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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Capital Markets Q3 2023 Perspectives: Debt Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance
In our latest Markets Mindset roundtable, Mizuho Investment & Corporate Banking experts, Jeb Slowik and Moshe Tomkiewicz give their thoughts on recent trends within the Leveraged Finance and Investment Grade markets respectively. Victor Forte, Head of Investment Grade Capital Markets & Syndicate, leads the discussion on the factors affecting their markets including recent events in the Middle East and if the Fed will keep rates higher for longer.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Mizuho Americas recognized for funding transformative projects in Latin America
Mizuho Americas plays an active role in helping support LatAm infrastructure through its financing of critical projects designed to accelerate progress in the region and improve the quality of life of its population. Two such deals were just acknowledged with LatinFinance 2023 Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Capital Markets Q3 2023 Perspectives: A Focus on ECM
In this quarter’s Markets Mindset, Mizuho experts Josh Weismer and Andy Laszlo explore the current state of Equity Capital Markets, their insights from Q3 and outlook for the remainder of 2023 and beyond. After a volatile 18 months, the IPO market is rebounding. Alignment between investor demand and seller valuation has led to increased activity spurred by deal making in the Technology, Media & Telecom sector.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Finance Leaders Forum: A Conversation with Eric Rosengren, Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Steven Ricchiuto, Chief Economist at Mizuho Americas, sat down with Eric Rosengren, Former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, to discuss the U.S. macroeconomic outlook, what factors go into interest rate policymaking and what steps the Fed may take to achieve its targeted inflation rate.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Trailblazers: A Conversation with Lise Buyer, Founder of Class V Group
When will the IPO markets reopen? Few are better placed to answer this question than Lise Buyer, founder of IPO advisory firm, Class V Group.
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Trailblazers: Takeaways from Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2023
AI was at the heart of conversations at the 2023 Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference. Optimism around this massive tech innovation was plentiful, tempered by the need for regulation, governance and guardrails for this unchartered opportunity. Excitement and enthusiasm were also high around investments, as last year’s market uncertainty eases and the IPO market shows signs of returning.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Capital Markets Q1 2023 Perspectives
What’s happening on Wall Street? What can we expect moving forward? Our DCM experts discuss the trends affecting the capital markets.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Energy investing: shale 3.0 is creating opportunities to invest in energy despite volatile commodity prices
With commodity prices predicted to ebb and flow in the coming months, energy investors may need to be more selective and search for new opportunities. Against the challenging backdrop, Nitin Kumar, Senior U.S. Energy Analyst, discusses how shale producers can offer investors unique investment opportunities, presenting capital discipline, a commitment to rewarding shareholders, and good visibility into inventory.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
The private debt market alternative
Larger deals and new players are just some of Sameer Kishore’s takeaways from the 2023 Annual Private Placement Conference in Miami. Click to read his entire insight