Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist, Trudence Capital Advisors

Pranav Bhavsar

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist

Trudence Capital Advisors

Trudence Capital Advisors Private Limited is a SEBI-registered Research Analyst, holding SEBI registration number INH000015747. Our firm is dedicated to providing independent and unbiased research on Indian mid to large-cap companies. Trudence Capital is known for its counter-consensus views, with a focus on forensic research and on-ground primary investigations. Our research approach is thorough, involving detailed analysis of accounting practices and governance, alongside extensive channel checks.

Independent & Unbiased Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/home-first-finance-company-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28865:1" rel="noopener">Home First Finance (HOMEFIRS IN)</a> is growing fast and has a low operating cost, there is a reason why. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aavas-financiers-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27422:1" rel="noopener">Aavas Financiers Ltd (AAVAS IN)</a> operates in its own specific domain taking only risks that it is comfortable with.  </li>
<li>Competitive feedback is positive for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iifl-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20197:1" rel="noopener">IIFL Holdings (IIFL IN)</a> 's HF subsidiary. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capri-global-capital-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18094:1" rel="noopener">Capri Global Capital (CGCL IN)</a> seems to be following AU Bank's footsteps, but hopefully only in underwriting.</li>
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Home First Finance (HOMEFIRS IN) is growing fast and has a low operating cost, there is a reason why. 

Aavas Financiers Ltd (AAVAS IN) operates in its own specific domain taking only risks that it is comfortable with.  
Competitive feedback is positive for IIFL Holdings (IIFL IN) 's HF subsidiary. Capri Global Capital (CGCL IN) seems to be following AU Bank's footsteps, but hopefully only in underwriting.


India Channel Insight #44 | Home First, Aavas, IIFL Home Finance, Capri Global

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>Placements continued to take center stage this week, beginning with Uber’s clean-up sale of Zomato.</li>
<li>Socar launched its one-day bookbuild earlier in the week. We continued looking at the upcoming deals in our pipeline. </li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
Placements continued to take center stage this week, beginning with Uber’s clean-up sale of Zomato.
Socar launched its one-day bookbuild earlier in the week. We continued looking at the upcoming deals in our pipeline. 


ECM Weekly (7th Aug 2022) - Zomato, Orica, China Tourism, Hongjiu Fruit, Giant Biogene, Socar

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Wipro: Wipro’s (WPRO IN) margin goalpost timelines have moved ahead with investments to ‘maintain’ the current growth trajectory</li><li>Q1 performance was a slightly lower revenue (although consistent at mid-point of the guided band) and delivered lower margins</li><li>Key positives include: (1) strong large deal bookings with 18 large deals of TCV USD 1.1bn (vs</li></ul><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>

Wipro: Wipro’s (WPRO IN) margin goalpost timelines have moved ahead with investments to ‘maintain’ the current growth trajectoryQ1 performance was a slightly lower revenue (although consistent at mid-point of the guided band) and delivered lower marginsKey positives include: (1) strong large deal bookings with 18 large deals of TCV USD 1.1bn (vsContent 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.

HSIE Results Daily: Wipro, IndusInd Bank, AU Small Finance Bank

<ul><li>Bajaj Finance: Bajaj Finance’s (BAF) Q4FY22 earnings were in line with our estimates, led by improving asset quality (credit costs at 160bps), partially offset by elevated opex (~5% of AUM)</li><li>Core AUM growth (ex-IPO financing) remained strong at 26% YoY despite marginal softness in new customer additions (-2% YoY) and new loans disbursed (+15% YoY)</li><li>With Phase-I of the digital transformation underway and Phase-II in the works (expected in FY23), BAF articulated a further build-out of its omnichannel strategy (web-based platform, in addition to its apps)</li></ul><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>

Bajaj Finance: Bajaj Finance’s (BAF) Q4FY22 earnings were in line with our estimates, led by improving asset quality (credit costs at 160bps), partially offset by elevated opex (~5% of AUM)Core AUM growth (ex-IPO financing) remained strong at 26% YoY despite marginal softness in new customer additions (-2% YoY) and new loans disbursed (+15% YoY)With Phase-I of the digital transformation underway and Phase-II in the works (expected in FY23), BAF articulated a further build-out of its omnichannel strategy (web-based platform, in addition to its apps)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.

HSIE Results Daily: Bajaj Finance, AU Small Finance Bank, Nippon Life India Asset Management

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Nirmal Bang

Nirmal Bang

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AU Small Finance Bank Limited / Equity Bottom-Up

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Interest spread depressed due to faster growth in wholesale AUM</li></ul><div><div><div><ul><li>Opex remains elevated: Generally, SFBs have missed on opex guidance due to investments in liability branches, technology and brand building.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>Asset quality improves with improvement in CE: Slippages for 4QFY22 stood at ~Rs2bn, 0.5% of opening loans non-annualised.</li></ul></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>

Interest spread depressed due to faster growth in wholesale AUMOpex remains elevated: Generally, SFBs have missed on opex guidance due to investments in liability branches, technology and brand building.Asset quality improves with improvement in CE: Slippages for 4QFY22 stood at ~Rs2bn, 0.5% of opening loans non-annualised.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.

AU Small Finance Bank - Asset Quality Improves Further; Growth Outlook Remains Robust

India

AU Small Finance Bank Limited operates as a commercial bank. The Bank offers financial products and services such as savings and current accounts, term deposits, debit cards, insurance, government banking, retail loans, and microfinance lending. AU Small Finance Bank serves customers in India.

AU Small Finance Bank Limited (AUBANK IN)

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AU Small Finance Bank Limited (AUBANK IN)

India Channel Insight #44 | Home First, Aavas, IIFL Home Finance, Capri Global

We visit a tier 1 location in western India, to understand affordable housing, credit practices and the organizational culture of the key players...

Pranav Bhavsar

ECM Weekly (7th Aug 2022) - Zomato, Orica, China Tourism, Hongjiu Fruit, Giant Biogene, Socar

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Clarence Chu

HSIE Results Daily: Wipro, IndusInd Bank, AU Small Finance Bank

Wipro: Wipro’s (WPRO IN) margin goalpost timelines have moved ahead with investments to ‘maintain’ the current growth trajectory

HDFC Securities

HSIE Results Daily: Bajaj Finance, AU Small Finance Bank, Nippon Life India Asset Management

Bajaj Finance: Bajaj Finance’s (BAF) Q4FY22 earnings were in line with our estimates, led by improving asset quality (credit costs at 160bps),...

HDFC Securities

AU Small Finance Bank - Asset Quality Improves Further; Growth Outlook Remains Robust

AU Small Finance Bank reported strong 4QFY22 with 26% QoQ growth in disbursements at Rs102bn, driving 14% QoQ growth in AUM at Rs478bn.

Nirmal Bang

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