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Alternative investments
Two US firms win $200 mn Korea Post infrastructure mandate
Argo Infrastructure Partners and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners were chosen as Korea Post’s new overseas infrastructure investment managers...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Glenwood PE to acquire minority stake in Korea's largest beauty chain
CJ Group has selected Glenwood Private Equity as the buyer of a minority stake in South Korea’s No. 1 health and beauty store CJ Olive Young...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s retail investors shed loser image, turn pandemic into bonanza
In South Korea, as the saying goes, the stock market is at its peak if a swarm of individual investors go on a buying spree, often leading to heavy ...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s treasury yields climb on hopes of vaccines, more bond issues
South Korea’s treasury yields are heading higher as advances in vaccine development and concerns over increased government bond sales prompt f...
Dec 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Hahn & Co finances $700 mn Korean Air deal with about $400 mn debt
Hahn & Co., a South Korean private equity firm, has completed the payment for the 790 billion won ($722 million) purchase of Korean Air Lines' i...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korea’s cloud management firm Bespin Global considers Nasdaq listing
Bespin Global, a South Korean cloud technology consulting and management company, is considering listing its shares on the US tech-heavy Nasdaq mark...
Dec 17, 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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Private equity
NPS, Korea Post back JKL Partners' $687 mn PE fund
South Korea's JKL Partners has closed a 750 billion won ($687 million) private equity fund, backed by the National Pension Service, Korea Developmen...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea Superfreeze readies for mass COVID-19 vaccine storage
It's a busy day at the Korea Superfreeze warehouse in South Korea's Gyeonggi province, with trucks entering and exiting the spacious 92,500-square...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea’s commercial law revisions irk businesses, limit top shareholders’ clout
The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a series of commercial law revisions designed to limit business owners’ clout and enhance supervisio...
Dec 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS-Allianz $2.3 bn fund seeks to buy stake in Singapore tower
The National Pension Service and Germany’s Allianz SE are in negotiations to jointly buy a 50% stake in OUE Bayfront, a Grade A office t...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Survey
Bank CEOs in Korea pick big tech as top 2021 challenge
Chief executives of banks operating in South Korea have picked the emergence of big technology companies and fintech startups in the credit market a...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korea Post seeks two direct lending funds for $200 mn mandates
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global direct lending funds focusing on North America and Europe and commit $100 million to each ...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Personal pensions
Korea’s personal pensions gamble with risky stocks for higher returns
South Korea’s individual pension fund holders are moving their money out of banks and insurance companies into brokerages in pursuit of higher...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle in final-stage talks to buy Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain
The Carlyle Group is in final stages of talks to buy South Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours from the country’s food and enterta...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Korea’s KIP eyes Europe, China VC fund launches in 2021
Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), South Korea’s largest venture capital firm, is aiming to launch two overseas investment funds next year &...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea Inc. braces for tough year as strong KRW kicks in
South Korean exporters are bracing for a tough year with their profits poised to languish, hit by the strong won, amid expectations for a rebound in...
Dec 07, 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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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC CEO to meet GIC, Temasek execs during Singapore trip
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) Chief Executive Choi Heenam will make his first overseas business trip in 11 months to visit Singapore this month...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rebars
Dongkuk makes strongest steel bar in S.Korea
Steelmaker Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. has become the first South Korean company to develop a reinforcing bar, or rebar, that can withstand 12.2 tons per...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea set to overtake Japan as No. 5 exporter by 2026
South Korea is set to overtake Japan and become the world’s No. 5 export powerhouse by 2026 on grounds that the country will maintain its cu...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tax cuts, pandemic lift imported car sales in Korea
Imported car sales in South Korea are on track to post a record high this year, benefiting from consumption tax cuts aimed at stimulating personal s...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset wins lawsuit against China’s Anbang over $5.8 bn US hotel deal
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. will be able to recover a $580 million deposit it paid to Anbang Insurance Group for a $5.8 billion deal to buy 1...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Seoul court clears way for Korean Air’s $1.6 bn Asiana deal
Korean Air Lines Co. will push ahead with its planned $1.6 billion acquisition of debt-laden Asiana Airlines Inc., the company said, after a Seoul d...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEFs gaining clout in Korea’s broader M&A sectors
Private equity firms have been leading South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions markets in a broader range of sectors in recent years, represent...
Nov 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea's airline restructuring hits turbulence with activist fund opposition
South Korea’s airline restructuring is experiencing some turbulence after an activist group has filed an injunction threatening the proposed m...
Nov 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Goldman Sachs’ $14 bn credit fund draws $260 mn from Korea
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) and financial services firms, including Samsung Securities Co., have committed $260 million...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fund inflows
Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19
An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trends
Wine sales in S.Korea surge amid COVID-19 lockdown
E-Mart Inc., one of South Korea’s largest retailers, saw its annual wine sales exceed 100 billion won ($90.3 million) for the first time as ...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
S.Korea's share issues set to hit fresh high of $17 bn by year-end
Credit crunch concerns from the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak seem long ago as South Korea-based companies' capital raising nears an all-time ...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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