Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Earnings
Samsung SDI Q1 sales at all-time high, says VW’s battery move long shot
Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Templeton to pull out of Korean retail fund market
Franklin Templeton Investments' South Korean arm is in talks with a domestic asset management company to sell its retail operations, following Black...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung Display sells back 35 million Corning shares for $1.6 billion
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is selling 35 million shares in Corning Inc. back to the US company for an estimated...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
KOTAM raises $185 mn for BlackRock's new energy fund
Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) has raised $185 million from five domestic institutional investors to commit to BlackRock's new renewa...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korean govt pension to commit $105 mn to 3 global infra funds
South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $105 million to three global infrastructure funds this year, targeting a net i...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV batteries
Copper foil maker raises $700 mn funding to build Europe plant
South Korea's Iljin Materials Co., which produces copper foils for rechargeable batteries and printed circuit boards (PCBs), has received 800 billio...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Samsung unveils mid-band 5G equipment to target $9.9 bn US market
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a range of fifth-generation wireless equipment solutions targeting the US mobile service market, expected to ac...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortage worsens, keeps Samsung execs on edge
The global chip shortage, which began with declining supply of automotive chips, is crippling swaths of industries beyond the electronic devices sec...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Samsung heirs likely to donate over half of Lee's art collection
Samsung Group heirs, including Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, have tentatively agreed to donate more than half of the late Lee Ku...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung develops ultra-small, high-capacity MLCC
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has developed an ultra-small and high-performance multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) for use in a wider range of el...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment returns
Korean funds, firms eye jackpot from Grab’s Nasdaq listing
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), other state-run savings funds and big companies are expected to pocket decent gains from their...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Banks keen to lend to Samsung heirs for inheritance tax
South Korean banks are queuing up to extend credit to Samsung Group's de-facto leader Jay Y. Lee and his family who are due to pay over 2 trillion w...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to supply cylindrical cells to Hyundai, Kia
Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, is developing cylindrical lithium-ion batteries for Hyundai Motor C...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Archegos scandal
Ex-Samsung startup head's Archegos job ends after 3 mths
A former startup investment head of Samsung Electronics Co. has wrapped up his brief career in the asset management industry, following Archegos C...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung walks tightrope on US investment; invited to White House talks
Samsung Electronics Co., the only South Korean company invited to a special White House meeting on the global semiconductor shortage, is likely to f...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Samsung-backed semiconductor parts maker eyes IPO
MiCo Ceramics Ltd., a semiconductor equipment parts subsidiary of the industrial ceramics maker MiCo Co., is pushing forward with IPO preparations. ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung, LG Elec deliver above-consensus Q1 earnings
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world's two largest TV makers, surprised the market on Wednesday with forecast-beating quarterl...
Apr 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean teachers' fund reaps best return since 2009
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) achieved its highest investment return in 11 years of 10% in 2020, led by substantial gains from domestic e...
Apr 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
BlackRock sheds $620 mn Korean retail fund business
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, has sold its retail business in South Korea to a small domestic investment firm to concentr...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
SoftBank-backed Balance Hero raises $10 mn in debt funding from India
South Korean fintech startup Balance Hero has raised around $10 million in debt funding led by the India-based non-banking financial company (NBFC) ...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean military fund to double average investment size
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) intends to nearly double its average investment size to 100 billion won ($88 million) as ...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy sets new global record with $2.5 bn order
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has landed an order to build 20 very large container ships (VLCS) at 2.8 trillion won ($2.5 billion), t...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung widens lead over rivals with industry’s first advanced DDR5
Samsung Electronics Co. has extended its lead in memory chips over its rivals by unveiling the industry’s first 512 gigabyte DDR5 module based...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's global real estate fund investors brace for losses
The combined balance of overseas real estate investment funds sold in South Korea saw a drop in their net asset value below the original value by 40...
Mar 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Intel’s jump into foundry sets off alarm bells for Samsung, TSMC
Intel Corp.’s announcement on Tuesday that it will significantly expand its advanced chip manufacturing capacity and jump into the foundry bus...
Mar 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korea VC FoF seeks offshore VC funds to commit $66 mn
The Korea Venture Investment Corp. (KVIC), which manages funds of venture capital funding vehicles, will pick offshore VC funds to commit around 75 ...
Mar 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Holdings, China’s Geely launch $300 million future mobility fund
South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. and China’s leading carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. have launched a $300 million joint fund...
Mar 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung says to overtake TSMC with efficient, right-time investment
Samsung Electronics Co. will make efficient and right-time investments to achieve economies of scale so that the world's largest memory chipmaker wi...
Mar 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KIC, Korean pension funds in hunt for new C-level execs
South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has been looking for a new chief investment officer for a half year, while the sovereign wealth f...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $500 mn to Blackstone life science property fund
The National Pension Service has committed $500 million to Blackstone's new life science real estate fund that is expected to raise over $12 billion...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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