Mizuho plans to remain a top 10 global investment bank

“We believe we can keep our position in the top 10,” Naoki Takahashi, head of Mizuho’s global investment banking division, said. — Bloomberg

TOKYO: Mizuho Financial Group aims to stay in the top 10 of the global investment bank league table, its investment banking chief says, after it became the first Japanese bank to enter the table’s upper echelons in more than a decade.

Mizuho ranked 10th in LSEG’s investment banking league table last year, benefitting from a lead underwriting role in chip designer Arm’s initial public offering and the purchase of US mergers and acquisitions (M&As) advisory Greenhill.