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Permira targets growth firms in high valuation markets
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Now is the time for PEFs to show their art of exit
Leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, KKR & Co. and MBK Partners, appeared to have turned to an exit mode in South Korea this yea...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK sees new opportunities in China's regulatory risk
China's regulatory crackdown on Chinese technology and private education companies is driving up the level of volatility and creating mispricing in t...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Heirless, baby boomer SME owners in search of buyers
The son of a South Korean manufacturing company's owner, with a Ph.D degree in engineering, has refused to take over his father's business and instea...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mid-sized Korean groups pave way for PEFs' stalled exits
Hoban Group, started as a small residential rental company in Gwangju in 1989, has now emerged as a major player in South Korea's M&A market, in ...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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PEFs claim one-third of S.Korea's M&A deals in H1
Private equity firms (PEFs) have participated in one in every three buyout deals involving South Korean companies in the first six months of the year...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PEFs' 2020 investments, exits at record highs
Private equity firms registered in South Korea posted their largest-ever amount of both investments and divestments in 2020 which were almost balance...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Baring PEA exits from Korean delivery firm in eight years
Baring Private Equity Asia has finally cashed out of South Korea's No. 5 parcel delivery company with a double-digit return, in eight years since it ...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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PEF-owned Korean firms jumping off IPO bandwagon
South Korea's initial public offering market is gaining fresh momentum from high-profile listings such as mobile banking app KakaoBank and game devel...
Jul 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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STIC to cash in on Aug IPOs following HYBE block sale
South Korea's private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is tipped to be one of the main beneficiaries of upcoming initial public offerings in the cou...
Jul 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Harrison Street taps Korean LPs for $1.5 bn life science property fund
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union has committed $100 million to Harrison Street Real Estate Capital's new flagship fund that is aiming to raise $1.5 ...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bain Capital to gain $90 mn from exit of Schwan's deal
Bain Capital is set to pocket about 100 billion won ($90 million) in profits in two years from its equity financing of the South Korean CJ Group's $1...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PEFs buy Spyder's S.Korean license for over $50 mn
A consortium of three South Korean private equity firms has acquired the domestic operations of the US sportswear brand Spyder for 60 billion won ($5...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IMM Investment eyes $900 mn infrastructure fund launch
IMM Investment Corp., a South Korean alternative investment firm, is planning to raise 1 trillion won ($900 million) for its new infrastructure fund ...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Baring PEA revives IPO plan for delivery firm Logen
Baring Private Equity Asia is joining a group of private equity firms that have just resumed the stalled process for initial public offerings of thei...
May 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CVC names ex-Affinity Equity top manager as Korea head
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Chris Rhee, a former partner of Affinity Equity Partners, as its Seoul office head and global partner, according t...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to launch $900 mn US logistics fund
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to launch a 1 trillion won ($900 million) blind pool fund to invest in US logistics facilities, into which ...
Apr 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK sees "golden window of opportunity" in N.Asia in 2021
North Asia-focused MBK Partners is betting on economic recovery this year and will diversify its consumer-oriented portfolio with export-driven compa...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PE Centroid among shortlisted bidders for TaylorMade Golf
South Korea’s lesser-known private equity firm Centroid Investment Partners is among the shortlisted candidates for US sports equipment manufac...
Apr 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IMM PE's art of the exit: Cable maker, online mall
Seoul-based IMM Private Equity has come into the spotlight with a series of lucrative exits in South Korea, including the 265 billion won ($237 milli...
Apr 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hellman & Friedman set to gather $500 mn from Korea
San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is expected to gather $500 million from South Korea's three key investors --...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Affirma, EastBridge to invest $350 mn in SK's mobility venture
Affirma Capital and South Korea-based EastBridge Partners will invest a combined 400 billion won ($350 million) in SK Telecom Co.'s mobility spin-o...
Mar 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle ends negotiations to buy Korean bakery chain
The Carlyle Group has terminated three-month talks with South Korea’s CJ Group to buy the country’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours, af...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer
Bain Capital has agreed to invest around 400 billion won ($360 million) in South Korea’s leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software de...
Mar 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce platform TMON raises $276 mn in pre-IPO share sale
South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, has completed its pre-IPO share sale t...
Feb 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korean internet-only bank seeks to raise $540 mn; attracts global PE firms
South Korea’s internet-only bank, K bank, is seeking to raise up to 600 billion won ($540 million) through a rights offering, attracting globa...
Feb 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PE firm to reap hefty returns from US bio investment
Medivate Partners, South Korea’s life science-focused private equity firm, is set to secure more than 2.5 times its investment of around 60 bil...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK Foundation awards scholarships to 14 Korean students
South Korea-based MBK Partners has selected 14 Korean students who are starting their first semester of college next month as this year's recipients ...
Feb 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to invest in Silver Lake’s $20 bn tech fund
The National Pension Service has decided to invest in a $20 billion technology fund that Silicon Valley-based Silver Lake Partners recently closed, f...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CEO of MBK Partners-owned Korean retailer to resign
Lim Il-soon, chief executive of South Korean retailer HomePlus, is stepping down after leading the MBK Partners-owned discount store chain for about ...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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