfortable, uncertainty around recoveries, provisioning, and reputational impact could weigh on near-term earnings visibility.</li>
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IDFC First Bank reported a INR 590 crore fraud at its Chandigarh branch involving Haryana government accounts, linked to employee collusion.
The incident highlights weaknesses in internal controls at the branch level and raises concerns about governance oversight, recovery timelines, and potential impact on government deposit relationships.
Although capital remains comfortable, uncertainty around recoveries, provisioning, and reputational impact could weigh on near-term earnings visibility.


Event Driven: IDFC First Bank’s ₹590 Cr Fraud~ Branch-Level Collusion Raises Governance Doubts

Equitas Small Finance Bank / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Equitas is actively meeting strict RBI criteria, including maintaining a Rs. 1,000 crore net worth and using floating reserves to keep Net NPAs below 0.88%. 
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<li>Transitioning to a universal license would allow the bank to reduce Priority Sector Lending from 75% to 40% and lower capital adequacy requirements</li>
<li>By pivoting to a 90% secured loan book and a cloud-native "cyborg bank" model, the institution is stabilizing its risk profile for large-scale operations.</li>
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Equitas is actively meeting strict RBI criteria, including maintaining a Rs. 1,000 crore net worth and using floating reserves to keep Net NPAs below 0.88%. 

Transitioning to a universal license would allow the bank to reduce Priority Sector Lending from 75% to 40% and lower capital adequacy requirements
By pivoting to a 90% secured loan book and a cloud-native "cyborg bank" model, the institution is stabilizing its risk profile for large-scale operations.


Equitas: Portfolio Diversification - The Path to Stable Earnings

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>There will be 19 constituent changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 30 December.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 64.6% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 161.3bn (US$1.8bn). There are 27 stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.</li>
<li>Some stocks will have passive flows from other index trackers at the same time while others are potential adds/close adds to global indices over the next couple of months.</li>
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There will be 19 constituent changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 30 December.
Estimated one-way turnover is 64.6% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 161.3bn (US$1.8bn). There are 27 stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.
Some stocks will have passive flows from other index trackers at the same time while others are potential adds/close adds to global indices over the next couple of months.


NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: Huge Turnover and Flow in December

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<li>There could be 19 constituent changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 30 December.</li>
<li>If all changes are on expected lines, one-way turnover is estimated at 64.2% and that will result in a round-trip trade of INR 163bn (US$1.8bn).</li>
<li>The adds have outperformed the deletes in the short-term. With the index based on momentum, there could be further gains over the next couple of weeks.</li>
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There could be 19 constituent changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 30 December.
If all changes are on expected lines, one-way turnover is estimated at 64.2% and that will result in a round-trip trade of INR 163bn (US$1.8bn).
The adds have outperformed the deletes in the short-term. With the index based on momentum, there could be further gains over the next couple of weeks.


NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: 64% One-Way Turnover & US$1.8bn Trade

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions / Equity Capital Markets

Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions (CLEANMAX IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cleanmax-enviro-energy-solutions-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45702:1" rel="noopener">CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Ltd (8382406Z IN)</a> (CEESL) is looking to raise about US$586m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>CEESL is a provider of commercial and industrial renewable energy, specializing in delivering decarbonization solutions, including supplying renewable power and offering energy services and carbon credit solutions to customers.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Ltd (8382406Z IN) (CEESL) is looking to raise about US$586m in its upcoming India IPO.
CEESL is a provider of commercial and industrial renewable energy, specializing in delivering decarbonization solutions, including supplying renewable power and offering energy services and carbon credit solutions to customers.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Elevated Debt Amid Inconsistent Growth

India

AU Small Finance Bank Limited is an Indian scheduled commercial small finance bank. It offers a diverse range of products including savings accounts, current accounts, fixed deposits, loans (vehicle, MSME, housing, personal, gold, agriculture), debit and credit cards, and insurance. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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Event Driven: IDFC First Bank’s ₹590 Cr Fraud~ Branch-Level Collusion Raises Governance Doubts

IDFC First Bank faces INR 590 crore fraud at Chandigarh branch, exposing internal control weaknesses and raising concerns about recovery,...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Equitas: Portfolio Diversification - The Path to Stable Earnings

Equitas is meeting strict RBI criteria, maintaining Rs. 1,000 crore net worth and using floating reserves to keep Net NPAs below 0.88%.

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: Huge Turnover and Flow in December

The Nifty200 Momentum30 Index rebalances at the close today. On average, the adds have outperformed the deletes by 2.76% since announcement of the...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: 64% One-Way Turnover & US$1.8bn Trade

We forecast 19 changes for the index in Dec. One-way turnover is estimated at 64.2% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 163bn (US$1.8bn). The...

Brian Freitas

CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Elevated Debt Amid Inconsistent Growth

CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Limited (CEESL) is looking to raise around US$586m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the...

Akshat Shah

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Event Driven: IDFC First Bank’s ₹590 Cr Fraud~ Branch-Level Collusion Raises Governance Doubts

​IDFC First Bank faces INR 590 crore fraud at Chandigarh branch, exposing internal control weaknesses and raising concerns about recovery,...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Equitas: Portfolio Diversification - The Path to Stable Earnings

​Equitas is meeting strict RBI criteria, maintaining Rs. 1,000 crore net worth and using floating reserves to keep Net NPAs below 0.88%.

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: Huge Turnover and Flow in December

The Nifty200 Momentum30 Index rebalances at the close today. On average, the adds have outperformed the deletes by 2.76% since announcement of the...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: 64% One-Way Turnover & US$1.8bn Trade

We forecast 19 changes for the index in Dec. One-way turnover is estimated at 64.2% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 163bn (US$1.8bn). The...

Brian Freitas

CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Elevated Debt Amid Inconsistent Growth

CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Limited (CEESL) is looking to raise around US$586m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the...

Akshat Shah

IDFC First Bank faces INR 590 crore fraud at Chandigarh branch, exposing internal control weaknesses and raising concerns about recovery,...

Equitas is meeting strict RBI criteria, maintaining Rs. 1,000 crore net worth and using floating reserves to keep Net NPAs below 0.88%.