Insights from Mizuho Americas
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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: 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.
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Category: Expert Opinions
Navigating your career in a post-pandemic business world: Advice for this new chapter
Upheaval has forged a uniquely flexible, adaptable faction of emerging talent entering the workforce, says Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking. She provides a few pieces of advice for recent graduates navigating this next phase of their lives.
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Category: Expert Opinions
Mizuho rating agency energy panel discussions 2022: Agencies exude calm through a geopolitical storm
With energy markets experiencing disruptions on a scale not seen in decades, there was plenty to talk about at Mizuho’s fourth annual rating agency panel, which focused on prospects for production growth and the adequacy of infrastructure investments to keep up with shifting energy flows. Michael Gorelick, Head of Ratings Advisory, provides key highlights.
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Category: Expert Opinions
Updated guide to energy transition under Biden administration
Here’s a roadmap for navigating the energy transition, as nearly half a year into the Biden presidency has already shown that the path ahead for American renewables is unlikely to be as smooth or immediate as proponents say it will.
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Category: Expert Opinions
Galapagos Syndrome: Unique innovator or progress prohibitor?
In modern business, “Galapagos Syndrome” has become a metaphor often used when discussing the progression of Japanese products over the past 30 years. Edward Butterman, Director of Global Transaction Banking, explores the country’s distinct payments ecosystem.
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Category: Expert Opinions
Trade Finance: It's All About Liquidity
When it comes to liquidity, status quo is stagnation. Finding creative and cost-effective solutions to enhance working capital, reduce risk, and improve metrics should be top-of-mind all the time.