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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Forensic Accounting

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/karnataka-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:281:1" rel="noopener">Karnataka Bank (KBL IN)</a>'s top two executives resigned under unclear circumstances, with boardroom friction, unauthorized spending, and weak financial performance raising concerns.</li>
<li>Even audit report also suggests some red flags of minuscule amounts in unauthorized expenses, raising governance issues.</li>
<li>The bank’s leadership shakeup and declining financials suggest instability; while governance reforms are needed along with new and strong leadership and governance realignment.</li>
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Karnataka Bank (KBL IN)'s top two executives resigned under unclear circumstances, with boardroom friction, unauthorized spending, and weak financial performance raising concerns.
Even audit report also suggests some red flags of minuscule amounts in unauthorized expenses, raising governance issues.
The bank’s leadership shakeup and declining financials suggest instability; while governance reforms are needed along with new and strong leadership and governance realignment.


Executive Exodus at Karnataka Bank: More Than Just "Personal Reasons"?

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<ul><li>In the past few quarters, rural India has been shouldering the responsibility of consumption growth in the country while urban mass consumption remained soft, impacted adversely by persistent inflation</li><li>Against this backdrop, our report is a bottom-up analysis of ~250 rural districts across eight key Indian states, representing ~72% of rural India GDP</li><li>It demonstrates the strength of rural growth with following inferences, reinforcing the thesis presented in our previous Rural India report Rural India is transitioning swiftly from an agri-centric economy to a services-led economy 112 rural districts representing a population of 291mn have already crossed the threshold of per capita income of USD2,000</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

In the past few quarters, rural India has been shouldering the responsibility of consumption growth in the country while urban mass consumption remained soft, impacted adversely by persistent inflationAgainst this backdrop, our report is a bottom-up analysis of ~250 rural districts across eight key Indian states, representing ~72% of rural India GDPIt demonstrates the strength of rural growth with following inferences, reinforcing the thesis presented in our previous Rural India report Rural India is transitioning swiftly from an agri-centric economy to a services-led economy 112 rural districts representing a population of 291mn have already crossed the threshold of per capita income of USD2,000Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Rural India: Shifting economic foundations

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.

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Index Rebalance

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders  / Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 20 changes a side for the Nifty200 Momentum30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 27 June. We had correctly forecast 39 of the 40 changes.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 68.4% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 160bn (US$1.9bn). There are 22 stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.</li>
<li>The Financials sector has 9 net inclusions to the index while the Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors have 2 net deletions each.</li>
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There are 20 changes a side for the Nifty200 Momentum30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 27 June. We had correctly forecast 39 of the 40 changes.
Estimated one-way turnover is 68.4% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 160bn (US$1.9bn). There are 22 stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.
The Financials sector has 9 net inclusions to the index while the Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors have 2 net deletions each.


NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: HUGE Turnover and Trade as Financials Shine

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Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Equity Bottom-Up

Geojit Financial Services / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Geojit is targeting INR 20,000 crore in PMS AUM within three years from INR 1200 Crore, backed by new leadership, expanded RM hiring, and deep NRI-retail presence.</li>
<li>This signals a shift from cyclical broking to stable, high-margin wealth management boosting recurring income and long-term profitability.</li>
<li>Geojit is evolving into a full-stack wealth platform, making it a re-rating candidate if it delivers on PMS scale-up and sustains income diversification.</li>
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Geojit is targeting INR 20,000 crore in PMS AUM within three years from INR 1200 Crore, backed by new leadership, expanded RM hiring, and deep NRI-retail presence.
This signals a shift from cyclical broking to stable, high-margin wealth management boosting recurring income and long-term profitability.
Geojit is evolving into a full-stack wealth platform, making it a re-rating candidate if it delivers on PMS scale-up and sustains income diversification.


The Beat Ideas: Geojit Financial- Riding on Its Customer Base to Build a ₹20,000 Cr Wealth Business

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<li>The banking sector will likely see earnings growth bottom out in FY26, with the second half potentially performing better than the first half as deposit rate reductions eventually flow through.</li>
<li>This divergence between declining lending rates and sticky deposit costs is the core driver of NIM compression.</li>
<li>This monetary easing is expected to exert downward pressure on banks' lending yields, impacting NIMs, particularly in the first half of fiscal year 2026 (1HFY26). </li>
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The banking sector will likely see earnings growth bottom out in FY26, with the second half potentially performing better than the first half as deposit rate reductions eventually flow through.
This divergence between declining lending rates and sticky deposit costs is the core driver of NIM compression.
This monetary easing is expected to exert downward pressure on banks' lending yields, impacting NIMs, particularly in the first half of fiscal year 2026 (1HFY26). 


Impact of Rate Cut on Indian Banking Sector: NIMs & Earnings to Contract Further Amid Slowdown

India

Federal Bank Limited operates branches and regional offices throughout India. The Bank offers a wide range of financial services, including merchant banking, international banking and foreign exchange, leasing facilities, money markets and agricultural advances. The Bank also provides lending for hi-tech agricultural and government sponsored schemes.

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Executive Exodus at Karnataka Bank: More Than Just "Personal Reasons"?

Karnataka Bank faces leadership turmoil and financial concerns as top executives resign amid boardroom friction and unauthorized spending.

Nimish Maheshwari

Rural India: Shifting economic foundations

Against this backdrop, our report is a bottom-up analysis of ~250 rural districts across eight key Indian states, representing ~72% of rural India GDP

HDFC Securities

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: HUGE Turnover and Trade as Financials Shine

The Nifty200 Momentum30 Index rebalances at the close tomorrow. Since announcement, the adds have outperformed the deletes (but only marginally)....

Brian Freitas

The Beat Ideas: Geojit Financial- Riding on Its Customer Base to Build a ₹20,000 Cr Wealth Business

Geojit aims to grow PMS AUM to INR 20,000 crore in three years, shifting focus to wealth management for long-term profitability and income...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Impact of Rate Cut on Indian Banking Sector: NIMs & Earnings to Contract Further Amid Slowdown

Banking sector earnings growth expected to improve in FY26 as deposit rate reductions flow through, but NIM compression likely due to declining...

Nimish Maheshwari

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Executive Exodus at Karnataka Bank: More Than Just "Personal Reasons"?

​Karnataka Bank faces leadership turmoil and financial concerns as top executives resign amid boardroom friction and unauthorized spending.

Nimish Maheshwari

Rural India: Shifting economic foundations

Against this backdrop, our report is a bottom-up analysis of ~250 rural districts across eight key Indian states, representing ~72% of rural India GDP

HDFC Securities

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: HUGE Turnover and Trade as Financials Shine

The Nifty200 Momentum30 Index rebalances at the close tomorrow. Since announcement, the adds have outperformed the deletes (but only marginally)....

Brian Freitas

The Beat Ideas: Geojit Financial- Riding on Its Customer Base to Build a ₹20,000 Cr Wealth Business

​Geojit aims to grow PMS AUM to INR 20,000 crore in three years, shifting focus to wealth management for long-term profitability and income...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Impact of Rate Cut on Indian Banking Sector: NIMs & Earnings to Contract Further Amid Slowdown

​Banking sector earnings growth expected to improve in FY26 as deposit rate reductions flow through, but NIM compression likely due to declining...

Nimish Maheshwari

Karnataka Bank faces leadership turmoil and financial concerns as top executives resign amid boardroom friction and unauthorized spending.

Geojit aims to grow PMS AUM to INR 20,000 crore in three years, shifting focus to wealth management for long-term profitability and income...

Banking sector earnings growth expected to improve in FY26 as deposit rate reductions flow through, but NIM compression likely due to declining...