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Category: perspectives Perspectives
The SPAC roller coaster – is a renaissance coming?
Andy Laszlo, Head of ECM TMT and SPAC Origination, Investment & Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas, examines the SPAC Boom and its repercussions in the market. Andy makes the case for the SPAC comeback when hundreds of SPACs totaling over $65 billion are set to mature within sixty days.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
The impact of macro trends on consumer & retail
How do the macro trends impact Consumer & Retail and what are the implications for deal making and capital raising? Read about our takeaways from the ICR Conference 2023.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Equity capital markets – healthcare: 2022 year in review
2022 was a turbulent year for the healthcare and biotech sectors. Mizuho’s Equity Capital Markets team reflects on the macro headwinds, liquidity crunch, and their expectations for 2023.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Equity capital markets – tech, media & telecom: 2022 year in review
It was an eventful 2022 with equities suffering their worst year since the 2008 Financial Crisis. Andy Laszlo takes us through the markets and shares some thoughts on what’s ahead.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Navigating your career in a post-pandemic business world: Advice for this new chapter
Upheaval has forged a uniquely flexible, adaptable faction of emerging talent entering the workforce, says Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking. She provides a few pieces of advice for recent graduates navigating this next phase of their lives.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Mizuho rating agency energy panel discussions 2022: Agencies exude calm through a geopolitical storm
With energy markets experiencing disruptions on a scale not seen in decades, there was plenty to talk about at Mizuho’s fourth annual rating agency panel, which focused on prospects for production growth and the adequacy of infrastructure investments to keep up with shifting energy flows. Michael Gorelick, Head of Ratings Advisory, provides key highlights.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
5 questions with Garth Appelt
Head of Foreign Exchange Garth Appelt talks about the current trends in FX, the impact of cryptocurrency on rates, and how he kept the team connected while working apart.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Diversity & Inclusion Speaker Series with Yai Vargas, Vice President, Strategic Engagement & Initiatives, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our UNIDOS employee resource group hosted an eye-opening Speaker Series to discuss the LatinX perspective on careers and culture. Mariano Gaut, Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets at Mizuho Americas, sat down with Yai Vargas, Vice President, Strategic Engagement & Initiatives, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility who spoke about the unique layers of LatinX identity and evolving cultural terminology.
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Category: perspectives Perspectives
Sustainability Speaker Series with Annette Nazareth, Governance Structure Co-Chair
We all need to do our part to reduce emissions to the full extent possible. Find out how we can get to net zero and scale voluntary carbon markets in our latest Sustainability Speaker Series featuring Annette Nazareth, Governance Structure Co-Chair who spoke to Adam Hopkins, Mizuho Americas Managing Director & Deputy General Counsel.