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Baptista Research

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.

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

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<li>OceanaGold moved to expand its Australian footprint on August 17, 2026, agreeing to acquire Ausgold through a court-approved scheme of arrangement that values the target at about A$776 million, or US$549 million.</li>
<li>Ausgold shareholders would receive 0.03365 OceanaGold shares for each share held, with a limited cash election, and are expected to own roughly 6% to 8% of the combined company after closing.</li>
<li>The centerpiece is the Katanning Gold Project in Western Australia, an advanced open-pit development asset expected to produce more than 100,000 ounces annually over an initial 10-year mine life, with first gold targeted for 2029.</li>
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OceanaGold moved to expand its Australian footprint on August 17, 2026, agreeing to acquire Ausgold through a court-approved scheme of arrangement that values the target at about A$776 million, or US$549 million.
Ausgold shareholders would receive 0.03365 OceanaGold shares for each share held, with a limited cash election, and are expected to own roughly 6% to 8% of the combined company after closing.
The centerpiece is the Katanning Gold Project in Western Australia, an advanced open-pit development asset expected to produce more than 100,000 ounces annually over an initial 10-year mine life, with first gold targeted for 2029.


OceanaGold Acquisition Gamble: Can Ausgold Deliver More Than 100,000 Ounces?

OceanaGold Corp

OceanaGold Acquisition Gamble: Can Ausgold Deliver More Than 100,000 Ounces?