Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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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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

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-platforms-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50269:1" rel="noopener">Jio Platforms</a> is looking to list later this month by selling 270m shares at up to INR 1119/share, raising INR 302bn (US$3.1bn) and valuing the company at INR 10,305bn (US$106.5bn).</li>
<li>The small float (2.93% of shares out) will result in the stock missing Fast Entry to global indices. The pre-IPO lock-up expiry in April could result in global index inclusion.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-platforms-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50269:1" rel="noopener">Jio Platforms Ltd (1797135D IN)</a> will be added to some local indices in March, though inclusion in the headline indices will need to wait till at least June.</li>
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Jio Platforms is looking to list later this month by selling 270m shares at up to INR 1119/share, raising INR 302bn (US$3.1bn) and valuing the company at INR 10,305bn (US$106.5bn).
The small float (2.93% of shares out) will result in the stock missing Fast Entry to global indices. The pre-IPO lock-up expiry in April could result in global index inclusion.

Jio Platforms Ltd (1797135D IN) will be added to some local indices in March, though inclusion in the headline indices will need to wait till at least June.


Jio Platforms IPO: Index Entry Timeline & Flow for India's (Possibly) Largest IPO

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of NIFTY in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank, Adani Enterprises, Shriram Finance.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of NIFTY in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank, Adani Enterprises, Shriram Finance.


NIFTY Index Earning Revision (Sep): Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank

Index Rebalance

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<li>Following the lock-up expiry, pre-IPO investors have been selling stock, and the increased free float should lead to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meesho-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35872:1" rel="noopener">Meesho (MEESHO IN)</a>'s inclusion in a global index in November. </li>
<li>The stock is up 11% since we highlighted it as a potential inclusion a couple of weeks back.</li>
<li>Positioning has surged in the last few trading sessions and there could be more to go before passives need to buy.</li>
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Following the lock-up expiry, pre-IPO investors have been selling stock, and the increased free float should lead to Meesho (MEESHO IN)'s inclusion in a global index in November. 
The stock is up 11% since we highlighted it as a potential inclusion a couple of weeks back.
Positioning has surged in the last few trading sessions and there could be more to go before passives need to buy.


Meesho (MEESHO IN): Higher Float & Global Index Inclusion

Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Sree Capital

Sreemant Dudhoria

Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Fundamental Research on Listed Indian Companies

Sree Capital

Sree Capital is a platform to share fundamental research on listed Indian companies. We do this research for our own investment

Equity Capital Markets

National Stock Exchange of India / Equity Capital Markets

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE IN)

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<li>This insight discusses about listing dynamics of <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> .</li>
<li>We present factors which would impact the listing price and present various valuation scenarios.</li>
<li>Finally, we conclude with view on near term price movement for the company.</li>
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This insight discusses about listing dynamics of National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN) .
We present factors which would impact the listing price and present various valuation scenarios.
Finally, we conclude with view on near term price movement for the company.


NSE IPO: Listing Scenarios,Will It Go Below the IPO Price?

India

BSE Ltd. is Asia's oldest stock exchange, providing a transparent market for trading in equities, debt instruments, derivatives, mutual funds, and other securities. It offers services including listing, trading, clearing, settlement, and data services, and operates platforms for SMEs and mutual fund distribution. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India, and was founded in 1875.

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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

Jio Platforms IPO: Index Entry Timeline & Flow for India's (Possibly) Largest IPO

Jio Platforms is looking to list in Oct after raising US$3.1bn at a valuation of US$106.5bn. No index Fast Entry given the low float. Passive...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY Index Earning Revision (Sep): Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank

We analyzed NIFTY's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank, Adani...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Meesho (MEESHO IN): Higher Float & Global Index Inclusion

Following lock-up expiry, foreign investors have been selling Meesho and that results in a big increase in free float. Global index inclusion in...

Brian Freitas

NSE IPO: Listing Scenarios,Will It Go Below the IPO Price?

This insight discusses about listing dynamics of National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN). We present factors which would impact the listing price and...

Sreemant Dudhoria

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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

Jio Platforms IPO: Index Entry Timeline & Flow for India's (Possibly) Largest IPO

Jio Platforms is looking to list in Oct after raising US$3.1bn at a valuation of US$106.5bn. No index Fast Entry given the low float. Passive...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY Index Earning Revision (Sep): Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank

We analyzed NIFTY's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Wipro, BSE, HDFC Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, ICICI Bank, Adani...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Meesho (MEESHO IN): Higher Float & Global Index Inclusion

Following lock-up expiry, foreign investors have been selling Meesho and that results in a big increase in free float. Global index inclusion in...

Brian Freitas

NSE IPO: Listing Scenarios,Will It Go Below the IPO Price?

This insight discusses about listing dynamics of National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN). We present factors which would impact the listing price and...

Sreemant Dudhoria

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