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Artificial intelligence
Upstage to develop shopping-specific AI with ConnectWave
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage on Monday said it will develop a shopping-specific AI service with domestic online ...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia
Shinhan Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that its local subsidiary in Indonesia has organized the listing of private hospital RSCH ...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers
South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed contracts with 10 insurance providers in the US to boost the ...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Mirae Asset Securities exceeds $3 bn in overseas equity
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it owns more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) of equity capital in overseas operations as of June 30 of t...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Team Korea lands $447 mn solar power project in US
A group of six South Korean companies dubbed "Team Korea," which comprises private companies such as SK Ecoplant, public companies and a government ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanwha Group gears up for foray into aviation industry
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group is preparing a bid for domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) Fly Gangwon under court pr...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS sells off Australian warehouse equity at $368 mn
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Monday it has sold off a 50% stake in an Austra...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea
KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC up 8.3% in net value of stocks, debts in H1 2023
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw the net value of its traditional assets rise 8.25% in the first half of this year, backed by the strong perfo...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund
Macquarie Asset Management is aiming to close its sixth buyout fund in South Korea at a maximum of 1 trillion won ($775.6 million) by the first ha...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Singapore's CDL buys Nine Tree hotel in Seoul for $107 mn
Singapore-based major real estate firm City Developments Ltd. (CDL) has bought Nine Tree Premier Hotel Myeongdong II from South Korea’s Shinha...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has hired Macquarie Asset Managem...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC's private equity senior director Ahn to move to Mubadala
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC)’s senior director for private equity is set to move to Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based ...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Private real estate debt shines on banks' financing gaps: Savills
More global investors are turning to the private debt market as bank loans are getting tougher under stricter lending regulations. Among a range of ...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Busan Equity Partners launches core minerals business in Philippines
Busan Equity Partners (BEP), a South Korean private equity firm, is partnering with Philippine mineral development company PGMPI to develop overseas...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hanwha Solutions to form industrial complex for chips, auto parts
South Korea's energy service, petrochemical and real estate development company Hanwha Solutions Corp. will build H-Techno Valley, an industrial com...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
GEPS taps Apollo, EQT, Warburg for buyout, growth equity
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) selected Apollo Global Management, Warburg Pincus and Sweden-based EQT Partners as i...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler
South Korea’s conglomerate Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun is seeking money from a local private equity firm to defend the management ...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock buys $860 mn stake in S.Korean gas supplier
Global asset manager BlackRock has bought a 30% stake in South Korea’s industrial gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.11 trillion won ($860 millio...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity Equity Partners’ Korea head Sam Lee resigns
Affinity Equity Partners’ Seoul office head Sam Lee has left the global investment firm, sources familiar with the matter told The Korea Econo...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Bobcat invests in US-based agtech company
Doosan Bobcat, the construction and agricultural machine making affiliate of South Korea’s Doosan Group, has announced on Wednesday a str...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund
Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023
Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Private debt will offer both income and downside protection: ASK 2023
Global investors will find opportunities to increase positions in private debt markets amid high interest rates this year and need to strengthen their...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to apply private advanced tech to military weapons in 5 years
South Korea has approved a fast-track system that slashes complex administrative procedures for application of private technology to the military&rs...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to prop up quantum tech with academia, private sector
South Korea, trailing in the global race for quantum technology, will open a new quantum technology-dedicated graduate school with a consortium led ...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Hyundai Rotem, Hana Bank to promote private railway project
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday that it has signed an infrastructure fund inve...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Alternative investment forum ASK 2023 to kick off May 17 in Seoul
South Korean institutional investors, including the world’s third-largest pension fund National Pension Service (NPS), and global asset manage...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Direct lending tops private debt strategy again for Korean LPs
Direct lending, which has topped South Korean institutional investors’ private debt strategies for years, has become even more popular amid risi...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)