Japan's Mizuho to buy Greenhill to expand US investment banking footprint

Japan's Mizuho to buy Greenhill to expand US investment banking footprint

FILE PHOTO: Mizuho Bank's signboard is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group Inc will acquire independent investment bank Greenhill & Co Inc in an all-cash transaction, in a bid to expand further into U.S. investment banking.