With markets starting to stabilise after a torrid year of inflation and interest rate rises, deal-makers who prepared for the calm after the storm are well-placed to reap the rewards. The capital markets team at MUFG are among those benefitting from their groundwork, say Fabianna Del Canto and Antoine Baudron, who were appointed co-heads of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) capital markets at Japan’s largest bank in February this year.
“Last year was a difficult year for capital markets, clearly,” says Mr Baudron. “But we’ve had a very strong start to 2023, with a good number of transactions executed. Since the beginning of the year, we’re top of the league tables for euro-denominated EU-and French-based investment grade corporate and hybrid transactions.”
