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Emtel Limited: Undervalued at Rs. 22.70
Emtel reports half-year results ending June 2026, showing profit rose 34% as CAPEX fell 47% . Our DCF puts the shares at Rs 31.02 against a Rs 22.70 close.

Adil Aboobakar, CFA
18 hours ago4 min read


Complicity in Weapons Didn't Even Pay You
A Mauritian foreign equity fund holds exposure to weapons manufacturers. Screening out the top funds' exposure indicates that, over the past five years, the return would have been more.

Adil Aboobakar, CFA
Jul 214 min read


The judgment gap: why a beautiful AI-generated deck doesn't get you funded
When anyone can produce a slick-looking deck for next to nothing, a slick-looking deck stops meaning anything. What separates a company that gets funded from one that gets passed over is the judgment underneath it. That's the one thing AI can't give you.

Adil Aboobakar, CFA
Jul 12 min read


The 2027 Pension Reset: Hardest on a Group that isn’t Rich.
The pension overhaul in this Budget is, in its direction, both defensible and overdue. But the way it has been designed produces an uncomfortable result – a reform sold on fairness lands hardest on a group that isn’t rich.

Adil Aboobakar, CFA
Jun 214 min read


2026-2027 Budget: Austerity or Acceleration?
Every year at budget time, it’s very much the same ritual: the budget speech lands, and within hours it gets sorted into a box. Pro-business or pro-social. Pro-demand-side or pro-supply side. MSM or PTR (with MMM orbiting somewhere).

Adil Aboobakar, CFA
Jun 133 min read
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