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Business & Politics
Washington, Seoul to hold formal talks on US EV tax credit act
WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea and the United States have agreed to launch formal negotiations over ways to address the negative impacts of the...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Card ties up with FiscalNote for global data biz
Shinhan Card Co. has joined forces with US legal data and analytics company FiscalNote Holdings Inc. to expand its data business into the global mar...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS commits to Blackstone's ESG credit platform
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, has committed capital to Blackstone Credit’s Sustainable Resources Platform to enhance the ...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Chung rolls up sleeves to counter US EV tax credit act
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is off to the US to meet government officials and business leaders as the recently passed Inflation Reduct...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Tesla sweeps local EV subsidies as Korean firms at disadvantage in US
Tesla Inc. and other US electric vehicle makers are enjoying strong sales in South Korea thanks to government subsidies while the revised US EV tax ...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
European direct lending offers investment edge: Permira
The direct lending market is garnering investor attention as it has performed well during periods of market volatility. As banks are cautious to t...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Seoul says US tax credit bill risks violation of FTA, WTO
South Korea has conveyed concerns to the US about its legislative move to remove tax credits from electric vehicles produced outside of North Americ...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Exhibition: Samsung heir’s donation of Lee Jung-seob works
The late Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee was an avid arts collector.Though the business magnate did not mention names, it was easy to guess who h...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Conglomerates lead loan growth to record high in July
South Korea's large business groups led a sharp increase in bank lending in July, driving the corporate bank loan growth to a record high, central b...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Investors may see tough credit cycle in direct lending: TCW Private Credit
As economic uncertainties grow amid rate hikes and inflation, South Korean institutional investors are eyeing direct lending for safer investment an...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis’ smart cabin: Healthcare center on the move
Many traffic accidents are caused by drowsy driving, fatigue or the driver’s abnormal health conditions.Automakers around the world have str...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom blocks voice phishing via AI, police database
SK Telecom Co., a South Korean major mobile carrier, is strengthening its spam call filtering system to prevent voice phishing. The system blocked 3...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
[ASK 2022] Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global
As a leading European private credit asset manager, Arrow Global operates its own servicing platforms that most accurately fit E...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korean LPs join Antares Capital’s $3.5 bn credit fund
A few key institutional investors in South Korea are set to commit up to $300 million to a $3.5 billion private credit fund by US private debt man...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S&P lowers KEPCO’s stand-alone credit rating to non-investment grade
Standard & Poor's (S&P), an international credit rating agency, has lowered Korea Electric Power Corp.'s stand-alone credit profile to non-i...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR closes Asia's largest credit fund at $1.1 bn
KKR & Co. on Wednesday announced the final close of its first Asia credit fund at $1.1 billion, the largest such fund focused on Asia.The privat...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Affirma taps NPS executive as private credit head
Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has founded an affiliate for private credit management and tapped Kim Seong-mok, a former execut...
May 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Shinhan Card makes strategic investment in car sales platform
South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group is intensifying its online car sales business through partnerships with online platforms. The group&rs...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
High conviction in private credit for a global portfolio
It seems as though the list of risks to investors is rising. Supply chain imbalances, higher raw material costs, rising interest rates, labor shortage...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
One in five S.Koreans use AI-powered tax filing platform 3.3
Jobis & Villains, the operator of artificial intelligence-powered accounting platform 3.3, is resolute about its mission to help gig economy wor...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean online banks’ disruptive business model: Woo low-credit borrowers
South Korea’s three major digital banks are stepping up their credit loans to borrowers with low credit ratings, a disruptive business model s...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
BTS returns to Korean stage for 1st time since 2019
SEOUL — In the latest sign that life is going back to something that resembles the pre-pandemic past, BTS is returning to the stage in Seoul.The...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy faces reality check as its stock turns a market laggard
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. was touted as a market darling even before its Kospi debut last month, reflecting the investor fr...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Construction Workers taps former Credit Union head as new CIO
Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has named Lee Seong-yeong as its new chief investment officer and is in the final stage of the no...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Former K-pop dancer turns to AI for personal training services
When Dia Kang first moved to Silicon Valley in October 2016 to create a dance app to learn K-pop moves, there was no worldwide pandemic. By Jan...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Credit Suisse promotes two MDs in Seoul
Credit Suisse Group AG has appointed two South Koreans as new managing directors (MD) for its Seoul office. Shim Jong-min and Kim Sei-won were promo...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs
Hyundai Motor Co. is considering a return to Japan with electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles after South Korea’s top carmaker r...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Crestline Investors
[ASK 2021] Opportunistic Strategies in Private Credit & Snapshot Examples
Crestline Investors, Inc., founded in 1997 and based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, is an institutional alternative investment management...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)