Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>This is our first report on iron ore mining major, Vale SA.</li><li>In the quarter, Vale continued the decharacterization of the two structures, Dike 4 and Baixo Joao Pereira dam.</li><li>The operationally challenging quarter made Vale revise its copper and iron ore guidance for the year.</li></ul>

This is our first report on iron ore mining major, Vale SA.In the quarter, Vale continued the decharacterization of the two structures, Dike 4 and Baixo Joao Pereira dam.The operationally challenging quarter made Vale revise its copper and iron ore guidance for the year.

Vale SA ADR: Initiation of Coverage – Market Position & Cost Advantage

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Chinese miner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has clinched a deal with the Indonesian nickel unit of Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. to build a second plant in the country</li><li>Huayou and PT Vale Indonesia Tbk plan to build the facility in Sorowako, Indonesia, where they will use the high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) process.</li><li>The plant was designed with an annual production capacity of around 60,000 tons of nickel in MHP form.</li></ul>

Chinese miner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has clinched a deal with the Indonesian nickel unit of Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. to build a second plant in the countryHuayou and PT Vale Indonesia Tbk plan to build the facility in Sorowako, Indonesia, where they will use the high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) process.The plant was designed with an annual production capacity of around 60,000 tons of nickel in MHP form.

Chinese Miner Joins Vale in Building Second Nickel Refining Plant in Indonesia

<ul><li>Global miners see China as a source of stability for future iron ore demand due to increased infrastructure investment this year and the country’s ongoing urbanization drive.</li><li>The words of optimism come as iron ore prices have dropped over the past few months, with Chinese steelmakers taking a hit from the slowdown in construction by the country’s troubled developers.</li><li>As China has stepped up infrastructure investment to bolster economic growth, the world’s biggest iron ore miners said the stimulus would put a floor under short-term steel demand.</li></ul>

Global miners see China as a source of stability for future iron ore demand due to increased infrastructure investment this year and the country’s ongoing urbanization drive.The words of optimism come as iron ore prices have dropped over the past few months, with Chinese steelmakers taking a hit from the slowdown in construction by the country’s troubled developers.As China has stepped up infrastructure investment to bolster economic growth, the world’s biggest iron ore miners said the stimulus would put a floor under short-term steel demand.

Global Mining Heavyweights See China Propping Up Iron Ore Demand

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Average returns among GEM active managers came in at -7.02% for April, lower than the MSCI EM Index by -1.46% with 21.2% of funds outperforming.</li>
<li>This year’s underperformance of -3.69% ranks as the worst start to the year for over a decade, worse than the first 4 months of both 2009 (-2.70%) and 2015 (-2.71%).</li>
<li>Russian Financials (overweight) and Saudi Arabian Financials (underweight) accounted for nearly 1% of the performance deficit, with Singapore Comm’ Services, Taiwan Technology and Indian Utilities further dragging on relative returns.</li>
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Average returns among GEM active managers came in at -7.02% for April, lower than the MSCI EM Index by -1.46% with 21.2% of funds outperforming.
This year’s underperformance of -3.69% ranks as the worst start to the year for over a decade, worse than the first 4 months of both 2009 (-2.70%) and 2015 (-2.71%).
Russian Financials (overweight) and Saudi Arabian Financials (underweight) accounted for nearly 1% of the performance deficit, with Singapore Comm’ Services, Taiwan Technology and Indian Utilities further dragging on relative returns.


GEM Fund Performance.  April Compounds Woes for Active Managers

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Lucror Analytics' ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable). We view Vale's ESG as "Adequate", given its "Adequate" scores for all pillars. Controversies are "Material", while Disclosure is "Strong".

Lucror Analytics' ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable).  We view Vale's ESG as "Adequate", given its "Adequate" scores for all pillars. Controversies are "Material", while Disclosure is "Strong".    

Brazil

Vale S.A. produces and sells iron ore, pellets, manganese, alloys, gold, nickel, copper, kaolin, bauxite, alumina, aluminum, and potash. The Company is based in Brazil, where it owns and operates railroads and maritime terminals.

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Vale (VALE3 BZ)

Vale SA ADR: Initiation of Coverage – Market Position & Cost Advantage

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Baptista Research

Chinese Miner Joins Vale in Building Second Nickel Refining Plant in Indonesia

Chinese miner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has clinched a deal with the Indonesian nickel unit of Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. to build a second...

Caixin Global

Global Mining Heavyweights See China Propping Up Iron Ore Demand

Global miners see China as a source of stability for future iron ore demand due to increased infrastructure investment this year and the country’s...

Caixin Global

GEM Fund Performance. April Compounds Woes for Active Managers

It has been one of the worst starts to the year for active EM managers in over a decade. We analyze recent performance, attribution and how this...

Steven Holden

Vale - ESG Report - Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics' ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable). We view Vale's ESG as "Adequate",...

Lucror Analytics

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