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Entertainment
Naver likely to invest near $83.5 million into SM Entertainment to secure K-pop content
Korea’s platform giant Naver is in talks with SM Entertainment, Korea’s largest entertainment company, to acquire shares worth approximate...
Jul 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Bank of Korea keeps policy rate unchanged; no signal of further action
The Bank of Korea (BOK) left the benchmark rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5% as expected on July 16, citing the slowing economy and the overheate...
Jul 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
[Upcoming IPO] PUBG creator to go public to finance IP expansion
Investors are paying close attention to the Korean game holding company Krafton as it is expected to be this year's hottest initial public offering. T...
Jul 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle Group
Carlyle raises $600 mn for infra credit fund with top Korean banking groups
The Carlyle Group has raised $600 million for an infrastructure credit fund in South Korea jointly with two domestic financial services firms to lend ...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s IPO market gains steam amid global pandemic
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. made a strong market debut on the Korea Exchange, as the country's IPO market has been gaining steam with newly listed ...
Jul 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea ups Aussie bond sale size to $460 mn on demand
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...
May 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS’ label, SK Biopharm gearing up for billion-dollar IPOs in 2020
Big Hit Entertainment Co. Ltd., the label behind the K-pop boy band BTS and SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. are moving ahead with their planned initial...
May 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Two Europe-focused REITs seek $600 mn IPOs in Seoul
Two real estate investment trusts (REITs) backed by office buildings in Belgium and France are planning to raise a combined $600 million through initi...
Mar 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Balance Hero banks on India's 1.3B with fintech
Expanding to India was a no-brainer decision for Lee Cheol-won."It took just five minutes to make the call," said Lee, CEO of Balance Hero, a financia...
Mar 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Meritz Sec buys Brussels building for $1.6 bn; plans REIT IPO
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired Brussels’ largest building for 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the single biggest property deal in B...
Dec 27, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Korea’s first Europe-focused REIT eyes $200 mn IPO in 2020
South Korea’s first Europe-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is poised to go public on the domestic stock market in early 2020 to rais...
Nov 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea, China banks offer $120 mn loan on Chile LNG terminal stake deal
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) and two Chinese banks have extended a syndicated loan of $120 million to fund a stake purchase in a liquefied natur...
Aug 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha General eying 2020 IPO; Samsung may cash in $800 mn stock
Hanwha General Chemical Co. Ltd. is aiming to list on the Korea Stock Exchange next year, which may lead to Samsung Group’s two arms disposing of rema...
Aug 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK Partners scraps $1.5 bn IPO of Korean retail REIT
MBK Partners has cancelled an initial public offering for a retail real estate investment trust (REIT) in South Korea due to a lack of demand, which...
Mar 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kookmin Bank commits $20 mn to two aircraft junior debt funds
Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s biggest lender, has committed $20 million to two aviation funds to provide junior and mezzanine loans for Airbus and Boein...
Mar 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance
Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KDB Bank, NH Investment underwrite $30 mn debt on Teekay’s new vessels
South Korea’s state-run lender KDB Bank and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have underwritten a $15 million subordinated debt each to partiall...
Jul 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports
Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...
Apr 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deutsche Bank resells $60 mn Transtelco debt to Korean credit cooperative
Deutsche Bank has resold $60 million in senior secured debt of Transtelco Inc., a fiber optic services provider in the US and Mexico, to MG Korean Fed...
Oct 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEB Hana Bank arranges $300 mn aircraft portfolio finance for Avolon
KEB Hana Bank, a leading South Korean lender, has arranged $300 million lease financing for an aircraft portfolio of Avolon, in the first financing ar...
Sep 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC head to move to Korea Export-Import Bank as CEO
Sung-soo Eun, the chief executive of Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), was nominated as head of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, about one and a...
Sep 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Angelo, Gordon seeks to redevelop Korean bank building as luxury hotel
A consortium led by US investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. has been selected as a preferred buyer of a local bank’s building in Seoul, for which ...
Aug 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean banks poised to lend $200 mn to Hudson Yards project
Korea Development Bank (KDB), Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank are likely to provide $200 million in syndicated loans for the Hudson Yards project in their...
Jul 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR makes pre-IPO investment in Korean car parts makers in $940 mn deal
Private equity firm KKR & Co. has signed an agreement to buy a stake in a South Korean automotive parts maker and acquire a copper foil unit to be...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms to buy $88 mn US power plant-backed debts from US bank
Four South Korean institutional investors will acquire 100 billion won ($88 million) worth of senior debts secured on two US gas-fired power plants fr...
Apr 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks flex muscles for alternative assets; Kookmin, Shinhan may invest in KKR’s fund
South Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank are consdering investing 30 billion won ($26 million) each to a private equity buyout fund which KKR &...
Feb 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers’ fund to invest $52 mn in Europe bank loans-buying fund
Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has decided to commit €50 million ($52.4 million) to a $1.5 billion~$2 billion fund which will take over senior s...
Dec 16, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Europe banks return to Korean brokerage market; target debt, alternative products
A growing asset size of South Korean institutional investors and soaring demand for overseas alternative assets have been prodding foreign banks, incl...
Sep 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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US bank loans, asset-based credit whet appetite of Korean investors
South Korean institutional investors are gearing up to raise exposure to U.S. bank loans, collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and commercial mortgage...
Aug 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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ABCP issues backed by Chinese bank deposits seen to top corporate bond sales in Korea
South Korean pension and savings funds are piling into short-term notes backed by time deposits at Chinese banks, lured by higher deposit rates from C...
Aug 08, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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