Insights from Mizuho Americas
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Category: Trends
Mizuho Rating Agency Energy Panel Discussions 2023: Navigating the economic and geopolitical crosscurrents
Last month, Mizuho was excited to host our Fifth Annual Rating Agency Energy Panel Discussions at the Calgary Petroleum Club. The event once again featured a lineup of analysts from S&P, Moody’s, Fitch and DBRS Morningstar focused on the Canadian energy sector across an upstream panel, a midstream panel and a one-on-one discussion with a leading expert from Moody’s on Environmental, Social and Governance considerations in the rating process.
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Category: Expert Opinions
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: Trends
Key themes from SFVegas 2023
All eyes were on the consumer at this year’s Structured Finance Association SFVegas Conference, where ABS investors probed near- and non-prime originators on how they are faring in light of increased cost of funds and compressing margins in an environment with limited ability to increase collateral APRs. Richard Burke, Co-Head of Securitized Products Origination, Mizuho Americas, provides the key takeaways.
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Category: Expert Opinions
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
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Category: Expert Opinions
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: Trends
Fanatics CFO Glenn Schiffman discusses the need to put customers - and partners - first, and how collaboration is key to growth
In our series Blindspots, which examines the evolving role of the CFO, Glenn Schiffman, Chief Financial Officer of Fanatics, sat down with Andy Laszlo, Managing Director, Head of TMT ECM and SPAC origination at Mizuho Americas Investment & Corporate Banking. Glenn and Andy discuss the importance of adapting to change and what it takes to succeed in today's market
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Category: Expert Opinions
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: Expert Opinions
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: Expert Opinions
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.