Best Cars for the Money awards
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Pension funds
Korean Teachers’ Credit poised for best return since 2010
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) is on course to post its strongest investment return in a decade of around 9%, driven by double-digit...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to roll out automated remote valet parking cars in 2024
Maneuvering in and out of tight parking spaces is troublesome for some drivers, men and women alike. Whatever your take on parking, Hyundai Motor Co...
Dec 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tax cuts, pandemic lift imported car sales in Korea
Imported car sales in South Korea are on track to post a record high this year, benefiting from consumption tax cuts aimed at stimulating personal s...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK buys $228 mn stake in China’s No. 1 car rental firm
MBK Partners has now become the second-largest shareholder in both of China’s two biggest rental car companies after purchasing a 20.86% stake...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korean govt urged to hike diesel tax, ban fossil fuel cars by 2035
South Korea should raise its tax on diesel to match the price of gasoline and phase out internal combustion engine cars by 2035 to tackle air pollutio...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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CFO Insight
S-Oil says at least 20 more years to go for oil-powered cars
The penetration of electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles into the transportation industry will unlikely become a major threat to refiners over the ne...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s five-year journey to build a luxury car brand
At Hyundai Motor Co.'s brand launch event held on Nov. 4, 2015, someone made an unexpected appearance on the stage, surprising the crowd. It was curre...
Nov 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Motor
Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials
Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tourism
The four best time travels in Korea; Jeonju, Gunsan, Gochang, Buan
Jeonju A trip to the Joseon Dynasty with over 500 years of history!Young people wearing beautiful hanbok walk among traditional Korean houses se...
Sep 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection
South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea’s money supply sees fastest growth in decade as foreigners return to stock market
South Korea’s money supply grew at a quicker pace in June than it has in a decade, as foreign investors, who shunned risky assets just following...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hanon Systems eyes top spot in world’s car thermal management system market
Hanon Systems Corp., a South Korean auto parts maker, said on Wednesday it aims to become the world’s top supplier of automotive thermal and ene...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, LG to unveil jointly developed future car interior concept next month
Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed the interior concept of a future car, further consolidating their cooperation in self...
Aug 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Money flows into alternative funds slow; regulator to up monitoring
Capital inflows into alternative investment funds in South Korea have slowed sharply so far this year compared with a year earlier due to coronavirus,...
Jun 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Hyundai, Santander to acquire German car rental firm for $170 mn
Spain’s Banco Santander and Hyundai Capital Services Inc. have decided to buy a controlling stake in Sixt Leasing SE, a unit of German car renta...
Feb 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startups
Korean startups raking in big investment money
Biotech startup Bionetix easily surpassed what's known as the "10 billion won hurdle" by raising an additional 10 billion won in funding on Dec. 23. I...
Feb 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Group units underwrite $240 mn debt on US car park operator
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and two other financial arms of South Korea’s Hanwha Group have underwritten $240 million of a 30-year deb...
Sep 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin to buy stake in French car park company from Ardian
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy a 15% stake in France’s leading car park operator Indigo Group from Ardian through a co-investmen...
Apr 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR makes pre-IPO investment in Korean car parts makers in $940 mn deal
Private equity firm KKR & Co. has signed an agreement to buy a stake in a South Korean automotive parts maker and acquire a copper foil unit to be...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms
The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...
Mar 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $300 mn mandates to 3 private debt managers
Korea Post’s savings arm has awarded offshore private debt mandates worth a combined $300 million to Guggenheim Partners, Park Square Capital and Part...
Nov 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Inside GP selection process: NPS awards $600 mn mandates to 4 Korea PEFs
South Korea’s two local private equity firms, VIG Partners and SkyLake Investment, received 250 billion won ($216 million) mandates from the National ...
Jun 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS faces calls for GP screening system revision, ahead of $600 mn mandate awards
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has drawn only five bidders for its planned 500 billion won ($426 million) commitments to be made to...
Jun 28, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Editor’s Note] Frustrated at shrinking returns, investment money are flowing out of Korea
Unlike the U.S. Fed’s quantitative easing program that had boosted U.S. equity markets for more than six years from 2009, the Bank of Korea’s five pol...
Jun 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Korean Money Going Abroad] Korea insurers up overseas investments, eyeing foreign asset managers
South Korean insurance companies have been raising investments in overseas investments by more than 50% since the start of this year and also consider...
Jun 22, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Korean Money Going Abroad] NPS to slash net increase in Korean stock investment by 95% in 2017
South Korean investors, led by the National Pension Service (NPS), have been ramping up overseas investments while trimming domestic portfolios, a mov...
Jun 22, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)