MUFG Targets US and European Asset Management Acquisitions to Capture Global Private Markets Growth

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.