MUFG Captures Second Consecutive Global Bank of the Year Award From Project Finance International Magazine
February 16 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
2016 Honor Reflects MUFG’s Eighth
Consecutive Year as Most Active Leader Arranger for Project
Financings in the Americas
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) today announced it
was named 2016’s Global Bank of the Year by Project Finance
International, the second consecutive year the bank has captured
the magazine’s top annual honor.
Among MUFG’s 2016 accomplishments, the honor reflects MUFG’s
role as the most active Lead Arranger for project financings in the
Americas for the eighth year in a row.1
One of the world’s leading financial groups, MUFG also was a
significant participant in client transactions which were
recognized by PFI with the following awards for the Americas:
- Americas Power Deal of the Year:
CPV Towantic
- Latin American Power Deal of the
Year: TEN
“This award is an indication of how well a team can perform when
it has the full faith and cooperation of its clients,” said Jon
Lindenberg, MUFG’s Deputy Head of Investment Banking and Head of
Project Finance for the Americas. “My MUFG colleagues and I are
proud to support our clients as they create some of the world’s
most innovative and advanced projects. Further, we would like to
thank PFI, one of the most respected publications in our industry,
for recognizing MUFG’s commitment and efforts in this critical
sector.”
About MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation
Headquartered in New York, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation is
a financial holding company and bank holding company with total
assets of $148.1 billion at December 31, 2016. Its main
subsidiaries are MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and MUFG Securities Americas
Inc. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. provides an array of financial services
to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and
major corporations. As of December 31, 2016, MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
operated 365 branches, comprised primarily of retail banking
branches in the West Coast states, along with commercial branches
in Texas, Illinois, New York and Georgia, as well as two
international offices. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. is a
registered securities broker-dealer which engages in capital
markets origination transactions, private placements,
collateralized financings, securities borrowing and lending
transactions, and domestic and foreign debt and equities securities
transactions. MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation is owned by The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading financial groups. The Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Visit www.unionbank.com or
www.mufgamericas.com for more information.
About MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)
MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.) is one of the
world's leading financial groups, with total assets of
approximately $2.6 trillion (USD) as of December 31, 2016.
Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history,
MUFG is a global network with more than 2,200 offices in nearly 50
countries. The Group has more than 140,000 employees and about 300
entities, offering services including commercial banking, trust
banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset
management, and leasing. The Group's operating companies include
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking
Corporation (Japan's leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ
Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan's largest securities
firms. Through close partnerships among our operating companies,
the Group aims to "be the world's most trusted financial group,"
flexibly responding to all of the financial needs of our customers,
serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a
better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New
York (MTU) stock exchanges. Visit
www.mufg.jp/english/index.html.
1 According to Thomson Reuters.
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