External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

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Equity Bottom-Up

AU Small Finance Bank Limited / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Gross Advances grew by 29%/8% YoY/QoQ, led by growth in Wheels (+17%/11% YoY/QoQ), Home loans (+56%/10% YoY/QoQ), Credit cards (+3.3x YoY, on a small base) and business banking (+69%/11% YoY/QoQ).</li><li>Deposits grew by 27% on a YoY basis but stood flat on a QoQ basis.</li><li>The focus during the quarter was on consuming excess liquidity, rather than growing high- cost deposits.</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.

Gross Advances grew by 29%/8% YoY/QoQ, led by growth in Wheels (+17%/11% YoY/QoQ), Home loans (+56%/10% YoY/QoQ), Credit cards (+3.3x YoY, on a small base) and business banking (+69%/11% YoY/QoQ).Deposits grew by 27% on a YoY basis but stood flat on a QoQ basis.The focus during the quarter was on consuming excess liquidity, rather than growing high- cost deposits.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 Ltd. - Margin Pressures & Elevated Opex to Hurt RoA!

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Given the rising competitive intensity for low-cost and granular deposits facing the banking system, loan-deposit ratios at historical highs, and expected rate cuts towards the back-end of FY25, we believe banks are faced with the challenge of quality deposit mobilisation, elevated funding costs (lagged deposit re-pricing) and softer incremental spreads</li><li>As banks and NBFCs navigate the growth-margin trade-off, we argue that the combination of lower growth and lower spreads is likely to keep valuations under check, especially of mid-sized, high-growth franchises</li><li>While we expect system-wide growth to decelerate by 90-100 bps from FY24 levels, we are conservative on incremental spreads across our coverage universe, pencilling in 50bps of rate cuts starting Q4FY25 (blended FY25 NIMs at 12-15bps below FY24)</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.

Given the rising competitive intensity for low-cost and granular deposits facing the banking system, loan-deposit ratios at historical highs, and expected rate cuts towards the back-end of FY25, we believe banks are faced with the challenge of quality deposit mobilisation, elevated funding costs (lagged deposit re-pricing) and softer incremental spreadsAs banks and NBFCs navigate the growth-margin trade-off, we argue that the combination of lower growth and lower spreads is likely to keep valuations under check, especially of mid-sized, high-growth franchisesWhile we expect system-wide growth to decelerate by 90-100 bps from FY24 levels, we are conservative on incremental spreads across our coverage universe, pencilling in 50bps of rate cuts starting Q4FY25 (blended FY25 NIMs at 12-15bps below FY24)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.

Leveraged Financials: The Liquidity Conundrum

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Nimish Maheshwari

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Forensic Accounting

Kotak Mahindra Bank / Forensic Accounting

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<li>RBI has barred Kotak Bank from expanding its digital business and credit card issuance</li>
<li>Rather than earnings damage (max -10%) there is more reputational damage to the bank taking away premium valuations it used to command</li>
<li>The way ahead lies for the bank is the path of moderate growth </li>
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RBI has barred Kotak Bank from expanding its digital business and credit card issuance
Rather than earnings damage (max -10%) there is more reputational damage to the bank taking away premium valuations it used to command
The way ahead lies for the bank is the path of moderate growth 


Why RBI's Favourite Enemy Kotak Bank Is Barred from Digital Banking Business?

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>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-March in April. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-December.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 14 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 7 could see passive outflows in May.</li>
</ul>


Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-March in April. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-December.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 14 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 7 could see passive outflows in May.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in May

<ul><li>Hindustan Unilever: HUL reported 2% UVG with flat value growth as pricing remained negative (passing on softening RM benefits to consumers)</li><li>Mirroring trends of previous quarters, demand recovery remains gradual with the urban market leading growth with premium portfolio sustaining outperformance over the mass portfolio</li><li>Given the benign input cost environment, local competitive intensity remains high</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.

Hindustan Unilever: HUL reported 2% UVG with flat value growth as pricing remained negative (passing on softening RM benefits to consumers)Mirroring trends of previous quarters, demand recovery remains gradual with the urban market leading growth with premium portfolio sustaining outperformance over the mass portfolioGiven the benign input cost environment, local competitive intensity remains highContent 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: Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank, Indian Hotels

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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 Ltd. - Margin Pressures & Elevated Opex to Hurt RoA!

Deposits grew by 27% on a YoY basis but stood flat on a QoQ basis. The focus during the quarter was on consuming excess liquidity, rather than...

Axis Direct

Leveraged Financials: The Liquidity Conundrum

Our hypothesis remains anchored around strong retail deposit franchises and declining spreads over the next 12 months, coupled with the...

HDFC Securities

Why RBI's Favourite Enemy Kotak Bank Is Barred from Digital Banking Business?

In the latest development at Ganesh Benzoplast Ltd, Raunak Pilani, son of Ramakant Pilani, has resigned from his position as director. Ramakant...

Nimish Maheshwari

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in May

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 3...

Brian Freitas

HSIE Results Daily: Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank, Indian Hotels

Hindustan Unilever: HUL reported 2% UVG with flat value growth as pricing remained negative (passing on softening RM benefits to consumers)

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