ECM/DCM
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IPOs
BTS may be allowed to delay military service to age 30
South Korea is likely to allow the seven members of boy band BTS to postpone their mandatory national military service by two years until the age of 3...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS members eye $21 mn windfall each from agency’s IPO
The seven members of the global boy band BTS may see their shares in Bit Hit Entertainment Co. rocket to as high as 24 billion won ($21 million) each ...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Big Hit scores second-highest IPO subscription ever at $50.4 bn
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind global boy band sensation BTS, pulled in 58.4 trillion won ($50.4 billion) with shares oversubscribed by 6...
Oct 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay set to be Korea's first mobile-payment fintech to go public
Kakao Pay Corp. is set to become South Korea’s first mobile-payment fintech company to go public as the company kicks off preparations for an in...
Sep 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s mobile banking app KakaoBank to push for 2021 IPO
KakaoBank Corp., the mobile banking arm of South Korea’s online messaging app operator Kakao Corp., is planning an initial public offering next ...
Sep 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bond issue
Shinhan Bank sells $285 mn in Australian-dollar social bonds
Shinhan Bank has raised A$400 million ($285 million) in five-year bonds denominated in the Australian dollar to fund lending to pandemic-hit companies...
Sep 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS' Big Hit focuses on sustainable fandom-based business model
Big Hit Entertainment Co., behind the K-pop idols BTS, is switching its focus to online concerts, merchandise and character businesses from offline pe...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Korea’s ESG corporate bond issues on course to top $5 bn in 2020
South Korean companies’ issues of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds have almost doubled to 5.7 trillion won ($4.9 billion) so far...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea sells $500 mn euro bonds with negative yield
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has issued euro-currency bonds worth $500 million at a negative interest rate, the bank said on Sept. 15, less...
Sep 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bond issue
Hyundai Card issues green bonds worth $379 mn to finance eco-friendly services
Hyundai Card Co. has issued green bonds worth 450 billion won ($379 million) to fund its green car financing services, the credit card company said on...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bond
South Korea sells $827 mn worth of euro-currency bonds with negative yield
The South Korean government has issued euro-denominated bonds worth 700 million euros ($827 million) at a negative interest rate, becoming the first n...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Lotte Corp's corporate bond issue raises staggering $665 mn in demand
South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation saw overwhelming demand of 790 billion won ($665 million) from institutional investors on the issuing of c...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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dollar bond
KT issues $400 mn dollar-denominated bond with record-low 1% interest rate
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has set a record-low interest rate among privately-held Korean companies with the issue of a dollar-denomin...
Aug 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Hynix
SK Hynix joins in $60 mn funding for US chip design startup SiFive
SK Hynix Inc. has recently participated in a $60 million funding for the US semiconductor startup SiFive, SK Hynix said on August 12.Saudi Aramco and ...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Lotte Corp to include ESG bonds in $126.5 mn corporate bond offering in September
Lotte Corporation is set to become the first South Korean holding company to issue environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds, according to inv...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Korean telecom giant KT to issue $400 mn dollar bond in August
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. plans to raise $400 million by issuing a dollar-denominated bond around the end of August, according to inv...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOSPI
Kospi's 12-month P/E ratio hits a 13-year high
Kospi has posted a 13-year high with 12-month forward price-earnings ratio recording 12.84 times on August 6, according to financial data provide...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Korean game platform seeks $323 mn IPO in non-contact business boom
Kakao Games Corp., a unit of South Korea’s top mobile messaging app operator, is seeking to raise up to 384 billion won ($323 million) from an i...
Aug 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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REIT
Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse seeks Seoul IPO
A South Korean brokerage firm with a 50.1% stake in Amazon’s largest distribution center in Japan is seeking to list a real estate investment tr...
Jul 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO of Korea’s first overseas property-backed REIT receives tepid response
The initial public offering of JR Global REIT, set to be South Korea’s first listed REIT backed by overseas property, was undersubscribed 0.23 t...
Jul 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Unsold corporate bonds may hit a record-high in seven years
Institutional investors are becoming wary of investing in Korean corporate bonds due to uncertainties caused by the coronavirus. As of July 20, t...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Doosan Infracore issues $300 mn dollar bonds amid corporate restructuring
Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd., a Korean machinery manufacturer, has successfully issued dollar-denominated bonds worth $300 million despit...
Jul 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea ups Aussie bond sale size to $460 mn on demand
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...
May 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Korea’s first Europe-focused REIT eyes $200 mn IPO in 2020
South Korea’s first Europe-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is poised to go public on the domestic stock market in early 2020 to rais...
Nov 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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