Foxtel Management
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanyang Securities up for sale; in talks with KCGI, Woori
Hanyang Securities Co., a small South Korean brokerage firm, has been put on the market as its parent Hanyang University Foundation scrambles to kee...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution acquires anti-bribery certification
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Thursday that it achieved ISO 37001 certification, an international standard for anti-bribery man...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
SK Securities becomes lead IPO manager for 1st time since 2018
SK Securities Co., formerly a unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, is expanding its presence in the domestic equity capital mark...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, announced on Tuesday that it opened a dedicated website for sellers (sell.coupang.com...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Innovation gets MSCI ESG's leader rating
South Korean oil refiner SK Innovation Co. secured an AA rating in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment by Morgan Stanley Capi...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI plagiarism detection startup Muhayu eyes IPO in 2026
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Muhayu hired Mirae Asset Securities as the lead manager for its initial public offering (IPO) targ...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer
South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, have largely built their wealth through hard work, savings and ...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition
Kyobo Life Insurance Co.'s Chairman Shin Chang-jae is internationally recognized for setting the global standard for ethical management after two de...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Elec launches CLOi robot subscription service
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it launched its Robot as a Service (RaaS) with CLOi robots starting this month.Business-to-business (B2...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million
A consortium of Eugene Private Equity and Korea Development Bank Private Equity will acquire 80% of South Korean vaccine maker Boryung Biopharma Co....
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial, Natixis to manage global private equity fund
South Korea's Woori Bank and Woori PE Asset Management announced on Thursday that they have signed a "strategic business agreement for creating a ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jin Air earns Sustinvest ESG A grade
South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jin Air announced on Wednesday that it received an A in the Sustinvest ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS CIO talks with GPIF, GIC execs on asset allocation
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Seo Won-joo has visited Japan and Singapore on his first overseas busine...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korea Zinc speeds up separation from Young Poong in management feud
South Korea’s largest zinc smelter Korea Zinc Co. is accelerating its efforts to terminate its decades-long business relations with parent You...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie eyes its 1st Korean data center valued around $722 mn
Macquarie Group’s South Korean infrastructure investment arm is set to buy its first domestic data center, valued at up to 1 trillion won ($72...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Catering firm Ourhome taps founding family’s eldest daughter as CEO
The eldest daughter of catering service provider Ourhome Ltd.’s founding family, Koo Mi-hyun, was on Tuesday appointed chief executive of the ...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Networks to split off SpeedMate, trade division
South Korea's SK Networks Co. plans to split off its auto management division SpeedMate and its trading unit.The board of directors approved the pla...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Woori to team up with US Nuveen to enhance IB part
Woori Bank and Woori Asset Management, subsidiaries of South Korea's Woori Financial Group, announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of u...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Ecoplant's Wayble Decarbon gets GIS certification
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. announced on Friday that its corporate carbon management platform Wayble Decarbon has obtained the country's first gre...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset Indian subsidiary surpasses $21.8 bn in AUM
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Thursday that the total assets under management (AUM) of its Indian subsidiary have su...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn
South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Yellow Umbrella's new CIO to spur alternative investment
The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a 25.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) savings arm of South Korean small business owners, has tapped an alternativ...
Jun 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July
The capital commitments of state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) have widened the gap for South Korean venture capital firms in fundraising over ...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 5.82% investment return for the first quarter ...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea's bad loan managers seek liquidity via bond sales
South Korean non-performing loan (NPL) managers are increasing fundraising through corporate debt issuance given an outbreak of bad loans amid highe...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Risk management is more important than ever, GPs say
Risk management and investment firms' operational capabilities have become more important than ever amid economic uncertainties, said speakers at th...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hotel Lotte resumes global push with management deals
Hotel Lotte Co., South Korea’s leading hospitality, leisure and travel retail giant, has resumed its global expansion push after its hotel and...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hanwha Ocean to adopt Kyocera founder Inamori’s amoeba management
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has partnered with Japan’s Kyocera Commun...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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