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Our analysts are among the highest ranked in the industry and provide comprehensive survey and analyst reports to investors in a timely manner.
Our team of highly specialized analysts, economists, and strategists survey, analyze, and evaluate Japanese and global industry trends, listed companies, economic conditions, interest rates, forex, credit, ESG, and more from various angles. Based on those results, Mizuho Securities provides investors with information crucial to asset management, such as forecasts and investment strategies via reports, seminars, events, and the media.
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Year after year, we continue to be recognized as the top research house in Japan for both equities and fixed income.
For equity research, in February 2025, we has been awarded first place in the 32nd annual Japan Research Team survey run by Extel (formerly the Institutional Investor Survey) . We ranked 3rd among all research houses for the Nikkei Veritas 2025 "37th Popular Equity Analyst Survey." Nine of our analysts ranked 1st in individual category rankings.
For bond research, Mizuho Financial Group ranked 3rd among all companies and groups for the Nikkei Veritas 2025 "30th Popular Bond/Forex Analyst/Economist Survey." One of our analysts ranked 1st in individual category rankings.
While our achievements are notable, our quest to enhance our research capabilities to offer unsurpassable solutions tailored to the diverse needs of our clients is unending.
"This content was originally published by Extel on February 11, 2025 (EST) and is reproduced with their permission."
Source：Nikkei Veritas, February 23, 2025 issue
Source：Nikkei Veritas, March 27, 2025 issue
Research Business
In terms of our equity research, we have continually enhanced our Pan Asia equity research platform (including Japan) in direct response to the needs of clients in Japan and overseas. Our award-winning, top-ranked team of Japan-based economists, strategists, sector analysts, and specialist researchers leverage their talents spanning macroeconomic analysis, industry trends, valuations of individual equities, investment strategies, and quant analysis to deliver a broad suite of thematic reports.
Our fixed income research is anchored by a large, Japan-based team of leading economists, strategists and analysts who deliver comprehensive forecasts on Japan/global growth, interest rates, and forex, as well as credit analysis of issuers, financial institutions outside Japan, monetary policy impact assessments, and fixed income strategies. Recently, we have further strengthened these capabilities by leveraging digital innovation and by placing greater emphasis on empowering clients with timely coverage of ESG and related topics.
Seminars and Investor Events
At Mizuho Securities, our sales and research teams work together to conduct seminars and events of various sizes for institutional investors.
Large-scale events include our annual Japan Alpha Conference, held every September in Tokyo since 2020. This conference features one-on-one and group meetings between companies and investors, as well as analyst-led tours. For fiscal 2025, we held this as an in-person conference and welcomed approximately 365 domestic and overseas institutional investors and some 208 companies, resulting in a highly successful event.
We also routinely hold seminars on topics of critical importance to investors, providing ideas and information in a timely and easily accessible format helpful for making investment decisions.