Sumitomo Mitsui on Hunt for Asian Bank, U.S. Deals Partner
Sumitomo Mitsui on Hunt for Asian Bank, U.S. Deals Partner Bloomberg 12/22/2020 Taiga Uranaka and Yuki Hagiwara (Bloomberg) -- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is seeking to buy an Asian lender and team up with a global investment bank on U.S. dealmaking, signaling its expansion plans remain undeterred by the pandemic. Japan’s second-biggest bank is “studying specific targets” in Vietnam, the Philippines and India, Chief Executive Officer Jun Ohta said in an interview. It wants to find a partner to underwrite equity and bond sales in the U.S. and elsewhere, after t...