Private equity
Korean stock market
Korea to complete process for stock market fund in mid-Oct
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK chairman to donate $10 mn to Metropolitan Museum
Michael ByungJu Kim, founder and chairman of MBK Partners, has pledged $10 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (the Met), the museu...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Seoul sees high odds of reversing Lone Star-favoring ruling
South Korea’s justice ministry expressed confidence in winning an appeal against an international ruling that accepted part of Lone Star’...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Seoul ordered to fork over $230 mn to Lone Star over KEB deal
An international tribunal delivered a ruling in favor of Lone Star on Wednesday over a dispute with South Korea relating to its 3.9 trillion won ($3 ...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 int...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Growing sense of déjà vu of 2008 global financial crisis
Private equity firms have snapped up South Korean assets over the past two years, driving their valuations near historic highs in the liquidity-drive...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK taps Korean PE for $1.5 bn after Carlyle's Lee quit
SK On Co. has turned to domestic private equity firms to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) after talks with four big global funds have dried ...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's small PE firms putting fundraising plans off to 2023
South Korea’s small and mid-sized private equity firms are increasingly postponing fundraising schedules for their project-based funds to the n...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 questi...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyIt's time for individual investors to bet on stocks: Carlyle's David Rubenstein
A lot of stock investors have jumped into the bullish market in recent years. But global inflation and recession appear as threats to investors who...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 lendin...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Square makes its first exit seeking new target firms
South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. has sold all of its shares in Korean biotech NanoEntek Inc., a 28.4% stake, for 58 billion won ($44.3 mill...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 investm...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PE firms' 2021 funds bet on parts makers, dividend stock
IMM Investment Co. and STIC Investments Co., the two most active South Korean private equity firms in 2021 fundraising, made bets on a dividend-focus...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Small S.Korean PE firms flex muscle during pandemic
Private equity firms registered in South Korea enjoyed a 20% jump in their accumulated commitments in 2021 as a whole, led by small and medium-sized ...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea’s PE fundraising may fall after two-year growth
The National Pension Service will reduce the amount of its new capital commitment to domestic private equity firms by 17% to 500 billion won ($400 mi...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 private...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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LB Private Equity posts 65% return via secondary, mezzanine
LB Private Equity Inc., a South Korean PE firm specializing in secondary and buyout investments, has liquidated its 120 billion won ($93.4 million) b...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head
South Korea’s investment firm SK Square Co. announced on Thursday that it has chosen Harvey Hakjin Bae, a former alternative investment expert ...
May 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK to further slim down Homeplus before exit
MBK Partners has put one of the large store buildings of South Korea's supermarket chain Homeplus up for sale as part of an ongoing effort to improve...
May 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone taps ex-Citibank Korea CEO as Seoul office head
The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inves...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Affinity Equity to refinance Serveone to recoup investment
Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to reco...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea, Lone Star brace for ruling on decade-long dispute
An international arbitrator is set to rule on a decade-long legal tussle between South Korea and Lone Star Funds as early as next month over the US p...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lessons learned from activist fund’s KAL exit
Activist fund Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) recently exited its investment in Hanjin KAL Co., the parent company of Korean Air L...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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How Glenwood made twofold return from HanGlas without dividends
Seoul based-Glenwood Private Equity, founded in 2014, has been quietly building its presence in the South Korean M&A market, chasing assets deeme...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK sees most productive year ever, returning $5.3 bn to investors
MBK Partners will be bold in moving into more Asian markets this year, wrote the company's founder and chairman Michael ByungJu Kim, in his annual le...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK's $1.2 bn stake sale brings value on par with TPG
North Asia-focused MBK Partners has closed a $1.18 billion deal to sell its 12.5% stake to New York-based Dyal Capital at an equity valuation of near...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman exits Korean beauty startup without profit
Goldman Sachs has divested of its stake worth 75 billion won ($62 million) in South Korea's cosmetics startup GP Club Co. without a profit due to dec...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Morgan Stanley to sell Jeonju Paper for around $803 mn
New York-based Morgan Stanley Private Equity is slated to sell its entire stake in Jeonju Paper Corp., South Korea's top newsprint producer, and its ...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Actis names Scott Choi as its first Korean partner
Private equity firm Actis LLP has promoted its Seoul office Chief Executive Scott Choi as a partner, the company said on March 7. Choi is the first S...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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