global fund management companies
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Fashion
S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris
South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS gets AWS Generative AI Competency
LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of South Korea's LG Corp., announced on Wednesday that it achieved the AWS Generative AI Competency from ...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Catering firm Ourhome taps founding family’s eldest daughter as CEO
The eldest daughter of catering service provider Ourhome Ltd.’s founding family, Koo Mi-hyun, was on Tuesday appointed chief executive of the ...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Value in the middle market: Smaller size means greater potential
Middle market direct lending can mean different things to different lenders and investors. Many, if not most, would agree that companies with over $...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Noul, CDC to start Malaria diagnosis project in Kenya
South Korea's Noul Co., an in-vitro diagnostics maker and artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms company, said o...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Networks to split off SpeedMate, trade division
South Korea's SK Networks Co. plans to split off its auto management division SpeedMate and its trading unit.The board of directors approved the pla...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin expands European logistics bases
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, announced on Monday that it will expand its European bases, including establi...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s SK Telecom, Moloco join hands for AI ad platform
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has teamed up with Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, for the glo...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korean companies open K-food section at Amazon
South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will showcase Korean food (K-food) on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platform, the Mi...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Woori to team up with US Nuveen to enhance IB part
Woori Bank and Woori Asset Management, subsidiaries of South Korea's Woori Financial Group, announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of u...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai files for 1st overseas unit IPO in India: reports
Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian unit filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Saturday to raise up to $3 b...
Jun 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana's cargo unit to be sold for $362 mn to Air Incheon
South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. has tapped Air Incheon, a local airline dedicated to cargo business, as the preferred bidder to acqui...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Ecoplant's Wayble Decarbon gets GIS certification
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. announced on Friday that its corporate carbon management platform Wayble Decarbon has obtained the country's first gre...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Innocean produces Hyundai Motor ad using GenAI
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it launched three new digital campaigns...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset Indian subsidiary surpasses $21.8 bn in AUM
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Thursday that the total assets under management (AUM) of its Indian subsidiary have su...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asia's largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul
The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia's largest startup fair "NextRise 2024 Seoul...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility to expand power generation biz in Kazakhstan
South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a cooperation agreement and memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kazakh s...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
L'Oréal to nurture K-Beauty startups
L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics group, announced on Wednesday that it is recruiting digital and innovative technology companies to p...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn
South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO, EVN to promote new power business in Vietnam
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the South Korean state-run utility company, and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) have agreed to collaborate on new busi...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int'l breaks ground on traction motor core plant in Poland
South Korea's POSCO International Corp., broke ground on the new electric vehicle (EV) traction motor core plant in Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Transys to export EV drive systems to CEER
Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it signed a contract to supply a 3 trillion won ($...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea may mandate pension plans for all workplaces from 2025
South Korea is seeking to introduce corporate pension plans to all workplaces in stages starting next year, alongside mandatory contributions to the...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE accelerates transition into platform company
HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high
South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Home Shopping to unveil Bellygom game
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it will release a mobile game called Bellygom Match Land, leveraging the intellectual pro...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups
South Korean game companies like Krafton Inc. and Nexon Korea Corp., and telecom firms such as SK Telecom Co., are collaborating with K-pop girl gro...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE gets $100 mn order for two PC ships
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) announced on Friday that it has recently signed a contract with a Europ...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix
South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has received an order from SK Hynix Inc. for its dual TC bon...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean gets approval for LCO2 carrier from ABS
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Thursday it received Approval in Principle (AIP) from classification society ABS for a 40,000 cubic meter liq...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)