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Earnings
LG Chem surprises market with record Q3 earnings estimates
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemical and electric vehicle battery maker, expects its quarterly revenue and operating profit to rise to a...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Electronics
LG Electronics expects record Q3 results on brisk home appliance, TV sales
LG Electronics Inc. expects its operating profit to rise to a quarterly record in the July-September period thanks to solid growth in its television a...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker
Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of rechargeable batteries is getting fiercer as China is stepping up efforts to ...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tourism
The four best time travels in Korea; Jeonju, Gunsan, Gochang, Buan
Jeonju A trip to the Joseon Dynasty with over 500 years of history!Young people wearing beautiful hanbok walk among traditional Korean houses se...
Sep 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Dust over Tesla settles; Morgan Stanley upgrades LG Chem to ‘overweight’
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is an attractive stock with 27% upside potential on removal of uncertainty over its battery business spin-off and Tes...
Sep 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Global IBs scurry to win IPO mandates for LG Chem’s battery business spin-off
Global investment banks are scrambling to win IPO mandates for LG Chem Ltd.’s battery business, which the South Korean company plans to hiv...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla CEO's tweets allay concerns over EV battery supplies; LG Chem shares rise
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. rebounded on Sept. 22 from their shaky performance in the past few sessions, buoyed by Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk’...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem says dual listing of battery subsidiary possible, rules out pre-IPO
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. may list its soon-to-be-launched battery subsidiary not just on the local bourse but also on overseas exchanges to ra...
Sep 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem to launch battery affiliate Dec. 1; IPO under review
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemicals maker, has endorsed a company plan to spin off its battery business as a standalone entity to stre...
Sep 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Group
LG Chem to spin off battery business as wholly owned subsidiary
LG Chem Ltd. will spin off its secondary battery business into a wholly owned subsidiary in a move to foster its automotive battery business, accordin...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
LG Household continues cross-border M&A push in cosmetics market
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. was the most aggressive South Korean cosmetics firm in the cross-border M&A market between 2010 and 2019, with...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Electronics
LG launches world's first rotatable T-shaped smartphone
LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its new smartphone LG Wing on Sept. 14 in an online event, the first product rolled out under the company’s Explore...
Sep 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Chem flies lithium-sulfur battery-loaded aircraft into stratosphere
LG Chem Ltd. has completed a test flight of an unmanned plane in the stratosphere using its lithium-sulfur battery for the first time in South Korea.T...
Sep 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery
LG Chem flew lithium-sulfur battery-loaded aircraft into the stratosphere.
LG Chem Ltd. has completed a test flight of an unmanned plane at the highest altitude using its lithium-sulfur battery for the first time in South Kor...
Sep 14, 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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electric vehicle battery
Korean manufacturers tangled in EV battery feud; Korean court rules in favor of LG Chem
The Seoul Central District Court has upheld the validity of LG Chem Ltd.'s patent infringement case in the US against SK Innovation Co. in its fi...
Aug 28, 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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Real estate
Seoul apartments’ average selling price tops 1 billion won for first time
The average selling price of apartment units in Seoul has surpassed the psychologically important 1 billion won ($845,000) mark for the first time, al...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s EV battery trio, led by LG Chem, emerge as market’s top picks
South Korea’s three electric-vehicle battery makers have become the local market’s top picks as their combined market capitalization nearl...
Aug 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
South Korea’s inflation rate turns higher for first time in 3 months in July
South Korea's headline inflation edged up for the first time in three months in July amid signs of a recovery in consumer sentiment, but still remaine...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, LG to unveil jointly developed future car interior concept next month
Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed the interior concept of a future car, further consolidating their cooperation in self...
Aug 03, 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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Oaktree Capital
Howard Marks says time to relax defensive stance
The global economy is bracing for unprecedented negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the short term, but now is the time to hunt for ba...
Apr 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS’ investment return at all-time high in 2019; alternatives lag
The National Pension Service (NPS) achieved its strongest investment return of 11.31% in 2019, led by hefty gains from equities and overseas fixed-inc...
Feb 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm
Macquarie’s South Korean unit signed a definitive agreement on Dec. 6 to buy a non-controlling stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd., an IT services arm of L...
Dec 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, Macquarie among bidders for over $800 mn stake in LG CNS
KKR, Macquarie’s investment unit, Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) have joined a race to buy a stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd....
Aug 27, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset underwrites $375 mn loan on Times Square development
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has extended a $375 million loan for the Times Square redevelopment in New York City, or one third of the $1.13 billion se...
Jan 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NH Investment named as preferred buyer of Seoul Square in $873 mn deal
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. was chosen as the preferred buyer for a landmark Seoul office building, according to the South Korean brokerag...
Sep 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to commit $200 mn to Square Mile’s $825 mn debt fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit $200 million to a real estate debt fund of Square Mile Capital, a US investment company, w...
Jul 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Alternative invests $300 mn in Times Square hotel-backed debt
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. has collected $300 million from seven South Korean institutional investors to invest in mezzanine debts on...
Apr 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)