GEPS global investment
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Defense
Global partnership pushes Hanwha into final round of Aussie armored vehicle deal
Hanwha Defense Co. has reached the final stretch in a race to win Australia’s 5-trillion won (US$4.2 billion) project to buy new infantry fighti...
Aug 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Korean shipyards retake global top spot in July with pricey LNG vessels
South Korean shipbuilders replaced their Chinese rivals to take the top spot in the global order book last month, thanks to their supremacy in buildin...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
SK to invest $300 million in ChinData Group by joining in pre-IPO share sale
SK Corp. is investing $300 million (360 billion won) in Chinese data center operator ChinData Group as the South Korean company seeks to benefit from ...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, Asiana log earnings surprises on cargo flights as global rivals record losses
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have bucked the global trend of the devastating aviation industry and made rare quarterly profits, as th...
Aug 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFP
[Updated RFP] Korea Post seeks two global debt fund houses for $170 mn mandate
(On August 25, Korea Post extended the deadline for submitting proposals for its global debt investment mandate to August 31, 2020 from August 19, 202...
Aug 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
NH Investment beats Korean rival in a bold bet on $400 mn Aussie-NZ infra portfolio
A consortium led by NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has been named as a preferred buyer for infrastructure assets worth $400 million in Austra...
Aug 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver inks $83.8 million investment deal in SM Entertainment to boost streaming platform
Naver, a Korean online platform giant, has invested 100 billion won ($83.8 million) in SM Entertainment's subsidiaries SMEJ Plus and Mystic Story in a...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS to add 200 global investment staff to cut fees, emulating CPPIB
The National Pension Service plans to carry out about a fivefold increase in overseas staffing by 2024 which will help to reduce external management f...
Jul 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Silence over NPS chief investment officer's tenure raises eyebrows within the financial community
Silence over the tenure of incumbent chief investment officer (CIO) at the National Pension Service is stirring up talk within the global asset manage...
Jul 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFP
[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in real estate mezzanine debt
Korea Post’s insurance arm is looking for one or two real estate debt managers to invest $200 million in mezzanine debt, for which it is plannin...
Jul 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean investors jointly set up a $770 million SPC to invest in KKR funds
Local institutional investors have injected $500 million (600 billion won) into a special purpose company to invest in diverse funds managed by privat...
Jul 28, 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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Logistics
Korean logistics centers see high demand from untact businesses amid global pandemic
Logistics center operations in Korea have remained strong amid the global pandemic on account of e-commerce and third-party logistics' ...
Jul 22, 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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Covid19
Korean pension funds relax due diligence to restart alternative investment
South Korean pension schemes and sovereign wealth fund KIC have recently restarted overseas alternative investments that had been suspended due to the...
Jul 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ardian
Ardian looking to expand Asia private equity investment
Paris-based Ardian is looking to increase private equity investments in Asia, setting its sight on technology, media, online service and healthcare se...
Jul 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KIC forms $400 mn joint venture with NongHyup for private equity co-investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has announced a $400 million joint venture with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Why Korean online giants Kakao and Naver soar amid global pandemic
Shares of South Korean online giants Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp. recorded all-time highs last week, ahead of their quarterly earnings results and on e...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s IPO market gains steam amid global pandemic
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. made a strong market debut on the Korea Exchange, as the country's IPO market has been gaining steam with newly listed ...
Jul 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Tiger Alternative raises $100 million to invest in US structured fund
South Korea's Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd has raised about $100 million from domestic retirement funds and insurance firms to invest in senior...
Jul 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
NPS ramps up alternative investment in Jan-April despite Covid-19
The National Pension Fund has significantly increased alternative investments in the first four months to April from a year earlier, which industry so...
Jul 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth fund
KIC promotes private equity head to lead alternative investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...
Jun 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Oil
NH Investment joins in $10.1 bn Abu Dhabi deal for $1.3 bn stake
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will invest about 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) gas pipeli...
Jun 24, 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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Asset allocation
NPS boosts private debt and venture capital investment in Q1
The National Pension Service (NPS) has beefed up investments in private debt and venture capital funds by adding Antares Capital Advisers and Insight ...
Jun 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
NPS logs negative Q1 investment return on stock market plunge
The National Pension Service (NPS) reported a negative 6.08% return on investment in the first three months of this year, weighed down by double-digit...
Jun 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
NPS to ramp up global equities exposure over next 5 years
The National Pension Service (NPS) will continue to raise exposure to global equities over the next five years, despite concerns about the impact of t...
May 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Bain Capital to invest $123 mn in South Korean online education startup
ST Unitas, known for English test and civil service exam preparation classes in South Korea, will receive around 150 billion won ($123 million) in inv...
May 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS restarts alternative investment with Portugal and Manhattan deals
The National Pension Service has invested at least one billion dollars in aggregate in a Portuguese toll road operator and a property redevelopment pr...
May 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
IMM enters China’s infrastructure market with $40 mn investment
IMM Investment Corp. has acquired a minority stake in China’s private water supplier for $40 million, in the first investment by a South Korean ...
Apr 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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