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Grab Holdings
Singapore's ride-sharing giant Grab raises $200 mn from STIC Investments
Grab Holdings Inc., a Singapore-based technology company, has raised $200 million from South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc., the fir...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao Games
Kakao Games shares hit upper limit for two consecutive days, further fueling IPO hype
Kakao Games Corp. shares reached the daily upper limit for the second consecutive day on Sept. 11, pushing the company to the third place on KOSDAQ wi...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion
Celltrion rebuts JP Morgan’s heavy downgrade; shares rebound from sharp fall
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. on Sept. 10 rebutted J.P. Morgan’s massive downgrade of its target price for the biopharmaceutical company. T...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
KB Financial's $186 mn VC fund invests $42 mn in Indian startups
KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE to sell Hollys Coffee to Korean chemical-to-steel group
Seoul-based IMM Private Equity is in the final stages of talks to sell South Korea’s Hollys Coffee to the country’s chemical- to steel-foc...
Sep 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hanwha Solutions, affiliates’ shares soar on Green New Deal, defense
Share prices of Hanwha Solutions Corp. and other Hanwha Group units are being re-rated as the companies shift their business focus to the green energy...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Korea state agency to sell up to 10% Woori Financial stake in block deal
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has resumed the ongoing sale process of its 17.25% stake in Woori Financial Group in four years. It will offe...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle flexes muscles in Korean financial industry as Lee takes helm
The Carlyle Group has been growing its presence in South Korea after sealing a string of investment and business deals with top Korean financial servi...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Restructuring
Doosan Heavy to wrap up first-round restructuring with $1.1 bn new share sale
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., the debt-ridden South Korean power plant builder, is set to wrap up the first round of its debt r...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Doosan Group inks sale of copper foil maker to PEF SkyLake for $588 mn
Doosan Group has agreed to sell Doosan Solus Co. Ltd., a copper foil and OLED materials maker, to South Korean private equity firm SkyLake Investment ...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offering
Affinity Equity, Baring PEA tipped to invest $1 bn in Shinhan Financial
Affinity Equity Partners and Baring Private Equity Asia will likely invest a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) in new shares of Shinhan Financial...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Samsung Life shares rally as governance issue looms on likely stake sale
Shares of South Korea’s largest life insurer, Samsung Life Insurance Co., have rallied in recent sessions on expectations that the company will ...
Sep 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Doosan Heavy shares rally as investors look beyond financial woes
Shares of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., a South Korean power plant builder, jumped to their highest level in more than two year...
Sep 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-pop market remains bullish as entertainment shares soar
South Korean entertainment giants, SM Entertainment Co, YG Entertainment Inc, and JYP Entertainment Corporation, are sitting pretty as their share pri...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
KDB offers to ease HDC's financial burden in Asiana takeover as deal stalls
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle Group to exit from Korean OEM apparel exporter in seven years
The Carlyle Group has sold off its stake in South Korea's Yakjin Trading Corp., an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for global brands such a...
Aug 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicle battery
Korean EV battery makers' shares tumble on Morgan Stanley downgrade
Shares of South Korea’s three leading electric-vehicle (EV) battery makers LG Chem Ltd, SK Innovation Co. and Samsung SDI Co. fell 5% on August ...
Aug 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
SK to invest $300 million in ChinData Group by joining in pre-IPO share sale
SK Corp. is investing $300 million (360 billion won) in Chinese data center operator ChinData Group as the South Korean company seeks to benefit from ...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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TPG, online portal Naver eyeing Korean drama producer’s pre-IPO share sale
The US private equity firm TPG Capital and South Korea’s top Internet portal Naver Corp. have participated in preliminary bidding for a pre-IPO ...
Aug 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Silence over NPS chief investment officer's tenure raises eyebrows within the financial community
Silence over the tenure of incumbent chief investment officer (CIO) at the National Pension Service is stirring up talk within the global asset manage...
Jul 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hana Financial underwrites $117 million senior loan for US energy storage system
Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd has invested in an energy storage system development project as an underwriter for senior loans worth $117 million....
Jul 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Debt-laden Doosan Group puts Doosan Infracore up for sale to secure cash
Doosan Group kicked off the sale process for Doosan Infracore, the group’s construction equipment builder, with the sale manager ...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Shinhan Financial in search to acquire traditional asset manager
Shinhan Financial Group, one of Korea's largest financial holding firms, has reached out to asset management companies that are well-versed ...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Alternative investment
Hana Financial purchases $77 mn mezzanine loan on 30 Hudson Yards NYC
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has purchased a $77 million mezzanine loan backed by a six-story space in the 101-story, 30 Hudson Yards, the third...
Jul 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Carlyle to invest $415 mn in KB Financial, betting on share rebound
The Carlyle Group has tentatively agreed to buy $200 million worth of bonds exchangeable into shares in KB Financial Group and the US private equity f...
Jun 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Prudential to sell Korean unit to KB Financial for $1.9 bn
Prudential Financial Inc. has decided to sell its South Korean insurance arm to KB Financial Group for about 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) and will ...
Apr 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Military Mutual Aid extends financial division CIO’s term by one year
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has extended its financial division head’s term for another year to focus on the risk management asso...
Mar 27, 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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M&A
NH, Shinhan fund Helsinki office complex purchase with $210 mn equity
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Shinhan Investment Corp. have underwritten about 250 billion won ($210 million) in equity to fund the 480 ...
Feb 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)