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Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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<li>Middle East tensions have increased the risk of Brent crude moving toward USD 85-90 per barrel in the near term.</li>
<li>For India, every USD 10 rise in crude can add around 30 bps to inflation and widen the current account deficit.</li>
<li>The impact will vary by sector. Upstream oil companies benefit, while oil-intensive sectors face margin pressure if prices stay elevated.</li>
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Middle East tensions have increased the risk of Brent crude moving toward USD 85-90 per barrel in the near term.
For India, every USD 10 rise in crude can add around 30 bps to inflation and widen the current account deficit.
The impact will vary by sector. Upstream oil companies benefit, while oil-intensive sectors face margin pressure if prices stay elevated.


Event Driven- Middle East Volatility: How Indian Sectors Respond to Higher Crude

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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<li>At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/reliance-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:198:1" rel="noopener">Reliance Industries (RELIANCE IN)</a> and Tata Group announced historic capex plans for sovereign AI, while NVIDIA, OpenAI inked landmark infrastructure with Indian conglomerates.</li>
<li>This marks India's transition from an AI consumer to  "Sovereign AI" producer, reducing reliance on global clouds and positioning domestic players as owners of the "intelligence" stack rather than facilitators.</li>
<li>Investors should monitor the rapid rerating of Indian "AI infrastructure" plays: data centers, power, and high-end IT—as the "Intelligence-as-a-Service" model begins to disrupt traditional linear headcount-linked IT growth.</li>
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At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Reliance Industries (RELIANCE IN) and Tata Group announced historic capex plans for sovereign AI, while NVIDIA, OpenAI inked landmark infrastructure with Indian conglomerates.
This marks India's transition from an AI consumer to  "Sovereign AI" producer, reducing reliance on global clouds and positioning domestic players as owners of the "intelligence" stack rather than facilitators.
Investors should monitor the rapid rerating of Indian "AI infrastructure" plays: data centers, power, and high-end IT—as the "Intelligence-as-a-Service" model begins to disrupt traditional linear headcount-linked IT growth.


India AI Impact Summit 2026: From "Back-Office" To "Sovereign AI Factory"

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Concerns about trade tensions, geopolitics and high debt persist. But DMs' fiscal expansion, continued Fed rate cuts, ongoing AI boom and healthy balance sheets should keep Asia resilient in 2026.</li>
<li>With record low inflation, Asian rates and COE should stay low. We expect USD moderation, boosting Asian flows. Key themes: Defense expenditure, select base metal super-cycle, continued focus on dividends.</li>
<li>2026 targets: MXASJ 985, SHCOMP 4400, Hang Seng 29000, KOSPI 5000, TWSE 30000, Sensex 91000, Strait Times 4730. Overweight HK/China, Korea and India - the latter on stock picking considerations.</li>
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Concerns about trade tensions, geopolitics and high debt persist. But DMs' fiscal expansion, continued Fed rate cuts, ongoing AI boom and healthy balance sheets should keep Asia resilient in 2026.
With record low inflation, Asian rates and COE should stay low. We expect USD moderation, boosting Asian flows. Key themes: Defense expenditure, select base metal super-cycle, continued focus on dividends.
2026 targets: MXASJ 985, SHCOMP 4400, Hang Seng 29000, KOSPI 5000, TWSE 30000, Sensex 91000, Strait Times 4730. Overweight HK/China, Korea and India - the latter on stock picking considerations.


Outlook 2026: Fiscal Expansion + Monetary Divergence + Robust AI + Ebbing USD = Resilient Asia

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<li>The global aerospace supply chain is undergoing a structural de-risking from a “just-in-time” model, moving towards diversified “just-in-case” sourcing, catalyzed by post-COVID capacity exits.</li>
<li>This shift is creating a multi-decade, geopolitical trust arbitrage opportunity, positioning Indian Tier-2/3 precision component manufacturers as critical partners for global OEMs and Tier-1s.</li>
<li>The combination of a massive global order backlog, India’s certified capabilities, and supportive policy creates a multi-year compounding runway for select, high-execution Indian players.</li>
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The global aerospace supply chain is undergoing a structural de-risking from a “just-in-time” model, moving towards diversified “just-in-case” sourcing, catalyzed by post-COVID capacity exits.
This shift is creating a multi-decade, geopolitical trust arbitrage opportunity, positioning Indian Tier-2/3 precision component manufacturers as critical partners for global OEMs and Tier-1s.
The combination of a massive global order backlog, India’s certified capabilities, and supportive policy creates a multi-year compounding runway for select, high-execution Indian players.


Thematic Report on India’s Aerospace Manufacturing: From Chaos to Competitiveness

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<li>Several Indian sectors have demonstrated a robust recovery in operating margins on a Year-over-Year (YoY) basis as of March 2025 (Q4 FY25)</li>
<li>This broad-based improvement is primarily attributed to a confluence of industry-wide factors, predominantly the easing of input costs driven by moderating inflation.</li>
<li>Sectors like Telecom, Metals, Cement, Consumer Durables, Capital Goods, Automobile, Healthcare, EMS are seeing uptick in margins</li>
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Several Indian sectors have demonstrated a robust recovery in operating margins on a Year-over-Year (YoY) basis as of March 2025 (Q4 FY25)
This broad-based improvement is primarily attributed to a confluence of industry-wide factors, predominantly the easing of input costs driven by moderating inflation.
Sectors like Telecom, Metals, Cement, Consumer Durables, Capital Goods, Automobile, Healthcare, EMS are seeing uptick in margins


Charted Insights : Sectors Seeing Margin Uptick as Inflation Cools Down in India

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Larsen & Toubro Ltd manufactures engineering equipment, undertakes large scale engineering projects, and acts as the Indian representative for a number of overseas manufacturers of heavy machinery. The Company's products include bulldozers, road rollers, dairy machinery, chemical and pharmaceutical plants, switchgears, food processing machinery and feed milling plants.

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Event Driven- Middle East Volatility: How Indian Sectors Respond to Higher Crude

Middle East tensions may push Brent crude towards $85-90/barrel, posing inflation and current account deficit risks for India, with varying...

Sudarshan Bhandari

India AI Impact Summit 2026: From "Back-Office" To "Sovereign AI Factory"

At India AI Impact Summit 2026, Reliance Industries and Tata Group unveil historic capex plans for sovereign AI, shifting India from AI consumer...

Nimish Maheshwari

Outlook 2026: Fiscal Expansion + Monetary Divergence + Robust AI + Ebbing USD = Resilient Asia

As we enter 2026, it's worthwhile recalling our '26 themes - fiscal stimuli in DM, ongoing geopolitical tensions (driving defense expenditure),...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Thematic Report on India’s Aerospace Manufacturing: From Chaos to Competitiveness

Global aerospace supply chain shifting to "just-in-case" sourcing post-COVID, creating opportunity for Indian precision component manufacturers to...

Nimish Maheshwari

Charted Insights : Sectors Seeing Margin Uptick as Inflation Cools Down in India

Indian sectors show strong recovery in operating margins in Q4 FY25 due to lower input costs driven by easing inflation.

Sudarshan Bhandari

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Event Driven- Middle East Volatility: How Indian Sectors Respond to Higher Crude

​Middle East tensions may push Brent crude towards $85-90/barrel, posing inflation and current account deficit risks for India, with varying...

Sudarshan Bhandari

India AI Impact Summit 2026: From "Back-Office" To "Sovereign AI Factory"

​At India AI Impact Summit 2026, Reliance Industries and Tata Group unveil historic capex plans for sovereign AI, shifting India from AI consumer...

Nimish Maheshwari

Outlook 2026: Fiscal Expansion + Monetary Divergence + Robust AI + Ebbing USD = Resilient Asia

As we enter 2026, it's worthwhile recalling our '26 themes - fiscal stimuli in DM, ongoing geopolitical tensions (driving defense expenditure),...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Thematic Report on India’s Aerospace Manufacturing: From Chaos to Competitiveness

​Global aerospace supply chain shifting to "just-in-case" sourcing post-COVID, creating opportunity for Indian precision component manufacturers to...

Nimish Maheshwari

Charted Insights : Sectors Seeing Margin Uptick as Inflation Cools Down in India

​Indian sectors show strong recovery in operating margins in Q4 FY25 due to lower input costs driven by easing inflation.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Middle East tensions may push Brent crude towards $85-90/barrel, posing inflation and current account deficit risks for India, with varying...

At India AI Impact Summit 2026, Reliance Industries and Tata Group unveil historic capex plans for sovereign AI, shifting India from AI consumer...

Global aerospace supply chain shifting to "just-in-case" sourcing post-COVID, creating opportunity for Indian precision component manufacturers to...

Indian sectors show strong recovery in operating margins in Q4 FY25 due to lower input costs driven by easing inflation.