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

Softbank Group - ARM Suing a Key Customer Is Not the Summer News We Expected

Softbank Group - An Acceleration in Investment Does Not Require a Third Vision Fund

Softbank (9984 JP) – Klarna’s Coming “down Round”

Softbank Group (9984 JP) 1Q 22 Results – Focus on Fintech and LatAm Holdings

Softbank Group Shock Settlement of Forward Alibaba Contracts Is Worrisome

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.

Private Capital Markets

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<li>US fintech Chime, another high-profile fintech in Softbank’s Vision Fund 2 portfolio, sees its secondary market valuation in the private market fall by nearly 50% on a year-to-date basis</li>
<li>Chime had been planning to IPO in 1H 2022, with its IPO valuation estimated at close to USD40bn; poor market conditions have led to the IPO being shelved</li>
<li>Chime’s reduced valuation is another hit to Softbank’s portfolio, which has yet to feature a recent “down round”, and which we believe negatively impacts its Vision Fund 2 in particular</li>
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US fintech Chime, another high-profile fintech in Softbank’s Vision Fund 2 portfolio, sees its secondary market valuation in the private market fall by nearly 50% on a year-to-date basis
Chime had been planning to IPO in 1H 2022, with its IPO valuation estimated at close to USD40bn; poor market conditions have led to the IPO being shelved
Chime’s reduced valuation is another hit to Softbank’s portfolio, which has yet to feature a recent “down round”, and which we believe negatively impacts its Vision Fund 2 in particular


Softbank (9984 JP) – This Time, It’s Chime