Specialist in Indian Banking and Economic Research

Hemindra Hazari

<ul>
<li>Past phenomenal success of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-bank-ltd-4b6b7a92-9087-468d-9dbe-ab169e77f014" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:558:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) </a>led to a belief that an oppressive work culture is the driver for performance and premium valuation</li>
<li>Present CEOs at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icici-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:547:1" rel="noopener">ICICI Bank Ltd (ICICIBC IN)</a> and HDFC Bank believe a genteel and more humane approach can deliver similar results.</li>
<li>Market has rewarded ICICI Bank and penalised HDFC Bank. Both CEOs are putting in place the building blocks for future sustained performance</li>
</ul>


Past phenomenal success of HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) led to a belief that an oppressive work culture is the driver for performance and premium valuation
Present CEOs at ICICI Bank Ltd (ICICIBC IN) and HDFC Bank believe a genteel and more humane approach can deliver similar results.
Market has rewarded ICICI Bank and penalised HDFC Bank. Both CEOs are putting in place the building blocks for future sustained performance


Return of the Genteel Low Profile Bankers

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

Motilal Oswal

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Equity Bottom-Up

<div><ul><li>OPEX ratios to remain elevated - <span style="font-size: var(--content-font-size);">AXSB delivered a mixed quarter, with net profit up 54% YoY (in line), supported by lower provisions, even as margin declined and OPEX stood elevated.</span></li><li>Asset quality robust; margin declines by 4bp QoQ - <span style="font-size: var(--content-font-size);">PAT grew 54% YoY and 14% QoQ to INR41.2b (inline) in 4QFY22, supported by lower provisions.</span></li></ul><div><ul><li>Highlights from the management commentary - <span style="font-size: var(--content-font-size);">The management is committed to meeting its 18% RoE target by FY25, while there exists visibility of achieving 16.5% as of today.</span></li></ul></div></div><p><em>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.</em></p>

OPEX ratios to remain elevated - AXSB delivered a mixed quarter, with net profit up 54% YoY (in line), supported by lower provisions, even as margin declined and OPEX stood elevated.Asset quality robust; margin declines by 4bp QoQ - PAT grew 54% YoY and 14% QoQ to INR41.2b (inline) in 4QFY22, supported by lower provisions.Highlights from the management commentary - The management is committed to meeting its 18% RoE target by FY25, while there exists visibility of achieving 16.5% as of today.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.

Axis Bank - Modest PPOP Growth; Lower Provisions Support Earnings

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Nirmal Bang

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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Credit growth in line with peers: Net loan book increased by 15% YoY and 6% QoQ. Loan book growth was led by retail loans, which increased by 21% YoY and 9% QoQ.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>Asset quality improves on the back of higher recoveries: Slippages in 4QFY22 stood at Rs39.81bn, down 4% QoQ and 25% YoY.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>NIM impacted by higher growth in low-yielding segments: NII growth for 4QFY22 was 16.7% YoY and 1.9% QoQ.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><em>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.</em></p>

Credit growth in line with peers: Net loan book increased by 15% YoY and 6% QoQ. Loan book growth was led by retail loans, which increased by 21% YoY and 9% QoQ.Asset quality improves on the back of higher recoveries: Slippages in 4QFY22 stood at Rs39.81bn, down 4% QoQ and 25% YoY.NIM impacted by higher growth in low-yielding segments: NII growth for 4QFY22 was 16.7% YoY and 1.9% QoQ.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.

Axis Bank - Cutting Earnings Due to Higher Opex

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Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

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Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Axis Bank’s acquisition of the Indian Citi consumer banking franchise makes strategic sense, bolstering its market share and scale especially in credit cards, wealth management and incrementally in core deposits</li>
<li>Strategy aside, Axis management’s execution needs to be totally on point to retain Citi clients and minimise the loss of key personnel given the acquisition’s seemingly full price tag</li>
<li>Axis Bank tops the year-to-date share performance among the large cap Indian bank peers; yet we believe that, with regard to the Citi deal, management still has to deliver</li>
</ul>


Axis Bank’s acquisition of the Indian Citi consumer banking franchise makes strategic sense, bolstering its market share and scale especially in credit cards, wealth management and incrementally in core deposits
Strategy aside, Axis management’s execution needs to be totally on point to retain Citi clients and minimise the loss of key personnel given the acquisition’s seemingly full price tag
Axis Bank tops the year-to-date share performance among the large cap Indian bank peers; yet we believe that, with regard to the Citi deal, management still has to deliver


Axis Bank-Citi India M&A; The Devil Is in the Client Retention and Integration Detail

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Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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

Life Insurance  of India / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the final deal terms and structure, RHP updates and do a quick valuation refresh.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.
This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.
In this note, we will talk about the final deal terms and structure, RHP updates and do a quick valuation refresh.


Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - Valuation Is Ok but Its Not the Best Deal Structure

India

Axis Bank Limited provides a full range of banking services throughout India. The Group's activities include retail banking, investment management, merchant banking, treasury and NRI services, cash and credit management services, and ATM facilities.

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Sumeet Singh

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