corporate venture capital
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ASK 2021 Interview
Sculptor Capital bets on non-traditional real estate
Non-traditional real estate assets such as cell towers, parking lots and marinas will likely provide significant investment opportunities to debt in...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank Ventures invests in fashion app targeting middle-aged women
South Korea-based Queenit, a fashion mobile platform targeting middle-aged women, has secured around 5.5 billion won ($5 million) from a pool of hig...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Telecom to retire $2.3 bn treasury shares amid corporate split-off
South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday it will retire 8.69 million treasury shares worth 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 b...
May 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Corporate storytelling: S.Korean firms' next growth key
South Korea’s major companies are increasingly adopting corporate storytelling as a means of rebranding their identities.As the companies enjo...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma, EastBridge to invest $350 mn in SK's mobility venture
Affirma Capital and South Korea-based EastBridge Partners will invest a combined 400 billion won ($350 million) in SK Telecom Co.'s mobility...
Mar 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer
Bain Capital has agreed to invest around 400 billion won ($360 million) in South Korea’s leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software d...
Mar 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS begins process to venture into multi-asset investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has begun a process to initiate multi-asset investment as part of an effort to create higher retu...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
ESG becomes name of the game on Korean corporate boards
South Korea’s big companies, such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG, are increasingly embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards ...
Jan 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Silicon Valley-based PnP sets sights on Korean smart city ventures
Plug and Play (PnP), a Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator, will team up with the city of Seoul to invest in South Korean venture firms with sm...
Jan 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
IMM PE, Affirma Capital shortlisted for T Map Mobility's $275 mn fundraising
Competition is heating up among domestic and foreign private equity firms hoping to invest in T Map Mobility Co., a mobility spin-off of South Korea...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
JTBC raises $366 mn from Tencent, Praxis Capital
South Korean TV drama production firm JTBC Studios Co. will raise a total of 400 billion won ($366 million) by issuing convertible preferred shares ...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s venture capital firms poised to grow, no bubble seen in market
Growth in South Korea’s venture capital investments has been slow relative to the pace of the country’s economic growth, creating an opp...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Venture capital investments hit all-time high in S.Korea
Venture capital investments in South Korea are seeing a speedy recovery after facing a setback earlier this year due to the COVID-19 crisis. Over th...
Dec 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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PIMCO
[ASK2020] Evolution of corporate credit markets and how this recession is different than the GFC
PIMCO is one of the world’s premier investment managers. Since our launch in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO has grown to 17 offi...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cafe-goers' bucketlist
Gangneung, South Korea’s coffee capital
Wanna come to Gangneung for a sip of tasty coffee?For some 20 years, Gangneung has been the city of coffee for many Koreans.Located on the other side ...
Sep 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Korea’s ESG corporate bond issues on course to top $5 bn in 2020
South Korean companies’ issues of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds have almost doubled to 5.7 trillion won ($4.9 billion) so far...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Capital sells $2.5 bn dollar bond; Tongyang Life issues $300 mn perpetual bond
Hyundai Capital America, the US capital arm of Hyundai Motor Group, has issued $2.5 billion worth of global bonds, the largest amount for a local comp...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Bakery franchise Tous Les Jours draws Affirma Capital, chemical group as bidders
Bakery franchise Tous Les Jours, a division of CJ Foodville Corp., has drawn four preliminary bidders for its sale, including Singapore-based Affirma ...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Socius-Well to Sea consortium to buy Doosan Corporation Mottrol for $381 mn
Doosan Group is selling its hydraulic components manufacturing arm to a consortium of two local private equity investment firms -- Socius Advisors and...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Sale of Korea’s bank debentures hits all-time high as capital reserves shrink
Bond issuance by South Korean banks has risen to a record high as banks move to secure adequate capital to ride out any short-term liquidity disruptio...
Sep 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Korean banks’ Q2 capital ratio drops for third straight quarter
The average capital adequacy ratio of South Korean banks declined in the April-June period for the third consecutive quarter, weighed by rising corpor...
Aug 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Lotte Corp's corporate bond issue raises staggering $665 mn in demand
South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation saw overwhelming demand of 790 billion won ($665 million) from institutional investors on the issuing of c...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bankruptcy
Corporate bankruptcy filings hit all-time high in Korea amid global pandemic
Corporate bankruptcy cases in July posted a historic high with 103 filings, mirroring the global impact of the pandemic and its heavy blow to Sou...
Aug 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Lotte Corp to include ESG bonds in $126.5 mn corporate bond offering in September
Lotte Corporation is set to become the first South Korean holding company to issue environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds, according to inv...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Unsold corporate bonds may hit a record-high in seven years
Institutional investors are becoming wary of investing in Korean corporate bonds due to uncertainties caused by the coronavirus. As of July 20, t...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Doosan Infracore issues $300 mn dollar bonds amid corporate restructuring
Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd., a Korean machinery manufacturer, has successfully issued dollar-denominated bonds worth $300 million despit...
Jul 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KIC forms $400 mn joint venture with NongHyup for private equity co-investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has announced a $400 million joint venture with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
NPS boosts private debt and venture capital investment in Q1
The National Pension Service (NPS) has beefed up investments in private debt and venture capital funds by adding Antares Capital Advisers and Insight ...
Jun 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Singapore’s Vickers Venture tapping Korean institutions for $500 mn fund
Vickers Venture Partners, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, is tapping South Korean institutional investors in the second round of fundraising t...
May 19, 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)