Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Genre Investment Bank
Founded September 2000
Headquarters New York City, United States
Number of locations
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hoboken, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London
Key people
Jerry Rizzieri, President and CEO
Total assets $2.0 Trillion as of December 31, 2012
Parent Mizuho Financial Group
Website mizuhoamericas.com

Mizuho Securities USA Inc. (“MSUSA”) is the US investment banking subsidiary of Mizuho Securities (“MHSC”). The firm provides institutional and corporate customers with products and services through Equity, fixed income, Futures Divisions and investment banking [1] . MSUSA is an SEC-registered Broker-Dealer and a Primary Dealer of US Treasuries designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. MSUSA is also registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant (FCM) and has memberships in, or access to, a variety of global futures exchanges for trading in financial and commodity futures and options on futures contracts. In 2006, MSUSA’s sister bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank (MHCB) became the first Japanese bank to obtain US Financial Holding Company (FHC) status. Since then MSUSA’s business activities expanded to include the underwriting of debt and equity securities, and trading in ETFs, MBS and corporate bonds. Headquartered in New York City, MSUSA has offices located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hoboken, New Jersey, Los Angeles, San Francisco and London.

Parent Company

The Mizuho Financial Group is the parent company of Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and offers financial services including banking, securities, trust and asset management, credit card, private banking, and venture capital through its group companies. The group has over 56,000 staff working in approximately 920 offices in 30 countries, and total assets of over $2.0 trillion (as of December 31, 2012). MFG is traded on the TSE, NYSE and Osaka stock exchanges. The group was created in September 2000 through the establishment of a holding company of the three predecessor banks, The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), The Fuji Bank (Fuji) and The Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ). Under the umbrella of the holding company Mizuho Financial Group, the principal group companies include Mizuho Corporate Bank (MHCB), Mizuho Bank (MHBK), Mizuho Securities (MHSC) and Mizuho Trust & Banking (MHTB).

Products and Services

Equity: MSUSA’s Equity Division provides equity research, capital markets access, and extensive equity and equity-linked distribution and execution capabilities for the equity markets in Asia and the Americas. MSUSA also has a Corporate Access[2] desk that arranges numerous non-deal road shows for Asian, Japanese, US and Lat-Am corporates with institutional investors in the US, Europe and Asia. MSUSA’s Equity products include; Japanese Equities, Asian Equities, Equity Finance, Convertible Bonds, US Equities, Equity Capital Markets.

In 2010 MSUSA participated as Global Joint Coordinator on Dai-Ichi Life IPO, which was the largest IPO in Japan and 2nd largest globally for the year,[3][4] and in the $6 billion Mizuho Financial Group global offering.

Fixed Income: MSUSA’s Fixed Income Division client relationship list includes central banks, banks, municipalities, hedge funds, asset managers and insurance corporations. MSUSA’s fixed income products include: US Treasuries, corporate bonds, Debt Capital Markets, US Agency Securities, Securities Financing, Strategic Credit Group, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, Japanese Government Bonds, Yen Fixed Income, Emerging Markets [5] .

Futures: MSUSA’s Futures Division provides futures clearing and execution services across a spectrum of institutional client profiles including financial institutions, commercial hedgers, commodity trading advisors,[6] hedge funds, money managers and pension funds. MSUSA provides market coverage through Electronic Execution Services, Clearing Services and Voice Execution Services.

Investment Banking: MSUSA provides investment banking services through its Bridgeford division. The Bridgeford Group provides advisory services to Japanese and US multi-national corporations, offering services of mergers & acquisitions,[7] financial structuring, and corporate strategy with expertise in cross-border transactions.[8]

Leadership

Jerry Rizzieri is President and CEO of Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.[9]

References

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