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Mizuho named LatinFinance’s Infrastructure Bank of the Year in Central America
Mizuho Americas was recognized by LatinFinance for its role in successfully securing clean energy and infrastructure financings across the region. Learn more about Mizuho's commitment to providing clients with innovative and strategic solutions in the power, energy , and infrastructure sector.
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Storytellers in Business, Episode 1: Barbara Byrne
Mizuho | Greenhill is excited to launch our new podcast series, Storytellers in Business, where we sit with industry icons and leaders to learn about their fascinating stories, anecdotes and lessons. In this first episode, host Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking at Mizuho Americas, speaks to her friend and mentor, longtime Wall Street veteran, Barbara Byrne.
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Forbes Iconoclast: Mizuho’s Michal Katz discusses public vs private markets
Head of Investment & Corporate Banking for Mizuho Americas, Michal Katz, joined the panel discussion “Dealmaking for the Next Decade: Going Public, Taking Private, and Everything In Between” at the Forbes Iconoclast Summit in New York on June 20, 2024
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An analysis of Q1 activity in Equity Capital Markets
Following an active first quarter in the Equity Capital Markets, what can we expect for IPO, secondary and convertible issuance going into the rest of the year? Our latest Markets Mindset features Mizuho Investment & Corporate Banking’s Andy Laszlo and Ivana Rupcic-Hulin, providing their viewpoints on Q1 trends, what they’ve learned and what we can expect going forward.
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Mizuho Growth Conference '24: exploring equity and private capital markets, M&A and more
Mizuho recently hosted its inaugural Growth Conference to showcase early-stage Israeli firms in the tech and healthcare space to investors. During the lunch panel, attendees heard from Mizuho and Greenhill & Co. experts on the outlook for monetization strategies in equity and private capital markets and M&A. Open windows in the IPO market followed by renewed interest in the private market are creating fertile ground for more investment. Megadeals in energy and healthcare have driven M&A volume so far in 2024, but headwinds continue persist for the remainder of 2024, highlighting the importance of creative financing strategies and structural considerations designed to bridge valuation gaps.
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Mizuho Recognized for five IFR Awards
Mizuho won top billing as Investment-Grade Corporate Bond House of the Year in the 2023 IFR Awards for consistent leadership on behalf of our clients, taking market share from some of the U.S.’s top bulge-bracket banks.
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Mizuho Investor Survey - 2024 Outlook for IG DCM
At the close of 2023, we surveyed bond investors on their sentiment and outlook for the coming year. In the latest installment of Markets Mindset, Mizuho’s Head of IG DCM, Moshe Tomkiewicz, gives his take on key findings from the survey results.
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Cleared for Conversation: A Fireside Chat with Apollo’s Jim Zelter
Apollo Co-President Jim Zelter, joined Rich Park, Co-Head of Financial Sponsors & Strategic Solutions at Mizuho Americas, to discuss the alternative asset management firm’s investment strategy during Mizuho’s “Cleared for Conversation: Aviation Insights and Networking Summit” event in October. Mizuho served as Lead Arranger and Advisor to Apollo’s aviation lending platform PK Airfinance’s acquisition of a $920 million portfolio of secured aviation loans from Standard Chartered in August.
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Mizuho Americas wins PFI’s Americas Bank of the Year; Recognized with four deal-specific awards
Mizuho Americas was recognized by Project Finance International (PFI) with five awards in 2023, including Americas Bank of the Year, for its achievements in financing groundbreaking power, energy, and infrastructure projects.