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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Credit

<ul><li>Fidelity National Information is a technology solutions provider to the worldwide banking and finance industry.</li><li>The company had a strong start to the year, 2022 far outpacing its projections for revenue and delivering a solid organic top-line growth.</li><li>During the quarter, they launched their Guaranteed Payments solution, making it the only payment processor to provide a fully integrated solution guaranteed to increase e-commerce transaction approval rates and remove chargebacks resulting from fraudulent purchases.</li></ul>

Fidelity National Information is a technology solutions provider to the worldwide banking and finance industry.The company had a strong start to the year, 2022 far outpacing its projections for revenue and delivering a solid organic top-line growth.During the quarter, they launched their Guaranteed Payments solution, making it the only payment processor to provide a fully integrated solution guaranteed to increase e-commerce transaction approval rates and remove chargebacks resulting from fraudulent purchases.

Fidelity National Information Services: Detailed Credit Analysis & Financial Strength Evaluation Report

Equity Capital Markets

Fidelity National Info Serv / Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>This is our first report on the leading global technology solutions provider to the banking and finance industry – Fidelity National Information.</li><li>The company's annual organic growth expectations were all exceeded with a 9% organic top-line growth.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

This is our first report on the leading global technology solutions provider to the banking and finance industry – Fidelity National Information.The company's annual organic growth expectations were all exceeded with a 9% organic top-line growth.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Fidelity National Information Services: Initiation of Coverage – Core Processing Business Upside & Other Drivers

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>In response to an <a href="https://www.afr.com/street-talk/bain-capital-checks-out-eml-payments-bankers-chase-other-buyers-20220412-p5acvc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFR article</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eml-payments-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3232:1" rel="noopener">EML Payments Limited (EML AU)</a> confirmed takeover interest from Bain Capital. However, discussions have ceased. The shares closed 10.5% higher at A$2.94. </li>
<li>The bombed-out share prices of payment companies have supported recent M&amp;A activity such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/afterpay-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24047:1" rel="noopener">Afterpay Holdings (AFY AU)</a>/<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/square-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23755:1" rel="noopener">Square Inc (SQ US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sezzle-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30969:1" rel="noopener">Sezzle Inc (SZL AU)</a>/<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zip-co-ltd-3708706d-4978-4e29-acbc-d9702b971da9" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29126:1" rel="noopener">Zip Co Ltd (Z1P AU)</a>.</li>
<li>Despite today’s pop, the shares are still 50% down over the last 12 months. EML’s market positioning and expected stronger 2HFY22 should continue to fuel takeover interest.</li>
</ul>


In response to an AFR article, EML Payments Limited (EML AU) confirmed takeover interest from Bain Capital. However, discussions have ceased. The shares closed 10.5% higher at A$2.94. 
The bombed-out share prices of payment companies have supported recent M&amp;A activity such as Afterpay Holdings (AFY AU)/Square Inc (SQ US) and Sezzle Inc (SZL AU)/Zip Co Ltd (Z1P AU).
Despite today’s pop, the shares are still 50% down over the last 12 months. EML’s market positioning and expected stronger 2HFY22 should continue to fuel takeover interest.


EML Payments Flirtation with Bain Likely Not the Last

Value Investing

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Fiserv is valued as a slow-growth and low return on capital legacy business, although this does not appear to be the case.</li>
<li>At present, the expected topline growth rate is far from spectacular, but parts of the business are growing fast and could result in a multiple repricing.</li>
<li>Due to the acquisition of First Data, the company's improving profitability is a better measure of business performance than return on capital is.</li>
</ul>


Fiserv is valued as a slow-growth and low return on capital legacy business, although this does not appear to be the case.
At present, the expected topline growth rate is far from spectacular, but parts of the business are growing fast and could result in a multiple repricing.
Due to the acquisition of First Data, the company's improving profitability is a better measure of business performance than return on capital is.


Fiserv - Investing In Transforming Leaders Rather Than Disruptors

Chief Economist

Diana Choyleva

Enodo Economics

Enodo Economics is an independent macroeconomic forecasting company that untangles complexity, challenges the consensus, and makes sense of the future. Our focus is on China – one of the most misunderstood economies in the world, but one of the most important to figure out.  Enodo’s chief economist, Diana Choyleva, has been analysing China for almost 20 years, while Enodo’s team boasts a combined 140 years’ experience covering China’s economy, politics and markets. 

Macroeconomics

<h2>China News That Matters</h2><ul>
<li>Beijing drops economic growth target</li>
<li>One country, one system, for Hong Kong and China </li>
<li>China offers aid, Wuhan bans wild meat</li>
<li>US moves against Chinese listings </li>
<li>Opening the doors to wholly-owned foreign mutual funds</li>
</ul><div class="content-remarks"><p>In my weekly digest China News That Matters, I will give you selected summaries, sourced from a variety of local Chinese-language and international news outlets, and highlight why I think the news is significant. These posts are meant to neither be bullish nor bearish, but help you separate the signal from the noise.</p></div>

China News That Matters
Beijing drops economic growth target
One country, one system, for Hong Kong and China 
China offers aid, Wuhan bans wild meat
US moves against Chinese listings 
Opening the doors to wholly-owned foreign mutual funds
In my weekly digest China News That Matters, I will give you selected summaries, sourced from a variety of local Chinese-language and international news outlets, and highlight why I think the news is significant. These posts are meant to neither be bullish nor bearish, but help you separate the signal from the noise.

NPC & GDP/Hong Kong/COVID-19/US-China/Mutual Funds

United States

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. is a payment services provider. The Company provides credit and debit card processing, electronic banking services, check risk management, check cashing, and merchant card processing services to financial institutions and merchants.

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