Oil and Gas, Mint Finance

Suhas Reddy

Oil and Gas

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Chevron’s Q2 revenue is set to dip 0.6% YoY, with EPS projected to drop 4.5% YoY on the back of lower refinery margins and natural gas prices.</li>
<li>Higher Brent crude prices and strong production may help Chevron partially offset Q2's challenges.</li>
<li>Unplanned downtime at two Australian LNG plants during Q2 raises concerns about a drop in production.</li>
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Chevron’s Q2 revenue is set to dip 0.6% YoY, with EPS projected to drop 4.5% YoY on the back of lower refinery margins and natural gas prices.
Higher Brent crude prices and strong production may help Chevron partially offset Q2's challenges.
Unplanned downtime at two Australian LNG plants during Q2 raises concerns about a drop in production.


[Earnings Preview] Weak Refining Margins and Gas Prices Dampen Chevron’s Q2 Earnings Outlook

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Credit

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<li>European AT1s offer higher YTC compared with those of similarlyrated Asian AT1s.</li>
<li>This partly reflects the technical of European AT1s is not as strong as that of Asian AT1s.</li>
<li>The Asian AT1 space has been in net redemption over the past 2 years and local investors have a “stronger home bias”. </li>
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European AT1s offer higher YTC compared with those of similarlyrated Asian AT1s.
This partly reflects the technical of European AT1s is not as strong as that of Asian AT1s.
The Asian AT1 space has been in net redemption over the past 2 years and local investors have a “stronger home bias”. 

Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

European AT1 Top Picks: BACR 6 ⅛ PERP, BACR 4 ⅜ PERP and INTNED 3 ⅞ PERP

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.

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<li>UBS Group AG managed to exceed the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li>
<li>The total pretax profit after these adjustments was $1.1 billion, of which $2 billion came from the UBS subgroup and a loss of $0.8 billion from the Credit Suisse subgroup.</li>
<li>Furthermore, UBS Group's financing division kept up its great performance, reporting its best second quarter and best first half ever.</li>
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UBS Group AG managed to exceed the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.
The total pretax profit after these adjustments was $1.1 billion, of which $2 billion came from the UBS subgroup and a loss of $0.8 billion from the Credit Suisse subgroup.
Furthermore, UBS Group's financing division kept up its great performance, reporting its best second quarter and best first half ever.


UBS Group AG: Will The Strategic Alliance With Numarics Provide A Competitive Edge? - Major Drivers

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<li>This is our first report on UBS Group AG, one of the largest banking service companies.</li>
<li>The company delivered a decent result in the last quarter driven by strong flows across Global Wealth Management and Asset Management.</li>
<li>The company will continue to prioritize a capital-light and client-focused Investment Bank model while managing activities outside its strategic focus.</li>
</ul>


This is our first report on UBS Group AG, one of the largest banking service companies.
The company delivered a decent result in the last quarter driven by strong flows across Global Wealth Management and Asset Management.
The company will continue to prioritize a capital-light and client-focused Investment Bank model while managing activities outside its strategic focus.


UBS Group AG: Initiation of Coverage – The Credit Suisse Acquisition & Other Drivers

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

Santander Bank Polska SA / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the STX Europe 600 and EUROSTX Indices for the March 2023 Rebalance.</li>
<li>There is roughly one more month left to the base date. At present, I see around 3 ADDs/DELs in the June 2023 review.</li>
<li>Separately, STX Europe 600 members <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/credit-suisse-group-ag-f4b24f0c-c294-40b3-b491-759f0cb277e9" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27915:1" rel="noopener">Credit Suisse (CSGN SW)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vantage-towers-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35602:1" rel="noopener">Vantage Towers (VTWR GR)</a> could possibly get deleted in the next few months triggering intra-review index changes.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the STX Europe 600 and EUROSTX Indices for the March 2023 Rebalance.
There is roughly one more month left to the base date. At present, I see around 3 ADDs/DELs in the June 2023 review.
Separately, STX Europe 600 members Credit Suisse (CSGN SW) and Vantage Towers (VTWR GR) could possibly get deleted in the next few months triggering intra-review index changes.


Quiddity Leaderboard SE600 Jun 23: Three ADDs/DELs Likely

Switzerland

UBS Group AG provides financial services to private, corporate, and institutional clients. The Company offers investment, retail, and corporate and institutional banking, as well as holistic wealth management planning and asset management services. UBS Group also offers securities services such as fund administration and third-party fund management.

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UBS Group (UBSG SW)

[Earnings Preview] Weak Refining Margins and Gas Prices Dampen Chevron’s Q2 Earnings Outlook

Chevron’s Q2 revenue and EPS expected to drop 0.6% and 4.5% YoY due to lower refining margins and natural gas prices, but its low-cost production...

Mint Finance

European AT1 Top Picks: BACR 6 ⅛ PERP, BACR 4 ⅜ PERP and INTNED 3 ⅞ PERP

European AT1s offer higher YTC compared with those of similarlyrated Asian AT1s. This partly reflects the technical of European AT1s is not as...

CMB International

UBS Group AG: Will The Strategic Alliance With Numarics Provide A Competitive Edge? - Major Drivers

UBS Group AG managed to exceed the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street. The total pretax profit after these adjustments was $1.1...

Baptista Research

UBS Group AG: Initiation of Coverage – The Credit Suisse Acquisition & Other Drivers

This is our first report on UBS Group AG, one of the largest banking service companies. The company delivered a decent result in the last quarter...

Baptista Research

Quiddity Leaderboard SE600 Jun 23: Three ADDs/DELs Likely

The top 5 Potential ADDs have strong positive momentum and the top 5 potential DELs have strong negative momentum. This could continue over the...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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