NEW YORK,
June 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of the world's
largest financial institutions, captured two of Power Finance
& Risk's top honors for 2016 by being named Project Finance
Lender of Year and Project Finance Lender of the Year for
Conventional Generation.
The Power Finance & Risk awards are the latest
in an impressive run by MUFG, which consistently tops league tables
and earns recognition for industry leadership in power project
finance.
"We are truly honored to have our work recognized by
Power Finance & Risk," said Jon Lindenberg, Deputy Head of Investment
Banking and Head of Structured Finance for MUFG. "These honors are
a real testament to the hard work and dedication of our team and a
direct result of the lasting partnerships we have built with our
clients."
Power Finance & Risk, a news,
analytics and proprietary data service focused on the power
industry in the Americas, surveyed active industry participants to
surface the best energy and power transactions over the past
year.
The winners were announced on May
24, 2017 at Power Finance & Risk's annual awards
ceremony in New York.
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
$149.7 billion at March 31, 2017. 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
March 31, 2017, 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. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.,
which is one of the world's leading financial groups. Visit
http://www.unionbank.com or
http://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 $2.7 trillion (USD) as
of March 31, 2017. 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.
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