Insights from Mizuho Americas
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Category: Research
CROs poised to grow despite shift in biotech funding
After reaching historically-high multiples in 2021, a shift in biotech funding is raising doubts about the industry’s growth prospects. Investors are overlooking positive signs, argues Ann Hynes, Senior US Healthcare Equity Research Analyst.
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Category: Research
The industrial landscape: Challenges and opportunities as the sector weathers supply chain and inflation pressures
Investors might be wary about the industrial sector after two years of unprecedented supply chain disruptions and record cost inflation, but the landscape is slowly improving. Senior US Industrials Analyst Brett Linzey looks at the current state of the market and examines longer-term secular trends.
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Category: Trends
Equity capital markets – software: 2021 year in review
Despite pandemic headwinds, the software sector has been one of the best performing sectors over the past two years. Head of TMT ECM & SPAC Origination Andy Laszlo looks at the key trends benefiting the industry.
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Category: Research
Why 2022 is expected to be the year of the customer data platform
Digital advertising and social media have given marketers unprecedented ways to collect customer data, and develop personalized campaigns. But as Senior Software Analyst Siti Panigrahi explains, that data-driven model is under threat.
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Category: Trends
Equity capital markets – tech, media & telecom: 2021 year in review
TMT dethroned Healthcare for the most active sector in the market in 2021. Andy Laszlo walks us through the markets and Mizuho’s record ECM year, and shares his thoughts and themes looking ahead.
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Category: Trends
What’s driving investor demand in consumer IPOs?
Consumer & Retail made up the third largest sector of IPO volumes in 2021. Find out what is propelling this trend.
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Category: Trends
Four ways to engage millennials for company success and growth
In the midst of a tight labor market and bare-knuckle battle for talent, Head of Investment and Corporate Banking Michal Katz writes about what business leaders can do to recruit and retain best-in-class millennial talent.
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Category: Trends
Credit investor survey
Forget the magic eight ball. The Mizuho Fixed Income Syndicate Desk recently conducted a survey of 170 investors regarding their outlook on bond issuance for 2022, to help you navigate your way through the New Year.
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Category: Mizuho Spotlight
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.