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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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Hindalco's $10 Billion Expansion to Drive Aluminium and Copper Growth.</li>
<li>BC Jindal Group to Invest $2.5 Billion in India’s Renewable Energy Sector by 2029.</li>
<li>Cement Firms Plan Rs 1.5-Trillion Investment to Meet Growing Demand.</li>
</ul>


Hindalco's $10 Billion Expansion to Drive Aluminium and Copper Growth.
BC Jindal Group to Invest $2.5 Billion in India’s Renewable Energy Sector by 2029.
Cement Firms Plan Rs 1.5-Trillion Investment to Meet Growing Demand.


# 49 India Insight: Hindalco $ 10 Bn Expansion, BC Jindal RE, Cement Firms Plans

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<li>GAIL's Rs. 12,940-crore Urja Ganga gas pipeline delayed to March 2025 completion date</li>
<li>Tata Steel UK pursues legal action against Unite union over planned July 8 strike</li>
<li>IREDA could unlock Rs. 22-lakh crore debt market for renewables energy</li>
</ul>


GAIL's Rs. 12,940-crore Urja Ganga gas pipeline delayed to March 2025 completion date
Tata Steel UK pursues legal action against Unite union over planned July 8 strike
IREDA could unlock Rs. 22-lakh crore debt market for renewables energy


#21 India Insight: Zomato Tax Demand, Tata Steel Legal Action, NTPC Rs. 12,000 Fund-Raise

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>Following shareholder approval, NSDL updated <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swiggy-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35630:1" rel="noopener">Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)</a>'s Foreign Ownership Limit to 49.5% after market close on 1 September. </li>
<li>On 4 September, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swiggy-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35630:1" rel="noopener">Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)</a> will be deleted from one global index and have its weight reduced in another global index.</li>
<li>Passives need to sell US$380m of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swiggy-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35630:1" rel="noopener">Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)</a> and that will be another test for the recently launched Closing Auction Session (CAS).</li>
</ul>


Following shareholder approval, NSDL updated Swiggy (SWIGGY IN)'s Foreign Ownership Limit to 49.5% after market close on 1 September. 
On 4 September, Swiggy (SWIGGY IN) will be deleted from one global index and have its weight reduced in another global index.
Passives need to sell US$380m of Swiggy (SWIGGY IN) and that will be another test for the recently launched Closing Auction Session (CAS).


Swiggy (SWIGGY IN): US$380m Passive Selling Tomorrow & Another CAS Test

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>The average Indian allocation among active GEM funds broke through the 15% barrier at the start of 2024, despite an increasing underweight versus the benchmark index.</li>
<li>Valuation-Driven Underweight: The average weight versus the iShares MSCI EM ETF hit record underweights of -2.44%, with only 27.6% of funds positioned overweight. EM Value funds hit record -8.7% underweight.</li>
<li>HDFC Bank is the most widely held stock, owned by 60.5% of funds, while a majority of Indian names, such as Reliance Industries, are underweighted by active GEM funds.</li>
</ul>


The average Indian allocation among active GEM funds broke through the 15% barrier at the start of 2024, despite an increasing underweight versus the benchmark index.
Valuation-Driven Underweight: The average weight versus the iShares MSCI EM ETF hit record underweights of -2.44%, with only 27.6% of funds positioned overweight. EM Value funds hit record -8.7% underweight.
HDFC Bank is the most widely held stock, owned by 60.5% of funds, while a majority of Indian names, such as Reliance Industries, are underweighted by active GEM funds.


India:  Record Exposure Gives Rise to Caution

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

Knowledge Realty Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-realty-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44486:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT IN)</a> raised about US$550m in its India IPO in Aug 2025. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>KRT is India's largest office REIT by gross asset value, owning and operating a portfolio of premium Grade-A office parks leased primarily to multinational tenants across key Indian office markets.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
</ul>



Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT IN) raised about US$550m in its India IPO in Aug 2025. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
KRT is India's largest office REIT by gross asset value, owning and operating a portfolio of premium Grade-A office parks leased primarily to multinational tenants across key Indian office markets.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Aequitas: Knowledge Realty Trust IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn+ Lockup Release

India

Eternal is an Indian multinational technology and consumer-services holding company, operating various digital platforms. Its core businesses include Zomato for food delivery and dining, Blinkit for quick-commerce grocery delivery, Hyperpure for business-to-business food supply, and District for live events and online ticketing. The company was founded on January 18, 2010, as DC Foodiebay Online Services and is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, India.

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Eternal (ETERNAL IN)

# 49 India Insight: Hindalco $ 10 Bn Expansion, BC Jindal RE, Cement Firms Plans

Major investments in the aluminium, copper, renewable energy, and cement sectors are set to drive growth and meet increasing demand in India.

Sudarshan Bhandari

#21 India Insight: Zomato Tax Demand, Tata Steel Legal Action, NTPC Rs. 12,000 Fund-Raise

Delays in GAIL's gas pipeline, Tata Steel UK legal action, and IREDA's potential to unlock renewable energy debt market.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Swiggy (SWIGGY IN): US$380m Passive Selling Tomorrow & Another CAS Test

Global passive trackers need to sell US$380m of Swiggy at the close tomorrow. Then there will be more selling at subsequent rebalances. The large...

Brian Freitas

India: Record Exposure Gives Rise to Caution

Despite record MSCI India highs, valuations keep India as a significant underweight for active EM managers. Underweights client to -2.44% versus...

Steven Holden

Aequitas: Knowledge Realty Trust IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn+ Lockup Release

Blackstone is offering to sell part of its stake in KRT, up to 25.03% for ~INR119.88bn (~US$1.26bn), at a floor price of INR108/unit. The deal...

Akshat Shah

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# 49 India Insight: Hindalco $ 10 Bn Expansion, BC Jindal RE, Cement Firms Plans

​Major investments in the aluminium, copper, renewable energy, and cement sectors are set to drive growth and meet increasing demand in India.

Sudarshan Bhandari

#21 India Insight: Zomato Tax Demand, Tata Steel Legal Action, NTPC Rs. 12,000 Fund-Raise

​Delays in GAIL's gas pipeline, Tata Steel UK legal action, and IREDA's potential to unlock renewable energy debt market.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Swiggy (SWIGGY IN): US$380m Passive Selling Tomorrow & Another CAS Test

Global passive trackers need to sell US$380m of Swiggy at the close tomorrow. Then there will be more selling at subsequent rebalances. The large...

Brian Freitas

India: Record Exposure Gives Rise to Caution

Despite record MSCI India highs, valuations keep India as a significant underweight for active EM managers. Underweights client to -2.44% versus...

Steven Holden

Aequitas: Knowledge Realty Trust IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn+ Lockup Release

Blackstone is offering to sell part of its stake in KRT, up to 25.03% for ~INR119.88bn (~US$1.26bn), at a floor price of INR108/unit. The deal...

Akshat Shah

Major investments in the aluminium, copper, renewable energy, and cement sectors are set to drive growth and meet increasing demand in India.

Delays in GAIL's gas pipeline, Tata Steel UK legal action, and IREDA's potential to unlock renewable energy debt market.