M&A
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Rights offering
Affinity Equity, Baring PEA tipped to invest $1 bn in Shinhan Financial
Affinity Equity Partners and Baring Private Equity Asia will likely invest a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) in new shares of Shinhan Financial...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Online retailer TMON eyes $337 mn from Korean PEF ahead of 2021 IPO
South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, will likely receive 400 billion won ($3...
Sep 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEFs zoom in on Korean drama producer as strategic buyers pull back
A pre-IPO share sale by South Korean TV drama producer JTBC Studios Co. Ltd. has attracted Bain Capital Credit, TPG Capital and a few Korean private e...
Aug 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR to expand Korea waste management portfolio to sewage treatment
KKR & Co. is set to acquire a non-controlling stake in a South Korean sewage management company in a deal worth up to 200 billion won ($170 millio...
Aug 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Kookmin gains foothold in Indonesia after bumping up stake in local bank
Kookmin Bank has increased its stake in Bank Bukopin to become the largest shareholder in the medium-sized Indonesian lender, as it works to boost its...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
South Korea seeks to exit Africa mining JV despite rising nickel demand
State-run Korea Resources Corp. has embarked on a plan to sell its stake in a loss-making nickel mining joint venture in Madagascar, Africa, after the...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Air
Korean Air seals $835 mn in-flight business sale to private equity firm
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. signed a definitive agreement on August 25 to sell its in-flight duty-free and meal service business to South Korea’s ...
Aug 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
South Korea moves in on overseas coal project financing ban
South Korea's parliament looks set to pass new legislation to ban financing on foreign coal power projects, putting all overseas coal-fired plant deal...
Aug 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle Group to exit from Korean OEM apparel exporter in seven years
The Carlyle Group has sold off its stake in South Korea's Yakjin Trading Corp., an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for global brands such a...
Aug 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
KKR wraps up $739 mn purchase of Korean waste management firms
KKR & Co. of the US has finalized the 875 billion won ($739 million) purchase of two South Korean waste treatment companies after completing its f...
Aug 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Eng beats Goldman, Keppel in $846 mn bid for Korean waste treatment firm
SK Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. has beat Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, Singapore’s Keppel Infrastructure Holdings and two ...
Aug 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Insurance giant AXA seeks buyers for a 100% stake in Korean AXA General
AXA, a French multinational insurance group, is keen to sell a 100% stake in its South Korean operation, AXA General Insurance Co., according to indus...
Aug 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, Hahn & Company closer to finalizing $845 mn in-flight meal service deal
Korean Air Lines Co. and local private equity firm Hahn & Company may sign the share purchase agreement (SPA) for the flag carrier’s in-flig...
Aug 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Billion-dollar deals likely to flood Korea’s M&A market in H2
South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is expected to gain momentum toward the end of the year, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes large ...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hanwha eyes gains running hydrogen fueling stations for US startup
Hanwha Group may exercise its rights to operate more than 700 hydrogen fueling stations to be built across the US and Canada by US hydr...
Aug 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery
SK Lubricants up for sale as parent firm bulks up EV battery business
SK Innovation Co. Ltd., the single shareholder of SK Lubricants Co. Ltd., has put the lube base oil supplier up for sale as the parent company seeks n...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Merger review
Merger reviews hit record high in H1 with 424 cases worth $125.5 bn
The number of merger reviews has hit a record high in Korea for the first half of the year, with 424 filings made to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mahindra
India’s Mahindra willing to give up management rights in Ssangyong Motor
India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., with a 75% stake in South Korea’s Ssangyong Motor Co. Ltd., has expressed its intention to give up man...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Goldman, Keppel Infrastructure, SK Eng vying for top Korean waste disposal firm
South Korea’s largest waste treatment company EMC Holdings Co. Ltd. has drawn binding bids from Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) Gr...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Hanwha taps into ESS business by acquiring 100% stake in US-based Geli
Hanwha Q CELLS has acquired a 100% stake in the energy software company Growing Energy Labs, Inc (Geli) in a move to step up its energy business in th...
Aug 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
US insurer Cigna’s Korean unit says no decision yet on its possible sale
LINA Life Insurance Co., wholly owned by the US life insurance group Cigna, said on August 6 that its parent group has not made a decision to sell the...
Aug 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Reinsurance
Carlyle to enter Korea’s reinsurance market with Korean Re for embattled insurers
The Carlyle Group has joined hands with Korean Re, the largest reinsurer in South Korea, to become the first co-reinsurance providers in a market esti...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Debt-laden Doosan Group puts Doosan Infracore up for sale to secure cash
Doosan Group kicked off the sale process for Doosan Infracore, the group’s construction equipment builder, with the sale manager ...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
US insurer Cigna to put Korean life insurance arm up for sale
The US life insurance group Cigna has recently decided to put its South Korean insurance unit on the market and hired Goldman Sachs as the sale manage...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Shinsegae International acquires a 100% stake in high-end cosmetics brand Swiss Perfection
Korean fashion and beauty business Shinsegae International Co., Ltd has acquired a 100% stake in Swiss Perfection, a high-end cosmetics brand ba...
Jul 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Air
Korean Air to sell in-flight business to Hahn & Company for about $840 mn
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. has tentatively agreed to sell its in-flight duty free and meal service units to the country's second-largest private equity...
Jul 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PE Asia poised to sell Korean parcel delivery firm for $250 mn
Baring Private Equity Asia is in the final stages of talks with a South Korean private equity firm to sell the country’s No. 4 parcel delivery c...
Jun 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Oil
NH Investment joins in $10.1 bn Abu Dhabi deal for $1.3 bn stake
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will invest about 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) gas pipeli...
Jun 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
KKR tipped to buy Korean waste treatment firms for $713 mn
KKR & Co. has been named as preferred buyer of two South Korean companies providing industrial and medical waste treatment services in a deal wort...
Jun 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Keppel Infrastructure and MBK join bid for Korean sewage treatment firm
Singapore’s Keppel Infrastructure and MBK Partners are among 15-odd preliminary bidders for South Korea’s largest wastewater treatment com...
Jun 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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