NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ
Financial Group (MUFG) announced today that Jess Sodaski has joined the firm as Managing
Director and Head of Investment Grade Credit Sales.
Based in New York, Mr. Sodaski
reports to John Karabelas,
Head of Institutional Investor Sales in the Americas. He will be
responsible for leading MUFG's Investment Grade (IG) sales strategy
across the U.S., including leading the New York, San
Francisco, and Chicago IG sales teams.
"Jess's track record and deep knowledge of the credit space is a
complementary addition to our team," said Mr. Karabelas. "His
experience in working with clients to develop solutions tailored to
their needs across the whole spectrum of credit strategies will
support our client-centric approach as we look to progress toward
becoming a top corporate banking debt house in the Americas across
the credit spectrum."
Mr. Sodaski joins us after more than 20 years at Credit Suisse,
where he worked closely with Co-Head of Flow Products Steve
Feinberg, and has built a stellar reputation among his peers and
clients. As a top-producing credit salesperson, Jess has experience
covering various types of accounts, including money managers,
insurance companies, bank portfolios, hedge funds and loan
portfolios for IG and High-Yield bonds and Structured Credit.
Mr. Sodaski's hire illustrates MUFG's continued investment in
the team. Timothy Fischer as
Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Sales. Also reporting to Mr.
Karabelas, Mr. Fischer leads distribution of leveraged loans and
high-yield bonds in partnership with MUFG's Capital Markets team.
On the strategy side, MUFG hired George
Goncalves as Head of U.S. Macro Strategy in April 2021. Aligning Mr. Goncalves's macro
strategy expertise with the Flow Products platform further drives
MUFG's business and client servicing.
Press Contact: Oksana
Poltavets
T: (646) 767-1326
E: opoltavets@us.mufg.jp
About Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.'s U.S. Operations
including MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation
The U.S.
operations of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of
the world's leading financial groups, has total assets of
$319.8 billion at September 30, 2021. As part of that total, MUFG
Americas Holdings Corporation (MUAH), a financial holding company,
bank holding company, and intermediate holding company, has total
assets of $164.6 billion at
September 30, 2021. MUAH's main
subsidiaries are MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and MUFG Securities Americas
Inc. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. provides a wide range of financial
services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies,
and major corporations. As of September 30,
2021, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. operated 298 branches,
consisting primarily of retail banking branches in the West Coast
states. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. is a registered securities
broker-dealer which engages in capital markets origination
transactions, domestic and foreign debt and equities securities
transactions, private placements, collateralized financings, and
securities borrowing and lending transactions. MUAH is owned by
MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. MUFG Bank,
Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
Inc., has offices in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico,
and Canada. Visit
www.unionbank.com or www.mufgamericas.com for more information.
About MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
(MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups.
Headquartered in Tokyo and with
over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network
with approximately 2,500 locations in more than 50
countries. The Group has about 170,000 employees and offers
services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities,
credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The
Group aims to "be the world's most trusted financial group" through
close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly
respond 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 stock exchanges. For more information, visit
https://www.mufg.jp/english.
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