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Pension funds
Korea Post's savings arm earns 8.45% return in H1
Korea Post's savings arm earned an 8.45% return on investments in the first half of this year, broadly in line with the average rate of return repor...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanjin Heavy wins $270 mn container ship order, first deal in 6 years
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said on Tuesday it has won a $270 million deal to build four 5,500 TEU container ships for a European...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix brings $4.7 bn economic impact to Korean industries: Deloitte
Netflix Inc. has contributed to a socio-economic impact worth 5.6 trillion won ($4.7 billion) across various South Korean industries through the joi...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to install 51,000 air purifiers to help Australians return to school
Samsung Electronics Co. will help the students in the Australian state of Victoria in making safe returns to the classroom in a post-COVID environme...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air credit outlook raised, passenger traffic set to return
The credit rating outlook for Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and its parent Hanjin KAL Corp. has been upgraded amid expectations that passenger flights ...
Sep 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Post nets nearly $1 bn from KakaoBank block sale
Korea Post has netted slightly over 1 trillion won ($861 million) from the block sale of its shares in South Korea's largest internet-only lender Ka...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut outsourcing of foreign bond investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the world’s third-largest pension fund, was set to reduce outsourcing of foreign bond investment...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
US may return to low rates after modest inflation
The rising inflationary risk in the US, fueled by strong recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown, is likely to be short-lived and modest, and in...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea's top VC says NFTs to emerge as promising investments
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are poised to emerge as promising investments in the era of digital transformation once the global pandemic settles down, ...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AI startup Return Zero transforms phone calls into texts
South Korea-based startup Return Zero is enhancing the quality of life for people through its voice recognition app, Vito, which provides phone call...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean pension funds log above-benchmark H1 returns
South Korea's major pension funds have posted robust investment returns above their benchmarks in the first half of this year, driven by double-digi...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Tencent, Korea Value poised to see sixfold return from KakaoBank
Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings, Korea Value Asset Management Co. and South Korea's top lender Kookmin Bank are among a group of sharehold...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Soaring metaverse stocks face mixed outlook in Korea
The share prices of South Korean metaverse companies have skyrocketed throughout this year, in an environment where fan meetings, press conferences ...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana Alternative logs over 9% return on US residential project
South Korea's Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. is estimated to have achieved an annualized return of 9.83% from the $51.5 million mezzanine lo...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Lotte Rental IPO to produce hefty return for NPS
The initial public offering of South Korea's Lotte Rental Co., set for next month, will likely produce high double-digit to low triple-digit returns...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PEA exits from Korean delivery firm in eight years
Baring Private Equity Asia has finally cashed out of South Korea's No. 5 parcel delivery company with a double-digit return, in eight years since it...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO returns from pandemic blues with record quarterly profit
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO is emerging stronger from the pandemic-caused economic slowdown, with a record quarterly profit on robu...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS bets big on property development as asset prices soar
The National Pension Service (NPS) has been increasing its appetite for office buildings in the development stage as part of an effort to snatch up ...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung returns as foreigners’ top pick; Kospi just shy of record high
Samsung Electronics Co., the bellwether of South Korea’s main bourse, has returned as the market darling, with foreigners buying heavily on th...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Lotte Rental kicks off $360 mn IPO process, seeks $1.8 bn valuation
South Korea’s leading rental car company Lotte Rental Co. has kicked off an initial public offering process to raise some 400 billion won ($36...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s OCI to return to highest profit in decade on rising polysilicon prices
OCI Co., a South Korean chemical and green energy company, has been in the red for years, weighed by weak prices of its mainstay product polysilicon...
May 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021 Interview
Sculptor Capital bets on non-traditional real estate
Non-traditional real estate assets such as cell towers, parking lots and marinas will likely provide significant investment opportunities to debt in...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Innovation eyes strong battery orders after returning to Q1 profit
SK Innovation Co., a major South Korean oil refiner and battery maker, has returned to an operating profit in the first quarter, boosted by gains in...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreigners return to Korean market; Kosdaq at near 21-year high
Foreign investors, the dominant players on the Korean bourse, are returning as buyers of Samsung Electronics Co. and other blue chips, keeping the m...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean teachers' fund reaps best return since 2009
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) achieved its highest investment return in 11 years of 10% in 2020, led by substantial gains from domestic e...
Apr 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Spotify, Kakao settle licensing dispute; K-pop returns to platform
Spotify Technology S.A., the world's largest music streaming service, has reached a licensing agreement with Kakao Entertainment Corp., to make musi...
Mar 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC names new private equity, absolute return heads
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has named new heads of its private equity and absolute return groups this week, following the replacement of ...
Mar 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
China logistics firms yield decent returns for Korean investors
MBK Partners and two leading South Korean conglomerates – SK and CJ groups – have chalked up hefty returns from investments in Chinese l...
Mar 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn returns to management
Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn is returning to management seven years after he was banned from business activities following his conviction for ...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts near 10% returns for second straight year
The National Pension Service (NPS) has reported a provisional return rate of 9.7 percent in 2020, marking the second time for the South Korean pensi...
Feb 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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