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.

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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Equity Bottom-Up

Jio Financial Services / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-financial-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40042:1" rel="noopener">Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN)</a> reported a substantial increase in its Assets Under Management (AUM) to 10,053 crore, marking a 139% QoQ growth.</li>
<li>The company's digital-first approach through the JioFinance app and the rapid growth in Jio Payments Bank’s customer base demonstrate its expanding market footprint and customer engagement.</li>
<li>The strategic investments in technology, robust growth in core segments, and improved customer acquisition processes provide strong momentum for FY26 and beyond, reinforcing confidence in JFSL’s growth trajectory.</li>
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Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN) reported a substantial increase in its Assets Under Management (AUM) to 10,053 crore, marking a 139% QoQ growth.
The company's digital-first approach through the JioFinance app and the rapid growth in Jio Payments Bank’s customer base demonstrate its expanding market footprint and customer engagement.
The strategic investments in technology, robust growth in core segments, and improved customer acquisition processes provide strong momentum for FY26 and beyond, reinforcing confidence in JFSL’s growth trajectory.


Jio Financial Q4 FY25 Update: Strategic Growth and Digital Expansion Drive Strong Performance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-financial-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40042:1" rel="noopener">Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN)</a> has launched a robust digital ecosystem with its flagship JioFinance app, enhancing its tech-driven financial service offerings.</li>
<li>The digital-first strategy minimizes legacy constraints, enabling personalized financial solutions that significantly boost efficiency and competitive advantage.</li>
<li>This evolution redefines traditional banking, positioning JFSL as a versatile, technology-led powerhouse for sustainable growth in India's financial sector.</li>
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Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN) has launched a robust digital ecosystem with its flagship JioFinance app, enhancing its tech-driven financial service offerings.
The digital-first strategy minimizes legacy constraints, enabling personalized financial solutions that significantly boost efficiency and competitive advantage.
This evolution redefines traditional banking, positioning JFSL as a versatile, technology-led powerhouse for sustainable growth in India's financial sector.


The Beat Ideas: What Is Inside Jio Financial Services?

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

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato (ZOMATO IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-financial-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40042:1" rel="noopener">Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN)</a> should replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharat-petroleum-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10222:1" rel="noopener">Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/britannia-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16495:1" rel="noopener">Britannia Industries (BRIT IN)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index (NIFTY INDEX)</a> in March.</li>
<li>Passive <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a> trackers will need to trade at least 4.5x ADV and 8.8x delivery volume on the stocks. There is some opposite flow from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index </a>trackers.</li>
<li>There does not appear to be a lot of positioning in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-financial-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40042:1" rel="noopener">Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN)</a> and the stock could outperform its peers over the next few months.</li>
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Zomato (ZOMATO IN) and Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN) should replace Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL IN) and Britannia Industries (BRIT IN) in the NIFTY Index (NIFTY INDEX) in March.
Passive NIFTY Index trackers will need to trade at least 4.5x ADV and 8.8x delivery volume on the stocks. There is some opposite flow from Nifty Next 50 Index trackers.
There does not appear to be a lot of positioning in Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN) and the stock could outperform its peers over the next few months.


NIFTY50 Index Rebalance Preview: Yuuge Flow & Impact; Positioning Mixed

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>RBI and NPCI are rolling out the Credit Line on UPI (CLOU), allowing instant digital credit within UPI apps- effectively merging payments and lending.</li>
<li>CLOU leverages India’s most trusted digital infrastructure to expand formal credit access, especially for new-to-credit consumers, and could be the foundation for a data-driven lending model.</li>
<li>By combining UPI Credit Lines with a forthcoming Digital Payment Score (DPS), India may transition from a payments-led to a credit-led digital economy- redefining financial inclusion and retail lending economics.</li>
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RBI and NPCI are rolling out the Credit Line on UPI (CLOU), allowing instant digital credit within UPI apps- effectively merging payments and lending.
CLOU leverages India’s most trusted digital infrastructure to expand formal credit access, especially for new-to-credit consumers, and could be the foundation for a data-driven lending model.
By combining UPI Credit Lines with a forthcoming Digital Payment Score (DPS), India may transition from a payments-led to a credit-led digital economy- redefining financial inclusion and retail lending economics.


UPI’s Next Act: How Credit Lines Could Reshape India’s Retail Lending Landscape

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

Canara HSBC Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canara-hsbc-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45165:1" rel="noopener">Canara HSBC Life Insurance (CHLI) (2908709Z IJ)</a> raised about US$284m from its India IPO.</li>
<li>CHLI is an Indian private life insurer, promoted by Canara Bank and HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings, offering a range of life insurance products tailored for both individual and group customers.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Canara HSBC Life Insurance (CHLI) (2908709Z IJ) raised about US$284m from its India IPO.
CHLI is an Indian private life insurer, promoted by Canara Bank and HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings, offering a range of life insurance products tailored for both individual and group customers.
In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Canara HSBC Life Insurance IPO Trading - Muted Demand All Round

India

Jio Financial Services Limited operates as a non-banking financial company. The Company provides financial and investment services with robust infrastructure technology solutions. Jio Financial Services serves customers in India.

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Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN IN)

Jio Financial Q4 FY25 Update: Strategic Growth and Digital Expansion Drive Strong Performance

Jio Financial Services sees 139% QoQ growth in AUM to 10,053 crore, driven by digital-first approach and strategic investments in technology,...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The Beat Ideas: What Is Inside Jio Financial Services?

Jio Financial Services launches JioFinance app, revolutionizing tech-driven financial services in India with personalized solutions and...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY50 Index Rebalance Preview: Yuuge Flow & Impact; Positioning Mixed

There are 2 high probability changes for the NIFTY50 in March. Watch out for a change in the potential deletions. Impact is high at a minimum of...

Brian Freitas

UPI’s Next Act: How Credit Lines Could Reshape India’s Retail Lending Landscape

RBI and NPCI introduce Credit Line on UPI (CLOU) to merge payments and lending, expanding formal credit access and potentially transitioning India...

Nimish Maheshwari

Canara HSBC Life Insurance IPO Trading - Muted Demand All Round

Canara HSBC Life Insurance raised about US$284m from its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

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Jio Financial Q4 FY25 Update: Strategic Growth and Digital Expansion Drive Strong Performance

​Jio Financial Services sees 139% QoQ growth in AUM to 10,053 crore, driven by digital-first approach and strategic investments in technology,...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The Beat Ideas: What Is Inside Jio Financial Services?

​Jio Financial Services launches JioFinance app, revolutionizing tech-driven financial services in India with personalized solutions and...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY50 Index Rebalance Preview: Yuuge Flow & Impact; Positioning Mixed

There are 2 high probability changes for the NIFTY50 in March. Watch out for a change in the potential deletions. Impact is high at a minimum of...

Brian Freitas

UPI’s Next Act: How Credit Lines Could Reshape India’s Retail Lending Landscape

​RBI and NPCI introduce Credit Line on UPI (CLOU) to merge payments and lending, expanding formal credit access and potentially transitioning India...

Nimish Maheshwari

Canara HSBC Life Insurance IPO Trading - Muted Demand All Round

Canara HSBC Life Insurance raised about US$284m from its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Jio Financial Services sees 139% QoQ growth in AUM to 10,053 crore, driven by digital-first approach and strategic investments in technology,...

Jio Financial Services launches JioFinance app, revolutionizing tech-driven financial services in India with personalized solutions and...

RBI and NPCI introduce Credit Line on UPI (CLOU) to merge payments and lending, expanding formal credit access and potentially transitioning India...