Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Bottom-Up

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yes-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:767:1" rel="noopener">Yes Bank (YES IN)</a> vs. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/idfc-first-bank-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26934:1" rel="noopener">IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN)</a> price ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.</li>
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Highlights: Going long Yes Bank (YES IN) and short IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN) targets a 6% return.</li>
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Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.</li>
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Context: The Yes Bank (YES IN) vs. IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN) price ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.

Highlights: Going long Yes Bank (YES IN) and short IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN) targets a 6% return.

Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.


Long Yes Bank (YES IN) Vs. Short IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN): Quant-Driven Pair Trade Targeting 6%

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yes-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:767:1" rel="noopener">Yes Bank (YES IN)</a> vs. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/idfc-first-bank-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26934:1" rel="noopener">IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN)</a> Price-Ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.</li>
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Highlights: Going long <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yes-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:767:1" rel="noopener">Yes Bank (YES IN)</a> and short <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/idfc-first-bank-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26934:1" rel="noopener">IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN)</a> targets a 9% return to the statistical mean reversion level.</li>
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Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.</li>
</ul>



Context: The Yes Bank (YES IN) vs. IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN) Price-Ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.

Highlights: Going long Yes Bank (YES IN) and short IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN) targets a 9% return to the statistical mean reversion level.

Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.


Yes Bank (YES IN) Vs. IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN): Quant Divergence Opens Statistical Arb Window

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Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.</li>
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Highlights: Currently eleven pair trade opportunities across three markets and six sectors persist.</li>
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Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs.</li>
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Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.

Highlights: Currently eleven pair trade opportunities across three markets and six sectors persist.

Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs.


Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (22 Dec)

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

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<li>SMBC, a major Japanese bank, is buying a 20% stake in Yes Bank for INR 13,483 crore, marking a significant move towards strengthening Yes Bank's recovery and future growth.</li>
<li>It provides SMBC direct access to India's growing banking sector and potential for strategic collaboration.</li>
<li>The partnership enhances Yes Bank's stability, governance, and access to global markets, positioning it for further growth. SMBC’s involvement could pave the way for future capital support and operational improvements.</li>
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SMBC, a major Japanese bank, is buying a 20% stake in Yes Bank for INR 13,483 crore, marking a significant move towards strengthening Yes Bank's recovery and future growth.
It provides SMBC direct access to India's growing banking sector and potential for strategic collaboration.
The partnership enhances Yes Bank's stability, governance, and access to global markets, positioning it for further growth. SMBC’s involvement could pave the way for future capital support and operational improvements.


SMBC's Strategic Entry into Yes Bank: A Look at the Backstory and Future

Investment Strategist, Transparently.AI

Mark Jolley

Investment Strategist

AI detection of accounting fraud and manipulation

Transparently.AI

Fraud and manipulation of their numbers see companies lose USD1 trillion+ per year for their stakeholders. Transparently.AI has developed an AI system that determines:

1. The likelihood that a company is committing fraud/serious manipulation of their books;
2. Whether it is serious enough to result in total corporate failure;
3. Estimated $ losses to stakeholders;
4. How that manipulation/fraud evolves through time; and
5. Detailed analytics on the forms of manipulation/fraud (e.g. which parts of the accounts, what tricks of the trade, questions for analysts to ask management, where/how to investigate further, etc.).

This is effectively automating the analysis of forensic accountants, activist short sellers, credit analysts, etc to do work that would typically take weeks per company, and instead run it in seconds and for thousands of companies simultaneously.

Critically, this solution frequently alerts users to the presence of serious manipulation risk up to 2-3 years in advance of the wider market and short sellers becoming aware of problems.

Forensic Accounting

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<li>Learn about India’s worst accounting fraud, including Yes Bank, Satyam Computer, Kingfisher and others in this report.</li>
<li>Misappropriation features prominently in these scandals, in addition to fraudulent reporting and corporate governance failure.</li>
<li>Siphoning of funds from bank loans, in particular, has been a common feature of Indian corporate malfeasance.</li>
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Learn about India’s worst accounting fraud, including Yes Bank, Satyam Computer, Kingfisher and others in this report.
Misappropriation features prominently in these scandals, in addition to fraudulent reporting and corporate governance failure.
Siphoning of funds from bank loans, in particular, has been a common feature of Indian corporate malfeasance.


India

YES BANK Limited provides banking services. The Bank offers deposits, personal loans, e-banking, trade finance, corporate, and business banking services. YES BANK serves the food and agribusiness, life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology, telecommunications, media, information technology, and infrastructure development industries in India.

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Yes Bank (YES IN)

Long Yes Bank (YES IN) Vs. Short IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN): Quant-Driven Pair Trade Targeting 6%

Pair trade with a 6% target-return amid significant deviation of the price ratio between Yes Bank vs. IDFC First Bank. Opportunity for quantitative...

Gaudenz Schneider

Yes Bank (YES IN) Vs. IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN): Quant Divergence Opens Statistical Arb Window

Opportunity for mean reversion trade between Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank presents high potential with detailed execution framework and risk...

Gaudenz Schneider

Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (22 Dec)

Statistical methodology identifies eleven pair trade opportunities across three markets and six sectors, offering unique insights into relative...

Gaudenz Schneider

SMBC's Strategic Entry into Yes Bank: A Look at the Backstory and Future

Japanese bank SMBC's 20% stake purchase in Yes Bank for INR 13,483 crore strengthens the Indian bank's recovery and growth prospects, while...

Nimish Maheshwari

India's Worst Accounting Scandals

Report documents India's major accounting fraud cases including Yes Bank, Satyam Computer and others. Misappropriation features prominently, with...

Mark Jolley

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Long Yes Bank (YES IN) Vs. Short IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IN): Quant-Driven Pair Trade Targeting 6%

Pair trade with a 6% target-return amid significant deviation of the price ratio between Yes Bank vs. IDFC First Bank. Opportunity for quantitative...

Gaudenz Schneider

Yes Bank (YES IN) Vs. IDFC First Bank (IDFCBK IN): Quant Divergence Opens Statistical Arb Window

​Opportunity for mean reversion trade between Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank presents high potential with detailed execution framework and risk...

Gaudenz Schneider

Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (22 Dec)

​Statistical methodology identifies eleven pair trade opportunities across three markets and six sectors, offering unique insights into relative...

Gaudenz Schneider

SMBC's Strategic Entry into Yes Bank: A Look at the Backstory and Future

​Japanese bank SMBC's 20% stake purchase in Yes Bank for INR 13,483 crore strengthens the Indian bank's recovery and growth prospects, while...

Nimish Maheshwari

India's Worst Accounting Scandals

Report documents India's major accounting fraud cases including Yes Bank, Satyam Computer and others. Misappropriation features prominently, with...

Mark Jolley

Opportunity for mean reversion trade between Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank presents high potential with detailed execution framework and risk...

Statistical methodology identifies eleven pair trade opportunities across three markets and six sectors, offering unique insights into relative...

Japanese bank SMBC's 20% stake purchase in Yes Bank for INR 13,483 crore strengthens the Indian bank's recovery and growth prospects, while...