Specialist in Indian Banking and Economic Research

Hemindra Hazari

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<li>Reserve Bank of India imposes a senior regulatory official on the board of directors of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rbl-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22856:1" rel="noopener">RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN)</a>
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<li>Vishwavir Ahuja CEO since 2010 proceeds on leave with immediate effect</li>
<li>No clarity from RBI or RBL Bank on why the regulator took such a drastic action</li>
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Reserve Bank of India imposes a senior regulatory official on the board of directors of RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN)

Vishwavir Ahuja CEO since 2010 proceeds on leave with immediate effect
No clarity from RBI or RBL Bank on why the regulator took such a drastic action


RBI Forcibly Gifts RBL Bank a Director, But Refuses to Say Why

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

<p>The Indian mutual fund industry has assets of almost INR 7.93 trillion (US$106.3bn) across Multi cap, Large Cap, Large and Mid Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and Flexi Cap equity schemes. Equity schemes classified as large cap need to have at least 80% of their assets invested in large cap stocks, large and mid cap schemes need to have at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and at least 35% in mid cap stocks, mid cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in mid cap stocks, and small cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in small cap stocks. Flexi cap funds can invest across market caps.</p><p>The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) publishes the list of the stocks in each market cap segment in January and July each year and mutual funds have one month to rebalance their portfolios to adhere to the new categorization.</p><p>We are just past halfway through the review period for the second half of 2021. Using data to the close on 4 October, at the next recategorization in January 2022, we see 10 stocks moving from the mid cap segment to the large cap segment, 11 stocks moving from the large cap segment to the mid cap segment , 11 stocks are expected to move from the small cap segment to the mid cap segment, with16 stocks moving from the mid cap to the small cap segment. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-media-pvt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato (ZOMATO IN)</a> will be a part of the large cap universe, while 4 other newly listed stocks will be a part of the mid cap universe.</p><p>Historically, stocks moving to a higher market cap category have outperformed stocks that migrate to a lower market cap category over the back half of the review period. In some cases, the outperformance continues past the announcement of the changes as well. This can be attributed to fund managers realigning their portfolios to meet the new categorization. This provides opportunities to pre-position for the move and unwind post the announcement of the reclassification.</p>

The Indian mutual fund industry has assets of almost INR 7.93 trillion (US$106.3bn) across Multi cap, Large Cap, Large and Mid Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and Flexi Cap equity schemes. Equity schemes classified as large cap need to have at least 80% of their assets invested in large cap stocks, large and mid cap schemes need to have at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and at least 35% in mid cap stocks, mid cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in mid cap stocks, and small cap funds need to hold at least 65% of their assets in small cap stocks. Flexi cap funds can invest across market caps.The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) publishes the list of the stocks in each market cap segment in January and July each year and mutual funds have one month to rebalance their portfolios to adhere to the new categorization.We are just past halfway through the review period for the second half of 2021. Using data to the close on 4 October, at the next recategorization in January 2022, we see 10 stocks moving from the mid cap segment to the large cap segment, 11 stocks moving from the large cap segment to the mid cap segment , 11 stocks are expected to move from the small cap segment to the mid cap segment, with16 stocks moving from the mid cap to the small cap segment. Zomato (ZOMATO IN) will be a part of the large cap universe, while 4 other newly listed stocks will be a part of the mid cap universe.Historically, stocks moving to a higher market cap category have outperformed stocks that migrate to a lower market cap category over the back half of the review period. In some cases, the outperformance continues past the announcement of the changes as well. This can be attributed to fund managers realigning their portfolios to meet the new categorization. This provides opportunities to pre-position for the move and unwind post the announcement of the reclassification.

India: Stock Reclassification & Active Portfolio Management (Dec 2021)

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), LKP Securities

LKP Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>crystallizing into NPLs in coming quarters. However, the provisioning expense of 14.3bn (7.7bn in 4QFY21) has translated into substantial improvement in PCR to 76.3%. Moreover, the covid provisioning (6.5bn) stood 114bps of net advances. The Bank witnessed 19bps improvement in NIMs to 4.36% because of healthy YoA (11.6% v/s 11.2% sequentially) and reduction in CoF (5.27% v/s 5.45% sequentially). As expected, the bank reported a credit de-growth of 3.6 % sequentially. We estimate the growth to remain tepid for FY22E but adequate provision is likely to give comfort to the balance sheet.</p><div class="content-highlight"><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></div>

crystallizing into NPLs in coming quarters. However, the provisioning expense of 14.3bn (7.7bn in 4QFY21) has translated into substantial improvement in PCR to 76.3%. Moreover, the covid provisioning (6.5bn) stood 114bps of net advances. The Bank witnessed 19bps improvement in NIMs to 4.36% because of healthy YoA (11.6% v/s 11.2% sequentially) and reduction in CoF (5.27% v/s 5.45% sequentially). As expected, the bank reported a credit de-growth of 3.6 % sequentially. We estimate the growth to remain tepid for FY22E but adequate provision is likely to give comfort to the balance sheet.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.

RBL BANK ....upfront provisioning with high coverage build-up

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Chola Securities

Chola Wealth Direct

<p>Background: RBL bank (RBL) came into operations in 1943 and was incorporated as a small, regional bank in Maharashtra with two branches in Kohlapur and Sangli. Post the change in the management team in 2010, it has been one among the fastest growing private sector banks and now has 435 interconnected branches and 380 interconnected ATMs spread across 28 Indian states and union territories serving ~9.8mn customers.</p><div class="content-highlight"><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></div>

Background: RBL bank (RBL) came into operations in 1943 and was incorporated as a small, regional bank in Maharashtra with two branches in Kohlapur and Sangli. Post the change in the management team in 2010, it has been one among the fastest growing private sector banks and now has 435 interconnected branches and 380 interconnected ATMs spread across 28 Indian states and union territories serving ~9.8mn customers.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.

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Edelweiss Broking Limited

Edelweiss

<p>Accelerated provisioning leads to loss</p><div class="content-highlight"><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></div>

Accelerated provisioning leads to lossContent 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.

India

RBL Bank Limited operates as a commercial bank. The Company offers banking products and services such as savings accounts, fixed deposits, personal and business loans, debit and credit cards, insurance, investment management, and mobile banking. RBL Bank serves customers throughout India.

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Accelerated provisioning leads to loss

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