Founded in 2014, COOP Careers provides underemployed, first-generation and Pell Grant college graduates with opportunities to expand their professional skills and networks in order to launch a meaningful career and fuel upward mobility. Mizuho is thrilled to support COOP and its SMB Client project, aiming to provide participants with hands-on work experience in industries including Digital Marketing, Data Analytics, and Business Development.

An increasing number of companies are developing treatments for neurodegenerative disorders and their symptoms – many of which are showing promising data. The positive outlook could be an emerging opportunity for investors to target smaller drug makers. Graig Suvannavejh, Senior US Healthcare Equity Research Analyst examines how the new age of neuro drug development is creating a major pathway for investors.

Members of Mizuho's Biotech, Healthcare, and REITs Equity Research teams are back for another edition of Mizuho Collaborates, where they discuss the latest developments at the intersection of life sciences and real estate.

Pursuit is an innovative social impact organization focusing on closing the prosperity gap in America, transforming the lives of New Yorkers from low-income backgrounds through its no-cost engineering training programs. Mizuho is proud to partner with Pursuit to further accelerate and support the hundreds of young adults in their career and professional development.

For nearly 130 years, Henry Street Settlement has been opening doors for Lower East Side residents and New Yorkers, providing a wealth of resources including career readiness training, social services, arts, health care and other programs. As a partner, Mizuho is proud to support Henry Street’s Building Automation Systems Training, a transformative program with a focus on commercial building systems that create a healthier and eco-friendly environment.

Throughout much of the pandemic, industrial REITs experienced a boom as ecommerce drove demand for warehouse space. At least until last year, when major companies paused growth. Today, industrial REITs look solid once more, but many REITs investors see big variations among geographic sub-markets. Vikram Malhotra, Senior REITs Equity Research Analyst, dissects why the time is now for a renewed focus on large, well-diversified industrial REITs.

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.

What’s happening on Wall Street? What can we expect moving forward? Our DCM experts discuss the trends affecting the capital markets.

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.