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Nimish Maheshwari

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Forensic Accounting

Zee Entertainment Enterprises / Forensic Accounting

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<li>NFRA imposed a Rs. 2 crore penalty on Deloitte and fined two retired partners for audit lapses in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zee-entertainment-enterprises" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19466:1" rel="noopener">Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Z IN)</a>'s Rs. 200 crore FD mismanagement involving RPTs.</li>
<li>This case exposes serious flaws in audit practices, corporate governance, and related-party transaction scrutiny, emphasizing the rising importance of professional skepticism in financial audits.</li>
<li>Audit reports aren’t infallible; investors must independently assess corporate governance and scrutinize financial assumptions, especially in listed companies with complex transactions.</li>
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NFRA imposed a Rs. 2 crore penalty on Deloitte and fined two retired partners for audit lapses in Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Z IN)'s Rs. 200 crore FD mismanagement involving RPTs.
This case exposes serious flaws in audit practices, corporate governance, and related-party transaction scrutiny, emphasizing the rising importance of professional skepticism in financial audits.
Audit reports aren’t infallible; investors must independently assess corporate governance and scrutinize financial assumptions, especially in listed companies with complex transactions.


The Zee Entertainment Audit Saga: NFRA’s Action Against Deloitte

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

Motilal Oswal

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited is an Indian diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services. 

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Equity Bottom-Up

Zee Entertainment Enterprises / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Zee Entertainment’s (Zee) revenue continued the declining trend as 2QFY25 revenue fell 18% YoY (5% miss) on softer advertising revenue (-8% YoY, 1% miss) and lower revenue from other sales and services (-77% YoY on a high base (2QFY24 boosted by Gadar 2 release).</li><li>However, Zee’s strong control over costs and a further reduction in Zee5 losses led to 18%/15% QoQ jump in EBITDA/adj. PAT (21%/35% beat).</li><li>The management indicated that advertising revenue saw pick-up in Sep’24, which should continue in 3Q with the onset of the festive season.</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.

Zee Entertainment’s (Zee) revenue continued the declining trend as 2QFY25 revenue fell 18% YoY (5% miss) on softer advertising revenue (-8% YoY, 1% miss) and lower revenue from other sales and services (-77% YoY on a high base (2QFY24 boosted by Gadar 2 release).However, Zee’s strong control over costs and a further reduction in Zee5 losses led to 18%/15% QoQ jump in EBITDA/adj. PAT (21%/35% beat).The management indicated that advertising revenue saw pick-up in Sep’24, which should continue in 3Q with the onset of the festive season.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.

Zee Entertainment - Cost Controls Bear Fruit; Ad Revenue Recovery Vital for Re-Rating

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Prabhudas Lilladhar

Prabhudas Lilladhar

Prabhudas Lilladher is one of India's leading research based financial services organisation.

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<ul><li>ZEEL reported better than expected performance with EBITDA margin of 16.0% (PLe 12.5%) led by cost optimization efforts and narrowing losses in ZEE5.</li><li>Over the last 2 quarters, ZEEL’s content and employee cost is down 17% and 11% respectively.</li><li>Further, losses in ZEE5 are at a 4-year low level of Rs1,588mn.</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.

ZEEL reported better than expected performance with EBITDA margin of 16.0% (PLe 12.5%) led by cost optimization efforts and narrowing losses in ZEE5.Over the last 2 quarters, ZEEL’s content and employee cost is down 17% and 11% respectively.Further, losses in ZEE5 are at a 4-year low level of Rs1,588mn.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.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises - Cost Optimization Efforts Yield Results

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>PFC and BEML Sign MoU for Defence and Infrastructure Projects</li>
<li>Zee Entertainment Seeks Settlement with SEBI Over the Governance Issues</li>
<li>ONGC and BPCL Search for Global Partners to Build Greenfield Refineries</li>
</ul>


PFC and BEML Sign MoU for Defence and Infrastructure Projects
Zee Entertainment Seeks Settlement with SEBI Over the Governance Issues
ONGC and BPCL Search for Global Partners to Build Greenfield Refineries


# 66 India Insight: Power Finance & BEML MOU Zee Entertainment Governance Issue, ONGC & BPCL MOU

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

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a>, <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>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Bank Index</a>, CNXIT Index, Nifty Midcap 150 Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index and the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpse-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28191:1" rel="noopener">CPSE ETF</a> rebalance at the close tomorrow.</li>
<li>The round-trip trade across the indices is US$3.3bn and there are 13 stocks with over 1 day of ADV to trade from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Stocks with the largest inflows are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trent-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8410:1" rel="noopener">Trent</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharat-electronics-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6636:1" rel="noopener">Bharat Electronics</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canara-bank" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:543:1" rel="noopener">Canara Bank</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharat-heavy-electricals" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:460:1" rel="noopener">Bharat Heavy Electricals</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oil-natural-gas-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3456:1" rel="noopener">Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corp</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coal-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9117:1" rel="noopener">Coal India</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hindustan-aeronautics-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26747:1" rel="noopener">Hindustan Aeronautics</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/interglobe-aviation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24877:1" rel="noopener">InterGlobe Aviation</a>.</li>
</ul>


The NIFTY Index, Nifty Next 50 Index, NSE Nifty Bank Index, CNXIT Index, Nifty Midcap 150 Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index and the CPSE ETF rebalance at the close tomorrow.
The round-trip trade across the indices is US$3.3bn and there are 13 stocks with over 1 day of ADV to trade from passive trackers.
Stocks with the largest inflows are Trent, Bharat Electronics, Canara Bank, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corp, Coal India, Hindustan Aeronautics and InterGlobe Aviation.


NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Tomorrow; Round-Trip US$3.3bn

India

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited operates as an entertainment company. The Company produces and develops films, serials, game shows, and children's programs. Zee also produces and exports entertainment software for transmission on its ZEE TV channel. Zee Entertainment Enterprises serves customers in India.

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Z IN)

The Zee Entertainment Audit Saga: NFRA’s Action Against Deloitte

NFRA penalizes Deloitte and partners for audit lapses in Zee Entertainment's FD mismanagement, highlighting flaws in audit practices and the need...

Nimish Maheshwari

Zee Entertainment - Cost Controls Bear Fruit; Ad Revenue Recovery Vital for Re-Rating

Zee Entertainment’s (Zee) revenue continued the declining trend as 2QFY25 revenue fell 18% YoY (5% miss) on softer advertising revenue (-8% YoY, 1%...

Motilal Oswal

Zee Entertainment Enterprises - Cost Optimization Efforts Yield Results

ZEEL reported better than expected performance with EBITDA margin of 16.0% (PLe 12.5%) led by cost optimization efforts and narrowing losses in ZEE5.

Prabhudas Lilladhar

# 66 India Insight: Power Finance & BEML MOU Zee Entertainment Governance Issue, ONGC & BPCL MOU

Indian companies PFC, BEML, Zee Entertainment, ONGC, and BPCL are making strategic moves in defense, infrastructure, governance, and green energy...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Tomorrow; Round-Trip US$3.3bn

The next rebalance of the Nifty family of indices takes place at the close on 27 Sep. The round-trip trade is US$3.3bn and there are 13 stocks with...

Brian Freitas

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The Zee Entertainment Audit Saga: NFRA’s Action Against Deloitte

​NFRA penalizes Deloitte and partners for audit lapses in Zee Entertainment's FD mismanagement, highlighting flaws in audit practices and the need...

Nimish Maheshwari

Zee Entertainment - Cost Controls Bear Fruit; Ad Revenue Recovery Vital for Re-Rating

Zee Entertainment’s (Zee) revenue continued the declining trend as 2QFY25 revenue fell 18% YoY (5% miss) on softer advertising revenue (-8% YoY, 1%...

Motilal Oswal

Zee Entertainment Enterprises - Cost Optimization Efforts Yield Results

ZEEL reported better than expected performance with EBITDA margin of 16.0% (PLe 12.5%) led by cost optimization efforts and narrowing losses in ZEE5.

Prabhudas Lilladhar

# 66 India Insight: Power Finance & BEML MOU Zee Entertainment Governance Issue, ONGC & BPCL MOU

​Indian companies PFC, BEML, Zee Entertainment, ONGC, and BPCL are making strategic moves in defense, infrastructure, governance, and green energy...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Tomorrow; Round-Trip US$3.3bn

The next rebalance of the Nifty family of indices takes place at the close on 27 Sep. The round-trip trade is US$3.3bn and there are 13 stocks with...

Brian Freitas

NFRA penalizes Deloitte and partners for audit lapses in Zee Entertainment's FD mismanagement, highlighting flaws in audit practices and the need...

Indian companies PFC, BEML, Zee Entertainment, ONGC, and BPCL are making strategic moves in defense, infrastructure, governance, and green energy...