Mizuho Capital Markets Corp. Email Format
Financial ServicesNew York, United States51-200 Employees
Mizuho Capital Markets Corp. (MCMC) operates as a U.S. swap dealer and a specialized derivatives firm, and it functions as an indirect, wholly owned non-banking subsidiary of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., which is part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. The company is based in New York City and maintains affiliates in London and Hong Kong. It conducts over-the-counter market making in the interest-rate and foreign-exchange spaces and is provisionally registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a swap dealer. MCMC serves a broad client base that includes corporate counterparties, smaller and mid-sized financial institutions, and supranational entities, providing hedging solutions to manage risk. It also offers hedging opportunities tied to project finance transactions in which Mizuho Bank participates in structuring and financing, and it provides U.S. dollar liquidity to its affiliates. As a component of a major Japanese financial group, the firm occupies a specialized niche within the financial services industry focused on derivatives trading and market making.