Insights & Research

Our team of economists and analysts provide regular coverage on equity and credit related topics, market developments and key macroeconomic trends, with an assessment of their implications for investors.

Mizuho EMEA G4 Rates & FX Monthly

August 2026

The monthly report, published by our team of strategists, shares our views on the policies, markets, rates, and FX forecasts for the Euro area, the US, the UK, and Japan.

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Meet the team

Evelyne Gomez-Liechti

Multi Asset Strategist in Mizuho’s FICC team in London, where she helps shape the firm’s macro strategy across EMEA markets. Specialising in rates and derivatives, Evelyne develops the house view on government bond yields and the economic and political forces behind them. She supports decisions across trading, sales, banking, and risk management, and helps clients navigate interest rate dynamics, issuance timing, and hedging strategies.

Masayuki Nakajima

Senior Strategist at Mizuho’s European Treasury Department in London, having joined in March 2023. Prior to Mizuho, he spent 17 years at Nomura Securities in Tokyo, where he held roles across sales, trading, and most notably – research for a decade. Nakajima-san provides in-depth analysis of economic and financial trends in the EMEA region and communicates insights on Japan’s economy and political landscape to institutional investors across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

Fixed Income Analysis

Our rates strategists cover rates markets in both cash and derivatives, researching macro and micro themes and providing frequent analysis and trade ideas.

Our credit analysts provide coverage of a wide range of individual credits, including banks and non-financial corporates.

Japanese Equity

Our extensive equity research covers all sectors of the Japanese marketplace, including autos and auto parts, banks, chemicals, computer and software, construction, consumer electronics, cross-sector, economics, electronics devices, energy, entertainment, financial services, fishery, agriculture and forestry, foods, glass and ceramics, healthcare, industrial electronics, information technology, insurance, machinery, media and internet, nonferrous metals, pharmaceuticals, precision instruments, printing, quants, real estate and housing, REIT, retail, semiconductor device production equipment, services, shipbuilding and plant, steel products, strategy, technical analysis, telecommunications, textiles and apparel, trading companies, transportation, utilities and wholesale.