Company:Mizuho Securities
 Headquarters in Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo | |
| Mizuho Securities | |
Native name | みずほ証券株式会社 |
Romanized name | Mizuho Shōken Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Industry | Investment banking |
| Headquarters | Ōtemachi, Tokyo , |
Number of employees | 6,994 (March 2016) |
| Parent | Mizuho Financial Group |
| Website | mizuhogroup.com/securities |
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 effective date of the merger was postponed a couple of times due to the financial crisis.[1] 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.[2] In 2004, the Polaris Capital Group was divested, focusing on private equity investment.[3] 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.[4] It also issues buy and sell ratings for publicly traded stocks.[5] During the early 2000s, it was considered to be one of the "big four" firms that controlled a large portion of Japanese trading.[6] In December 2005, an employee at Mizuho Securities placed an erroneous sell order of J-COM Co., Ltd. shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange,[7] resulting in a loss of approximately ¥40.7 billion.[8]
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.[9] The president of TSE resigned in 2005.[10] Mizuho was awarded approximately ¥10.7 billion.[7] Mizuho Securities operates several subsidiaries, including Mizuho Securities USA, where the CEO is Gerald Rizzieri.[11][12]
References
- ↑ "Form 6-K". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335730/000119312509044305/d6k.htm.
- ↑ "Form 20-F Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.". Financial Group, Inc.. 2009-08-19. p. 42. http://secfilings.nyse.com/files.php?symbol=MFG&fg=24.
- ↑ Kimura, Yuji (October 2013). Polaris Capitalism. ISBN 9781304483089. https://books.google.com/books?id=6zYKBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97.
- ↑ O'Connor, A. (November 2005). Trade, Investment and Competition in International Banking. ISBN 9780230512375. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEqBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA144.
- ↑ "salesforce.com (CRM) PT Raised to $110 at Mizuho Securities". https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/salesforce.com+%28CRM%29+PT+Raised+to+%24110+at+Mizuho+Securities/13229680.html.
- ↑ Park, Yung Chul; Patrick, Hugh (2013-11-26). How Finance is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan, and Korea. ISBN 9780231165266. https://books.google.com/books?id=_l3GAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA165.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mizuho Securities v. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo District Court, 4 December 2009)
- ↑ "News release re the first instance judgment rendered in the lawsuit for damages against the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.". Mizuho Securities. 2009-12-04. p. 1. http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/newsrelease/2009/pdf/20091204_01_en.pdf.
- ↑ Mizuho Securities v. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo District Court, December 4, 2009)
- ↑ "'Fat finger' trade costs Tokyo shares boss his job". The Independent. 2005-12-21. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/fat-finger-trade-costs-tokyo-shares-boss-his-job-520283.html.
- ↑ "Mizu-Who? The Japanese Bank That Wants to be the New Face of Wall Street". https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2016/01/04/mizuho-john-koudounis-investment-banking-debt-equity-mergers-deals/.
- ↑ "Mizuho Securities Promotes Gerald Rizzieri as its President and CEO | Finance Magnates". 9 March 2016. http://www.financemagnates.com/executives/move/mizuho-securities-promotes-gerald-rizzieri-president-ceo/.
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