North Asia private equity
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Private equity
Affinity Equity to refinance Serveone to recoup investment
Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Yoon administration to launch strategic committee for semiconductors
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team announced Thursday it is considering a joint public-private committee that will be in charge o...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax strengthens eco-friendly marketing in Southeast Asia
Cosmax Inc., a major South Korean original design manufacturer (ODM) for L'Oréal and other global cosmetics giants, is strengthening its ma...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to hire two GPs for global infrastructure debt
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 14 that its insurance arm will select two asset managers for a maxi...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kolon Life inks technology transfer deal with Juniper Biologics
South Korea’s pharmaceutical company Kolon Life Science Inc. signed a technology export deal worth up to 723.4 billion won ($589.1 million) wi...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
High conviction in private credit for a global portfolio
It seems as though the list of risks to investors is rising. Supply chain imbalances, higher raw material costs, rising interest rates, labor shortage...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea’s retail investors put record amount in overseas stocks
South Korea’s retail investors poured 22.9 trillion won ($18.8 billion) into purchasing overseas stocks last year, according to the country's ...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean PE firm in exclusive talks to buy golf grip brand SuperStroke
South Korea's Daol Private Equity, formerly known as KTB Private Equity, is in exclusive talks to buy the entirety of SuperStroke, a US golf grips m...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to raise $822.5 mn from Korean PEF consortium
South Korea’s SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to raise up to 1 trillion won ($822.5 million)...
Apr 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Asset Mgmt. buys 20% stake in US ETF sponsor Amplify
South Korea’s Samsung Asset Management Co. invested in a US exchange-traded fund sponsor to expand its global presence in the market.Samsung s...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
How Glenwood made twofold return from HanGlas without dividends
Seoul based-Glenwood Private Equity, founded in 2014, has been quietly building its presence in the South Korean M&A market, chasing assets deem...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees most productive year ever, returning $5.3 bn to investors
MBK Partners will be bold in moving into more Asian markets this year, wrote the company's founder and chairman Michael ByungJu Kim, in his annual l...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea launches another unknown projectile
SEOUL—North Korea launched an unknown projectile off its east coast on Thursday, the military in Seoul said, as the Kim Jong Un regime conti...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Insurers rush to bolster equity capital to boost solvency
South Korea's key insurers are rushing to increase their equity capital ahead of two new solvency regulations set to take effect from Jan. 1, 2023. ...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research opens first overseas base in Michigan
South Korean LG Corp.'s artificial intelligence research institute set up its first overseas base in Michigan to expand its global AI research ...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK's $1.2 bn stake sale brings value on par with TPG
North Asia-focused MBK Partners has closed a $1.18 billion deal to sell its 12.5% stake to New York-based Dyal Capital at an equity valuation of nea...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
LG Elec. targets North American digital healthcare market
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has made inroads into the North American digital healthcare market with US telehealth company Amwell as the ...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
SK Ecoplant eyes H2 2023 Kospi listing
SK Ecoplant Co., South Korea's largest waste management company, said on Monday it has sent a request for proposal to major brokerage companies at h...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Private equity consortium buys 30% stake in biotech firm Medipost
South Korea’s first generation biotech firm Medipost Co. will sell a 30% stake to a private equity consortium, the company announced after W...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha invests another $11 mn in US communications firm Kymeta
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and air mobility unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, made another investment of $11 million in Kymeta Corp., a...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
South Korea's contact lens exports surge in 2021
South Korea's contact lens brands accelerated their penetration into the global market estimated at $10 billion in 2021, thanks to the market's rebo...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean SPAC Valuence Merger debuts on Nasdaq, targets bio M&As
Valuence Merger Corp. 1, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), led by South Korean fund managers, has debuted on the Nasdaq, targeting Asian...
Mar 04, 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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Venture capital
Live commerce platforms like Grip to keep growing in Asia Pacific: Google
In April 2021, there were some 200 unicorns in the Asia Pacific region, second only to the United States which had 290 startups each valued at $1 bi...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
92% of Korean LPs won't increase real estate exposure
Institutional investors of South Korea aim to increase their alternative assets, focusing on expanding private debt, according to a recent survey of...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Thoma Bravo may attract $200 mn from NPS, KTCU
National Pension Service (NPS), Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and other institutional investors of South Korea are likely to contribute...
Feb 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
HMM returns to annual profit in a decade as stake sale looms
HMM Co., South Korea’s largest container line, returned to an annual profit for the first time in a decade, boosted by higher freight rates an...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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China stocks
Korean money flows to China exceed investment in North America
South Korean money inflows to Chinese stocks exceeded investment in North America as sluggish US shares spurred investors to bet on a recovery in th...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung regains top spot in SE Asia smartphone market
Samsung Electronics Co. outpaced Chinese rival Oppo last year to regain the top spot in the smartphone market in four major Southeast Asian countrie...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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