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Pension funds
Carlyle tops NPS' favorite PE managers as of end-2021
The Carlyle Group was the most preferred fund manager hired by South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) as of end-2021, according to NPS&r...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
European direct lending offers investment edge: Permira
The direct lending market is garnering investor attention as it has performed well during periods of market volatility. As banks are cautious to t...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's small PE firms putting fundraising plans off to 2023
South Korea’s small and mid-sized private equity firms are increasingly postponing fundraising schedules for their project-based funds to the ...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Megazone Cloud receives $343 mn from MBK, IMM PE in Series C funding
Megazone Cloud Corp., South Korea’s largest managed cloud service provider (MSP), has completed its Series C funding round with a combined 450...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's Vestas launches second $231 mn European warehouse fund
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. has created a 300 billion won ($231.2 million) blind pool fund for Europe-based logistics cente...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC taps investment strategy head Lee Hoon as CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is set to appoint Lee Hoon, the senior managing director and head of the investment strategy & innovation d...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Seoul kicks off efforts to sell submarines to Australia
South Korea has embarked on efforts to export domestically designed submarines weighing more than 3,000 tons to Australia, while also in the final s...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LX Pantos mulls Air Premia acquisition to facilitate global logistics service
LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, is looking to acquire a controlling stake in local budget carrier Air Premia Co.,...
Aug 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup CEOs suffer depression, anxiety: survey
About one-third of South Korean startups' chief executives are more prone to stress and depression than general adults, with funding constraints and...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Fashion platform Brandi eyes unicorn status with $51 mn funding round
South Korean fashion e-commerce platform Brandi Inc. has embarked on a 67 billion won ($51 million) funding round, hoping for around 800 billion w...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Naver's Kream buys stake in Malaysian resale platform
Kream, the resale platform of South Korea’s online portal Naver Corp., has agreed to buy a stake in Malaysia’s biggest sneaker resale co...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund
South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma’s bolt-on M&A strategy shines in S.Korea
Affirma Capital is a small player in South Korea’s private equity market, but its successful bolt-on strategy helps the mid-cap-focused invest...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
KB to raise $150 mn India, SE Asia-focused VC fund
KB Investment Co., a venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, is seeking to raise more than 200 billion won ($150 million) in its second global fu...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firms' 2021 funds bet on parts makers, dividend stock
IMM Investment Co. and STIC Investments Co., the two most active South Korean private equity firms in 2021 fundraising, made bets on a dividend-focu...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Mobis plans battery remanufacturing business
Hyundai Mobis Co., a car parts maker within South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group, is set to launch an electric vehicle battery rema...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hansol Paper joins Series A funding for RIU worth $1.5 mn
Hansol Paper Co. announced Thursday that it participated as a strategic investor in a Series A funding worth 2 billion won ($1.5 million) for South ...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Blockchain game developer Planetarium Labs raises $32 mn
Planetarium Labs raised $32 million in a Series A funding round, led by Animoca Brands, and joined by Samsung Next, WeMade, and Krust Universe.The s...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean retirement funds, mutual aids struggle with profitability
Some major retirement funds in South Korea are raising interest rates on their members’ savings accounts in line with global central banks&rsq...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea hydrogen council launches $382 mn fund
The Korea H2 Business Summit, a business council established by South Korea’s leading conglomerates to invest in the hydrogen industry, launch...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials
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 ...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Military fund to raise payouts with interest rate increases
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has decided to raise the interest rates of the members’ savings products by 25 to 4...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO, Hancock to expand partnership beyond iron ore
South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group plans to expand its partnership with Australian mining group Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd. into other typ...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS launches AI robot subscription service for warehouse operators
LG CNS unveiled a cloud-based logistics robot subscription service on Tuesday, which could save warehouse operators a significant amount in upfront ...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Residential, urban logistics in Europe are attractive: Patrizia
Despite a number of global market uncertainties, there is value in real assets where rental income grows faster than inflation, Mahdi Mokrane, head ...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
More LPs tap ex-Samsung Life professionals as CIOs
A number of financial experts who built their careers at Samsung Life Insurance Co. are in the spotlight as more South Korean pension funds and mutu...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Axiom Space invites Koreans to $500 million space hotel fundraising
Axiom Space Inc., which is developing the world’s first commercial space station, is seeking to raise $500 million from South Korean investors...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO to treble natural gas production in Australia by 2025
South Korea’s POSCO International Co. plans to more than treble the natural gas production from the two gas fields of its newly-acquired Austr...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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