GRE Partners Asset Management
Scope
Date
~
-
Electronics
Korea’s troubled kimchi fridge maker Winia seeks new owner
Winia Co., South Korea’s troubled kimchi refrigerator manufacturer under court receivership, is looking for a new owner to save the company fr...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Private equity
Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head
Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has decided to sell its plants in Russia for only about $100 to a local company although it has...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Real estate
Warburg Pincus’ JV to invest in Korean prime warehouses
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC said on Tuesday it will establish a joint venture in South Korea via its Asia real estate fund to invest i...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Hydrogen economy
SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem
SK E&S Co., an energy unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, will cooperate with domestic firms to strengthen the country’s liquid hy...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs
South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek announced on Sunday that it developed a cutting-edge wireless battery management system (BMS), a cr...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Leadership & Management
MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase
The sibling rivalry for control of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Techno...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Private equity
KKR promotes Keith Kim in Seoul office to partner
KKR & Co. Inc. has promoted Keith Kim (Kim Yang-han), managing director at the private equity giant’s Seoul office, to partner.Kim, who ma...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Leadership & Management
Hankook prepared to defend MBK Partners’ takeover bid: Chairman Cho
Cho Hyun-bum, chairman of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co., said ...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean games
NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index
South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Thursday that it was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Executive reshuffles
Kakao taps venture capital unit head as new CEO to lead reform
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform under fire for its extremely aggressive business expansion, tapped its venture capital unit hea...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Leadership & Management
Cho Yang-rai to fight back in MBK Partners’ bid to acquire Hankook Tire
Cho Yang-rai, honorary chairman of Hankook & Company Co., has vowed to fight MBK Partners Ltd.’s bid to take over the holding company of S...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Machinery
Saudi Arabia partners with Korea's LS to spur non-petrochem sectors
South Korean conglomerate LS Group and the government of Saudi Arabia will jointly seek business opportunities in a number of non-petrochemical sect...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China
The South Korean battery industry is facing pressure to cut its reliance on Chinese capital as the US government on Dec. 1 issued guidance that will...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on US PBM preferred drug list
South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Tuesday that its anti-cancer biosimilar Vegzelma (active ingredient: bevacizumab) was listed as ...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Corporate restructuring
Kakao to tighten grip over units, rethink horizontal culture
Kim Beom-soo, founder and chairman of South Korea’s largest mobile platform Kakao Corp., said on Monday it will abandon its autonomous managem...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
LIG Nex1 to buy quadruped robot maker Ghost Robotics for $240 mn
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean weapons system developer, has agreed to buy a 60% stake in Ghost Robotics Corp (GRC), a Philadelphia-based robot develo...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean games
Cookie Run: Kingdom to launch in China on Dec 28
South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. announced on Friday that its globally popular mobile game “Cookie Run: Kingdom” will offici...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Executive reshuffles
Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore
Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Cryptocurrencies
WeMade to build WEMIX Play Center in Dubai
South Korea’s game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Dubai International Financial Center's...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Executive reshuffles
SK Chair Chey calls on cousin for help in group management
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has called on his cousin to help in the management of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate as it faces the challeng...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Fashion
Hyungji Elite selected as official partner of FC Barcelona
South Korea’s school and corporate uniform company Hyungji Elite announced on Monday that it was selected as the official partner of FC Barc...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Pension funds
NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea posted an 8.66% investment return from January to September of this year with assets under management ...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
E-commerce
SK gives up e-commerce platform management
SK Group, South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate, gave up its online retail platform 11Street Co. as financial investors are now able to sell off their st...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Sovereign wealth funds
KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) posted a 7.12% return on total asset investments in the first eight months of this year, recouping about 40% of last ye...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Eastspring Asset in Korea up for grabs at about $77 mn
Eastspring Asset Management Korea Co., the Korean operation of Prudential plc’s asset management unit, is up for sale for about 100 billion wo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Construction & Planning
Samsung Engineering designs Sarawak green hydrogen project in Malaysia
Samsung Engineering Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Friday it has begun th...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Carbon neutrality
SK E&S partners with East Timor gov't on CCS project
South Korea's SK E&S announced on Wednesday that it signed a mutual cooperation partnership (MCP) with the East Timor Ministry of Petroleum and ...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean PE VIG Partners soaks up shampoo brand Kundal’s growth
South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners is enjoying rapid growth of The Skinfactory Co., the maker of local shampoo and body wash brand Kundal...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)