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Observations

Sysco: No smoke without fire?

Source: Exchange Filings of Sysco Industries

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Links

Linkfest: 03 April,2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Ugly sell off in US stocks (CNBC)

RBI allows banks to spread trading losses (Reuters)

Two bank bosses in the eye of a storm (ET)

CBI inquiry into ICICI Bank likely to be a fishing expedition (Jaggi)

Rajiv Kochhar denies dealings with ICICI Bank (Mint)

Ratan Tata speaks on Tata Motors (BS)

Poor listing of Sandhar Technologies (BL)

Are you over paying for diagnostic businesses? (Dhruva Pandey)

Understanding the real estate sector in India (Dhruv Saraf)

How do I lose less money this year? (Bala)

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CoatTailing

Portfolio of EQ India Fund

This post is in continuation of my coat tailing series (see here)

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EQ India Fund is managed by Porinju Veliyath who has a wide following in the Indian Equity Markets.

It’s significant Holdings as on 31 Dec,2017 as per Stock Exchanges is given below:

Company Name NSE Symbol/BSE Code Entity Value (In Crores)
BCL Industries & Infrastructures Ltd 524332 Eq India Fund 6.43
Leel Electricals Ltd 517518 Eq India Fund 5.36
Liberty Shoes Ltd LIBERTSHOE Eq India Fund 3.86
Shalimar Paints Ltd SHALPAINTS EQ INDIA FUND 2.84
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Observations

Centrum: Kabhi Core, Kabhi Non-Core

There was an article today in the TOI about Centrum’s sale of its forex business

Nasdaq-listed Ebix Inc is set to acquire India’s leading airport foreign exchange provider CentrumDirect in a deal estimated at about $200 million, or Rs 1300 crore, people directly aware of the matter said.

Atlanta-headquartered software and e-commerce company Ebix has made an offer to buy 100% stake in the foreign exchange business unit of Centrum Group, a homegrown financial services firm promoted by Chandir Gidwani and Jaspal Bindra, which is awaiting formalities.

The divestment move is part of Centrum’s plans to exit non-core businesses. Former Standard Chartered honcho Bindra, who emerged as Centrum’s copromoter, has pursued a business streamlining exercise at Centrum. The sale of forex unit would provide Centrum with adequate capital to grow its NBFC operations focused on housing finance, SME and microfinance lending.

Amusingly this “non core” business was the largest revenue generator for Centrum as per their Annual Report !

 

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