Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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%.

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (IPRU IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icici-prudential-amc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45499:1" rel="noopener">ICICI Prudential AMC</a> is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>IPru AMC is an asset management company involved in managing mutual funds, providing portfolio management services, managing alternative investment funds, and providing advisory services to offshore clients.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.</li>
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ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO.
IPru AMC is an asset management company involved in managing mutual funds, providing portfolio management services, managing alternative investment funds, and providing advisory services to offshore clients.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.


ICICI Pru AMC IPO - Doesn’t Need to Trade at a Discount

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Gaudenz Schneider

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance / Equity Bottom-Up

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icici-prudential-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23608:1" rel="noopener">ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN)</a> vs. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icici-lombard-general-insura" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25882:1" rel="noopener">ICICI Lombard General Insurance (ICICIGI IN)</a> price-ratio has deviated two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.</li>
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Highlights: Going long ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN) and short ICICI Lombard General Insurance (ICICIGI IN) targets a 5% return.</li>
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Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.</li>
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Context: The ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN) vs. ICICI Lombard General Insurance (ICICIGI IN) price-ratio has deviated two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.

Highlights: Going long ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN) and short ICICI Lombard General Insurance (ICICIGI IN) targets a 5% return.

Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.


ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN) Vs. ICICI Lombard General (ICICIGI IN): Stat Arb Targeting 5% Return

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Life insurers saw FY26 premium recovery, but GST exemption, surrender-value rules and mis-selling scrutiny reset product economics.</li>
<li>Growth is returning, but margins now depend more on product mix, persistency, channel quality and cost efficiency.</li>
<li>The sector remains attractive, but valuation preference should shift toward insurers with profitable growth, disciplined distribution and stronger protection mix.</li>
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Life insurers saw FY26 premium recovery, but GST exemption, surrender-value rules and mis-selling scrutiny reset product economics.
Growth is returning, but margins now depend more on product mix, persistency, channel quality and cost efficiency.
The sector remains attractive, but valuation preference should shift toward insurers with profitable growth, disciplined distribution and stronger protection mix.


Indian Life Insurance: Near-Term Pain, Long-Term Runway Still Intact

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<ul><li>ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company: ICICI Prudential Life’s (IPRU) APE for 9MFY26 declined by 1% YoY (in line with our estimates) while VNB grew by 6% (ahead of our estimates)</li><li>VNB margin (24.4%) clocked in above our estimates as the impact of GST input tax credit was offset by increased share of protection, favorable movement in yield curve and improved rider attachment</li><li>However, improvement in VNB margin was a major surprise, as our analysis indicated 150bps net adverse impact on VNB margins for FY26E due to unavailability of GST ITC</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.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company: ICICI Prudential Life’s (IPRU) APE for 9MFY26 declined by 1% YoY (in line with our estimates) while VNB grew by 6% (ahead of our estimates)VNB margin (24.4%) clocked in above our estimates as the impact of GST input tax credit was offset by increased share of protection, favorable movement in yield curve and improved rider attachmentHowever, improvement in VNB margin was a major surprise, as our analysis indicated 150bps net adverse impact on VNB margins for FY26E due to unavailability of GST ITCContent 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.

HSIE Results Daily: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, ICICI Lombard General Insurance...

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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<li>The Indian life insurance sector saw a powerful recovery in October 2025 following a temporary Q2 slowdown, driven by the GST exemption structural tailwind. </li>
<li>Q2 FY26 was marked by broad-based Value of New Business (VNB) margin expansion, signaling a successful shift toward higher-margin non-par savings and protection products.</li>
<li>Despite a temporary drag on Embedded Value (EV) from Input Tax Credit (ITC) loss, management is confident of strong H2 FY26 growth based on the GST boost and product mix.</li>
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The Indian life insurance sector saw a powerful recovery in October 2025 following a temporary Q2 slowdown, driven by the GST exemption structural tailwind. 
Q2 FY26 was marked by broad-based Value of New Business (VNB) margin expansion, signaling a successful shift toward higher-margin non-par savings and protection products.
Despite a temporary drag on Embedded Value (EV) from Input Tax Credit (ITC) loss, management is confident of strong H2 FY26 growth based on the GST boost and product mix.


India Life Insurance Sector: Post-GST Rebound, Margin Expansion, and Structural Tailwinds

India

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. is a prominent Indian life insurance company, a joint venture between ICICI Bank Limited and Prudential Corporation Holdings Limited. The company offers a diverse range of products including life insurance, health, and retirement solutions, as well as term plans, unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs), and traditional savings plans. Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, the company commenced operations in the fiscal year 2001.

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (IPRU IN)

ICICI Pru AMC IPO - Doesn’t Need to Trade at a Discount

ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and valuations.

Sumeet Singh

ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN) Vs. ICICI Lombard General (ICICIGI IN): Stat Arb Targeting 5% Return

Long ICICI Prudential Life vs short ICICI Lombard General pair trade targeting a 5 percent mean reversion after recent earnings.

Gaudenz Schneider

Indian Life Insurance: Near-Term Pain, Long-Term Runway Still Intact

Life insurers are recovering in FY26, but changes in regulations and scrutiny are resetting product economics. Growth now relies on product mix,...

Nimish Maheshwari

HSIE Results Daily: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, ICICI Lombard General Insurance...

ICICI Prudential Life’s (IPRU) APE for 9MFY26 declined by 1% YoY (in line with our estimates) while VNB grew by 6% (ahead of our estimates)

HDFC Securities

India Life Insurance Sector: Post-GST Rebound, Margin Expansion, and Structural Tailwinds

Indian life insurance sector bounces back in October 2025 after Q2 slowdown, driven by GST exemption and shift to higher-margin products, despite...

Sudarshan Bhandari

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ICICI Pru AMC IPO - Doesn’t Need to Trade at a Discount

ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and valuations.

Sumeet Singh

ICICI Prudential Life (IPRU IN) Vs. ICICI Lombard General (ICICIGI IN): Stat Arb Targeting 5% Return

Long ICICI Prudential Life vs short ICICI Lombard General pair trade targeting a 5 percent mean reversion after recent earnings.

Gaudenz Schneider

Indian Life Insurance: Near-Term Pain, Long-Term Runway Still Intact

​Life insurers are recovering in FY26, but changes in regulations and scrutiny are resetting product economics. Growth now relies on product mix,...

Nimish Maheshwari

HSIE Results Daily: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, ICICI Lombard General Insurance...

ICICI Prudential Life’s (IPRU) APE for 9MFY26 declined by 1% YoY (in line with our estimates) while VNB grew by 6% (ahead of our estimates)

HDFC Securities

India Life Insurance Sector: Post-GST Rebound, Margin Expansion, and Structural Tailwinds

​Indian life insurance sector bounces back in October 2025 after Q2 slowdown, driven by GST exemption and shift to higher-margin products, despite...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Life insurers are recovering in FY26, but changes in regulations and scrutiny are resetting product economics. Growth now relies on product mix,...

Indian life insurance sector bounces back in October 2025 after Q2 slowdown, driven by GST exemption and shift to higher-margin products, despite...