India, September 2026: After spending the past two years maintaining a patient and selective approach to Indian equities, Aequitas is beginning to re-enter the Indian equity market with a renewed focus on valuation discipline, selectivity and gradual capital deployment.

For Aequitas, patience was not simply a passive stance over the past two years. It was part of the investment process. Rather than deploying capital indiscriminately during periods of elevated valuations and uncertainty, the focus remained on studying businesses, monitoring market conditions and waiting for opportunities where fundamentals and valuations could be assessed with greater clarity.

As market conditions evolve, Aequitas believes that patience can increasingly be accompanied by disciplined and gradual deployment of capital.

What Has Changed Enough to Re-enter Indian Equities?

The decision to begin re-entering Indian equities is based on an assessment of changing market conditions rather than a broad-based view that all equities have become attractive.

Aequitas continues to focus on the relationship between business fundamentals, growth expectations and valuation. As market prices and expectations change, certain opportunities may warrant renewed research and consideration.

The re-entry therefore remains selective. The focus is on identifying businesses where long-term fundamentals can justify further evaluation and where valuations provide a more balanced starting point.

Rather than responding to short-term market movements, the approach remains centred on understanding individual businesses, their competitive positions, earnings potential, balance sheets and the assumptions embedded in current valuations.

Why Is Aequitas Still Cautious Rather Than Broadly Bullish?

Re-entering the market does not mean adopting a uniformly bullish position on Indian equities.
Market participation can increase while selectivity remains high. Aequitas continues to recognise that valuations, earnings expectations, economic conditions and company-specific risks can vary significantly across sectors and businesses.

This is why the current approach emphasises gradual deployment rather than an immediate, broad-based allocation.

The objective is to remain flexible as new information emerges. If valuations become less compelling, patience remains part of the process. If individual businesses present stronger fundamental and valuation characteristics, they can be evaluated on their own merits.

What Is Aequitas Looking for Before Deploying Capital?

The research process continues to focus on several fundamental factors.

Business Quality: Understanding the company's business model, competitive advantage, market position and ability to create sustainable value over time.

Earnings Visibility: Assessing the durability of revenue and earnings growth rather than relying solely on short-term performance.

Balance Sheet Strength: Examining debt levels, cash generation and the company's financial flexibility.

Management and Governance: Studying management quality, capital allocation decisions and corporate governance.

Valuation: Determining what expectations are already reflected in the market price and whether the valuation is supported by the company's underlying fundamentals and future potential.
Risk: Identifying factors that could affect the investment thesis, including changes in industry conditions, competition, regulation, earnings and valuations.

This framework allows research to remain focused on individual businesses rather than broad market sentiment.

Selective, Gradual and Grounded in Valuation Discipline

Aequitas' decision to begin investing again reflects continuity in its research philosophy rather than a change in direction.

The same valuation discipline that contributed to the decision to step away from parts of the Indian equity market remains central to the re-entry process.

The focus is not on predicting short-term market movements. Instead, Aequitas continues to emphasise research, business fundamentals and valuation when assessing potential opportunities.

The latest note from the House of Aequitas, “Re-entering Indian Equities: Selectively, Gradually, With Valuation Discipline,” explores the thinking behind this approach, including what has changed, why caution remains important and what Aequitas is looking for before deploying additional capital.

For investors and market observers interested in understanding Aequitas' research perspective, the note provides further insight into how valuation discipline can influence both investment and non-investment decisions.

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The latest market perspective reinforces a simple principle: patience remains an important part of investing, particularly when valuations and expectations require careful consideration.

As Aequitas begins re-entering Indian equities, the approach remains selective, gradual and grounded in valuation discipline.

About The Company:

We are a leading asset management company in India with offices located in Mumbai, GIFT City & Dubai who specialize in global listed equity markets. Our clients comprise over a hundred UHNIs, family offices and global investors. With a net AUM of INR 50 bn., our 10-year CAGR of 27% (for PMS in India) has significantly outperformed the Nifty all along.

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