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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jefferies, Mizuho, and Morgan Stanley top M&A value in South & Central America in H1 2025
Jefferies, Mizuho Financial Group, and Morgan Stanley have emerged as the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers by value in the South & Central America region for the first half of 2025, according to GlobalData's latest league table. The analysis of GlobalData's deals database shows that Jefferies, Mizuho Financial Group, and Morgan Stanley each advised on a deal worth $9bn, securing the top position by value. Meanwhile, Citi led in terms of deal volume, by advising on a total of three deals. GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: 'Jefferies, Mizuho and Morgan Stanley advised on only one deal but still were significantly ahead of their peers in terms of value during H1 2025. Involvement in the $9bn Brookfield-Colonial Enterprises deal helped them secure the top spot by value. Apart from leading by value, these three firms also occupied the ninth position by volume during H1 2025. 'Similarly, Citi, apart from leading by volume, also occupied the fifth position by value during H1 2025.' The UK-based GlobalData's deals database further reveals that Bank of America ranked fourth in terms of value, advising on a $4bn deal. Citi followed closely with $2.5bn worth of deals, demonstrating its presence in both value and volume metrics. In terms of volume, UBS secured the second spot by advising on three deals, alongside Lazard and Rothschild & Co, which also advised on three deals each. JP Morgan completed the top-five list with two deals. GlobalData's league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names. To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions of deals from leading advisers. "Jefferies, Mizuho, and Morgan Stanley top M&A value in South & Central America in H1 2025 " was originally created and published by Retail Banker International, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Japan Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Japan Times
Mizuho partners with SoftBank on AI to boost efficiency
Mizuho Financial Group said Friday that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SoftBank to introduce cutting-edge artificial intelligence to streamline operations and improve customer service. Mizuho will be the first in the financial sector to introduce "Cristal intelligence," which is being developed jointly by SoftBank and OpenAI, the U.S. developer of the ChatGPT generative AI tool. Mizuho expects the latest AI technology, which optimizes corporate tasks, to help the company increase revenue and cut costs, resulting in positive effects totaling ¥300 billion by fiscal 2030. Using the technology, Mizuho plans to analyze transaction data and market trends to quickly provide corporate customers with management advice. The financial group also expects the technology to help boost productivity in its sales activities more than twofold and reduce low-value operations by up to 50%. Mizuho and SoftBank will also conduct research and development on a large language model dedicated to the financial sector.
