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Carlyle Group
Carlyle raises $600 mn for infra credit fund with top Korean banking groups
The Carlyle Group has raised $600 million for an infrastructure credit fund in South Korea jointly with two domestic financial services firms to lend ...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS’ label, SK Biopharm gearing up for billion-dollar IPOs in 2020
Big Hit Entertainment Co. Ltd., the label behind the K-pop boy band BTS and SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. are moving ahead with their planned initial...
May 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Securites funds KKR’s German media group acquisition
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has provided 200 million euros ($218 million) in a senior loan to fund KKR & Co.’s $3.4 billion purchase in 2019 ...
Feb 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS sets up $860 mn Vietnam investment fund with SK Group
The National Pension Service (NPS) has launched a 1 trillion won ($860 million) fund with SK Group to invest in Vietnamese companies, through which th...
Dec 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm
Macquarie’s South Korean unit signed a definitive agreement on Dec. 6 to buy a non-controlling stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd., an IT services arm of L...
Dec 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
SK Group, Hillhouse Capital to form $850 mn fund to invest in Chinese start-ups
SK Group will set up a 1 trillion won ($850 million) fund with China’s private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group to invest in Chinese start-up...
Dec 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Group units underwrite $240 mn debt on US car park operator
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and two other financial arms of South Korea’s Hanwha Group have underwritten $240 million of a 30-year deb...
Sep 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, SK Holdings to launch $1 bn fund for global co-investment
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint fund with South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. Ltd. to make cross-border investme...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Keppel Group unit set to net $250 mn from value-add deals in Seoul
Alpha Investment Partners, part of Singapore-based Keppel Capital, is set to secure over $250 million from selling two Seoul office buildings for arou...
Mar 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin-led group poised to buy $185 mn Prague office complex
A consortium led by Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been chosen as the preferred buyer for a thr...
Mar 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset-Amundi group may buy France skyscraper for almost $1 bn
A consortium of Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and French asset manager Amundi was picked as the preferred buyer for Tour Majunga, a landmark building in...
Mar 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Affinity Equity-led group to exercise put option on $1.8 bn Kyobo Life shares
A consortium led by Affinity Equity Partners will push ahead with exercising their right to sell shares in South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd....
Dec 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, SK Sec buy German property in share deal
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and SK Securities Co. Ltd. have recently closed a purchase of an office building leased to a department of the German fede...
Oct 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec-led group to buy $760 mn stake in Dunkirk LNG terminal
A consortium of three South Korean brokerage companies led by Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. will pay around 850 billion won ($758 million) for a 39.24% ...
Jul 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility
Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...
Feb 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps
CVC Capital Partners has formed a consortium with Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to make a final bid for South ...
Feb 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group units in forming $443 mn fund to buy OECD building in Paris
An investment firm of South Korea’s Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd is forming a blind-pool real estate fund worth around 500 billion won ($443 milli...
Jun 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn
Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...
Mar 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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CJ Group Interested in Acquiring McDonald's Korea Operations
CJ Group has jumped into a bidding war to acquire McDonald's Korea. According to investment banking sources on June 28, CJ Group had submitted a lette...
Jun 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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China Minsheng Investment to invest in SK Planet
China Minsheng Investment Group, China's largest private-sector investment firm, is mulling an investment of 1.3 trillion won (US$1.13 billion) in Kor...
Jun 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SPIKE. NO EDIT HERE. Hyundai Motor Group to adopt digital twin technology
Hyundai Motor Group plans to adopt digital twin, a technology that allows the automaker to make a digital replica of a real car for simulation not...
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SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai’s IONIQ 7
SK Innovation Co. is set to supply batteries for the IONIQ 7, Hyundai Motor Co.’s large electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be unveiled in...
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Entertainment
K-pop groups from BTS to TWICE kick off world tours
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Hynix introduces Gauss Labs-developed AI solution to semicon process (edited)
SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it has started to improve production efficiency and yield by introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to...
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)
Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...
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SK Hynix raises $1.5 bn in foreign bonds amid high demand
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has raised $1.5 billion in foreign currency bonds, with the debt offering four tim...
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