construction workforce
Scope
Date
~
-
IPOs
Hyundai Motor’s construction unit seeks listing in Q1 2022
Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, started the process for an initial public offering (IPO) expected in the firs...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
M&As
SK Ecoplant to sell plant building business before IPO
SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is in advanced stages of talks with a consortium of South Korea-based IUM ...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Heavy, Babcock join forces for Korea’s first aircraft carrier
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. teamed up with British engineering company Babcock International to develop South Korea’s first aircraft carrier....
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Mergers & Acquisitions
Bain Capital sells management rights of Hugel to GS-led group for $1.5 bn
A consortium led by South Korea’s energy-to-construction conglomerate GS Group has acquired the country’s top botox maker Hugel Inc. fro...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s only shipyard under creditor protection to be sold this year
A sale of Daehan Shipbuilding Co., South Korea’s only shipbuilder under creditor protection, is to be completed within this year through a sta...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
RFPs
Construction workers' fund invites bids for $25 mn infra mandate
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association issued a request for proposals to commit $25 million to a global infrastructure fund...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
Naver says it's constructing world’s first robot-friendly building
The world’s first “robot-friendly” building will complete construction in the second half of this year by South Korea’s tech...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Mergers & Acquisitions
Failed M&As in Korea now draw excess of candidates with better outlook
South Korea’s M&A market is heating up as the outlook for the global economic recovery is becoming more comfortable this year.The M&A ...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix completes construction of its largest $3.14 bn chip plant
SK Hynix Inc. has completed the construction of its largest chip plant, which will use cutting-edge technology to produce memory semiconductors to m...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Interview
Construction workers' fund targets stable-income alternatives
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association is chasing government-sponsored infrastructure and public private partnership (PPP) pr...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Future mobility
Hyundai Motor begins Singapore innovation lab construction
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest automaker, has begun building an innovation lab in Singapore as part of its efforts to explore new mobi...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Doosan Group
Doosan Heavy seeks new buyer for construction arm after deal falls through
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has begun fresh talks with potential buyers for construction affiliate Doosan Engineering & Constru...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
-
M&A
CJ Logistics seeks to sell construction business; Credit Suisse named as advisor
CJ Logistics Corp. is seeking to sell its profit-making construction business as part of its parent group’s restructuring scheme.The logistics s...
Aug 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Pension fund
Construction workers’ fund names ex-Hanwha General investment head as CIO
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has appointed Wihwan Lee, a former investment head of Hanwha General Insurance CO. Ltd., as chi...
Feb 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Pension fund
[RFP] Construction workers’ fund to commit $25 mn to global infra debt fund
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to commit $25 million to a global infrastructure blind-pool fund investing in senior or m...
Nov 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has collected C$560 million ($423 million) from South Korean financial institutions to lend for The One building, a mix...
Sep 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Construction workers’ fund, insurer in $123 mn deal to buy Denver building
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and a South Korean insurance firm have invested 60 billion won ($56 million) in a 132 billion w...
Mar 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
-
[RFP] Korea construction workers’ fund seeks $40 mn US PDF manager
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to allocate about $40 million to a US blind-pool fund house of direct lending and senior-...
Feb 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korea construction crews’ fund gives $70 mn mandates to Park Square, Goldman
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) has selected Park Square Capital for 40 billion won ($35 million) private debt inves...
May 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korea construction workers’ fund to pick two debt fund managers for $70 mn
(Corrected: The CWMA source on April 13 corrected the timetable of the planned debt manager selection to “soon”, and added that it has already begun t...
Apr 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korea construction workers’ fund may allot $170 mn to alternatives in 2016
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) in South Korea is looking to overseas alternative assets to invest as much as 200 billion won (...
Jun 22, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)