Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Bottom-Up

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

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

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Event-Driven

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance / Event-Driven

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<li>The GST Council's decision to exempt all individual life and health insurance premiums from GST (0% vs. 18% earlier), effective September 22, 2025, is a landmark affordability move.</li>
<li>The immediate drop in premiums for products like term and ULIPs is expected to drive a significant surge in demand, though insurers like ICICI Prudential will lose ITC on expenses.</li>
<li>While the volume boost from higher affordability is a major long-term catalyst,  immediate margin compression from ITC loss on commissions will require operational efficiency and pricing recalibration for ICICI Prudential.</li>
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The GST Council's decision to exempt all individual life and health insurance premiums from GST (0% vs. 18% earlier), effective September 22, 2025, is a landmark affordability move.
The immediate drop in premiums for products like term and ULIPs is expected to drive a significant surge in demand, though insurers like ICICI Prudential will lose ITC on expenses.
While the volume boost from higher affordability is a major long-term catalyst,  immediate margin compression from ITC loss on commissions will require operational efficiency and pricing recalibration for ICICI Prudential.


GST Exemption: A Catalyst for Growth and Margin Headwinds for ICICI Prudential Life

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%.

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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<li>Adani Enterprises is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering (FPO). Bookbuild will begin tomorrow (27th Jan 23) and last till the end of the month.</li>
<li>Adani Enterprises is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.</li>
<li>We have covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note published. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and the deal pricing and structure.</li>
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Adani Enterprises is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering (FPO). Bookbuild will begin tomorrow (27th Jan 23) and last till the end of the month.
Adani Enterprises is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.
We have covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note published. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and the deal pricing and structure.


Adani Enterprises US$2.4bn FPO - Updates, Pricing, Structure, Anchor and Some More

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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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

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/emmvee-photovoltaic-power-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45501:1" rel="noopener">Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Limited (0198068D IN)</a> (EPPL) raised around US$327m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>EPPL is a vertically-integrated solar PV module and cell manufacturer in India, with operations spanning the solar PV modules production cycle from solar cell production to solar PV module assembly.</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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Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Limited (0198068D IN) (EPPL) raised around US$327m in its India IPO.
EPPL is a vertically-integrated solar PV module and cell manufacturer in India, with operations spanning the solar PV modules production cycle from solar cell production to solar PV module assembly.
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.


Emmvee Photovoltaic Power IPO Trading - Lacklustre Demand

India

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited of India provides life insurance services. The Company offers claim processing, electronic insurance accounts, and other services. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance conducts its business in India.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (IPRU IN)

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (IPRU IN)

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Akshat Shah

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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

GST Exemption: A Catalyst for Growth and Margin Headwinds for ICICI Prudential Life

​The GST Council's decision to exempt individual life and health insurance premiums from GST will drive demand but pose challenges for insurers...

Nimish Maheshwari

Adani Enterprises US$2.4bn FPO - Updates, Pricing, Structure, Anchor and Some More

Adani Enterprises is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering (FPO). We have covered most of the details in our prior...

Sumeet Singh

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

Emmvee Photovoltaic Power IPO Trading - Lacklustre Demand

Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Ltd raised around US$327m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

The GST Council's decision to exempt individual life and health insurance premiums from GST will drive demand but pose challenges for insurers...

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