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# MUFG Targets US and European Asset Management Acquisitions to Capture Global Private Markets Growth
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/mufg-targets-us-european-asset-management-acquisitions-global-private-markets/
- Published: 2025-08-25T13:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T14:34:20.000Z
- Description: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has identified overseas asset management in the US and Europe as a priority for potential deals, part of a push by Japan's megabanks into global private markets.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: M&A, Asia-Pacific, #archive

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's asset management arm, MUFG Asset Management, is seeking acquisitions or partnerships with overseas asset managers, with the US and Europe as key regions, according to a Reuters report published on 25 August 2025.

MUFG's interest centres on private assets.

#### MIZUHO AND MUFG ASSET MANAGEMENT In the same Reuters report, Mizuho's asset management arm, Asset Management One, said it was looking for a partnership or acquisition with a private asset specialist in Europe or the US.

MUFG Asset Management manages 120.7 trillion yen (about $818 billion), only about a fifth of it from clients outside Japan, and its international business has mainly distributed Japanese equity funds.