NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ
Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial
institutions, today announced it had hired Robert Danziger, a 25-year industry veteran,
as a Managing Director to focus on its U.S. investment-grade
syndicated loans business.
Based in New York, Mr.
Danziger's responsibilities will include Midwestern U.S. as well as
General Industry clients. He will report to Jeffrey Knowles, Managing Director, and
Co-Head of MUFG's Debt Capital Markets, Americas.
Mr. Danziger joins the bank from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
where he had been Head of Investment Grade Loan Capital Markets for
the Americas since 2004.
"Rob brings a wealth of experience and relationships to our U.S.
syndicated loan business," said Mr. Knowles. "By adding him to our
deep bench, MUFG is now able to offer its valued clients the talent
and experience of another senior-level loan market expert. We look
forward to adding Rob's insight and advice to our growing debt
capital markets platform."
MUFG has steadily climbed in the U.S. investment grade loan
rankings (for bookrunners), jumping from 10th in 2009 to fifth for
year-to-date 2017; MUFG also ranked fifth for full-year 2016, the
highest position among non-U.S. based financial
institutions.1
While at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Danziger was a member of groups that
won IFR's Global Loan House of the year in 2013 and Deal of
the Year in 2010. Mr. Danziger also worked at Citicorp Securities
Inc./Salomon Smith Barney, First
Chicago and Chemical Bank. He received his B.A. from Union College, and his MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.
1 – According to LoanConnector.
About MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the
world's leading financial groups, with total assets of
approximately $2.7 trillion as of
September 30, 2017. Headquartered in
Tokyo and with approximately 350
years of history, MUFG is a global network with over 2,300 offices
across more than 50 countries. The Group has about 150,000
employees and close to 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. The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. is Japan's premier bank, with a global network
spanning around 50 countries. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of
commercial and investment banking products and services to
businesses, governments and individuals worldwide. 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 (NYSE: MTU) stock exchanges. For more
information, visit www.mufg.jp/english.
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