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Text size [+][-]  Friday March 19 2010GLOBAL EDITION

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01 Jul 2009 18:34

Weak joints

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Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group have announced that the two firms are setting up a loan marketing joint venture in the Americas, starting in the US, and have signed a referral agreement for commodities transactions outside of Japan whereby Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi receives a fee for referring clients to Morgan Stanley.

The two banks are also setting up broader business referral agreements in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. And MUFG will be seconding personnel to Morgan Stanley. 

 


So far, the Wall Street firm is getting the better deal from the tie-up: $9bn of capital and access to the Japanese bank’s balance sheet. Sure, Mitsubishi’s in the money with its investment and needs to put deposits to work. But does it want to be a junior partner forever?

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