Kiyokata Somekawa

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. engages in the financial instruments business that includes sales and trade of equity and bond, research, and investment trusts. It operates through the following business divisions: Retail, Corporate Investment Services, and Markets and Products. The Retail business division markets equities, bonds, investment trusts, and insurance for individual clients. The Corporate Investment Services business division offers securities solutions, investment banking, management strategies and raising funds for corporate clients. The Markets and Products division handles the product development. The company was founded in July 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mizuho Bank Ltd. engages in financial service business. It offers services such as buying and selling of securities, lending, deposits, securities investment, domestic exchange settlement, foreign exchanges transaction, and corporate bond trustee and register services. It also deals in buying and selling of gold, public bond underwriting, sale of public bonds, lottery, trust agent, and consulting services. The company was founded on May 7, 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (MSCL) is a majority-owned subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TK: 8411). Norinchukin Bank holds a significant minority interest. The firm was established in 2000 when DKB Securities, Fuji Securities and IBJ Securities merged. MSCL is based in Tokyo with subsidiaries in the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Switzerland and representative offices in China. The firm provides financial products and services to domestic and overseas institutional investors, financial institutions, corporations and public entities. In 2006 MSCL established a strategic alliance with the US-based investment bank Evercore Partners.