South Korea defense
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IPO of Korea’s first overseas property-backed REIT receives tepid response
The initial public offering of JR Global REIT, set to be South Korea’s first listed REIT backed by overseas property, was undersubscribed 0.23 t...
Jul 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korea's exports
[Economy] Korea exports drop by 16.6% hitting the lowest in 56 years
South Korea's exports have plunged 16.6% during the second quarter, hitting the lowest record in 56 years since the fourth quarter of 1963 when it fel...
Jul 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s Aussie property fund seller seeks damages for reimbursement
KB Securities Co. Ltd. has claimed damages arising from the alleged breach of contract over an Australian real investment fund after it returned 90.4 ...
Jul 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Bank of Korea keeps policy rate unchanged; no signal of further action
The Bank of Korea (BOK) left the benchmark rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5% as expected on July 16, citing the slowing economy and the overheate...
Jul 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s IPO market gains steam amid global pandemic
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. made a strong market debut on the Korea Exchange, as the country's IPO market has been gaining steam with newly listed ...
Jul 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth fund
KIC to form alternatives joint fund with Korea’s NongHyup
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is preparing to launch a joint fund with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to invest i...
Jul 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
JPMorgan tops Korea’s H1 M&A advisor list with Prudential deal
Prudential Financial Inc.’s 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) sale of its South Korean unit dominated the country’s M&A advisory market ...
Jun 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea's first neurosurgery robot to debut; to seek FDA approval
Koh Young Technology Inc., a 3D inspection device maker in South Korea, has commercialized a neurosurgical robotics system for the second time in the ...
Jun 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Federal Reserve
South Korean investors to put $580 mn in TALF fund
Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has collected $580 million from South Korean institutional investors to invest in a fund that buys securities with borrow...
Jun 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
KKR eyeing South Korean waste disposal firm valued at $645 mn
KKR & Co. is preparing to join the race for a South Korean industrial and medical waste treatment company valued at about 800 billion won ($645 mi...
May 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea ups Aussie bond sale size to $460 mn on demand
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...
May 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Korea local govts' pension hunts for bargains as valuation concern eased: CIO
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is shifting away from a defensive stance to put its increased cash to work as the asset price declines...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Foreign investors’ holding of South Korean bonds at record high of $115 bn
Foreign investors continued to buy South Korean bonds such as treasuries and monetary stabilization bonds for a fourth consecutive month in April, wit...
May 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Bain Capital to invest $123 mn in South Korean online education startup
ST Unitas, known for English test and civil service exam preparation classes in South Korea, will receive around 150 billion won ($123 million) in inv...
May 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
[RFP] Korea Post seeks PE secondary funds for $200 mn mandate
Korea Post’s insurance arm plans to select two global private equity funds to invest up to $200 million in private equity secondary markets in 2...
Apr 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Oaktree Capital
Howard Marks says time to relax defensive stance
The global economy is bracing for unprecedented negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the short term, but now is the time to hunt for ba...
Apr 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
eBay puts South Korean unit up for sale in $4 bn deal
eBay Inc. has decided to sell 100% of its South Korean operations which it valued at about 5 trillion won ($4 billion), the latest in a series of reor...
Mar 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Morgan Stanley PE cashes in on coronavirus spread in Korea
Morgan Stanley Private Equity has pocketed around 19 billion won ($16 million) in gains by cashing out a portion of its shares in a South Korean mask ...
Feb 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
[Dealmaker] Unison Capital shines in Korea’s niche sectors
Middle market-focused Unison Capital Inc. stood out in South Korea’s buyout market in 2019 with two lucrative exits and two startup acquisitions...
Feb 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds
KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...
Feb 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
[Dealmaker] Credit Suisse leads Korea's M&A advisory market
Credit Suisse arranged five buyout deals worth 5.2 trillion won ($4.4 billion) for SK Group’s units in 2019, which represented half of its M&...
Jan 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third
South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...
Jan 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS abolishes Korea-focused alternatives teams for global push
The National Pension Service (NPS) has abolished Korea-focused teams under the three investment divisions of private equity, real estate and infrastru...
Jan 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Hana Fin, Korea Investment acquire $162 mn Finland wind farms
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have acquired the entire equity interest of three wind farms in Finl...
Jan 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post
Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment
US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...
Dec 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Korea’s first Europe-focused REIT eyes $200 mn IPO in 2020
South Korea’s first Europe-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is poised to go public on the domestic stock market in early 2020 to rais...
Nov 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
AMP Capital’s $6.2 bn infrastructure fund raises $1.2 bn from Korea
Twenty-four South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union and the Public Offic...
Nov 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn
Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...
Nov 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korea Investment acquires US student housing for $250 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired five US student housing for $250 million, in the first direct investment by a South Korean fir...
Oct 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...
Sep 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)