Mizuho Americas is expanding its insurance-focused equity derivatives platform, strengthening distribution, custom index solutions and hedging capabilities.
Mizuho Financial Group’s US arm is accelerating its push into insurance-linked equity derivatives with three senior appointments aimed at scaling distribution and product capabilities. The hires build on the bank’s established corporate equity derivatives, structured notes, QIS and insurance trading platform Mizuho Americas has named Mike McCarthy as head of insurance distribution, Joe Kairen to lead insurance solutions and Josephine Chang to head insurance hedging. The hires bu