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.

We caught up with Mizuho Equity Research Analysts and Bankers in the halls of the Mizuho Technology Conference. Listen to some of their insights on the trends that impact our world today and the next cycle of innovation and growth.

Mizuho Americas Head of Investment & Corporate Banking Michal Katz and Chair of Technology Banking Richard Gallivan, sat down for a fireside chat with Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO of IBM, to discuss the state of technology, regulation and the future of quantum computing and AI during the Mizuho Technology Conference.

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

Sluggish sales activity from key firms in consumer hardlines – a $3 trillion subsector that encompasses durable goods ranging from appliances, to tools, to electronics - along with certain negative economic indicators, have led some analysts to question the financial health of the industry. But a closer look at consumer hardlines through our team's holistic lens – covering both traditional retail and emerging digital platforms – reveals a more nuanced picture.

On April 9th, Mizuho’s Head of Ratings Advisory for the Americas, Michael Gorelick, led panel discussions on Canadian upstream and midstream energy companies with a group of senior analysts from S&P, Moody’s, Fitch and Morningstar DBRS during Mizuho’s 6th annual Rating Agency Energy Panel Conference at the Calgary Petroleum Club.

Grameen America focuses exclusively microlending to low-income women running small businesses in the United States and recently surpassed $4 billion invested in 190,000 entrepreneurs. 

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.

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.