Mizuho CEO Upbeat on Dealmaking Prospects in Japan and US

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.’s chief executive officer expressed optimism that momentum in investment banking will continue both at home and in the US, where Japan’s third-biggest lender has been expanding.

Tokyo-based Mizuho has completed the integration of US boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co., which it purchased two years ago, and is now reaping the benefits, CEO Masahiro Kihara said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Thursday. “We’re now able to pursue large-scale M&A deals,” he said.