Private equity
Private equity
EQT sees huge potential in security services for S.Korean SMEs
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE to buy extra Hanssem shares in tender offer
IMM Private Equity will buy additional shares in South Korea’s Hanssem Co. for 100 billion won ($77 million) in a tender offer to inject fresh ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korean investors eye VC, growth equity in tech: Adams Street
Many investors are questioning whether private markets will stay bullish amid uncertainty in 2023. The markets will continue to generate interesting ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund
South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyou...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PE firm STIC to buy stake in copper foil maker Iljin
South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments is poised to become the second-largest shareholder of Iljin Materials Co., a Kosdaq-listed battery ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop pioneer SM engulfed in management dispute
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant and operator of the country’s top messenger app Kakao Talk, is set to become the second-...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners
South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financial...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Young Poong Precision to increase control over Korea Zinc
Young Poong Precision Corp., an industrial pump and chemical plant valve maker under South Korea's Young Poong Group, is aggressively increasing cont...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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BASF, ADM join race to buy Korean ceramide maker Solus Biotech
BASF SE, the world’s largest chemical producer, US food processing giant ADM Co. and two other global companies have joined the race to acquire...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IMM, Lotte to inject another $76 mn in Hanssem at default risk
South Korea’s IMM Private Equity and Lotte Group are set to inject additional 100 billion won ($75.6 million) in Kosdaq-listed Hanssem Co., the...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity
South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid intere...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Square chief expects significant investment gains from next year
SK Square Co., the investment management arm of South Korea’s SK Group, is looking to reap handsome gains from its investment and divestment ac...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set to put a 100% stake in biofuel manufacturer SK Eco Prime on sale, with Goldman Sachs as a ...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to complete process for stock market fund in mid-Oct
South Korea is set to complete the process for a stock market stabilization fund of 10 trillion won ($7 billion) by the middle of this month, to be a...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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