Competitive Advantages

We are harnessing three distinctive competitive advantages to provide a high-quality and diverse range of investment products.

We have been in the asset management business since 1951. We have built up an unparalleled breadth and depth of expertise in the management of Japanese assets in particular, underpinned by our unique history in Japan.

We constantly look to stay ahead of market developments and keep our investment strategies up to date. Here we are supported by our wholly owned quantitative investment research institute, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Investment Technology Institute Co., Ltd. (MTEC) established in 1988.

MTEC is Japan's first private-sector investment-theory research institute specializing in financial engineering. The institute's basic philosophy is to "harmonize and fuse theoretical and applied knowledge in financial engineering." Guided by this philosophy, MTEC applies cutting-edge investment theory, mathematics, statistics, operations research, and corporate finance and other branches of knowledge to build the asset management, risk management and other models used by MUTB.

MTEC constantly strives to conduct leading-edge theoretical and model research and development. To this end, an outstanding research environment has been developed, including a staff of numerous academic experts invited as guest research advisors. MTEC has won high commendation from academic circles. For example, in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, MTEC became the first private-sector corporation to receive the JAFEE PRIZE from the Japanese Association of Financial Econometrics and Engineering (JAFEE).

We have invested significant resources in our investment capabilities. Our position in the industry attracts high caliber staff and we have over 200 investment professionals with an average of 10 years of investment experience.

At MUTB, we have divisions engaged in the development and management of investment products and a division involved in the development and management of tie-up products with third parties. Each of these divisions strives to upgrade and expand the investment product lineup and enhance quality, by honing their specialize expertise.

We also have an excellent corporate research organization in the field of active investment operations. We will continue working to generate stable investment returns in excess of the cost of capital.

Investment Professionals

MUTB is answering the diversifying global investment needs of its clients in Japan and abroad through the overseas development of its trust assets business. Measures include upgrading and extending the overseas investment product lineup in collaboration with overseas third-party investment institutions, and providing investment products to overseas clients.

Strategic Alliances