Fairfax’s Odyssey Reinsurance offers Rs 500 crore debt to IIFL Finance for gold loans. Prem Watsa’s subsidiary provides secured, rated bonds at 9.5% coupon. ET’s comment requests to IIFL Finance and Fairfax go unanswered.
ITC’s tobacco business is going cheap but Kotak Institutional Equities thinks market has it wrong
Kotak Securities estimates ITC’s tobacco business is valued at just 11X forward earnings, suggesting potential undervaluation. The brokerage sees stronger growth in non-tobacco businesses and