Mizuho Securities

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
みずほ証券株式会社
Mizuho Securities
Industry Investment banking
Headquarters Ōtemachi, Tokyo, Japan
Parent Mizuho Financial Group
Website www.mizuho-sc.com/english
Mizuho Securities headquarters in Ōtemachi, Tokyo

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (みずほ証券株式会社, Mizuho Shōken Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese investment banking and securities firm. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.

History

The current Mizuho Securities is established by a merger between Shinko Securities and the former Mizuho Securities. The former Shinko Securities (a former equity-method affiliate of Mizuho Financial Group) and the former Mizuho Securities (a former consolidated subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group) merged on 7 May 2009. The surviving entity was the former Shinko Securities, which changed its name to Mizuho Securities upon the merger. After the merger, Mizuho Financial Group holds 59.51% equity ownership of the new Mizuho Securities.[1] In 2004 the Polaris Capital Group was divested, focusing on private equity investment.[2] Mizuho Securities is involved in bond and stock trading, debt and equity financing, and advisory services for structured finance; its clients include financial institutions, public corporations, and institutional investors or firms.[3] It also issues buy and sell ratings for publicly traded stocks.[4] During the early 2000s it was considered to be one of the “big four” firms that controlled a large portion of Japanese trading.[5] In December 2005, an employee at Mizuho Securities placed an erroneous sell order of J-COM Co., Ltd. shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange,[6] resulting in a loss of approximately 40.7 billion yen.[7]

Mizuho Securities then brought a case for its damages against the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) as they could not cancel the order due to a fault in the TSE’s computer system.[8] The president of TSE resigned in 2005.[9] Mizuho was awarded approximately 10.7 billion yen.[6] Mizuho Securities operates several subsidiaries, including Mizuho Securities USA, where the CEO is Gerald Rizzieri.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Form 20-F Mizuho Financial Group, Inc". Financial Group, Inc. 2009-08-19. p. 42. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  2. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=6zYKBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97
  3. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=yEqBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA144
  4. ↑ https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/salesforce.com+%28CRM%29+PT+Raised+to+%24110+at+Mizuho+Securities/13229680.html
  5. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=_l3GAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA165
  6. 1 2 Mizuho Securities v. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo District Court, 4 December 2009)
  7. ↑ "News release re the first instance judgment rendered in the lawsuit for damages against the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc" (PDF). Mizuho Securities. 2009-12-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  8. ↑ Mizuho Securities v. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo District Court, December 4, 2009)
  9. ↑ "'Fat finger' trade costs Tokyo shares boss his job". The Independent. 2005-12-21. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  10. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2016/01/04/mizuho-john-koudounis-investment-banking-debt-equity-mergers-deals/
  11. ↑ http://www.financemagnates.com/executives/move/mizuho-securities-promotes-gerald-rizzieri-president-ceo/
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