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Here you will find Mizuho | Greenhill’s best-in-class thought leadership on industry trends and drivers from subject matter experts, clients and our employees.
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Dealmakers Forum: A Conversation with Maziar Minovi, CEO, Eurasia Group
M&A
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Q3 2024 Debt Capital Markets: A Constructive Landscape for Issuers
Capital Markets
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Dealmakers Forum: A Conversation with Alex Stern, SVP for Strategy and M&A, IBM
M&A
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Mizuho Named LatinFinance’s Infrastructure Bank of the Year in Central America
Power + Energy + Infrastructure, Project Finance
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Dealmakers Forum: A Conversation with Raj Rao, President & COO, Global Infrastructure Partners
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Spend your summer with Mizuho | Greenhill
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2024 Mizuho | Greenhill Dealmakers Forum: The Return of Dealmaking
M&A
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Michal Katz Shares M&A and Capital Markets Perspectives on Bloomberg’s The Close
M&A, Capital Markets
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M&A Environment in the UK, Europe and Beyond
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Introducing Our Enhanced Insight-Driven Content Hub
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Storytellers in Business, Episode 1: Barbara Byrne
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Michal Katz's American Banker Article: The Balance Between Private Credit and Syndicated Loans
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Mizuho Technology Conference Investor Panel: Exit Strategy Alternatives
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Welcome to M&A Corner
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Q2 2024 Debt Capital Markets: Mid-Year Macroeconomic Outlook
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Q2 2024 Equity Capital Markets: A Focus on Convertible Bonds
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Q2 2024 Leveraged Finance: A Focus on Leveraged Loans and CLOs
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Featured speaker at Mizuho Technology Conference: Saf Yeboah-Amankwah, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Mizuho Technology Conference Keynote Speaker: Arvind Krishna, IBM Chairman and CEO
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Forbes Iconoclast: Mizuho’s Michal Katz discusses public vs private markets
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Impact of the election on M&A dealmaking
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Ratings agencies weigh in on Canada’s energy outlook
Power + Energy + Infrastructure
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Q1 2024 - Investment Grade DCM
Capital Markets
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An analysis of Q1 activity in Equity Capital Markets
Real Estate, Technology + Media + Telecom, Capital Markets
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Q1 2024 – Leveraged Finance
Capital Markets
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Mizuho Americas Recognized for Ten IJGlobal Deal of the Year Awards
Power + Energy + Infrastructure, Project Finance
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Statins didn’t displace interventional cardiology: A lesson for GLP-1s
Healthcare
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Finance Leaders in Focus: A Conversation with David Neaves
Financial Institutions
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Mizuho Recognized for five IFR Awards
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Sector Outlook 2024: Equity Capital Markets
Technology + Media + Telecom, Consumer + Retail, Healthcare, Capital Markets
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Mizuho Americas led transactions recognized by LatinFinance Deal of the Year Awards
Project Finance
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Mizuho Investor Survey - 2024 Outlook for IG DCM
Capital Markets
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A Banner Year for Mizuho
Capital Markets, Project Finance
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Cautious optimism for Consumer & Retail - musings from ICR 2024
Consumer + Retail, M&A
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Cleared for Conversation: A Fireside Chat with Apollo’s Jim Zelter
Industrials
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Mizuho Americas wins PFI’s Americas Bank of the Year; Recognized with four deal-specific awards
Power + Energy + Infrastructure, Project Finance
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Mizuho Recognized for Funding Essential Energy Projects in the Americas
Power + Energy + Infrastructure, Project Finance
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Brandy Bergman, Shaival Patel, and Susan Gilbertson
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Finance Leaders in Focus: A Conversation with Mark Scheiwer
Consumer + Retail
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Alex Lynch, Leslie Pfrang and Karen Snow
Capital Markets
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Kevin Costantino, Seth Mair and Moshe Tomkiewicz
Capital Markets
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Mizuho’s Moshe Tomkiewicz, Jeb Slowik and Josh Weismer
Capital Markets
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Gregg Lemos-Stein, Chief Analytical Officer of Corporate Ratings at S&P Global Ratings
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Joe Dowling, Global Head of BAAM, and Steve Meier, CIO of the New York City Retirement Systems
Alternatives
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Capital Markets Q3 2023 Perspectives: Debt Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance
Capital Markets
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Mizuho Americas Recognized for Funding Transformative Projects in Latin America
Power + Energy + Infrastructure, Project Finance
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Udi Mokady, Founder and Executive Chairman of CyberArk
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Professor Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Events
Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Nicholas Goodman, President and CFO of Brookfield Corporation
Alternatives
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Capital Markets Q3 2023 Perspectives: A Focus on ECM
Capital Markets
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Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Eric Rosengren, Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Financial Institutions
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2023 Mizuho Americas Finance Leaders Forum: Event Highlights
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO of Stack Overflow
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Isabelle Freidheim, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Athena Technology
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Troy Pospisil, Founder and CEO of Ontra
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Eynat Guez, Co-Founder and CEO of Papaya Global
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Deborah Liu, President and CEO of Ancestry
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Bill Burns, CEO of Zebra Technologies
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: A Conversation with Lise Buyer, Founder of Class V Group
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Trailblazers: Takeaways from Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2023
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Capital Markets Q2 2023 Perspectives: Healthcare in Focus
Healthcare, Capital Markets
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Mizuho acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor on an acquisition of a $1.8bn open-air retail platform by a joint venture
Real Estate
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Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking, addresses the Class of 2023 as the keynote speaker at Binghamton University School of Management Graduation
People
In this episode of the Intellectual Curiosity series, a DCM banker discusses what drives Mizuho’s Investment & Corporate Banking presence in Latin America
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Harnessing the power from within
Real Estate, Project Finance
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Investment & Corporate Banking Senior Banker Onsite Meeting: Unlocking Potential
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Capital Markets Q1 2023 Perspectives
Capital Markets
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Mizuho Rating Agency Energy Panel Discussions 2023: Navigating the economic and geopolitical crosscurrents
Power + Energy + Infrastructure
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Women’s History Month: No Limits
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Key themes from SFVegas 2023
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Mizuho, your leading bank for convertible bond transactions
Power + Energy + Infrastructure, Capital Markets
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The private debt market alternative
Capital Markets
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Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking addresses the outlook for financing in uncertain markets at the WSJ CFO Network Summit
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The SPAC roller coaster – is a renaissance coming?
Capital Markets
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Fanatics CFO Glenn Schiffman discusses the need to put customers - and partners - first, and how collaboration is key to growth
Technology + Media + Telecom
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The impact of macro trends on consumer & retail
Consumer + Retail, Capital Markets
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Equity capital markets – healthcare: 2022 year in review
Healthcare, Capital Markets
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Mizuho Americas Chief Economist Steve Ricchiuto shares his outlook on the economy in 2023
Capital Markets
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Equity capital markets – tech, media & telecom: 2022 year in review
Technology + Media + Telecom, Capital Markets
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In this episode of the Intellectual Curiosity series, an ECM Director discusses what sets Mizuho apart from its competitors
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Kevin Davies, Head of Healthcare Investment & Corporate Banking, explores how personalized medicine is shaping the future of healthcare
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Precision Decisions: How personalized medicine is shaping the future of healthcare
Healthcare
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Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking at Mizuho Americas sits down with Chemi Peres, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango for Mizuho Conversation with Leaders
Financial Institutions
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Mike Comisarow, Head of P&U and Infrastructure Canada, introduces our whitepaper, When Old Economy Becomes New Age
Power + Energy + Infrastructure
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Mizuho Investment & Corporate Banking examines the rise of digitalization in infrastructure, including the effects on various sectors, investments being made in the space and what lies ahead for this transformation
Power + Energy + Infrastructure
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Mizuho Investment & Corporate Banking explores semiconductor manufacturing, distribution and the seismic shifts and challenges facing the TMT sector today
Technology + Media + Telecom
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In Mizuho’s series Intellectual Curiosity, hear from a Director in Leveraged Capital Markets explain how Mizuho’s environment and culture is a differentiator.
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Peter Juhas, CFO of AerCap, sat down with Andrew Waddington, Managing Director, Industrials at Mizuho Americas to discuss AerCap’s strategy and approach to challenges.
Industrials
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Richard Gallivan, Head of TMT Investment & Corporate Banking introduces our most recent whitepaper, Six Degrees of Separation: Redefining the Semiconductor Supply Chain
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Mark Adams, President and CEO of SGH-Smart Global Holdings, shares thoughts about the digital transformation, the state of the semiconductor space, and his thoughts on the future of technology
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Chris Lapointe, CFO of SoFi, sat down with Diane Ferguson, Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Mizuho Americas to discuss SoFi’s mission, growth and differentiator
Financial Institutions, Technology + Media + Telecom
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John Hsu, EVP of Corporate Development and Treasurer at AMC Networks, tells us about innovation in media and entertainment, including its influence on consumption and investment
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Jodi Eddy, SVP and CIO at Boston Scientific, talks about digital medical devices and the impact technological transformation is having on healthcare
Technology + Media + Telecom, Healthcare
People
In this episode of Intellectual Curiosity, we chat with a Managing Director about Mizuho’s flat structure, entrepreneurial culture and creative approach to client solutions
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Abhishek Gupta, CFO of OYO, sat down with Anil Mittal, Managing Director, Industrials at Mizuho Americas to discuss the hospitality industry and managing the challenges of a global business
Real Estate
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Linda Mantia, Board member of Ceridian and Director of MindBeacon Holdings shares her ideas about what the next technological trends will be in the healthcare and financial services sector
Financial Institutions, Healthcare
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Bhushan Ivaturi, SVP and CIO at Enbridge, discusses the technological trends in energy that are crucial to the sector now, and in the future
Power + Energy + Infrastructure
People
Mizuho’s series, Intellectual Curiosity sits down with one of our senior leaders who describes Mizuho working across borders as collaborative, innovative and exciting
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Our whitepaper Digital Horizons explores technological shifts impacting sectors and how business leaders can take advantage of opportunities by looking beyond the obvious
Technology + Media + Telecom
People
Changing of the guard: Four tips for ensuring a successful leadership transition, an article by Michal Katz, Head of Banking Americas - Originally published in Forbes
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2023 Mizuho Americas ファイナンスリーダーズフォーラム：イベントハイライト
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Hear what Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking at Mizuho Americas says about embracing technological transformation and digital trends
Technology + Media + Telecom
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Uncovering how corporates are navigating the complex world of M&A, with insights from our dealmaking experts
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