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☆ Indian shares fall on rate-hike worries ahead of Fed, RBI minutes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Bharath Rajeswaran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was down 0.86% at 17,674.50, while the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) fell 0.85% at 60,150.93 as of 10:34 a.m. IST. Both the Fed and the Reserve Bank of India were due to release minutes of their latest policy meetings, giving investors a glimpse of their thinking on future rate-hike trajectories. "Fear of a hawkish Fed has gripped markets and kept investors on tenterhooks." Global markets fell after an unexpectedly strong reading of S&P Global's composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) showed that the U.S. economy was not cooling. ($1 = 82.8330 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman, Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Beaten-up Adani stocks have now fallen below $100 billion in market value after coming under short-seller attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Zinya Salfiti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The combined market value of Adani Group's companies fell below $100 billion on Tuesday, per Bloomberg. The 10 listed companies have wiped out over $136 billion in market cap since a short-seller's bombshell report. The Indian conglomerate's 10 listed companies — with businesses ranging from power, ports, transmission, gas, green energy, and food — now have a combined equity market value under $100 billion, Bloomberg reported. But Adani Power was up 5%, and Adani Ports edged 0.6% higher. The Adani Group has denied the claims repeatedly and dismissed the report as "misinformation and stale, baseless and discredited allegations."

☆ MSCI delays weighting cuts for two Adani companies, cites 'replicability' concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Jihye Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Signage of Adani Group at Adani Defence and Aerospace booth during the Aero India 2023 at Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru, India, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Index provider MSCI said that it will delay implementing weighting changes for some Adani Group companies until later this year, according to a Thursday announcement. The change in plans came after MSCI earlier this month said it will reduce the weightings of Adani Enterprises, Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission and ACC, a major Indian cement company the Adani Group acquired from Holcim last year. Among the list of Adani companies, MSCI is delaying the measures for two companies: Adani Total Gas and Adani Transmission, according to its Thursday morning notice. The firm explained the decision came "in light of potential replicability issues due to impact from price limit mechanisms in specific securities associated with the Adani Group."

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Index provider MSCI said on Wednesday it will postpone implementation of updates to weightings for two of India's Adani Group companies, Adani Total Gas (ADAG.NS) and Adani Transmission (ADAI.NS), to the May benchmark review. The reversal of the updates to Adani Total Gas and Adani Transmission in the February index review will be reflected in the MSCI Index Product files starting from Feb. 16, MSCI said. MSCI will also apply a special treatment for all Adani Group's associated securities in the MSCI Equity Indexes starting from February. The new index weightings were due to come into effect on March 1 but the proposed changes to Adani Total Gas and Adani Transmission will be delayed until May. MSCI examined the size of companies' free floats, having determined there was "sufficient uncertainty" surrounding some investors in Adani companies.

☆ Indian tycoon Gautam Adani dismisses market volatility as 'temporary'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Art school teacher Sagar Kambli gives final touches to a painting of Indian businessman Gautam Adani (L) highlighting the ongoing crisis of the Adani group in Mumbai on February 3, 2023. Indranil Mukherjee | Afp | Getty ImagesIndian billionaire Gautam Adani has downplayed the recent market volatility of Adani Group's shares as "temporary." The Adani Group has denied those accusations, and said it was a "calculated attack on India." Adani flagship earningsOn Tuesday, Adani Enterprises reported a profit after tax of nearly $100 million for the October to December quarter. Shares of Adani Enterprises last traded about 3% higher Wednesday on National Stock Exchange of India.

☆ Adani Gets a Reprieve, Courtesy of the Black Stuff
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Megha Mandavia | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Adani Enterprises, the flagship listed vehicle of the beleaguered Adani Group conglomerate, has long pitched itself as a good environmental, social and governance company—but it has coal to thank for a reprieve during the most turbulent time in its history. On Tuesday, Adani Enterprises swung to a profit of 8.2 billion Indian rupees ($99.3 million) in the quarter ended in December, from a loss of 116.3 million Indian rupees in the year-earlier period, helped by robust revenue growth of 42%. Most of the boost came from its coal-trading business, the firm’s largest segment.

☆ Gautam Adani Seeks to Appease Investors as Flagship Unit’s Earnings Jump
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Weilun Soon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani sought to calm investors’ nerves on Tuesday, telling them that the current market volatility was temporary after a weekslong share-price rout that had wiped $123 billion off the stock-market value of companies he controls. Mr. Adani was addressing shareholders as Adani Enterprises Ltd., the flagship business of India’s Adani Group, posted its highest quarterly profit in years. The company, whose assets include coal mines, airports and highways, reported net income equivalent to about $99.3 million for the three months ended December, its third fiscal quarter. Net income for the first three quarters of the financial year was $212 million.

☆ Adani Group likely to repay short-term commercial paper borrowings - bankers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Bhakti Tambe | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSE.NS) regularly raise funds by issuing CPs – short-term debt instruments issued to meet working capital requirements. "All payments are being made as per schedule," an Adani group spokesperson said in an e-mail, but did not respond to queries on whether investors are seeking early redemption. Adani Ports has CPs worth 35 billion rupees due to mature through end March, data from information service provider Prime Database showed. So, we may see them (Adani Group) staying away from the market for some time," said one banker, who regularly arranges debt issuances for the group. The Adani Group spokesperson denied media reports that these bond issues have been scrapped, saying this is "speculation" and "not true" in a reply to Reuters' mail.

☆ Adani crisis: Modi's party has 'nothing to hide', says India home minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Sudipto Ganguly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] BJP President Amit Shah and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are seen after the election results in New Delhi, India, May 23, 2019. The Adani group has denied the allegations and threatened legal action against Hindenburg. Without referring to Adani, Modi told parliament last week that the "blessings of 1.4 billion people in the country are my protective cover and you can't destroy it with lies and abuses", as opposition lawmakers chanted "Adani, Adani". Adani Power (ADAN.NS) and Adani Green Energy (ADNA.NS) fell too in a wider Mumbai market (.NSEI) that was up slightly. India's Economic Times daily reported on Tuesday that Adani group executives had been holding negotiations since last week with Abu Dhabi's International Holding Corp (IHC) for capital infusion into Adani Enterprises or other group entities.

New Delhi/London CNN —India’s market regulator is looking into the explosive allegations against Adani Group made by US short seller Hindenburg Research, which accused the conglomerate of “the largest con in corporate history.”The claims, published in late January, set off a crash in the company’s market value and robbed its owner Gautam Adani of his title as Asia’s richest man, as a 400-page rebuttal by the conglomerate failed to reassure investors. Adani Group did not respond to a CNN request for comment on the inquiry on Tuesday. The balance sheet of each of its independent portfolio companies is “very healthy” and “our business plan is fully funded,” the spokesperson told CNN. On Tuesday, shares of many of the listed firms controlled by the conglomerate slid again in Mumbai. Although Adani Enterprises rose 1.9%, there were 5% falls in the stocks of Adani Transmission, Adani Total Gas, Adani Power and Adani Total.

☆ Adani Enterprises swings to Q3 profit; makes no "material" adjustments post Hindenburg
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The group's seven listed stocks have together lost over $120 billion in market value since Jan. 24. The profit came on the back of boosts from its key coal trading division and its new energy businesses. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) for its mainstay coal trading business saw a whopping four-fold surge, while that of the Adani New Energy segment more than doubled. The coal trading division benefited from a rise in volumes as well as higher coal prices, while Adani New Energy segment saw a surge in the volumes and prices of solar modules, the company said. Global coal prices remained at elevated levels for most of 2022 as European buyers were willing to pay a premium and make up for the absence of cargo from Russia, their main supplier of LNG and coal.

☆ Indian shares set for muted start ahead of inflation data
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Indian shares are set for a muted start on Monday, as investors await domestic retail inflation data today as well as U.S. inflation data due later in the week, amid uncertainty over the Adani Group. India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange were down 0.12% at 17,856 as of 8:05 a.m. IST. Investors await India's retail inflation data for January, due today. A Reuters poll of economists showed that India's annual retail inflation rose from a 12-month low in December, but stayed within the 6% upper limit of RBI's tolerance band in January. ($1 = 82.5250 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India watchdog probes short-seller's allegations about Adani, market activity
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Arpan Chaturvedi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) also said it was looking into the market activity immediately before and after Hindenburg published its report on Jan. 24, the filing said. Led by billionaire Gautam Adani, Adani Group's seven listed companies have together lost about $120 billion in market value since Hindenburg's critical report, which included allegations of improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation, Adani Group has denied the allegations. Earlier on Monday, India's Adani Group sought to reassure investors, saying its business plans were fully-funded, its cashflows strong and it remained confident of delivering attractive returns to shareholders. SEBI has been examining trade patterns and any potential irregularities in the $2.5 billion share sale of flagship company Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) that the Adani group was forced to cancel due to the plunge in its shares, Reuters has previously reported citing sources. SEBI confirmed the existence of the investigation for the first time in its Supreme Court filing.

☆ Indian market regulator to update finance ministry on Adani probe this week - sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jayshree Pyasi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MUMBAI, Feb 13 (Reuters) - India's market regulator will update the finance ministry this week on its investigation into the Adani Group's withdrawn $2.5 billion follow-on public issue, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The SEBI board will brief the minister on surveillance measures taken by the regulator during the recent rout in Adani group stocks, the sources added. An update on investigations into offshore fund flows into Adani Group entities is also likely, the sources added. The regulator had undertaken a series of surveillance actions to ensure that the volatility in the Adani group companies' share prices was contained. This will be a part of the brief to the finance minister on Wednesday, the sources said.

☆ Moody's cuts outlook for four Adani group companies, cites rapid declines in market value
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jihye Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesMoody's lowered its outlook for four Adani Group companies on Friday, citing a "significant and rapid decline" in the market values of the entities, the ratings agency said in a notice. It cut the outlook for Adani Green Energy from stable to negative, alongside Adani Transmission Step-One, Adani Electricity Mumbai and Adani Green Energy Restricted Group – an entity that includes Adani Green Energy, Parampujya Solar Energy, and Prayatna Developers. "These rating actions follow the significant and rapid decline in the market equity values of the Adani Group companies following the recent release of a report from a short-seller," Moody's said. Adani group companies have lost more than $100 billion in market capitalization as shares plunged since the Hindenburg report. Credit concernsFor Adani Green Energy, Moody's said the downgrade to negative takes into consideration the company's large capital spending program and dependence on support from its sponsors.

☆ Indian shares fall ahead of inflation data; Adani stocks slide
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Indian shares were off to a muted start on Monday, ahead of domestic retail inflation data due later in the day and U.S. inflation data due tomorrow, while the ongoing uncertainty and spillover effects from the Adani Group's market rout continued to create an overhang. Investors await India's retail inflation data for January, due today. A Reuters poll of economists showed that India's annual retail inflation rose from a 12-month low in December, but stayed within the 6% upper limit of RBI's tolerance band in January. India's market regulator is probing the group's links to some of the investors in its scrapped $2.5 billion share sale of the flagship Adani Enterprises. ($1 = 82.5250 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman, Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India's largest insurer LIC says it may review stake in Adani after management meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

watch nowIndia's largest insurer says it "might" review its stake in the embattled Adani Group after meeting with the management. "We propose to speak to them about this ... just to try and understand what's really happening within the organization, within the Adani group." In a further blow, global index provider MSCI last week said it will cut the weightings of some Adani Group businesses, including flagship firm Adani Enterprises. Still, the LIC chairman said the national insurer isn't too concerned about the conglomerate's high debt levels or the recent volatility in Adani's share price. Adani falloutThe Adani fallout has raised concerns about the group's exposure to India's leading banks and insurers.

☆ Adani group firms pledge shares for lenders of flagship company – SBICAP Trustee
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Three Adani group companies have pledged shares for lenders to the Indian conglomerate's flagship Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS), which pulled a $2.5 billion share sale during a recent market rout, the debt trustee firm said. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSE.NS), Adani Transmission Ltd (ADAI.NS) and Adani Green Energy Ltd (ADNA.NS) pledged shares to SBICAP Trustee Co, the firm said in Friday filings to the Bombay Stock Exchange. SBICAP Trustee said it had received the pledges in its capacity as "security trustee" of the lenders of Adani Enterprises. Fitch estimates that loans to all Adani group entities account for 0.8% to 1.2% of total lending by Indian banks rated by the agency. The Adani exposure of Indian banks is not enough to affect their credit profiles, two global rating agencies have said.

☆ Morning Bid: The waiting game
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Worries over an economic slowdown, the direction of inflation and concerns about the pace of monetary tightening are all weighing on sentiment. But before that, UK GDP data for fourth quarter is due later on Friday and is expected to be flat, according to a Reuters poll. That's the third time it has scaled a new peak in less than a week and the GDP report will likely influence the market on the day. Investors are also waiting for Japan's government to present the new Bank of Japan governor nominee, also due on Tuesday. Since short-seller Hindenburg published its report on Adani last month, some $110 billion has been wiped off the value of the group's main seven listed firms.

SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Index provider MSCI said it has cut the free-float designations of four securities of India's Adani group, a move which analysts have warned could impact their index weightings. MSCI said in a statement it has reduced the free floats of Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS), Adani Total Gas (ADAG.NS), Adani Transmission (ADAI.NS) and ACC (ACC.NS). The remaining companies' free floats will remain the same. The four companies for which the free float designation change was announced had a combined 0.4% weighting in the MSCI emerging markets index as of Jan. 30. Analysts had said a change in free float status could affect the weightings of MSCI index constituents, possibly triggering a shift by funds as many investments are aligned to such indexes.

☆ Indian regulator probes Adani's links to investors as Modi's office is briefed
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

One of the sources said the focus of the probe would be whether any of the anchor investors are "connected" to the founder group. Last week, the group's flagship entity Adani Enterprises pulled its secondary share offering, India's largest ever, because of the sharp selloff. SEBI and the Adani Group did not respond to requests for comment about the investigation. The federal corporate affairs ministry, responsible for regulating Indian businesses, has briefed officials in Modi's office and been in touch with SEBI, the market regulator, one of the officials said. Modi's office and India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs did not respond to requests for comment about the regulatory probe into Adani after publication of the Hindenburg report.

☆ MSCI to cut weighting of four Adani firms in wake of Hindenburg report
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

People walk past a screen displaying news featuring on Adani Group inside the BSE building in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Index provider MSCI said it will cut the weightings of four Adani Group companies, including flagship firm Adani Enterprises , in its indexes after reassessing the number of shares that are freely traded. The move comes in the wake of a Jan. 24 report by U.S. short seller Hindenburg Research that has accused the Indian conglomerate of improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation. The Hindenburg report has plunged the group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, into crisis, wiping some $110 billion off the value of the group's main seven listed firms. In addition to Adani Enterprises — the group's coal-miner-cum-incubator for new projects, MSCI also plans to cut the weightings for Adani Total Gas — a venture with France's TotalEnergies and Adani Transmission , a power transmission company.

☆ Adani Group reels after report from U.S. short-seller Hindenburg
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

It says it holds short positions in Adani Group companies through U.S.-traded bonds and non-Indian-traded derivative instruments. JAN. 26* Adani Group says it is evaluating "remedial and punitive action" against Hindenburg under U.S. and Indian laws. JAN 28* Index provider MSCI says it is seeking feedback on Adani Group and associated securities and is aware of the Hindenburg report. JAN 30* Adani Group issues a detailed riposte to the Hindenburg report, saying it complies with all local laws and had made the necessary regulatory disclosures. * Index provider MSCI says it will cut weightings of four Adani Group companies, including Adani Enterprises, in its indexes after reassessing the number of freely traded shares.

☆ Morning Bid: Volatility stirs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

World markets end a rough week of confusing and competing narratives in distinctly edgy form, with peculiarly subdued volatility gauges flickering back to life. Both 10 and 30-year yields hit their highest levels in over a month early on Friday. Job shedding in the digital sector continued, with Yahoo's plans to lay off more than 20% of its total workforce. That said, the year-on-year oil price trend continues to be negative, as it's been all year and base effects from last year's price spike around the Ukraine invasion will only deepen that and weigh on headline inflation further. Goldman Sachs lowered its oil price forecasts for this year and next, cutting its Brent 2023 price forecast by $6 to $92 per barrel - still above current levels around $86.

☆ India's top court says investor interests must be protected after Adani report
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Arpan Chaturvedi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The logo of the Adani Group is seen on a building, in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasNEW DELHI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - India's top court, hearing two petitions related to large investor losses following a report by a U.S. short seller on the Adani conglomerate, said on Friday that investor interests need to be protected. The petitions were filed days after the Jan. 24 report by New York-based Hindenburg Research, which accused the Adani group of improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation. The petitions were filed under a provision of Indian law that allows any individual to raise an issue concerning public interest before the Supreme Court. Last week, the group's flagship entity Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) pulled its secondary share offering, India's largest ever, because of the selloff.

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