- CEO
- Masahiro Kihara
- Full Time Employees
- 52,427
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- 1-5-5 Otemachi Tokyo TY Japan 100-8176
- IPO Date
- Jan 17, 2012
- Business
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (MZHOF) operates as a bank holding company that provides comprehensive financial and strategic services through subsidiaries including Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, and Mizuho Securities; core offerings encompass retail and corporate banking with deposits, lending, and exchange settlement; trust, real estate, securitization, pension, and asset management services; full-line securities including investment banking such as bond and stock underwriting, M&A advisory, structured finance, and sales/trading in equities, fixed income, and derivatives; transaction banking featuring trade finance, cash/liquidity management, financial risk management, and custody; as well as private banking, credit cards, venture capital, research, and consulting. The group serves individuals, SMEs, large corporations, financial institutions, public sector entities, and foreign clients across retail, wholesale, and global markets, with primary operations in Japan and international presence in the Americas, EMEA, Asia-Pacific including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and emerging expansions in the EU and Saudi Arabia-related initiatives. Founded in 2003 and headquartered at 1-5-5 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Mizuho maintains a diversified structure emphasizing synergies across banking, securities, and asset management segments.
Mizuho recently completes the acquisition of Augusta & Co., a specialist financial advisory firm in the energy transition and renewables sector, in October 2025 to enhance its EMEA M&A capabilities; finalizes the transfer of its global custody business outside Japan to State Street in October 2025 following the February announcement; announces plans in July 2025 to acquire shares in Upsider Holdings and Augusta & Co to bolster leasing and advisory services; enters a strategic collaboration with Mercer in May 2025 for outsourced chief investment officer services in Japan; forms a partnership with Golub Capital in September 2024, acquiring a minority stake to distribute private credit products to Japanese investors; and signs memorandums with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in November 2024 for an ETF launch in Saudi equities and capital market initiatives, alongside ongoing share repurchases and sustainability reporting updates.