New York, March 5, 2018 – Mizuho Americas announces that Mizuho Electronic Trading (MET) took top honors for Best New Trading Product at the Fund Technology & WSL Awards 2018. The award recognizes those catering to asset managers and institutional traders who have demonstrated exceptional customer service and innovative product development.
“The advantage of introducing a new offering in a mature product space is that we are not burdened by legacy technology,” said Lindsey Burik, head of equity electronic trading at Mizuho Americas. “We took a fresh look at electronic trading and came up with a product that leverages real-time technology and our enterprise-wide global reach. The result is a choice of nimble, easily customizable algorithms that continuously optimize paths to unique liquidity and help seek best execution. Our clients have found MET to be especially strong with small and mid-cap liquidity.”
Mizuho partnered with Clearpool, an electronic trading technology provider, to give clients the ability to change, amend and customize algorithms based on transactional data and trader preferences. The partnership aims to give the buyside more control and transparency over their algorithms by monitoring market performance throughout the day, providing data to make assessments and fine-tune algorithmic performance.
About Mizuho Americas
Mizuho Americas is a leading financial institution comprising several legal entities, which together offer clients corporate and investment banking, financing, securities, treasury services, asset management, research and more. With professionals in offices throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Chile, Mizuho’s operations in the Americas connect a broad client base of major corporations, financial institutions and public sector groups to local markets and a vast global network. Learn more here.
Mizuho Americas is an integral part of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG). The Mizuho group is a global financial services leader with offices in nearly 40 countries, approximately 60,000 employees, and assets of more than USD 1.8 trillion. Mizuho provides expertise in retail banking, corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, capital markets, and sales and trading, to help businesses develop and find new opportunities for growth. Learn more here