MUFG to foray into Indian real estate, expand forex derivatives

Saikat Das & Siddhi Nayak / Bloomberg04-29

MUFG established its first India branch in Mumbai in 1953 and now has branches in cities including New Delhi and Chennai.(April 29): Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) will start lending to ...

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The push comes as it broadens its India franchise after completing a US$4.4 billion stake purchase in Shriram Finance Ltd this month, taking its total investment in the country to about US$7 billion.\nProperty financing in India marks MUFG’s strategic expansion into an industry where developers such as Lodha Developers Ltd and Adani Group are benefitting from urbanisation. Demand for office space has climbed to record levels as companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co, Nvidia Corp and Amazon.com Inc step up operations in India. Luxury housing is also booming while home sales remain muted.\nIndia’s real estate market has attracted global investors including Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, while Blackstone Inc has amassed a portfolio worth tens of billions of dollars. Still, the industry is viewed as relatively risky due to developers’ historically high leverage and persistent challenges around land acquisition and project delays.\nMUFG aims to fund projects developed by both foreign and local builders using its Indian balance sheet, primarily through rupee-denominated debt, said Joshi. The bank is also open to funding in foreign-currency as the business develops.\n“As institutional familiarity with the market deepens, it becomes possible to look beyond traditional top tier corporate lending, while maintaining a disciplined, project specific risk approach,” he said.\n\nMUFG, like other Japanese megabanks, has been scaling up in India, with its investment in Shriram Finance marking a big move. “Our 20% stake reflects a strategic choice rather than a regulatory constraint, and we have been clear that this level of ownership aligns with our objectives,” said Joshi.\nMUFG has traditionally focused on corporate lending in India and become a leading arranger of foreign-currency loans in the country, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It set up its local securities subsidiary last year.\nThe bank is also establishing a specialist foreign exchange derivatives business in GIFT City or Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, the country’s low-tax hub. This is aimed to support client hedging requirements and the lender’s internal risk management activities, in line with regulatory norms, said Joshi.\nThe Reserve Bank of India last month imposed restrictions on banks’ derivative trades, which were seen as one of the factors behind the rupee’s decline against the dollar. Traditionally, the rupee’s offshore derivative trades are widely used by foreign lenders catering to global clients.\nOver the last roughly five years, MUFG has expanded its headcount tenfold to 5,000 in the country by setting up Global Capability Centers or GCCs, and growing its other businesses.\n“We will hire another 1,000 people in the current year, a majority of whom will come for the bank’s GCC operations in Mumbai and Bangalore,” said Joshi. 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