MUFG delays AT1 bond issuance on post-Credit Suisse concerns

Investor demand in flux after Swiss bank's bonds were wiped out in takeover by UBS

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The Japanese megabank had planned to bolster core capital with the issue. © Reuters

YUKI NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has decided to delay an issuance of yen-denominated additional tier 1 bonds planned for late April until at least mid-May, to sound out investor demand after Credit Suisse's AT1 bonds were wiped out as part of its rescue by UBS.

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