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.

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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

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

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Ventura Securities Ltd

Ventura Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Ventura Securities Ltd

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Jana Small Finance Bank / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Jana Small Finance Bank (JSFB), the fourth-largest Small Finance Bank in India, is strategically pivoting its portfolio towards secured lending products, while systematically decreasing its exposure to microlending.</li><li>In FY2023-24, JSFB declared its highest ever profit of INR 670 crore along with significant improvement in assets quality.</li><li>Going forward we expect the high growth trajectory to be retained.</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.

Jana Small Finance Bank (JSFB), the fourth-largest Small Finance Bank in India, is strategically pivoting its portfolio towards secured lending products, while systematically decreasing its exposure to microlending.In FY2023-24, JSFB declared its highest ever profit of INR 670 crore along with significant improvement in assets quality.Going forward we expect the high growth trajectory to be retained.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.

Jana Small Finance Bank - Empowering Growth Through Inclusive Financing

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

Belstar Microfinance Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/belstar-microfinance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43409:1" rel="noopener">Belstar Microfinance Ltd (3624918Z IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$156m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Belstar Microfinance is a non-banking finance company (NBFC) in India with a focus on furnishing micro-enterprise loans. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Belstar Microfinance Ltd (3624918Z IN) is looking to raise around US$156m in its upcoming India IPO.
Belstar Microfinance is a non-banking finance company (NBFC) in India with a focus on furnishing micro-enterprise loans. 
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Belstar Microfinance Pre-IPO - Accelerating Profitability Growth With A Diversified Network

Ethan Aw

Asirvad Micro Finance Limited / Equity Capital Markets

Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (1053198D IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/asirvad-micro-finance-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40211:1" rel="noopener">Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (1053198D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$183m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (Asirvad) is a non-banking finance company (NBFC), and a microfinance institution (MFI) offering small loans to low-income women in India.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (1053198D IN) is looking to raise around US$183m in its upcoming India IPO.
Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (Asirvad) is a non-banking finance company (NBFC), and a microfinance institution (MFI) offering small loans to low-income women in India.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Asirvad Micro Finance Pre-IPO - Accelerating Profitability Growth but with a Litany of Legal Cases

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

Event-Driven

Housing and Urban Development Corporation / Event-Driven

Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO IN)

Housing and Urban Development Corporation

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<li>We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new additions to MidCap.</li>
<li>The expected migrations from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed the other potential migrations with all stocks moving higher over the last six months.</li>
<li>Momentum on the upward migrations could sustain as active managers reposition their portfolios. Some stocks will have passive flows over the next few months.</li>
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We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new additions to MidCap.
The expected migrations from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed the other potential migrations with all stocks moving higher over the last six months.
Momentum on the upward migrations could sustain as active managers reposition their portfolios. Some stocks will have passive flows over the next few months.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (June 2024): Potential Changes as Momentum Recovers

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Jana Small Finance Bank (3667144Z IN)

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

Jana Small Finance Bank - Empowering Growth Through Inclusive Financing

Jana Small Finance Bank (JSFB), the fourth-largest Small Finance Bank in India, is strategically pivoting its portfolio towards secured lending...

Ventura Securities

Belstar Microfinance Pre-IPO - Accelerating Profitability Growth With A Diversified Network

Belstar Microfinance Limited is looking to raise around US$156m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical...

Akshat Shah

Asirvad Micro Finance Pre-IPO - Accelerating Profitability Growth but with a Litany of Legal Cases

Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (1053198D IN) is looking to raise around US$183m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s...

Ethan Aw

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (June 2024): Potential Changes as Momentum Recovers

We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new adds...

Brian Freitas

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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

Jana Small Finance Bank - Empowering Growth Through Inclusive Financing

Jana Small Finance Bank (JSFB), the fourth-largest Small Finance Bank in India, is strategically pivoting its portfolio towards secured lending...

Ventura Securities

Belstar Microfinance Pre-IPO - Accelerating Profitability Growth With A Diversified Network

Belstar Microfinance Limited is looking to raise around US$156m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical...

Akshat Shah

Asirvad Micro Finance Pre-IPO - Accelerating Profitability Growth but with a Litany of Legal Cases

Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (1053198D IN) is looking to raise around US$183m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s...

Ethan Aw

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (June 2024): Potential Changes as Momentum Recovers

We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new adds...

Brian Freitas

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