SK Nexilis, world's No. 3 copper foil maker, secures $225 million from IMM in unconventional deal

SK Nexilis Co., a global top-three producer of copper foil used in electric vehicle batteries, is set to raise 300 billion won ($225 million) from I...

Coupang saga takes new turn; Korea tries to contain negative fallout as US politician decries move

The saga over South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform operator Coupang Inc. is escalating as a massive personal data breach at the company t...

IMM PE-owned Hanssem commits to sweeping treasury share cancellation to cope with govt mandate

As South Korea’s listed companies scramble to deal with the government’s move to mandate cancellations of treasury shares, IMM Private E...

MBK Partners promotes Yon Sog Choi to partner; streamlines senior ranks

MBK Partners has promoted veteran dealmaker Yon Sog Choi to partner, while it steps up execution capabilities in its core buyout businessAccording t...

Korea Post seeks offshore real estate secondary funds for $150 mn mandate

Korea Post is seeking one or two offshore real estate secondary fund managers for a commitment of up to $150 million, or €150 million in total....

Hana Financial to expand US presence with $100 mn injection into US banking arm

Hana Financial Group is moving to strengthen its presence in the US with a fresh capital injection into its local banking unit, as South Korean comp...

South Korean biotech firms poised for gains from US BIOSECURE Act

Expectations are growing that South Korean biotechnology companies, particularly drug contract manufacturers, will see increased orders as a sweepin...

Economic volatility offers opportunity for US alternative property investments: Kayne Anderson CEO

Global economic uncertainty is providing an opportunity for investments in US alternative real estate, including outpatient medical office and senio...

Waste management firm Ecorbit in talks to buy landfill operator Keco

Ecorbit Co., South Korea’s largest waste management company, is in talks to acquire landfill operator Keco Co. in a bolt-on deal, following it...

STIC Investment to acquire laundry franchise giant Cleantopia for about $480 mn

STIC Investment, a South Korea–based private equity firm, is set to acquire Cleantopia, the country’s largest laundry franchise operator...

Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital poised to acquire Koentec for $500 mn

Hong Kong-based private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has emerged as the preferred bidder for Koentec Co., a South Korean industrial waste incine...

Hanwha heirs reshape ownership as group moves closer to succession, IPO

Two of the three sons of Kim Seung-youn, the chairman of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, are selling significant stakes in Hanwha Energy Corp., a ...

GEPS seeks brokerage firms for global equities, bonds trading in H1, 2026

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is seeking brokerage firms to handle overseas asset trading for the first half of 20...

Korea Zinc plans $6.8 bn US smelter with Washington’s equity stake; Young Poong, MBK oppose plan

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest non-ferrous metals smelter, is planning to build a 10 trillion won ($6.8 billion) smelting complex in the...

Weak won turns S.Korean firms into bargains, fueling foreign buying spree

Foreign acquisitions of South Korean companies have surged this year as the won’s sharp depreciation dragged down valuations amid lingering ec...

NPS presses ahead with transfer of IGIS Asset’s asset mandate

South Korea’s state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), is moving forward with plans to shift several billion dollars in rea...

Real AI bubble is market concentration, not technology: Amundi CIO

The artificial intelligence revolution is real, but the way investors are betting on it has become dangerous, said Vincent Mortier, group chief inve...

Heungkuk Life Insurance files complaint with police over IGIS sale process

Heungkuk Life Insurance Co. has filed a complaint against senior figures involved in the planned sale of IGIS Asset Management Co., the country&rsqu...

Korean pension fund NPS weighs role in naming financial firms’ directors as regulator pushes governance overhaul

South Korea’s financial watchdog is set to prod the state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), to make active use of its shar...

NPS to pull all IGIS Asset-committed funds, throwing sale process into disarray

South Korea’s state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), has moved to withdraw all of its money committed to IGIS Asset Manag...

Hillhouse named preferred buyer of IGIS Asset in $750 mn deal

Singapore-headquartered Hillhouse Investment Management has been named the preferred buyer of IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest...

Morgan Stanley PE Korea head Michael Hwey Hoon Chung steps down after 2 decades

Michael Hwey Hoon Chung, managing director at Morgan Stanley and head of Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia's (MSPEA) South Korean operations, is ...

Korea seeks to overhaul listed firms’ M&A rules to use fair value instead of market prices

South Korea is seeking one of its most far-reaching capital-markets overhauls in decades, with plans to rewrite merger-valuation rules, tighten disc...

Seoul’s won-stability push drives Korean firms offshore for bonds

South Korea’s state-run banks and companies are expected to ramp up foreign currency bond issuance in 2026 after the government sharply increa...

Samsung E&A, Veolia, Quantum Capital vie for Malaysia’s top waste management firm Cenviro valued at $1 bn

South Korea’s Samsung E&A Co., formerly Samsung Engineering Co., is seeking to acquire a controlling stake in Malaysia’s largest was...

Crescendo Equity acquires Czech voice security software maker Phonexia

Crescendo Equity Partners, a South Korea-based private equity firm, said on Thursday it has acquired full ownership of Czech voice security software...

Lotte Chemical, HD Hyundai agree to inject $545 mn into Daesan JV to facilitate restructuring

Lotte Chemical Corp., the country’s largest petrochemical maker, and HD Hyundai Co. are set to inject a combined 800 billion won ($545 million...

Kim & Chang retains No. 1 spot as South Korea’s leading law firm in 2025

Kim & Chang has been named Law Firm of the Year at the Korea Economic Daily’s 2025 Best Law Firm & Lawyer Awards, extending its domina...

Offshore investors boost appetite for Korean real estate; Singapore funds at forefront

A softening won and lower interest rates are raising foreign appetite for South Korean commercial real estate, with Singaporean heavyweights  -...

Korea’s energy minister whips laggards to follow suit as Lotte, HD Hyundai shrink naphtha capacity

South Korea’s long-delayed overhaul of its petrochemical industry is gaining momentum after Lotte Chemical Corp., the country’s largest ...