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Private equity
Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head
Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, UAE’s Mubadala to collaborate on future business projects
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. have agreed to...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Housing Finance Corp. opens New York office
Korea Housing Finance Corporation announced on Wednesday that it has opened a New York office to serve as a hub for its overseas fund procurement ac...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
China's CICC enters S.Korea with its private equity fund
BEIJING – CICC Capital, a unit of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), has entered the South Korean market with the launch of a private e...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Hyosung Advanced Materials’ credit outlook lowered to Stable
The credit rating outlook on Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. has been lowered one notch to Stable by South Korea’s two major credit rating ag...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
South Korea to launch $7.6 bn supply chain fund, make urea locally
South Korea plans to set up a supply chain stabilization fund of up to 10 trillion won ($7.6 billion) to effectively cope with sudden supply disrupt...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KOWEPO inks $302 mn financing deal for Oman solar project
Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) said on Thursday it signed a 400 billion won ($301.8 million) financing deal for a solar power generation project i...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare's Herzuma selected as funded brand in NZ
Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its biosimilar anticancer drug Herzuma (active ingredient trastuzumab) for breast and gastr...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up
London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital said on Wednesday that Samsung C&T Corp. is 63% intrinsically undervalued and could increase its value ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul to build huge two-ring Ferris wheel for $700 mn
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday unveiled the design of a Ferris wheel, tentatively named Seoul Twin Eye, which it plans to complete by 2...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Flexibility unlocks opportunities: M&G Investments
As central banks fight with post-COVID inflation, the repricing of global interest rates continues to add to global market volatility across both bo...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) posted a 7.12% return on total asset investments in the first eight months of this year, recouping about 40% of last ye...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea, Chile launch 8th round of FTA upgrade negotiations
The eighth round of negotiations for modernizing the Korea-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will take place in Seoul from November 29 to December 1....
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes
South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eastspring Asset in Korea up for grabs at about $77 mn
Eastspring Asset Management Korea Co., the Korean operation of Prudential plc’s asset management unit, is up for sale for about 100 billion wo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to pour $26 bn in UK’s renewables, infrastructure
South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, banks and other private sector companies plan to pour £21 billion ($26.3 billion) in renewables, in...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Compelling investment opportunity in US data center market: Principal
Current tenant demand for data centers has never been stronger and is growing at an unprecedented rate. Investors have started to take notice and ma...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Middle East, land of opportunity for Korean startups
South Korean startups are accelerating their foray into the Middle East, where oil-rich countries are keen to nurture startups with innovative and d...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Investors roundtable: Watch out for a possible recession
Investors should carefully watch out for the probability of recession and how it will impact asset allocation strategies next year, experts said at ...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech
The venture capital funding crunch has continued through this year in South Korea but VCs have raised their stakes in select companies in the electr...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Kolon set to host Aramco Team Series golf event in Korea
South Korea’s Kolon Group said on Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Golf Saudi, a unit of Saudi Golf Federation, to jointly ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets
Seoul-based brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) has raised $400 million in new bonds to strengthen its investments in the US ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is establishing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory in Syracuse, New York, with an investment of 110 bi...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership
Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership with Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading priva...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Whole loans offer funding solution for stretched borrowers: Savills IM
Despite the challenging economic environment, there are still plenty of opportunities for profit in commercial real estate, notably through debt i...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
POBA to increase long-term private credit investments
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will step up its private credit and bonds until next year as it expects high interes...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%
South Korea’s startups last month saw investment rise for the first time this year.The Seoul-based Startup Alliance, a private support organiz...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC
Shinhan Finance, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Card in Kazakhstan, has attracted a $60 million investment from the International Finance Cor...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
One Store secures $14.8 mn investment from Krafton
South Korean homegrown app store One Store Co. has attracted a 20-billion-won ($14.8-million) investment from Krafton Inc. The company's goal is to ...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)