AMERICAS INTERVIEW
A 93-YEAR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE An Interview with MUFG Union Bank Global Trust Services’ Jeff Boyle and David Ursa Corporate Trust services are essential in helping institutions raise capital, support debt financing structures, and to provide safekeeping of assets – each of which are generally quite complex. Tell us about the Global Trust Services group at the bank and what Corporate Trust professionals may not know about your team.
Jeff: Our Global Trust Services (GTS) group, which is within the Bank’s Transaction Banking of the Americas Division, has been providing Corporate Trust agency, trustee, and escrow services to corporations, public agencies, municipalities, and other institutional investors since 1923. We offer
Jeffrey Boyle serves as Managing
Director and Global Trust Services Head of Sales at MUFG Union Bank, N.A., where he oversees new business development and client marketing efforts. He has more than 30 years of experience in the Institutional Trust & Asset Management industry. Mr. Boyle joined MUFG Union Bank in 1989. He has been designated a Certified Retirement Services Professional and is a regular speaker at industry events. He also serves as a member of the Bank’s Global Trust senior administration committee and an ad-hoc member of the management team of Highmark Capital Management, Inc. (HighMark), an SEC-registered investment adviser, and wholly owned subsidiary of MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
Jeffrey Boyle Managing Director and Global Trust Services Head of Sales MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
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a full range of products and solutions that can be tailored to the needs of our client organizations and their complex debt, escrow, and project finance transactions. I really like the size of our organization. We have the strength and global reach of one of the largest banks in the world, yet the regional and local focus on the clients and communities we serve. We work closely with the Bank’s Wholesale and Investment Banking teams in the U.S. and throughout the world to provide Corporate Trust, Global Custody, and Liquidity Agency products and solutions. While most of our clients are U.S.-based organizations, many of them have significant overseas operations through their non-U.S. affiliates and/or subsidiaries and we are able to service these non-U.S. entities as well. In fact, we currently have clients on six continents— we’re still looking for a deal in Antarctica. We also partner with our colleagues throughout the MUFG global network to provide services for project finance transactions and hold back escrows for merger & acquisition transactions worldwide.
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) is a federally chartered national bank. Founded in 1864. Global Trust Services Assets Under Administration of $265 billion, as of March 31, 2016. A member of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s largest financial organizations, with offices in nearly 50 countries.