LG Display debt repayment
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Batteries
POSCO Chem becomes supplier for GM-LG Energy Solution JV
POSCO Chemical Co., a secondary battery materials unit under POSCO, saw its share price surge on announcing that it has secured a contract worth bil...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Investors set sights on value stocks as LG Electronics’ shares soar
With South Korea’s stock market indexes at or near all-time highs, finding bargains in the market is a daunting task.Growth stocks such as bat...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korea Post seeks two direct lending funds for $200 mn mandates
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global direct lending funds focusing on North America and Europe and commit $100 million to each ...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG launches AI research think tank for digital transformation
LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG AI Research, an artificial intelligence think tank dedicated to securing AI technology, to further aid the gro...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem launches battery unit LG Energy Solution, eyes 2024 sales of $27 bn
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has officially launched its battery affiliate, LG Energy Solution, to carve out a greater share of the increasingly c...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, China’s CATL neck and neck in race for top battery player’s spot
Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of electric-vehicle batteries is getting fiercer as major players in South Kor...
Nov 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG to hive off trading, four other units into new group
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group will split off its trading arm LG International Corp. and four other non-core units into a ...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's household debt ratio exceeds 100% for first time
South Korea’s household debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has exceeded 100% for the first time, with its debt growing relatively faster...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem beats CATL, Panasonic to supply batteries for Tesla’s Model Y SUV
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. will supply batteries to US electric vehicle giant Tesla Inc. for its latest mid-size SUV Model Y, to be manufact...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lady Gaga lights up LG screen in Times Square
Pop diva Lady Gaga’s '911' music video brightened up New York’s Times Square on Nov. 18. The video was played on LG Electronics’...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korean LPs favor direct lending for private debt investment
More than half of South Korea’s key asset owners, led by the National Pension Service, are inclined to expand overseas private debt investment i...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Group ex-chair eyes spin-off of trading, logistics units
LG Group’s ex-Vice Chairman and senior advisor Koo Bon-joon is in talks to take the trading arm LG International Corp. and other non-core units ...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Public finance
S. Korea's fiscal deficit tops $90 bn; public debt hits record high
South Korea's fiscal deficit in September has pushed the annual shortfall to over 100 trillion won ($89.6 billion) with public debt reaching an all-ti...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biomaterials
LG Chem, Neste join forces to make bio-based synthetic resins
LG Chem Ltd. plans to produce synthetic resins such as polyolefin, polycarbonate and polyvinyl chloride, using biomaterials from Finland's diesel prod...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
NPS dumps $265 mn LG Chem shares after spin-off announcement
The National Pension Service, the No. 2 shareholder in South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., has sold off around 300 billion won ($265 million) worth of shares ...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stepstone
[ASK2020] Private Debt: Playing Offense or Defense?
StepStone is a leading private markets firm that oversees over US$296 billion of private capital allocations, including approximately US$67 bill...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen
[ASK2020] Is now the right time to invest in UK real estate debt?
Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 J...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics posts record-high Q3 sales, operating profit
LG Electronics Inc.’s quarterly operating profit and sales surged thanks to solid growth in its television and home appliance segments and small...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery spin-off
LG Chem shareholders approve plan to split off battery business
LG Chem Ltd. shareholders have approved the South Korean chemical maker’s plan to hive off its battery business, paving the way for the standalo...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IFM Investors
[ASK2020] The outlook for US Infrastructure Debt
IFM Investors was established more than 25 years ago with the aim to protect and grow the retirement savings of pension fund members. IFM manage...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Park Square
[ASK2020] The Opportunity in European Private Debt
Park Square Capital is one of the world’s most established private debt firms, providing flexible financing solutions to high-quality and ...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IFM Investors
[ASK2020] Introduction to Australia’s Private Debt Market
IFM Investors was established more than 25 years ago with the aim to protect and grow the retirement savings of pension fund members. IFM manage...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tikehau Capital
[ASK2020] Trends in European Private Debt and Private Equity Post Covid19
Tikehau Capital is an asset management and investment group with €25.7 billion of assets under management and shareholder equity of €2...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
LG Chem’s No. 2 shareholder NPS opposes battery spin-off
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to vote against LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to split off its battery business at a shareh...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors' survey
Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class
South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply permit
Samsung Display, Asia's first to win Huawei supply permit
Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, has received a permit from the US to supply certain panels to Huawei Technologies Co....
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Korean police fund raises risk appetite for private debt
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has recently selected an opportunistic strategy fund for private debt investment as the $3 bi...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Licensing agreements
LG to provide ice-making tech for Electrolux's French door refrigerators
South Korea's tech giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Oct. 26 that it has entered into a patent-licensing agreement with Sweden-based Electrolux t...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Display earnings
LG Display swings to Q3 profit, ending six-quarter string of losses
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has swung to a quarterly profit for the first time in seven quarters on growing demand amid ...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cylindrical batteries
LG Chem gears up to supply new batteries to Tesla; shares surge
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. surged on Oct. 22 as investors snapped up the electric vehicle battery maker on Tesla Inc.’s record quarterly earnings, a...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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