senior debt strategy
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao’s power outage casts doubts over growth strategies
South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is facing increasing concern over its growth strategies centered on business expansions throug...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
IGIS names fixed income expert Jang as head of equity, debt
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate investment firm managing $46.5 billion in assets as of end-2021, said on Tuesday ...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils 1.4 nm tech roadmap to challenge TSMC’s dominance
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it will adopt the industry’s most advanced 1.4-nanometer chip production technol...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market
NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis
Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Tumbling Korean won increases corporate debt burden
The South Korean won extended its losses to hit its weakest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on Wednesday, pressured by higher-than-e...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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REITs
SK REIT to raise $550 million in debt for Jongno Tower deal
South Korea’s SK REIT Co. has been diversifying funding sources into short-term debt to finance its recent purchases of landmark office buildi...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Cash-rich Nongshim pursues first-ever sizeable acquisition
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s No. 1 instant noodle brand, is looking to buy a domestic food supplement maker for up to $50 million, which would ...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Lone Star, Seoul wrangle over KEB deal set to wrap up
A decade-long dispute between South Korea and the US private equity firm Lone Star Funds over a Korean deal will be wrapped up next week, with an in...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...
Aug 17, 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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Corporate restructuring
Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge
South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle CEO Lee’s sudden exit puts the PE’s Korea strategy in spotlight
The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Contactless healthcare app aims to become S.Korean unicorn
South Korea’s contactless healthcare service app Allacare, launched last year, adheres to its business ethics: direct delivery of prescribed d...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC taps investment strategy head Lee Hoon as CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is set to appoint Lee Hoon, the senior managing director and head of the investment strategy & innovation d...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startup Time Percent gives power to digital asset investors
South Korean startup Time Percent Corp. was founded a year ago with the specific goal of giving power to the investors of digital assets, rather tha...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma’s bolt-on M&A strategy shines in S.Korea
Affirma Capital is a small player in South Korea’s private equity market, but its successful bolt-on strategy helps the mid-cap-focused invest...
Jul 15, 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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Korean startups
Translink: Startup fundraising barely affected by economic downturn
Venture capital, or the business of investing in innovative private companies with growth potential, is a local endeavor most of the time.While this...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carve-out, bolt-on key themes driving M&As: BDA Partners
Amid escalating market uncertainties, M&As are not just a growth tactic but survival tools for businesses, Euan Rellie, co-founder and managing ...
Jun 22, 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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Real estate
Residential, urban logistics in Europe are attractive: Patrizia
Despite a number of global market uncertainties, there is value in real assets where rental income grows faster than inflation, Mahdi Mokrane, head ...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Korean LPs seek different strategies for private equity, debt
Key asset owners of South Korea will keep their mid- to long-term plans for alternative asset management despite the current macroeconomic risks, as...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Behind the Scenes
Why GS Group keeps debt-ridden, cash-guzzling affiliate afloat
GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, has an unlisted affiliate that the group largely keeps out of the public eye but is occasion...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Global experts to discuss alternative investment at ASK 2022
The Korea Economic Daily will host ASK 2022, or Alternative Investment Summit Korea 2022, at the Conrad Seoul hotel on May 18. More than 800 alterna...
May 17, 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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Pension funds
NPS hits jackpot with fourth-tallest skyscraper in NYC
New York City boasts the world’s most dazzling skylines and urban night views, attracting a number of global tourists to its observatories.The...
May 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Doosan Enerbility turns around with reform, new orders
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Why Samsung is so far behind Apple
In October 2012, US tech giant Apple Inc. fired Dominique Oh, the head of its South Korean unit. This was due to Apple's sluggish sales in the home ...
May 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Baring PEA to refinance two Korean lenders to recoup investment
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to raise a total of 674 billion won ($532 million) in loans for South Korea's Acuon Capital a...
May 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)