Carlyle Keppel
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Batteries
SK On bidders weigh growing risks of battery makers
Some of the four shortlisted bidders for South Korea's SK On Co. recently went back to the drawing board to assess the value of the world's No. 5 el...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, Solvay show interest in Korea's PI Advanced
PI Advanced Materials Co., the world’s largest polyimide (PI) film manufacturer, has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including The Carlyle...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK On narrows bidders to BlackRock, Carlyle, KKR, GIC
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...
Feb 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
How Carlyle aligned interests with Hyundai Motor chair
South Korea's strengthened antitrust rules relating to inter-affiliate trade provided the Carlyle Group with a valuable opportunity to invest in Hyu...
Feb 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
KKR, Carlyle, TPG vying for $4 bn stake in SK's battery arm
KKR & Co., The Carlyle Group and TPG Inc. have handed in preliminary bids for shares in SK Group's battery unit SK On, which is seeking to raise...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle buys $510 mn stake in Hyundai Glovis
US private equity juggernaut The Carlyle Group Inc. has bought a 10% stake in Hyundai Glovis Co., worth approximately 611 billion won ($510 million)...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Credit Suisse promotes two MDs in Seoul
Credit Suisse Group AG has appointed two South Koreans as new managing directors (MD) for its Seoul office. Shim Jong-min and Kim Sei-won were promo...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle buys coffee franchise A Twosome Place for over $800 mn
The Carlyle Group has bought South Korea's No. 2 coffeehouse chain A Twosome Place from Anchor Equity Partners, saying it would "capture the signifi...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
STIC raises $25 mn to co-invest in US oil terminal
South Korea's STIC Alternative Co. has raised $25 million to invest in a special purpose company of the Carlyle Group, which owns 50% of an oil expo...
Oct 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS tilts toward top-tier PEFs during pandemic
The National Pension Service (NPS) has deepened its reliance on top-tier private equity firms during the prolonged pandemic situation, focusing on r...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carlyle, Bain Capital, Valeo, Mahle enter prelim bids for Hanon Systems
The preliminary bidding to acquire South Korea’s auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has drawn overseas-based bidders only, with the stron...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
NPS joins in TPG-led $125 mn funding for Kakao Mobility
The National Pension Service has committed $100 million to a TPG consortium that recently raised $116.8 million to invest in Kakao Mobility Co., Sou...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG investing
Korean insurers finance Carlyle's $2 bn deal with ESG debt
South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...
Jun 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deals
Biggest deal in Korea: Hanon Systems stake sale draws KKR, Carlyle, TPG
The sale process of a near-70% stake in South Korean auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has kicked off, attracting a pool of strategic investor...
May 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle ends negotiations to buy Korean bakery chain
The Carlyle Group has terminated three-month talks with South Korea’s CJ Group to buy the country’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours, a...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Carlyle seals $200 mn investment in Kakao Mobility
The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy $200 million worth of new shares in Kakao Mobility Corp. as a pre-IPO investment in the transportation arm of So...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Google to invest $270 mn in Kakao Mobility with Carlyle
Google Inc. is planning to invest around $270 million in Kakao Mobility Corp., the transportation arm of South Korea's No. 1 messaging operator Kaka...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Keppel looking to exit two Seoul office towers for over $200 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Investment Management is preparing to sell two office buildings in Seoul, less than two years after it acquired them for arou...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle in final-stage talks to buy Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain
The Carlyle Group is in final stages of talks to buy South Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours from the country’s food and enterta...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle flexes muscles in Korean financial industry as Lee takes helm
The Carlyle Group has been growing its presence in South Korea after sealing a string of investment and business deals with top Korean financial servi...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle Group to exit from Korean OEM apparel exporter in seven years
The Carlyle Group has sold off its stake in South Korea's Yakjin Trading Corp., an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for global brands such a...
Aug 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Eng beats Goldman, Keppel in $846 mn bid for Korean waste treatment firm
SK Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. has beat Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, Singapore’s Keppel Infrastructure Holdings and two ...
Aug 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Goldman, Keppel Infrastructure, SK Eng vying for top Korean waste disposal firm
South Korea’s largest waste treatment company EMC Holdings Co. Ltd. has drawn binding bids from Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) Gr...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Reinsurance
Carlyle to enter Korea’s reinsurance market with Korean Re for embattled insurers
The Carlyle Group has joined hands with Korean Re, the largest reinsurer in South Korea, to become the first co-reinsurance providers in a market esti...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle names co-CEO Kew Lee as sole CEO
Kewsong Lee, co-chief executive officer of the Carlyle Group, has been appointed as the US private equity group’s chief executive officer after ...
Jul 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle Group
Carlyle raises $600 mn for infra credit fund with top Korean banking groups
The Carlyle Group has raised $600 million for an infrastructure credit fund in South Korea jointly with two domestic financial services firms to lend ...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Carlyle to invest $415 mn in KB Financial, betting on share rebound
The Carlyle Group has tentatively agreed to buy $200 million worth of bonds exchangeable into shares in KB Financial Group and the US private equity f...
Jun 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Keppel Infrastructure and MBK join bid for Korean sewage treatment firm
Singapore’s Keppel Infrastructure and MBK Partners are among 15-odd preliminary bidders for South Korea’s largest wastewater treatment com...
Jun 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Shinhan raises $330 mn for Carlyle’s bespoke revolving loan fund
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. (SAIM) has raised $330 million for the Carlyle Group’s newly launched revolving loan fund (CREV) ...
Jan 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle Group
Japan, Australia may generate attractive property deals: Carlyle
Financial restructuring by Japanese companies and rising population density in Australia look set to create attractive investment opportunities for co...
Oct 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)