Cloud Security Assurance Program
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Korean startups
Team Blind secures $37 mn in Series C round; eyes Nasdaq listing
Teamblind Inc., the operator of Blind, an anonymous social platform for discussion on workplace issues, has successfully concluded its $37 million S...
May 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha Group secures $4.4 bn from KDB to finance ESG business
South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Team Fresh secures $6 mn via stake sale to DSC Investment
South Korea-based venture capital firm DSC Investment announced on Apr. 27 that it has acquired a 6.5% stake, valued at around 6.5 billion won ($5.8...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS aims to lure young talent with enticing package, programs
The National Pension Service has offered an attractive on-the-job training package, including education programs to aid new hires in getting an MBA ...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh secures 30 bn won in Series C
South Korea-based fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh has concluded its 30 billion won ($26.7 million) Series C round, attracting high-profile i...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Snowballing losses cloud Hyundai Heavy’s 2021 IPO plans
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. saw its net losses snowball in 2020, clouding its initial public offering plans for this year....
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy Solution hires Morgan Stanley, KB Securities as lead IPO managers
South Korea-based LG Energy Solution has hired KB Securities and Morgan Stanley as the lead managers for its initial public offering, which is antic...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Serial entrepreneur builds gateway for cloud services
“You see all of these buildings? All of the companies in these buildings will become our clients."These were the words of Lee Han-joo, chief e...
Jan 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS divides global securities division into equity, fixed income
The National Pension Service has divided up its global public market division into Global Equity and Global Fixed Income divisions as part of a plan...
Jan 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korea’s cloud management firm Bespin Global considers Nasdaq listing
Bespin Global, a South Korean cloud technology consulting and management company, is considering listing its shares on the US tech-heavy Nasdaq mark...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
NHN, Intel team up to take on cloud business
South Korean IT heavyweight NHN Corp. and US-based tech giant Intel Corp. have entered into a strategic partnership to boost their presence in the c...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
SAP joins growing competition in S. Korea's cloud market
SAP, a German enterprise software giant, is expected to heat up competition in South Korea's cloud market as it unveils plans to build a data center i...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Teachers' Credit Union
Korean teachers' fund pockets sweet returns from US cloud-based platform
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) has secured returns nearly four times its $37.6 million investment in the US cloud-based platform provider El...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea
Global cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are taking a greater share of South Korea’s serverless computing market, where ...
Sep 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPO
SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement
SK Innovation Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) is set to fetch 300 billion won ($257.6 million) in a pre-IPO placemen...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Q Cells secures 315MW solar power, energy storage project in Portugal
Hanwha Q Cells Co. has secured the right to generate half of the 700-megawatt power capacity put up for auction in Portugal, becoming the first compan...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
KB Securities buys Amazon’s Edinburgh logistics center for $86.5 mn: report
KB Securities Co. has reportedly acquired Amazon’s logistics center in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 102.5 billion won ($86.5 million), which the onl...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Debt-laden Doosan Group puts Doosan Infracore up for sale to secure cash
Doosan Group kicked off the sale process for Doosan Infracore, the group’s construction equipment builder, with the sale manager ...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
[Upcoming IPO] Korean streaming service Watcha secures funding to join global players like Netflix
Watcha, a Korean streaming platform, is gearing up to tap into Japan and Southeast Asian markets following the completion of Series D funding worth 19...
Jul 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver likely to invest near $83.5 million into SM Entertainment to secure K-pop content
Korea’s platform giant Naver is in talks with SM Entertainment, Korea’s largest entertainment company, to acquire shares worth approximate...
Jul 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Equity-linked securities weigh on top Korean brokerage firms
About 48 trillion won ($39 billion) of outstanding equity-linked securities (ELS) issued by South Korean brokerage companies has put their sector lead...
Mar 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds
KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...
Feb 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post
Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment
US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...
Dec 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Meritz Securities buys 24 aircraft for $686 mn from US lessor
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of 24 aircraft for $686 million from Aviation Capital Group Corp. (ACG), in its third i...
Oct 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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US gas stations deal secures $130 mn debt from Korea: report
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. committed $130 million to a subordinated debt on a portfolio of 190 gas stations in the US Midwest last wee...
Sep 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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PGIM to secure $60 mn from Seoul office sale to Keppel
PGIM Inc., the asset management arm of US-based Prudential Financial Inc., is set to pocket about 70 billion won ($60 million) in capital gains from i...
Apr 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daishin Securities to invest $110 mn to buy two Manhattan buildings
Daishin Securities Co. Ltd., a small-sized South Korean brokerage firm, is set to buy two buildings in Manhattan with an equity investment of 122.7 bi...
Sep 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea
Ares Management LP has raised a total of $300 million in credit facilities from South Korean institutional investors, including Hana Financial Investm...
Aug 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Securities acquires $140 mn Facebook-leased Dublin building
KB Securities Co. Ltd., a unit of a top South Korean banking group, has bought a building used as Facebook Inc.'s second Dublin office for around 150 ...
Jun 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pennsylvania gas power plant to secure $140 mn loans from Korean investors
South Korean banks and institutional investors will provide $140 million in syndicated loans to a US gas-fired plant project in Pennsylvania, part of ...
Aug 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 2 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 3 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore
- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
- 5 MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer