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Batteries
LG Energy IPO fever lifts Korea’s battery stocks
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery maker, attracted a record $9.65 trillion demand for South Korea’s largest-ever initia...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young
Global asset managers are increasing shareholdings in Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading 3D image measurement tech firm listed ...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy sets new IPO record with $9.65 trillion investor demand
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, has set a new record for an initial public offering with demand for its sha...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean investors inject $1.2 bn in Australian PPP
Korean investors have injected around A$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) with a 32-year maturity through senior loans for A$11.1 billion ($8 billion) in t...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Investors prepare loss claim for Osstem's fraud case
Minority investors are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against Osstem Implant Co., which on Monday revealed itself the victim of the larges...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle buys $510 mn stake in Hyundai Glovis
US private equity juggernaut The Carlyle Group Inc. has bought a 10% stake in Hyundai Glovis Co., worth approximately 611 billion won ($510 million)...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022
Self-driving car-related shares failed to draw attention last year as investors focused on electric vehicles and the autonomous vehicle value chain ...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Kosdaq: Will January effect occur in 2022?
South Korea’s tech-heavy Kosdaq index tends to rise every January as many Korean retail investors rush to dump their stocks just before the ex...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Germany's ZF to invest in Korean self-driving startup
Germany's car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen is in the final stages of negotiations to invest around 20 billion won ($17 million) in StradVision, a ...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Kosdaq: Perennial bush league as blue chips favor Kospi
South Korea’s tech-heavy Kosdaq market has been underperforming the main Kospi market for a couple of decades, raising concerns that the junio...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s IPO market renews record highs
South Korea’s initial public offering market continues to rewrite history this year. More than 20 million people have participated in the...
Dec 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang’s share price rebounds as market digests lockup release
Shares of Coupang Inc., widely seen as the South Korean version of global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, are staging a rebound as the market is grad...
Dec 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kyobo Life eyes 2022 IPO to end feud with investors
Kyobo Life Insurance Co. on Tuesday applied for a preliminary review of its public listing with the Korea Exchange, three years after it canceled th...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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New York Life Investments
[Discussion] Think twice before heavy inflation hedge: NYLIM
November’s inflation print, while mostly in line with market expectations, was staggeringly high. Headline inflation increased ...
Dec 17, 2021 (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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Metaverse
Metaverse emerges as promising yet uncertain new world for investors
Virtual realms known as the metaverse that have become the hot topic for tech companies also are winning a new fan base among investors.SoftBank Gro...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS picks Hillhouse Capital for private equity investment in Q3
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) selected private equity giant Hillhouse Capital Group in the third quarter of this year for its...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3
The National Pension Service added New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC to its pool of 58 global real estate investment manager...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CVC, Goldman among shortlisted investors in TVing
CVC Capital and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) are among the shortlisted investors in South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming serv...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
NFT, metaverse shares face correction, hit by high valuations
Financial shares related to the metaverse and non-fungible tokens, which have been on a surge in recent weeks, are seeing a correction. With forei...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Dunamu evolves from outlier to qualified investor in Woori
"It caused quite a commotion in our industry." This was the common response by cryptocurrency exchange insiders to the news that Dunamu Inc., an ope...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization
Two decades after the onset of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) is finally set to privat...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Koreans log $5.7 bn loss in Q3 from overseas stock investments
South Korean investors suffered a $5.7 billion loss in the third quarter from overseas stock investments on weak foreign shares. Individual investor...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kyobo Life resumes IPO push amid protracted dispute with investors
Kyobo Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s third-largest life insurer, is resuming its push for an initial public offering amid a protracted lega...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs
The growing popularity of fractional investment in celebrated artworks, music copyrights and luxury items has spurred a flurry of venture capital in...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
STIC invests $20 mn in e-commerce giant Tiki
South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. has invested $20 million in Vietnam’s e-commerce giant Tiki Corporation’s serie...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK closes SSF II at $1.8 bn, largest Asian SSF since 2019
South Korea’s MBK Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, said it has raised $1.8 billion for its second special situations...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Lotte joins Korea’s UAM race as Hyundai closes ranks with others
South Korean conglomerate Lotte said on Tuesday it is joining hands with three other partners to enter the country’s urban air mobility (UAM) ...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s Netmarble Neo drops listing plan as sentiment sours
South Korea’s game developer Netmarble Neo decided to withdraw its initial public offering plan as sentiment in the primary market sours amid ...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CAPZA
[ASK 2021] The European Private Debt Market: Tips and Guidance
Created in 2004, CAPZA is an established European private investment platform offering custom made financing solutions to small and m...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)