👊RIL invested US$133bn (~9.4 Lk cr) equally between retail/digital and energy verticals
💰2/3rd funded via internal cashflows; 1/3rd via debt/ creditor funding and asset monetisation/capital raise
Details:
4/n Current Balance sheet:
RIL currently is not net debt free
Gross debt: $34 Bn or INR 2.45 TN (avg cost of 8.0%)
Cash & current investments: $22.3 Bn (INR 1.6 TN)
Investments in fiber and tower INVIT units: $5bn
Chart via Morgan Stanley:
5/n RIL Human Capital:🧑💼
#⃣ RIL employs 2.3 lakh people (up 21% yoy) compared to ~4.5 lakh in Tata Group
🛒Majority in Retail (2 lakh+ employees)
👩💼16% women workforce
💵Remuneration per employee declined 17% YoY
Chart via MS
6/n Reliance Jio: Steady subscriber additions with lower churn is the key.
Subscribers: ~43 crores (FY21 net add: 3.9 cr)
Added 1.54 cr in Q4FY21 after blips in first 9m
56% increase in spectrum; new spectrum to support growth
FY21 ARPU: INR 143 (target of 180 in 3-4 years)
7/n
FTTH/ JioFiber:
✍️Single affordable plan with bundled high-speed internet, content & fixed line voice
✍️Increased broadband connections to 25 lakh+ homes (target 5 Cr subscribers)
JioBusiness:
✍️Targeting integrated ecosystem servicing via Technology Platforms (image)
Focus:
Own brand portfolio in fashion (Trends), footwear, health & productivity devices.
9/n Petchem:
✍️Focus on downstream integration, cost reduction & sustainable biz
✍️O&G biz is recovering from a cyclical downturn
✍️Petchem margins strong in FY21, despite lower oil
✅Targeting net carbon zero emission
💹Gross refining margin(GRM), a key measure of profitability:
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1/n A classic economic model of the world assumes demand and supply as the two parameters that determine pricing. Well, here we talk about the third leg that is causing havoc in global trade - logistics, specifically shipping containers.
A thread 🧵explaining the crisis.
2/n Remember that big ship ‘Ever Given’ getting stuck in the Suez Canal? If that wasn’t enough for the shipping industry, we are now seeing a major global container shortage. This has led to a massive surge in shipping rates across the world.
Let's understand in more details.
3/n Why are containers important?
Quoting Najib Shah, ex-Chairman, CBIC, “If exports are the lifeline of an economy, shipping containers are the lifeline of exports”. There are ~1.7 cr of these 20 / 40 feet boxes circulating globally, accounting for 85% of international trade!
#RBIPolicy
RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) outcome is to be announced today at 10 am.
We thought of writing an explainer thread🧵on key RBI Monetary policy tools & their implications. This should help you understand the policy better.
Please RT to educate more folks. 1/n
What is Monetary policy?
Monetary policy is the use of instruments under the control of the central bank to regulate:
✅Supply, cost and use of money & credit
With end objective of controlling:
✅Inflation, Liquidity, Balances, Exchange rate and overall financial stability
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What are the tools used by RBI?
RBI (or any Central Bank) has various tools at its disposal to achieve its above-mentioned objectives. We have noted these tools in the left half of image below 👇
✍️State of Fixed Income securities in India
✍️India versus US fixed income
✍️Understand global macro & RBI response
✍️Credit risk fund and Global debt funds
✍️Asset allocation and risk management
✍️Origins of weekendinvesting.com
✍️Experiment with various styles
✍️Exit principle on positions
✍️Psychology and investing
✍️Managing drawdowns
✍️On journaling trades and investments
“Bitcoin” – almost everyone has an opinion on it! Bitcoin, along with other coins in Crypto Land, have seen a steep correction in last few days.
Let's use this fall to simplify and de-jargonize the complicated world of Bitcoin.
Thread 🧵
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬: Bitcoin was born in chaos, in the aftermath of 2008 financial crisis – banks collapsing, counter parties abetting on contracts and declining trust in Central banks. It was designed as a peer to peer decentralized monetary system devoid of intermediaries.
1/n
The domain Bitcoin.org was registered in Aug 2008 and the Bitcoin paper (bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) was published on Oct 31, 2008. This started the journey of Cryptocurrency.