Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will strengthen financing for domestic M&A transactions by partnering with overseas sources of capital. It will work with BlackRock and an asset manager affiliated with Morgan Stanley in the United States to create a framework for channeling funds from overseas institutional investors into acquisitions of Japanese companies.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will build a framework to provide financial support for acquisitions of Japanese companies using funds from overseas institutional investors. Its partners will include BlackRock and an asset manager affiliated with Morgan Stanley in the United States, with the aim of expanding the supply of risk capital needed to complete large-scale M&A transactions in Japan.
An MUFG affiliate includes a wholly owned subsidiary of MUFG Morgan Stanley Securities. The subsidiary is expected to support the financing framework through the provision of MUFG Morgan Stanley Credit Solutions, which handles corporate loans.
This article reports on the development of a new framework for domestic M&A financing using overseas capital.
Further details on the specific scale of funding, counterparties and execution timeline will require continued coverage in the full article.