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Private equity
Blackstone taps ex-Citibank Korea CEO as Seoul office head
The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inve...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korea Post to tap two GPs for global ESG bond ETFs
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 21 that its insurance arm will select a maximum of two asset managers for...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean firms tapped to buy shoe parts supplier Texon
Southeast Asia-focused Navis Capital Partners is tapping South Korean companies and private equity firms to sell Texon, a Hong Kong-based footwear c...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
KT taps Vietnam for digital healthcare and AI-powered diagnosis
KT Corp., a major telecommunications company in South Korea, is set to enter the Vietnamese healthcare market with a pilot telemedicine service an...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to tap two GPs for global PE secondaries
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 6 its savings arm will choose two asset managers for two closed-end comming...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
POBA taps former DB Insurance investment head as new CIO
Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea has named Huh Jang, former head of investment at DB Insurance Co. as its new chief inve...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Construction Workers taps former Credit Union head as new CIO
Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has named Lee Seong-yeong as its new chief investment officer and is in the final stage of the no...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea Zinc to ditch low-key strategy to go beyond metal
South Korea's two non-ferrous metal product leaders Korea Zinc Inc. and Poongsan Corp. are tipped to report their record earnings in 2021, after str...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Samsung SRA taps former KIC infra head as CEO
Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. has named its former managing director (MD) and chief investment officer Chung-Keun Kim as its new chief executive,...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom taps AI expert as new technology chief
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, has tapped its e-commerce arm's chief executive and artificial intelligence (AI) expert Lee Sang-h...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
DL Chem raises $1.8 bn for US leveraged buyout
DL Chemical Co. became the first South Korean company to acquire a US-listed company in a leveraged buyout. The Korean petrochemical company said on...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang embraces affordable fashion industry
Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang is looking to tap into the country’s mid-range fashion market. The company is now reversing the ...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Forbes taps MBK and Nexon founders as Asia's philanthropy heroes
Michael ByungJu Kim, the founder of South Korean investment firm MBK Partners, and Kim Jung-ju, founder of Nexon, the largest online gaming compan...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
KakaoPay chief tapped as co-CEO in Kakao management shakeup
Young-joon Ryu and Min-soo Yeo, slated as Kakao Corp. co-CEOs come March Korea’s largest mobile messenger provider Kakao Corp. is slated ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund
South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM buys Hollywood studio Endeavor Content for $775 mn
CJ ENM Co., South Korea's entertainment powerhouse, has agreed to buy an 80% stake in the content unit of Endeavor Group Holdings for $775.3 million...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millennial tapped to head online giant Naver
Naver Corp. has chosen Choi Soo-yeon, 40, to lead the top online platform in South Korea, in the 22-year-old company's most dramatic top management ...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Toss acquires Tada, taps into mobility market
South Korea-based mobile financial platform Toss, which has been expanding its operations across the financial sector, is set to foray into the mobi...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Korean beauty brand Too Cool For School is up for sale
Too Cool For School Corp., a South Korean budget makeup and beauty brand, is up for sale as its two co-CEOs and related parties aim to sell their en...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
NPIXEL emerges as fastest Korean game company to become unicorn
South Korea-based game developer NPIXEL Co. has become the country’s fastest game company to join the unicorn club after raising 100 billion w...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Game firms seeking strong IP extend ties with content makers
South Korean game developers and publishers are increasingly building business alliances with players in the content industry through equity investm...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Com2uS acquires metaverse platform to grow as digital content provider
South Korea-based Com2uS Corp., the creator of the popular game Summoners War, is ramping up its efforts to transition into a global content platfor...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft
South Korea-based Naver Financial, the fintech arm of online giant Naver Corp., has invested $20 million in a Series B funding round for the US-base...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Harrison Street taps Korean LPs for $1.5 bn life science property fund
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union has committed $100 million to Harrison Street Real Estate Capital's new flagship fund that is aiming to raise $1.5...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank to invest $2 bn in Yanolja
Vision Fund, led by billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, has decided to invest around $2 billion in South Korea's largest travel platform Yan...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan taps PEFs to sell copper clad board division
Doosan Co., the holding company of South Korea's Doosan Group, is in contact with several private equity firms to sell its in-house electronic mater...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean firms rush to tap bond market ahead of rate hikes
New corporate bond issuance in South Korea is on course to hit 9.2 trillion won ($8.3 billion) in February of this year, the highest amount issued f...
Feb 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Hanwha Life to further tap into interest rate derivatives
Hanwha Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s No. 2 life insurer, will make active use of derivatives and structured products to hedge against inte...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing
Global webtoon (digital comics) platform Naver Webtoon is paving the way to a listing in the US market, reaching out to foreign investors for pre-...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
HOLD Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing
Global webtoon (digital comics) platform Naver Webtoon is paving the way to a listing in the US market, reaching out to foreign investors for pre-...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)