ASK 2018 Private Equity

The much-touted sale of a controlling stake in Iljin Materials Co., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, is flagging as big spenders are ...

 As a leading European private credit asset manager, Arrow Global operates its own servicing platforms that most accurately fit E...

South Korea has embarked on a public-private project to bolster communication security for autonomous driving, for which a domestic startup will pla...

Private equity is regarded as an alternative asset class while shares of listed companies are known as traditional assets. This classification may n...

 Infrastructure is stronger than ever amid the current macroeconomic risks, and investors will see greater opportunities in the ...

Key asset owners of South Korea will keep their mid- to long-term plans for alternative asset management despite the current macroeconomic risks, as...

South Korea’s Hyundai Card Co. has shelved a plan to go public after Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co. completed the purchase of its ...

Hancom InSpace, an affiliate of Hancom Group, announced on Wednesday it will launch South Korea’s first private satellite for Earth observatio...

The Korea Economic Daily will host ASK 2022, or Alternative Investment Summit Korea 2022, at the Conrad Seoul hotel on May 18. More than 800 alterna...

LB Private Equity Inc., a South Korean PE firm specializing in secondary and buyout investments, has liquidated its 120 billion won ($93.4 million) ...

Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has founded an affiliate for private credit management and tapped Kim Seong-mok, a former execut...

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...

South Korea’s retail investors are increasingly more bullish in startups than in manufacturing or retail firms. The Ministry of SMEs an...

South Korea’s Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki reiterated the country will take reform measures such as the extension of the local currency's trad...

Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team announced Thursday it is considering a joint public-private committee that will be in charge o...

South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. has emerged as one of Hanjin KAL Co.'s key friendly shareholders, throwing its clout behind Chai...

It seems as though the list of risks to investors is rising. Supply chain imbalances, higher raw material costs, rising interest rates, labor shortage...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...

South Korea's Daol Private Equity, formerly known as KTB Private Equity, is in exclusive talks to buy the entirety of SuperStroke, a US golf grips m...

South Korea’s SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to raise up to 1 trillion won ($822.5 million)...

Seoul based-Glenwood Private Equity, founded in 2014, has been quietly building its presence in the South Korean M&A market, chasing assets deem...

Kakao Entertainment Corp. has hit a snag in its talks to buy a controlling stake in SM Entertainment Co., according to those familiar with the neg...

South Korea's key insurers are rushing to increase their equity capital ahead of two new solvency regulations set to take effect from Jan. 1, 2023. ...

North Asia-focused MBK Partners has closed a $1.18 billion deal to sell its 12.5% stake to New York-based Dyal Capital at an equity valuation of nea...

SK Ecoplant Co., South Korea's largest waste management company, said on Monday it has sent a request for proposal to major brokerage companies at h...

South Korea’s first generation biotech firm Medipost Co. will sell a 30% stake to a private equity consortium, the company announced after W...

Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and air mobility unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, made another investment of $11 million in Kymeta Corp., a...

South Korean battery maker SK On Co. has narrowed bidders for its shares worth up to $3.3 billion to four candidates -- BlackRock, The Carlyle Group...

Institutional investors of South Korea aim to increase their alternative assets, focusing on expanding private debt, according to a recent survey of...