纽约 —— 日本瑞穗金融集团已获得人工智能初创公司Anthropic和太空探索技术公司SpaceX大规模美国首次公开募股（IPO）的承销角色，这建立在其参与软银集团相关交易的经验之上。
NEW YORK -- Japan's Mizuho Financial Group has scored underwriting roles for massive U.S. initial public offerings by Anthropic and SpaceX, building on its experience with SoftBank-related deals.
Anthropic于周一提交的S-1招股说明书将高盛列为牵头主承销商，摩根士丹利为联席主承销商。在这些美国大型机构的阵容中，日本方面由瑞穗证券美国公司和三菱UFJ金融集团旗下的三菱UFJ证券美国公司代表。
The S-1 prospectus filed by Anthropic on Monday listed Goldman Sachs as the lead-left arranger and Morgan Stanley as the co-lead underwriter. Among the heavy U.S. presence, Japan was represented by Mizuho Securities USA and MUFG Securities America, a unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
近年来，瑞穗在大型美国IPO中的参与度不断提高。2023年，它与高盛和摩根大通一起担任软银集团旗下芯片设计公司Arm Holdings IPO的主承销商，并参与了今年3月PayPay的美国上市。
Mizuho has been growing more involved with large U.S. IPOs in recent years. It was a lead underwriter of the 2023 IPO of SoftBank Group-owned chip design house Arm Holdings alongside Goldman and J.P. Morgan Chase, as well as the U.S. listing of PayPay this past March.
在SpaceX的IPO承销商中，瑞穗是唯一的日本名字，并参与了向日本散户投资者推销SpaceX股份的工作。它可能在Anthropic的发行中扮演类似角色。
Mizuho was the sole Japanese name among the underwriters of the SpaceX IPO and was involved in marketing SpaceX shares to Japanese retail investors. It could play a similar role in the Anthropic offering.
将大型海外IPO的股份推销给日本投资者，既需要营销技巧，也需要应对监管机构并协调众多利益相关方的能力。在容不得失败的超大型IPO中，拥有美国市场的往绩是一大优势。
Selling shares in big overseas IPOs to Japanese investors requires marketing skills as well as the ability to deal with regulators and coordinate with the many stakeholders involved. In mega-IPOs with no room for failure, having a track record in the U.S. is a plus.
瑞穗证券涉足投资银行业务相对较晚，2000年通过合并成立时，规模小于野村证券和大和证券等竞争对手。
Mizuho Securities came to the investment banking business relatively late, and was smaller than rivals such as Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities when it was created through a merger in 2000.
2015年，它收购了苏格兰皇家银行的北美贷款资产，巩固了在该地区的立足点。该日本公司于2023年收购了美国并购咨询公司Greenhill，近年来通过增加处理科技公司的人员和拓展股权承销业务，加强了其美国业务。
In 2015, it bought the North American loan assets of Royal Bank of Scotland, solidifying its foothold in the region. The Japanese company acquired U.S. mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Greenhill in 2023, and has stepped up its American operations in recent years by adding more personnel to handle tech companies and expanding into equity underwriting.
为资助其迅猛增长，Anthropic正通过多渠道筹集资金，除IPO外，还包括贷款和商业合作伙伴的投资。
Anthropic is raising money through multiple channels to fund its meteoric growth, including loans and investment by business partners alongside the IPO.
为了竞争承销超大型首次公开募股（IPO），企业需要能够在股权承销的基础上建立广泛的业务关系，包括放贷业务。
In order to compete to underwrite mega-IPOs, firms need to be able to build a broad range of business relationships, including lending, on top of their equity underwriting.
一位拥有国际交易经验的投资银行家表示：“一家公司‘作为银行的往绩也有助于决定它是否会被选为主承销商或纳入承销辛迪加’。”
A firm's "track record as a bank also helps determine whether it's tapped as a lead underwriter or included in the underwriting syndicate," said an investment banker with experience in international deals.
一位科技公司高管表示：“随着融资规模变大，更希望与源自商业银行的金融机构开展更多业务。”三菱UFJ金融集团（MUFG）也是Anthropic此次IPO的承销商之一，一直在通过与该IPO的联席主承销商摩根士丹利的合作，致力于拓展其美国投资银行业务。
A tech company executive said, "as fundraising gets bigger, there's a desire to do more business with financial institutions that come from commercial banks." MUFG, which is also among the underwriters for the Anthropic IPO, has been working to grow its U.S. investment banking operations through its tie-up with Morgan Stanley, the IPO's co-lead arranger.