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

Nippon Life India Asset Management / Equity Bottom-Up

Nippon Life India Asset Management (NAM IN)

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<strong>Financialisation Tailwind:</strong> India's mutual fund AUM has crossed Rs 82 lakh crore and penetration at roughly 21% of GDP remains far below the global average. </li>
<li>NAM India surpasses Rs 8.16 trillion in AUM with Q3 FY26 PAT up 37% YoY; NSE confirms F&amp;O inclusion opening a new institutional access window.</li>
<li>With 16 successive quarters of market-share gains, dominant ETF positioning NAM India as a structural wealth-management compounder.</li>
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Financialisation Tailwind: India's mutual fund AUM has crossed Rs 82 lakh crore and penetration at roughly 21% of GDP remains far below the global average. 
NAM India surpasses Rs 8.16 trillion in AUM with Q3 FY26 PAT up 37% YoY; NSE confirms F&amp;O inclusion opening a new institutional access window.
With 16 successive quarters of market-share gains, dominant ETF positioning NAM India as a structural wealth-management compounder.


The Beat Ideas- Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd

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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<li>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-December in January. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-June.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in flow from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 19 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 8 could have passive outflows in February.</li>
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Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-December in January. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-June.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in flow from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 19 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 8 could have passive outflows in February.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in February 2026

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Kajal Jain

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

RSB Retail India Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rsb-retail-india-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45690:1" rel="noopener">RSB Retail India Limited (1633680D IN)</a> is looking to raise US$171m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>RSB Retail India is a Hyderabad-based multi-format apparel and lifestyle retailer, operating 70 stores across 22 cities in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka as of August 2025.</li>
<li>In this note, we discuss about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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RSB Retail India Limited (1633680D IN) is looking to raise US$171m in its upcoming India IPO. 
RSB Retail India is a Hyderabad-based multi-format apparel and lifestyle retailer, operating 70 stores across 22 cities in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka as of August 2025.
In this note, we discuss about the company’s historical performance.


Aequitas: RSB Retail India Limited Pre-IPO - Leading Multi-Format Retailer in South India

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Event-Driven

International Gemological Institute / Event-Driven

International Gemological Institute (IGIL IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/international-gemmological-institute-india-limited-igi" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43879:1" rel="noopener">IGI (India) Limited (IGIL IN)</a> (IGII) raised around US$500m in its India IPO in December 2024. The lockup on its PE shareholders is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>IGI India is part of the International Gemmological Institute (IGI) group. As of 22nd August 2024, IGI India handled operations of the IGI business in India and Türkiye.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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IGI (India) Limited (IGIL IN) (IGII) raised around US$500m in its India IPO in December 2024. The lockup on its PE shareholders is set to expire soon.
IGI India is part of the International Gemmological Institute (IGI) group. As of 22nd August 2024, IGI India handled operations of the IGI business in India and Türkiye.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


IGI IPO Lockup - US$900m Release with PE on 4x+ Gains

Akshat Shah

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meesho-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35872:1" rel="noopener">Meesho (1546271D IN)</a> raised around US$606m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Meesho is an e-commerce marketplace, offering a wide assortment of products ranging from low cost unbranded products, regional and national brands at affordable prices to consumers.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Meesho (1546271D IN) raised around US$606m in its India IPO.
Meesho is an e-commerce marketplace, offering a wide assortment of products ranging from low cost unbranded products, regional and national brands at affordable prices to consumers.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Meesho Ltd IPO Trading - Robust Overall Demand

India

Vishal Mega Mart is a prominent Indian value retail company engaged in the wholesale and retail trade of apparel, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and general merchandise. The company operates a hypermarket model offering a diverse range of products, including a significant share of private labels, through its extensive network of stores across India. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana.

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Vishal Mega Mart (VMM IN)

The Beat Ideas- Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd

India's mutual fund industry is growing rapidly, with NAM India leading the way with impressive AUM and market share gains.

Sudarshan Bhandari

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in February 2026

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices in February. Passive trackers will need to...

Brian Freitas

Aequitas: RSB Retail India Limited Pre-IPO - Leading Multi-Format Retailer in South India

RSB Retail India is looking to raise US$171m in its upcoming India IPO. It is a multi-format apparel and lifestyle retailer headquartered in...

Kajal Jain

IGI IPO Lockup - US$900m Release with PE on 4x+ Gains

IGI (India) Limited (IGIL IN) (IGII) raised around US$500m in its India IPO in December 2024. The lockup on its PE shareholders is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Meesho Ltd IPO Trading - Robust Overall Demand

Meesho Ltd (ML) raised around US$606m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

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The Beat Ideas- Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd

​India's mutual fund industry is growing rapidly, with NAM India leading the way with impressive AUM and market share gains.

Sudarshan Bhandari

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in February 2026

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices in February. Passive trackers will need to...

Brian Freitas

Aequitas: RSB Retail India Limited Pre-IPO - Leading Multi-Format Retailer in South India

RSB Retail India is looking to raise US$171m in its upcoming India IPO. It is a multi-format apparel and lifestyle retailer headquartered in...

Kajal Jain

IGI IPO Lockup - US$900m Release with PE on 4x+ Gains

IGI (India) Limited (IGIL IN) (IGII) raised around US$500m in its India IPO in December 2024. The lockup on its PE shareholders is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Meesho Ltd IPO Trading - Robust Overall Demand

Meesho Ltd (ML) raised around US$606m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

India's mutual fund industry is growing rapidly, with NAM India leading the way with impressive AUM and market share gains.