Debt financing
Debt financing
Kookmin Bank raises $700 mn in forex bonds amid strong demand
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
MBK chairman to leverage own funds to pay Homeplus suppliers
Michael ByungJu Kim, the co-founder, partner and chairman of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm (PEF) MBK Partners Ltd., is expected to lever...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Korean bonds heavily oversubscribed in January boom
South Korea’s debt market got off to a strong start this year, as several blue chip companies made a bold return to the bond market for new iss...
Jan 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
POSCO’s new bond sale seven times oversubscribed
South Korean steelmaker POSCO’s new bond issue for 500 billion won ($343 million) was seven times oversubscribed, which may encourage the compa...
Jan 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Korea debt financing faces woes as $34 bn in corporate bonds mature in H1
South Korea’s financial markets will see nearly 50 trillion won ($34 billion) in corporate bonds mature in the first half of next year — ...
Dec 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
POSCO to raise up to $691 million as next year’s 1st corporate bond issuer
South Korea’s steel-to-battery materials conglomerate POSCO Group plans to raise up to 1 trillion won ($691 million) in the country’s fir...
Dec 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low
South Korea’s corporate bond markets are having an unusually busy summer as companies are rushing to sell debts to lock in lower interest costs...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Qcells’ residential solar financing unit raises $253 mn through ABS
Hanwha Q Cells Co., the solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, s...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Liquidity crisis looms at S.Korea’s M Capital amid project financing debacle
South Korea's financing and finance leasing firm M Capital Co. is facing a growing risk of liquidity crunch as its attempts to refinance maturing deb...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
MBK secures $1 bn refinancing on Homeplus from Meritz
MBK Partners, the North Asia-focused private equity firm, has refinanced all of its 1.3 trillion won ($1 billion) loans on Homeplus with a new one fr...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
SK Hynix raises $1.5 bn in foreign bonds amid high demand
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has raised $1.5 billion in foreign currency bonds, with the debt offering four time...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae seeks sale of HK Goldin assets to recoup investment
Mirae Asset Securities Co., South Korea’s largest brokerage house, plans a public tender of assets held by debt-laden Goldin Financial Holdings...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Korea Investment 1st Korean broker to sell samurai bonds
Korea Investment & Securities Co. on Friday became the first South Korean brokerage company to sell samurai bonds, raising 20 billion yen ($145 m...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022
The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has been...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Affinity refinances $130 mn debt as Burger King sale delayed
Affinity Equity Partners has refinanced 170 billion won ($130 million) in debt borrowed to acquire Burger King’s operations in South Korea and ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Hyosung Chemical fails to sell any bonds in demand forecast
South Korea's Hyosung Chemical has failed to receive a single purchase order in its demand forecast for corporate bond issuance.Investment banking so...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
SK Hynix issues $1 bn sustainability-linked bonds
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. has raised $1 billion in sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to become the world's first memory chipmaker to issue s...
Jan 11, 2023 (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 ba...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea corporate borrowing costs jump to 8-year peaks
South Korean companies suffered from surging financing costs as corporate bond yields shot to eight-year highs. Affiliates of major conglomerates wit...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
LG set to fund OLED plant expansion with over $400 mn in new bonds
LG Display Co. will likely raise around 500 billion ($430 million) in new bond issues, more than its planned 300 billion won, to finance the expansio...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Failed M&As in Korea now draw excess of candidates with better outlook
South Korea’s M&A market is heating up as the outlook for the global economic recovery is becoming more comfortable this year.The M&A d...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Sec faces losses from $350 mn loan on NY condo
South Korea's Meritz Securities Co. is at high risk of incurring losses from its $350 million lending on a luxury condominium tower in Manhattan, New...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Naver issues $500 million in first foreign debt amid strong demand
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. has successfully issued its first foreign currency bonds worth $500 million amid strong demand as i...
Mar 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Coupang likely to get $1 bn credit line from IPO managers
South Korea’s online retailer Coupang Corp. is looking to secure a credit line of up to $1 billion from the underwriters of its US initial publ...
Feb 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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