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Batteries
LG Energy, German institutes to jointly research advanced batteries
The world’s second-largest battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with two German research institutes to develop next-generation ...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
US and German startups funded by Mirae Asset join ranks of unicorns
Mirae Asset Venture Investment Co. is forecast to rake in more than 400 billion won ($325 million) for its investment in Moloco Inc. Mirae As...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha breaks ground on howitzer plant in Australia
South Korea’s Hanwha Defense Co., the world’s top self-propelled howitzer producer, has kicked off the construction of its first oversea...
Apr 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says
The pandemic has brought logistical real estate and infrastructure into the spotlight driven by long-term underlying e-commerce trends. It is advant...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero gets 5 more months to sell Yogiyo until January
South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday it is extending the deadline for Germany’s Delivery Hero SE to sell food delivery pla...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
CureVac may pick Korea as Asian base for COVID vaccine production
German biopharmaceutical company CureVac N.V. may choose South Korea as one of its global production bases for the COVID-19 vaccine following Korean...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile games
Korean mobile game developer buys out German rival
South Korean mobile game developer Com2uS Corp. has acquired a German gaming rival in its first cross-over buyout, in a move to bolster its sports gam...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Midas Asset acquires German logistics portfolio for $217 mn
Seoul-based Midas Asset Management has acquired three logistics assets in Germany, including an Amazon-leased facility, for 200 million euros ($217 mi...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Mirae Assets logs 150% return from German biotech startup exit
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has earned a 150% return on a $15 million investment in German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE in nine months, securing $22...
Apr 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Hyundai, Santander to acquire German car rental firm for $170 mn
Spain’s Banco Santander and Hyundai Capital Services Inc. have decided to buy a controlling stake in Sixt Leasing SE, a unit of German car renta...
Feb 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Securites funds KKR’s German media group acquisition
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has provided 200 million euros ($218 million) in a senior loan to fund KKR & Co.’s $3.4 billion purchase in 2019 ...
Feb 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEPCO unit-German fund buys Sweden’s wind project for $300 mn
Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s utility giant KEPCO, has acquired a wind power project in Sweden in a consortium with a German p...
Aug 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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German VC firm collects $6 mn directly from Korean individuals
A number of wealthy South Koreans have committed 5.5 million euros ($6.1 million) to Germany’s Earlybird Venture Capital, in the first direct investme...
Aug 16, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to earn over 25% IRR from German property investment
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has agreed to sell an office building in Frankfurt for 400 million euro ($448 million) which will translate in...
Jun 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to exit from German building in two years for strong gain
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is set to exit from an office building in Frankfurt with handsome gains, just two years after acquiring the 17...
May 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin to buy Commerzbank's German building for $137 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. will acquire a medium-sized office building in the Frankfurt urban area for around 120 million euros ($137 millio...
Dec 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, SK Sec buy German property in share deal
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and SK Securities Co. Ltd. have recently closed a purchase of an office building leased to a department of the German fede...
Oct 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean fund set to log double-digit return from sale of German tower
South Korean institutional investors, including the Teachers’ Pension and insurance companies, are set to reap a profit of more than €106 million ($12...
May 23, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset poised to buy German building for €300 mn: report
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. was recently named as a preferred buyer of an office tower in Frankfurt’s banking district, Taunusanlage 8 (T8...
Apr 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund sees 3-4 Europe property buys after $101 mn German deal
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has signed a final agreement to acquire a 10-story office building in the southern part of Hamburg, Ge...
Dec 20, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing
Apollo Global Management has attracted 80 billion won ($72 million) from a couple of South Korean pension funds to refinance part of bank loans it had...
Sep 27, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Electronics collaborates with German Playmobil for figurines
LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its collaboration with the famous German toy brand Playmobil on Thursday, creating home appliance figurines. South Korean...
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