Dongwon HMM M
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Private debt
M&A rebound will drive private credit volume increase: Golub Capital
As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly
Meritz Financial Group Inc., boasting the fourth-biggest market capitalization among South Korean financial holding companies, will look into an acq...
May 14, 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 de...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
POSCO Future M publishes responsible minerals report
South Korea's POSCO Future M Co. announced on Tuesday that it released a responsible minerals report detailing establishing a sustainable supply cha...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, announced on Tuesday that it achieved the Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a global environmental, ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology
HMM Co., South Korea’s leading sea carrier, announced on Friday its adoption of an advanced AI image analysis solution 'Deep Eyes', aimed at b...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker wil...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO tightens belts, seeks M&A within 3 years: new chairman
Chang In-hwa, chairman and chief executive of POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has vowed to take drastic...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM to sharply expand container ship fleet by 2030
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, on Monday unveiled a plan to sharply expand the fleet of container and bulk carriers by 2030 to s...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Electronics' key M&A man returns; big deals in the offing
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker and leading smartphone and electronics maker, has been absent from the mergers and a...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's M&A market poised to bounce back after bleak Q1
South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is poised to bounce back after a bleak first quarter, with 22.3 trillion won ($16 billion) worth...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM, SIPG to cooperate on eco-friendly fuel
South Korea’s major ocean carrier HMM Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a Shanghai Port Clean Marine Fuel memorandum of understanding ...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A of Trench Group
South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it participated as the lead underwriter in the merger and acquisition deal of Trench Group...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30
South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. has been named Asia Future 30 by the US economic media Fortune on Mar. 27, according to the company on Thursd...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Elec vies for Johnson Controls' HVAC units
Samsung Electronics Co. has joined the race to buy Johnson Controls International’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) assets wo...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair
Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, is gearing up for the second chapter of its business through “mega” M&A deals and...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman Sachs Korea co-head Chung to move to Hyundai Capital
Goldman Sachs’ Chung Hyung-Jin, co-head of the Seoul office and the leader of the firm’s investment banking (IB) business in South Korea...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M to import natural graphite from Africa
South Korea’s only anode materials producer POSCO Future M Co. will import a maximum 60,000 tons of natural graphite products from Balama Grap...
Mar 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO to build world's largest battery cathode plant cluster
GWANGYANG, South Jeolla Province -- POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials supplier, on Thursday broke ground on its fifth cathode materials ...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM, Hyundai Glovis aim for car shipping sector as rates jump
South Korea’s major ocean carriers HMM Co. and Hyundai Glovis Co. aim to take advantage of the booming car shipping business as vehicle freigh...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Sindoh to tap ex-STIC Investments exec Seo as CEO, spur M&As
Sindoh Co., a leading manufacturer of multi-functional printers in South Korea, is set to tap an investment banking expert as its chief executive. W...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Not a penny for Samsung Sec in failed HMM deal, and little sympathy
After the planned $5 billion sale of HMM Co., South Korea’s largest container shipper, to poultry processor Harim Co. fell through this week, ...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Harim gives up HMM deal over management rights dispute
South Korea's leading poultry processor Harim Co. has walked away from a $5 billion deal to buy HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, re...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s Lee to spur M&As, new growth with ‘lost decade’ behind him
Cleared of wrongdoing charges that shackled his leadership for years, Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee now will actively seek mergers and acquisition...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals targets US medical packaging market
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. is targeting the US medical packaging market with its circular recycling materials. Circular recycling is SK Chemical...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Peak views: What lies ahead in 2024?
With 2023 at a close, financial markets are at an important junction. Major developed market central banks have paused their rate rises and there ...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Hanwha delivers 1st of 12 container ships to HMM
South Korea’s top container line HMM Co. said on Wednesday that it held a naming ceremony for HMM Garnet, a 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Harim, KDB in dispute over $5 bn HMM deal conditions
Talks to sell South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier HMM Co. to Harim Group, a leading poultry processor, have made little progress amid disputes o...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Biopharma M&As: Next big thing for South Korean manufacturers
When Orion Corp., known for its signature snack cake Choco-Pie, announced a $415 million deal to acquire biotech startup LegoChem Biosciences Inc. l...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)