Korean Intellectual Property Office
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M&A
eBay puts South Korean unit up for sale in $4 bn deal
eBay Inc. has decided to sell 100% of its South Korean operations which it valued at about 5 trillion won ($4 billion), the latest in a series of reor...
Mar 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
KKR consortium buys Seoul office tower from NPS
A consortium of KKR & Co. and two South Korean companies have closed the acquisition of a Seoul office tower from the National Pension Service (NP...
Feb 29, 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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Sovereign wealth
KIC to boost startup investment with new San Francisco office
Korea Investment Corporation will open a San Francisco office within the year to improve its deal sourcing capability for technology startups and othe...
Feb 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
NH, Shinhan fund Helsinki office complex purchase with $210 mn equity
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Shinhan Investment Corp. have underwritten about 250 billion won ($210 million) in equity to fund the 480 ...
Feb 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private Equity
Korean biotech fund reaps triple-digit return on two Nasdaq-listed firms
South Korea’s $25 million biotechnology-themed fund, launched by Meritz Securities Co. Ltd., has earned triple-digit returns on its 2.7 billion ...
Jan 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Prudential Life draws Taiwan’s Fubon Fin, four Korean prelim bidders
Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holdings, KB Financial Group and three Seoul-based private equity firms have submitted letters of intent to acquire 100...
Jan 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Three Korean pension fund CEOs quit to run in general election
About halfway through their three-year terms, chief executives of National Pension Service (NPS), Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTUC) and Publi...
Jan 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third
South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...
Jan 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Eugene Investment acquires Poland office building for $61 mn
Eugene Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has entered the European real estate market with the purchase of an office building in Warsaw, Poland for ...
Jan 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
TPG buys Korean health supplement company for about $250 mn
Private equity firm TPG has acquired a small-sized South Korean dietary supplement manufacturer for around $250 million, in its first Korean buyout de...
Dec 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie seeks co-investors for over $2 bn Korean gas firm purchase
Macquarie’s investment unit may attract Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and other limited partners of its Asia infrastructure fund a...
Dec 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Goldman, GIC, Sequoia to exit from Korean food delivery app in $4 bn deal
Goldman Sachs, Singapore’s GIC and Sequoia Capital are among the financial investors set to secure handsome returns from a combined 506 billion ...
Dec 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hana Fin buys Germany’s office complex from Blackstone for $1.1 bn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. closed on the 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) purchase of Germany’s largest office complex in Frankfurt from ...
Dec 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Prudential Financial
Prudential seeks to sell Korean insurance arm in estimated $2 bn deal
Prudential Financial Inc. has put its South Korean life insurance arm on the market, as the US insurance giant is seeking to shed part of overseas ass...
Dec 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
DTCP to scale Korean start-ups into global unicorns
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges visited SK Telecom in June and discussed ways to collaborate in 5G mobile communication services. The two companies ...
Dec 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Fin-led JV buys 4 US student housing properties for $325 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Chicago-based Scion Group have acquired a portfolio of four newly-developed student housing facilities for $325...
Nov 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean firms in all-out effort to sell down Paris office buildings
South Korean brokerage firms are stepping up efforts to sell down their remaining equity investments of around 600 billion won ($518 million) in the P...
Nov 06, 2019 (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)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Transport remains top pick for Korean LPs’ 2020 infra investment
South Korean institutional investors will continue to increase their allocations to overseas infrastructure next year, and transport facilities such a...
Oct 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs lukewarm on sell-down properties
Major South Korean institutional investors have cooled their interest in overseas real estate assets sourced by domestic brokerage firms because of he...
Oct 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds shelve Japan alternative investment on sour relations
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have put on hold new alternative investments in Japan due to soured rela...
Oct 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean rating agency warns of fast alternative asset growth, resale risk
The pace of growth in overseas alternative investments by South Korean securities companies has been “too rapid” over the past 18 months and brought t...
Sep 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerage firms lend $208 mn on Australia coal terminal
Three South Korean brokerage firms, including Samsung Securities Co. Ltd., underwrote around 250 billion won ($208 million) of a subordinated debt on ...
Sep 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors on track to pour nearly $1 bn into US, UK airports in 2019
South Korean institutional investors are on track to pour nearly $1 billion into US and UK airports in 2019, including the planned $51 million co-inve...
Sep 22, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to form $750 mn joint property fund with Danish pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will launch a joint fund worth about 900 billion won ($753 million) with a Danish pension fund to inve...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms invest $96 mn in AT&T headquarters in Dallas
South Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested $96.4 million in ...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean 3D scanning venture draws bids from KKR, Carlyle, Affinity
Medit Corp., a South Korean 3D scanner maker, has drawn preliminary bids from nine private equity firms, including KKR & Co., the Carlyle Group, A...
Sep 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has collected C$560 million ($423 million) from South Korean financial institutions to lend for The One building, a mix...
Sep 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages invest in Heathrow’s new runway project
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided a combined $434 million debt on the construction of Heathrow ...
Aug 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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