SYDNEY, May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global investment manager, First Sentier Investors, today announced the appointment of Ashley Conn as Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. Conn will join in late May.

Conn who will be based in Sydney is a highly experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with a strong background in finance and investment banking, bringing over 25 years of experience to First Sentier Investors.

Conn joins First Sentier Investors from Super Retail Group Ltd, where he served as the Interim General Manager of Group Finance and prior to that was the CFO at ASX listed McMillan Shakespeare Ltd and CSG Ltd. Conn's career in investment banking included roles at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, specializing in mergers and acquisitions as well as debt and equity capital raisings. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), a global leader in financial services, and asset management firm DWS Group (DWS) have launched a strategic venture designed to enhance their respective capabilities in underwriting and distributing infrastructure and alternative credit investments.

The parties are initially targeting $1 billion of infrastructure and project finance transaction volume per year. DWS' U.S. Infrastructure Debt Platform, managing $4.7 billion of committed capital across funds and CLOs, has been at the forefront of infrastructure financing having made more than 275 investments across infrastructure sub-sectors since 2014. The collaboration marks a significant milestone in DWS' continued expansion into the infrastructure and alternative credit space.  MUFG has ranked #1 in industry league tables for Project Finance loan origination in the Americas for more than a decade, and currently agents more than 300 credit facilities for infrastructure assets in the power, energy, digital, and transportation sectors. 

Two seasoned executives join Healthcare Finance team to drive growth and innovation

NEW YORK, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MUFG) announced today the hiring of two senior bankers with specialized experience who will be responsible for expanding the bank's middle market and mid-corporate capabilities within the Healthcare Finance business.

Mehul Patel has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Middle Market Healthcare Sponsor Finance. He will be focused on expanding MUFG's reach in the middle market healthcare sector. Patel reports to Allen Fisher, Global Head of Healthcare Banking.