UCO Bank enters co-lending agreement with Aadhar Housing Finance, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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KOLKATA: Kolkata-based UCO Bank on Wednesday entered into a co-lending agreement with Aadhar Housing Finance to offer home loans at competitive rates, a bank spokesman said.

The partnership aims at providing easy and convenient home finance solutions to customers from the economically weaker sections of society, he said.

The co-lending framework of the Reserve Bank of India provides a tool for banks and non-banks to collaborate, leverage on their respective strengths to give an affordable solution to the unserved and underserved sections.

Speaking on the occasion, UCO Bank MD and CEO Atul Kumar Goel said, “Home loan penetration in India at around 10 per cent is one of the lowest globally.”

Pandemic induced demographic changes, initiatives taken by central and state governments such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, reduction in GST on affordable housing and stamp duty cuts are expected to give a fillip to the affordable housing sector especially in Tier-2 and smaller centres, he said.



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Lysto raises $3 m funding from BEENEXT, others

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NFT start-up Lysto on Thursday said it has raised $3 million (about ₹22.3 crore) from various entities, including BEENEXT, Better Capital and Cloud Capital.

The seed round saw participation from angel investors and entrepreneurs, including Binny Bansal (Flipkart co-founder), Sandeep Nailwal and Jaynti Kanani (Polygon co-founders), Pradyumna Agarwal (Temasek Managing Director), Nitish Mittersain (Nazara Games founder) and Kunal Shah (Cred founder).

Besides, Ashish Hemrajani and Parikshit Dhar (BookMyShow co-founders), Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com), Ashish Gupta (Helion Ventures founder), Kumar Sudarsan (Qwikcilver founder) and others also participated in the funding round, according to a statement. The funding will help with product development and allow Lysto to invest in the expansion of team that will help achieve its mission of furthering and simplifying the adoption of NFTs, it added.

NFTs

An NFT (Non-fungible token) is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain, that certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore, not interchangeable. NFTs can be used to represent items such as photos, videos, audio, and other types of digital files.

In an increasingly digital world, businesses and consumers are turning to NFTs as a means of establishing unique ownership of digital assets on the blockchain.

Lysto, which was founded in 2021, has offices in Bengaluru and Singapore. It aims to take NFTs to more than 4 billion internet users through millions of use cases.

“NFTs are becoming an integral part of business and culture. With its applications across industries, it is a multi-billion dollar industry, which is largely restricted to digital art and collectibles currently.”

“As the market expands, we see that every e-commerce player, every production (entertainment, gaming, animation), and every brand would want to launch NFTs to raise funds and monetise their offerings,” Sadiq Ahamed, founder and CEO of Lysto, said.

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3 Top Rated Balanced Advantage Funds By Morning Star For SIP Investment

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1. Edelweiss Balanced Advantage Fund:

The fund has over 70 percent investment into Indian stocks and has over 20 percent investment into debt securities. In comparison to the Nifty benchmark, the fund over a 1-year period has outperformed with returns of 33 percent return.

The top stocks in its portfolio include ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, RIL, Bharti Airtel among others.

Notably, the scheme has been rated 5-star by Value Research also. Rs. 6 lakh worth of investment via the monthly SIP of Rs. 10000 in 5 years has grown in value to Rs. 9.43 lakh. SIP in the scheme can be started for Rs. 500.

2. Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Plan

2. Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Plan

This fund has 65 percent exposure into equities and 25 percent into Debt. Over a 1-year period, the stock has underperformed the Nifty index with return to the tune of 28.5 percent versus Nifty returns of 32 percent.

The mutual fund’s top stock holdings include ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, RIL, HUL, SBI and ITC among others.

With Rs. 10000 per month SIP, the investment in 5 years time has grown to Rs. 8.55 lakh. SIP into the scheme can be started for as less as just Rs. 100.

3. Union Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth:

3. Union Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth:

The fund’s 66 percent corpus is deployed into stocks while close to 20 percent is put into debt. The fund’s 1-year return has been at 18 percent. Top stock holdings of the fund include HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, RIL, Infosys, TCS, HDFC, Bharti Airtel among others.

The mutual fund scheme is also ranked by Value Research Online as 4-star rated scheme. Minimum SIP amount is Rs. 2000.

In 3 years time, Rs. 10000 SIP on a per month basis i.e. Rs. 3.6 lakh has grown to Rs. 4.71 lakh.

Balanced Advantage schemes 1-Yr. SIP Annualised return 3-Yr. SIP Annualised return 5-Yr. SIP Annualised return
Edelweiss Balanced Advantage Fund 27.41% 24.62% 18.39%
Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Plan
23.18% 18.96% 14.34%
Union Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth (note here SIP returns are not given)
18% 15.57%

 Should you be investing in Balanced Advantage schemes?

Should you be investing in Balanced Advantage schemes?

The dynamic asset or balanced advantage scheme can be the best way out for those facing the tricky situation of redeeming funds at current market highs. Instead to resorting to such a take, investors shall be better off investing in balanced advantage schemes. The allocation herein to stocks is based on the market conditions i.e. exposure to stocks is increased when markets trend higher while it is cut down in an otherwise situation. So, with exposure to both debt and stocks, downside risk as well as volatility over the longer tenure is curtailed to just half.

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UPI AutoPay sees robust consumer acceptance

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The UPI AutoPay facility has seen widescale adoption by consumers as the norms for standing instructions for recurring payments of the Reserve Bank of India kicked in from October 1.

Data with the National Payments Corporation of India revealed that there were over 40.3 lakh mandate registrations on AutoPay in October with 39 remitter banks on the platform. A total of 1.33 crore mandates were executed on AutoPay last month.

Also read: UPI hits new record with ₹7.71-lakh crore worth of transactions in October

State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Bank of Baroda are the top three banks in terms of registration of mandates in October with 13.8 lakh, 4.04 lakh and 3.56 lakh mandates registered respectively with them.

Mandate registration refers to the transaction when the consumer creates a recurring mandate for recurring payments. Execution refers to the transaction when the recurring debit is done on the remitting account.

Sharp uptick

In September too, UPI AutoPay saw a sharp uptick in customer adoption with a 31.43 lakh mandates registered with 35 banks. Over 70.9 lakh mandates were executed on AutoPay in September.

The transactions in October and September were a sharp jump from August when just 17.7 lakh mandates were registered and a total of 33.5 lakh mandates were executed.

The UPI AutoPay services was launched last year for recurring payments. Customers can enable recurring e-mandates on it for payments such as utility bills, entertainment subscriptions, EMI payments, insurance and mutual funds.

A number of merchants including PhonePe, Netflix, Paytm, Gaana, Disney Hotstar, Policybazaar are live on the platform.

Experts and banks had expected it to gain popularity amongst consumers and a surge in card and UPI-based mandates as many payment providers were still in the process of meeting the RBI’s recurring payment norms.

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‘Buy’ This Energy Stock At ~45.7% Return In 1 Year, As Recommended By HDFC Securities

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Target Price

The Current Market Price (CMP) of Indraprastha Gas (IGL) is Rs. 494. The brokerage firm sets a Target Price for the stock at Rs. 720, indicating a 46%, with a Target Period of 12 months (1 year). IGL’s stock performance grew (absolute) by 16.7% upside in the last 12 months.

Stock Outlook
Current Market Price (CMP) Rs. 494
Target Price Rs. 720
1 year return ~46%

Company performance

Company performance

Indraprastha Gas’s Blended volume stood at 7.2mmscmd (+31.6% YoY, +36.1% QoQ). While CNG (+35.4% YoY), industrial/commercial (+26.1% YoY) and trading volumes (+ 34.6% YoY) remained robust, but domestic PNG (+3.9% YoY) volume saw a QoQ fall of 6.4%. Overall PNG volume has increased by 22% YoY, 15.9% QoQ. HDFC Securities estimate that the average CNG volume of the company will increase by 33% YoY in FY23E, while total volume is estimated to increase by 29% YoY.

Comments by HDFC Securities

Comments by HDFC Securities

According to HDFC Securities, “Sales volume drives profitability. We maintain our BUY recommendation on Indraprastha Gas (IGL) with a target price of Rs. 720, based on robust volume growth at ~18% CAGR over FY21-24E, regulatory support from the government to curb pollution in the Delhi/NCR region.” The firm added, because of increased sales volume and higher than expected other income, IGL’s Q2FY22 EBITDA has been 19% above their estimate, while PAT was 36% above.

About the company

About the company

Incorporated in 1998, IGL took over Delhi City Gas Distribution Project in 1999 from GAIL (India) Limited (Formerly Gas Authority of India Limited). IGL plans to provide natural gas in the entire capital region. The company is augmenting its infrastructure to meet the increasing demand of CNG arising out of a growing number of CNG vehicles. IGL is already operating on the PNG front.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The above stock has been picked from the brokerage report of HDFC Securities. Investing in equities poses a risk of financial losses. Investors must therefore exercise due caution. Greynium Information Technologies, the author, and the brokerage house are not liable for any losses caused as a result of decisions based on the article.



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Should Investors Buy Nykaa Shares After 100% Gains On IPO Listing Day?

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Against the IPO issue price of Rs. 1125, Nykaa on its listing day nearly doubled investors money and hit a price of Rs. 2248 per share in the previous session. Post the listing in trade on November 11, 2021, the stock of Nykaa primarily given the profit booking in the stock tumbled to day’s low price of Rs. 2043.75, which is an over 7 percent fall from the previous day’s closing price of Rs. 2205.80 per share.

Should Investors Buy Nykaa Shares After 100% Gains On IPO Listing Day?

Should Investors Buy Nykaa Shares After 100% Gains On IPO Listing Day?

Does the current decline in Nykaa stock price offers an opportune time to buy into the stock?

Motilal Oswal’s AVP Retail Research believes Nykaa’s key strengths lies in its inventory-led business model for beauty and personal care (BPC) segment, which allows it to offer authentication for all its products and ensures availability and efficient distribution. The online BPC market is highly underpenetrated at just 8% in India and is growing at a very fast pace of 60% p.a. over CY16-20. Given 35% market share of Nykaa in online BPC, we believe Nykaa is rightly placed to tap the high growth digital/online penetration in BPC/Fashion market. We like Nykaa given its leadership position in online BPC market, customer centric approach, profitable tech platform and capital efficient business model

Now given the strong fundamental, the stock is certainly a buy and here we would point out what analysts suggest on Nykaa counter.

Accumulation at current levels suggested on Nykaa stock

Profit booking in the counter of Nykaa is expected to prolong for some more time and it can take the scrip to price levels between Rs. 2000-1800 levels. There is suggested that investors can ‘Accumulate’ Nykaa scrip from here on in a calibrated way.

“Valuation could be a concern for Nykaa shares after a big listing gain. However, Rs. 2000 could act as a support level in the near term. It is difficult to buy after a big gain at opening however fresh investors can accumulate in parts where they can invest 25 per cent at current levels while if it witnesses any correction towards Rs.1800 level then they can add more”- Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd is quoted as saying in a report.

For other investors who betted on the scrip for listing gains, they can put a stop loss of Rs. 1950, while still aggressive investor class can continue to ‘Hold’ the scrip for long term.

Target price for Nykaa

The stock of Nykaa is seen to hit a target price of Rs. 3600 in two year time and investor are suggested to buy the scrip at Rs. 1900 levels for the period with a stop loss maintained at Rs. 1770- says GCL Securities -Ravi Singhal.

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Story first published: Thursday, November 11, 2021, 13:09 [IST]



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Capital A announces $25 m fund, invests in RoaDo

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Capital A, a venture fund for seed to early-stage start-ups, on Thursday said it has invested in Bengaluru-based B2B logistics-Tech startup RoaDo, its maiden investment from its proprietary corpus of $25 million (about ₹186.2 crore).

It, however, did not disclose the amount invested.

Every year, Capital A plans to invest in 8-10 companies with a ticket size of $50,000 to $500,000 and will participate in follow-on rounds as well, a statement said.

Firm’s services

RoaDo is a cloud-based platform aiming to optimise visibility, real-time control and efficiency in the supply chains. The platform also allows tracking and tracing of consignments without any need for GPS or sophisticated hardware, offers AI-enabled exceptions and alerts with actionable insights, and automated customer updates.

“Logistics is considered to be the backbone of any country’s economy… There is a need for a new generation of service providers who integrate infrastructure, technology and innovation to create solutions that help customers reduce operational costs and increase service efficiency,” Capital A founder Ankit Kedia said.

He added that Capital A’s strategic involvement with RoaDo is a step towards its mission to invest in diversified and high potential sectors.

“India is one of the biggest and fastest growing logistics markets in the world, and the potential is immense.

However, there is a lack of digitisation and optimisation of processes, RoaDo founder and CEO Murugan Manoj Kumar J said.

The early-stage support (pre-series A funding) from Capital A will help the company further expedite the development of its platform and take it to the markets in a more streamlined and impactful manner, he added.

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This Pharma Stock To Buy At ~46% Upside: HDFC Securities Recommends

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Target Price

The Current Market Price (CMP) of Aurobindo Pharma is Rs. 677. The brokerage firm sets a Target Price for the stock at Rs. 990, indicating a 46%, with a Target Period of 12 months (1 year).

Stock Outlook
Current Market Price (CMP) Rs. 677
Target Price Rs. 990
1 year return ~46%

The company’s stock performed well in the previous tie. HDFC informs the company’s stock had 23.7% growth(absolute) in the last 3 months, 33.2% in the last 6 months, and had 13.9% growth in the past 1 year.

Company performance

Company performance

Aurobindo Pharma’s net sales stood at Rs. 59,419 in Q2 FY22. According to HDFC Securities, the company had a “Tepid quarter; outlook intact. Aurobindo’s Q2 revenue/EBITDA missed estimates by 4%/10%, owing to lackluster performance across businesses (ex-US and EU). The EBITDA margin missed estimates by 143bps due to lower GM. However, its US pipeline provides good growth visibility across injectables, biosimilars, vaccines, and OTC drugs as management remains cautiously optimistic on the near-term outlook due to price erosion (likely to normalise by year-end).”

Comments by HDFC Securities

Comments by HDFC Securities

About Aurobindo Pharma’s stock, the brokerage firms stated, “The injectables and Eugia businesses’ potential value unlocking, as well as the FDA’s resolution of facilities, are key near-term triggers. We cut our FY22/23E estimates by 4%/1% to factor in the Q2 miss and roll forward to Sep’23E EPS to arrive at an SOTP TP of INR990/sh, based on 15x FY23e EPS and NPV of INR40/38 for the PLI/gRevlimid opportunities.” HDFC Securities has retained the BUY rating on the company’s stock.

About the company

About the company

Aurobindo Pharma features among the top 2 Pharmaceutical companies in India in terms of consolidated revenues. Aurobindo exports to over 150 countries across the globe with around 90% of revenues derived from international operations. The company has 3 R&D centers in the USA.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The above stock has been picked from the brokerage report of HDFC Securities. Investing in equities poses a risk of financial losses. Investors must therefore exercise due caution. Greynium Information Technologies, the author, and the brokerage house are not liable for any losses caused as a result of decisions based on the article.



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Reserve Bank of India – Notifications

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RBI/2021-2022/122
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.17

November 11, 2021

All Category – I Authorised Dealer Banks

Madam/Sir

Exim Bank’s Government of India supported Line of Credit (LoC) of
USD 10.40 million to the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland)

Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an agreement dated February 01, 2021 with the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), for making available to the latter, Government of India supported Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 10.40 million (USD Ten million and four hundred thousand only) for the purpose of financing construction of a Disaster Recovery Site, subject to preparation and appraisal of Detailed Project Report (DPR) at a cost not exceeding 1% of the credit, in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland). Under the arrangement, financing of export of eligible goods and services from India, as defined under the agreement, would be allowed subject to their being eligible for export under the Foreign Trade Policy of the Government of India and whose purchase may be agreed to be financed by the Exim Bank under this agreement. Out of the total credit by Exim Bank under the agreement, goods, works and services of the value of at least 75 per cent of the contract price shall be supplied by the seller from India, and the remaining 25 per cent of goods and services may be procured by the seller for the purpose of the eligible contract from outside India.

2. The Agreement under the LoC is effective from September 27, 2021. Under the LoC, the terminal utilization period is 60 months after the scheduled completion date of the Project.

3. Shipments under the LoC shall be declared in Export Declaration Form as per instructions issued by the Reserve Bank from time to time.

4. No agency commission is payable for export under the above LoC. However, if required, the exporter may use his own resources or utilize balances in his Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency Account for payment of commission in free foreign exchange. Authorised Dealer (AD) Category- I banks may allow such remittance after realization of full eligible value of export subject to compliance with the extant instructions for payment of agency commission.

5. AD Category – I banks may bring the contents of this circular to the notice of their exporter constituents and advise them to obtain complete details of the LoC from the Exim Bank’s office at Centre One, Floor 21, World Trade Centre Complex, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005 or from their website www.eximbankindia.in

6. The directions contained in this circular have been issued under section 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 (42 of 1999) and are without prejudice to permissions/ approvals, if any, required under any other law.

Yours faithfully

(R. S. Amar)
Chief General Manager

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ICICI Prudential Life to launch new campaign with Lovlina Borgohain, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance will launch a new digital campaignAgar taiyaari sahi ho, toh jeet pakki hai’ – If you’ve prepared right then victory is definite – featuring Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain.

She clinched the bronze medal in the women’s boxing (69kg), and received the Arjuna Award in August this year.
The brand has set up a microsite displaying snippets that narrate the story of Borgohain’s preparedness to win a medal for the country at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The microsite also allows users to click an augmented reality selfie with the Olympic medallist.

“For each long-term financial goal to achieve fruition, there is a need for astute planning, appropriate product selection and commitment to stay invested,” said Manish Dubey, chief marketing officer of the company.

The campaign has been rolled out digitally and across various social media platforms, to drive reach, visibility and engagement with customers.

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