Insights & Research
Meet the team
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.
Jordan Rochester
Head of FICC Strategy EMEA, having joined from Nomura International Plc, where he led the G10 Macro Strategy team’s content out of London (Rates & FX). Jordan has over fourteen years of experience in Macro strategy covering the major currencies and their drivers, such as macroeconomic trends, rates, equities, commodities, political developments, and event risks. Well known for his Euro area, UK and US coverage, Jordan is a regular guest on Bloomberg/CNBC TV and an International conference speaker.
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.
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.
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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.
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Further Research
Find additional sources of research via the links below:
Mizuho Bank, Ltd
Mizuho Bank, Ltd - Singapore
Mizuho Americas
Mizuho Research Institute
