Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Victor Galliano is an experienced equity banks analyst, having covered Latin America banks and non-bank financials for over 12 years, as well as more recently covering the Italian banks. He has worked in sell side equity research for 30 years in a career spanning Barclays, HSBC, BBVA LatInvest, Barings and NatWest.
Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.
The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Financials & FinTech research

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January Brazil Bank Data in Charts –NPL Trends Are the Main Concern

February Brazil Bank Data in Charts – NPL Trends a Concern, yet Liquidity and Solvency Seem Sound

October Brazil Bank Data in Charts – Credit Quality Early Warning Trends More Mixed This Month

November Brazil Bank Data in Charts – Household and Corporate NPL Metrics Broadly Worsening

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In December many NPL ratio categories improved MoM, but there are still some areas of concerns namely household and SME credit</li>
<li>System loan growth for full year 2022 decelerated further (from an annualized 14.7% in November) but still grew by +14%, due primarily to slower consumer loan growth</li>
<li>New credit spreads declined MoM, along with lending rates implying that this was not due solely to funding costs; we favour Banco do Brasil, and are cautious on Santander Brasil</li>
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In December many NPL ratio categories improved MoM, but there are still some areas of concerns namely household and SME credit
System loan growth for full year 2022 decelerated further (from an annualized 14.7% in November) but still grew by +14%, due primarily to slower consumer loan growth
New credit spreads declined MoM, along with lending rates implying that this was not due solely to funding costs; we favour Banco do Brasil, and are cautious on Santander Brasil


December Brazil Bank Data in Charts – Household and SME NPL Metrics Are the Focus Points