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Venture capital
KB Financial's $186 mn VC fund invests $42 mn in Indian startups
KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Korea state agency to sell up to 10% Woori Financial stake in block deal
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has resumed the ongoing sale process of its 17.25% stake in Woori Financial Group in four years. It will offe...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle flexes muscles in Korean financial industry as Lee takes helm
The Carlyle Group has been growing its presence in South Korea after sealing a string of investment and business deals with top Korean financial servi...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offering
Affinity Equity, Baring PEA tipped to invest $1 bn in Shinhan Financial
Affinity Equity Partners and Baring Private Equity Asia will likely invest a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) in new shares of Shinhan Financial...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Doosan Heavy shares rally as investors look beyond financial woes
Shares of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., a South Korean power plant builder, jumped to their highest level in more than two year...
Sep 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
KDB offers to ease HDC's financial burden in Asiana takeover as deal stalls
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Silence over NPS chief investment officer's tenure raises eyebrows within the financial community
Silence over the tenure of incumbent chief investment officer (CIO) at the National Pension Service is stirring up talk within the global asset manage...
Jul 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hana Financial underwrites $117 million senior loan for US energy storage system
Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd has invested in an energy storage system development project as an underwriter for senior loans worth $117 million....
Jul 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Shinhan Financial in search to acquire traditional asset manager
Shinhan Financial Group, one of Korea's largest financial holding firms, has reached out to asset management companies that are well-versed ...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Financial purchases $77 mn mezzanine loan on 30 Hudson Yards NYC
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has purchased a $77 million mezzanine loan backed by a six-story space in the 101-story, 30 Hudson Yards, the third...
Jul 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Carlyle to invest $415 mn in KB Financial, betting on share rebound
The Carlyle Group has tentatively agreed to buy $200 million worth of bonds exchangeable into shares in KB Financial Group and the US private equity f...
Jun 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)
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Private equity
Prudential to sell Korean unit to KB Financial for $1.9 bn
Prudential Financial Inc. has decided to sell its South Korean insurance arm to KB Financial Group for about 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) and will ...
Apr 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Teachers’ Pension names ex-education ministry official as CEO
The Teachers’ Pension has named former senior education ministry official Myung-hyun Ju as its chief executive officer for a three-year term sta...
Apr 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Military Mutual Aid extends financial division CIO’s term by one year
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has extended its financial division head’s term for another year to focus on the risk management asso...
Mar 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Shinhan Financial to raise $200 mn for KKR’s tailor-made funds
Shinhan Financial Group will raise $200 million for two KKR funds of funds (FoFs) tailor-made for the South Korean banking group, under a strategic pa...
Jan 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Financial units invest $103 mn in Spain hotel portfolio-backed debt
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. and other units of South Korea’s top banking group KB Financial Group co-invested 90 million euros ($103 million) in a se...
Nov 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial buys US REIT’s preferred stocks for $125 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has bought new preferred shares issued by a US real estate investment trust company for $125 million, ahead of the ...
Aug 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial to buy Japanese retail property for individual resale
Hana Financial Group, the parent company of KEB Hana Bank, will acquire a shopping center building and its surrounding land in a small Japanese city...
Sep 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial joins $269 mn debt financing of two US solar power plants
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $40 million of secured debt, part of $269 million debt financing to fund asset manager Capital Dyn...
Aug 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial to arrange $445 mn financing of US gas power plant
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. is tapping South Korean insurers and savings funds to arrange a 500 billion won ($445 million) financing of a new n...
Jun 09, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean regulator moves to scrutinize savings funds’ financial health
South Korea’s savings funds may come under direct supervision of the country’s top financial watchdog as the Financial Services Commission (FSC) is se...
May 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NongHyup Financial raising $264 mn infrastructure blind fund: report
NongHyup Financial Group Inc., a holding company of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative, is raising a 300 billion won ($264 million) blind...
May 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund names equity head as financial division CIO
The Military Mutual Aid Association’s (MMAA) former equity head Jae Dong Kim was installed this month as its first chief investment officer chosen fro...
Apr 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial underwrites $75 mn senior debt for US solar power plant
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $75 million senior debts sold by a Swiss private asset manager to fund a US solar power plant acqu...
Apr 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial to underwrite $50 mn debt in aircraft fund for Qatar Airways
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. will acquire mezzanine debts of $50 million in an aircraft fund set up to buy a Boeing 777-300ER which Qatar Airway...
Apr 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB seeks to sell $2.3 bn CBs in HMM to lay groundwork for stake sale
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is seeking to sell 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in perpetual convertible bonds issued by HMM Co., the co...
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS develops code-generative AI solution
LG CNS, South Korea's leading information technology services provider, announced on Wednesday the development of AI Coding, an innovative code-gene...
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)
Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...
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