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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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>We believe that the Japanese-US trade deal helps to decrease uncertainty on monetary policy, with a potential rate rise in the near term improving the outlook for Japanese banks</li>
<li>We remove our short on Rakuten Bank, as it is one of the beneficiaries of a near term potential rise in benchmark rates going forward</li>
<li>In terms of PBV ratio, Seven Bank still trades at a 70%+ discount to Rakuten Bank’s PBV but the latter is impacted by the near-term interest rate outlook change</li>
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We believe that the Japanese-US trade deal helps to decrease uncertainty on monetary policy, with a potential rate rise in the near term improving the outlook for Japanese banks
We remove our short on Rakuten Bank, as it is one of the beneficiaries of a near term potential rise in benchmark rates going forward
In terms of PBV ratio, Seven Bank still trades at a 70%+ discount to Rakuten Bank’s PBV but the latter is impacted by the near-term interest rate outlook change


Upgrading Rakuten Bank (TSE: 5838) To a Hold