North Asia private equity
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North Korea
North Korea puts on show of missile might as Kim Jong-un snubs US
North Korea put on one of its largest displays of missiles at an event at which dictator Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang couldn’t trust r...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won hits 15-month low as global inflation woes spur equity outflow
The South Korean won weakened past the psychologically important 1,200 per dollar mark for the first time in 15 months as growing worries about glob...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea private debt growth at record high of $98 bn in Q2
South Korea’s private sector debt jumped near $100 billion in the April-June period, a record high of quarterly growth, amid an overheating pr...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post's savings arm earns 8.45% return in H1
Korea Post's savings arm earned an 8.45% return on investments in the first half of this year, broadly in line with the average rate of return repor...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK, Plug Power launch JV to grab Asia’s hydrogen fuel cell market
SK Group’s city gas supplier SK E&S Co. said on Oct. 6 that it has officially kicked off the joint venture (JV) with the American hydrogen...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kospi lowest in nearly 7 months; outlook dim on inflation, US debt standoff
South Korea's main stock index has fallen below the psychologically important 3,000 points for the first time in nearly seven months, with investors...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Next K-wave in Asia: Convenience stores
When South Korean major convenience store chain CU opened its first branch in Malaysia on April 1, there was a queue of more than 100 meters to get ...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Private equity exits tipped to lead S.Korea's Q4 M&A market
South Korea's M&A market, which has enjoyed record levels of activity so far this year, is expected to remain buoyant for the remainder of the y...
Oct 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Police fund to appoint equities specialist as CIO
South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has picked Han Jong-seok, a former chief investment officer of Meritz Asset Management Co. and eq...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea stocks, won tumble as foreigners dump $1 bn in equity futures
South Korean stocks and the won currency lost ground with the main Kospi ending below the 3,100 mark for the first time in five weeks as foreign inv...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC to raise corporate value to $25 bn with battery materials
South Korea’s SKC Co. plans to expand its electric vehicle battery materials business in a move to fivefold its corporate value to 30 trillion...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud providers
Naver Cloud looks to join AWS, Microsoft as Asia's top cloud service provider
South Korea-based Naver Cloud Corp. is determined to become one of the key cloud service providers in Japan and Southeast Asian markets, following o...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK, Asia Pulp to develop eco-friendly packaging paper
SK Geo Centric Co., South Korea’s leading petrochemical company, will develop eco-friendly paper coating materials to enter the recyclable pac...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK's car-sharing service SoCar Malaysia sees valuation top $210 mn
Car-sharing platform SoCar Mobility Malaysia has raised around 65 billion won ($55.6 million) from South Korean private equity firm EastBridge Partn...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off its East Coast
SEOUL—North Korea launched two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in Pyongyang&rs...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asia’s Covid-19 Success Stories Warily Ponder Post-Vaccination Moves
Earlier this month, Singapore reached a Covid-19 milestone: The fully vaccinated portion of the population crossed 80%. But instead of moving ahead wi...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Monroe Capital opens first Asian outpost in Seoul
The US private credit markets-focused Monroe Capital LLC has made its foray into Asia by opening an office in South Korea, where the National Pensio...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Fin to move closer to privatization by year's end
The South Korean government will sell another big chunk of its remaining shares in Woori Financial Group by year's end to finally give up its top sh...
Sep 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea kicks off AI strategy talks with Naver, Kakao, Samsung, telcos
South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Burger King's Korea, Japan operations up for sale
Affinity Equity Partners is putting Burger King's operations in South Korea and Japan up for sale, after the US hamburger franchise overtook its big...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean proptech startup RSquare enters Southeast Asia
South Korea’s online property platform RSquare aims Southeast Asian commercial real estate markets starting from Vietnam.RSquare said on Sept....
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kolon enters private space business with composite materials
Kolon will be the next major South Korean business group to join the race in the fast-growing space sector by developing and making light composite ...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to create private debt, secondaries-focused team
The National Pension Service (NPS) is planning to create a new investment team dedicated to private debt and secondaries deals and equity purchases ...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Digital healthcare
Naver to enter healthcare business in Korea with investment in ezCaretech
South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. is set to enter the big data-based healthcare industry by investing in ezCaretech Co., a domes...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
US may return to low rates after modest inflation
The rising inflationary risk in the US, fueled by strong recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown, is likely to be short-lived and modest, and in...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock Real Assets makes first Korean solar investment
BlackRock Real Assets, a unit of the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc., has acquired an unspecified stake in Brite Energy Partners ...
Aug 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean pension funds log above-benchmark H1 returns
South Korea's major pension funds have posted robust investment returns above their benchmarks in the first half of this year, driven by double-digi...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
SK Group expands foothold in Southeast Asia fintech sector
South Korea’s energy and telecom conglomerate SK Group is aggressively strengthening its foothold in the Southeast Asian fintech business.SK S...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean activist fund KCGI joins in consortium to buy Ssangyong
A South Korean electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. added the activist fund Korea Corporate Government Improvement Fund (KCGI) as a financial invest...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Mirae Asset step closer to full-fledged investment bank
Mirae Asset Securities Co. has become South Korea's first brokerage company to boost its equity capital to 10 trillion won ($9 billion), taking a st...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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