2016 | Dalal Street

Can PSU Banks Catch Private Peers in Digital Banking ?

October 19, 2016September 9, 20202 min read

The increasing penetration of smartphones and internet availability on these phones coupled with Aadhaar have made onboarding of customers easy for new players and reduced switching cost and transaction time for customers. The stage is, therefore, set for a large scale disruption of the Financial Services industry, both on the liability gathering side (which will largely become cashless) and on the lending side (where loans will become more personalised and smaller).

Analysts are of the view that mobile wallets and payment banks might not be profitable on their own but would be successful as a part of a bigger ecosystem of services and financial services products. In specific, combining mobile wallets / (more…)

Economy, Markets and Macro Views

Where is the Bottom for Market Sell Off ? Is it a Buying Opportunity ?

September 30, 20162 min read

News that Indian army conducted strikes across the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan, is on wires. This has pushed USD-INR higher by ~0.6%, equities lower by about 2% from intraday highs. While cross-border firing isn’t rare, attacks across the LOC are. Diplomatic tensions between the two countries have already been high following the attack on an Indian army camp in Uri on 18th September in which 18 Indian soldiers lost their lives and the exchange of words between India and Pakistan in the UN General Assembly recently. In fact, India (more…)

Equity Research

Why Investor Dislike Birla’s Grasim – Aditya Birla Nuvo Merger ?

August 17, 20162 min read

Grasim Industries Ltd has proposed to merge Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd with itself. Shareholders of Aditya Birla Nuvo would get 3 shares of Grasim for every 10 shares they hold. Thereafter, Aditya Birla Financial Services – would be demerged and listed as a separate entity where for every 1 share held in Grasim a shareholder will get 7 shares in Aditya Birla Financial Services which would be then listed separately.

Wouldn’t it be better to first demerge Aditya Birla Financial Services from (more…)

Economy, Markets and Macro Views

Will GST become a Reality in India ? Implications

July 21, 20162 min read

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) aims to simplify and unify India’s current indirect tax regime (by removing the complexity of multiple state/central taxes and a multitude of exemptions, and ensuring a seamless flow of input tax credit in the value chain), thus we believe that its implementation will be a game-changer for India. Apart from simplifying the indirect tax structure, the GST should help to create “One” India by eliminating geographical fragmentation. While the government has been trying to implement a GST for the past five-six years, it has never been so close. The constitutional (more…)

Mutual Funds Review

What is Prashant Jain & Other HDFC Fund Manager’s Pay / Remuneration ?

May 3, 2016May 3, 20162 min read

In Jan-2016, we decided to check on the remuneration the HDFC Mutual Fund Managers draw. However, our research met dead end due to non disclosure by the Asset Management Company. However, we took a wild guess on what could top Fund Manager Prashant Jain’s Pay. And we were Right in guessing the numbers 🙂

After heated discussion with SEBI, HDFC Mutual Fund and all other AMCs were forced to Disclose the Fund Manager’s Pay / Remuneration. Here is what HDFC AMC disclosed for FY 2015-16. All Figures in INR Lakhs for FY 2015-16

Milind Barve – 625.09 – He is the Managing Director of (more…)

Equity Research

Next Gen Indian Private Banks Converge into IT Companies

March 23, 2016March 23, 20162 min read

Over the last 2 years we have been constantly accumulating high asset quality Indian Private banks and we have mentioned the same to our followers on twitter. Ir-respective of which Party comes to power to Govern India, modern Indian private banks have always been on the leading edge of innovation offering bouquet of financial services leveraging the power of Information Technology.

During the late 90s they were the first one to begin with Computerized Banking. In the 2000s they invented Internet Banking and in the last (more…)

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