ST Leaders Private Equity
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Corporate investment
LG injects $97 mn into Vista Equity’s fund for new tech investments
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, injected $97 million into a fund run by Vista Equity Partners Management LLC for investme...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C wins $132 mn biogas facility project
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Monday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for a private invest...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung tops global soundbar market for 10th consecutive year
Samsung Electronics Co. has held its ground as the leader in the global soundbar market for ten consecutive years, from 2014 through 2023, according...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Private education spending in S.Korea hits new record high
South Koreans’ spending on private education hit a new record high of 27.1 trillion won ($20 billion) in 2023, as the government’s annou...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean rental platforms become headache for PE investors
South Korean rental platforms have become a headache for private equity firms, with their declining profits and dim business outlooks making them ha...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to resume steel production in Russia
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. is expected to resume steel production in Russia two years after it took its plant offline in the country amid...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE sells $135 mn Woori Financial shares in block deal
IMM Private Equity has sold 180.5 billion won ($135 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Woori Financial Group in a block deal, reaping 4...
Mar 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
India equity funds top overseas stock funds in S.Korea
India equity funds registered in South Korea have doubled their investors' wealth over the past five years, luring high-net-worth individuals lookin...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Brookfield aims to increase debt on IFC Seoul to $2 bn
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. will increase its debt on the International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul), South Korea to up to 2.7 trillion ...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
S.Korean investors name their 42 favorite alternative asset managers
Apollo Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and Lexington Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ most preferred private equity firm...
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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Sovereign bonds
KIC posts 11.6% return for 2023 amid tech stock boom
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted an 11.6% return for last year, driven by strong gains on listed stocks. The state-ru...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean LPs seek private equity secondaries amid liquidity crunch
Secondary strategy is South Korean institutional investors’ top pick for private equity investments for two straight years, a survey showed. Man...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korean LPs stick to private debt amid market uncertainties
South Korean limited partners will tap private debt as their most preferred asset class in 2024 to secure stable income amid geopolitical conflicts an...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset Owners Report
Private debt, infrastructure remain top picks for Korean LPs in 2024
Private debt and infrastructure will remain South Korean institutional investors’ favorite alternative asset classes for the second straight yea...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korea’s KIC opens Mumbai office to spur emerging market investment
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Monday it has launched its Mumbai office, establishing the state-run fund’s f...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial to bolster private banking service: chairman
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, will reinforce its wealth management service for high-net-worth...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Kurly’s earnings rebound may put IPO back on track
Kurly Inc., South Korea’s dawn delivery pioneer of fresh produce, appears to be getting its delayed initial public offering back on track...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm, Dong-A ST sign licensing deal of Cenobamate
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with Dong-A ST to transfer the rights to commercialize t...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering
The South Korean government is seeking to sell a 4.71 trillion won ($3.6 billion) stake in gaming giant NXC Corp. via private placement as the autho...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
China's CICC enters S.Korea with its private equity fund
BEIJING – CICC Capital, a unit of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), has entered the South Korean market with the launch of a private e...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Kim Jong Un urges women to be good comrades — and give birth
SEOUL—Kim Jong Un has a new mission for North Korean women: Have more babies.Kim acknowledged the impoverished nation’s plunging bi...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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)
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Retail
E-Mart opens 3rd store in Vietnam, spurs K-food marketing
South Korea’s E-Mart Inc. will open its new hypermarket in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 7, accelerating sales of its private label No Brand produc...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Sibling rivalry for Hankook Tire control takes new turn as MBK steps in
The sibling rivalry for management control of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, has taken another turn as the e...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul to build huge two-ring Ferris wheel for $700 mn
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday unveiled the design of a Ferris wheel, tentatively named Seoul Twin Eye, which it plans to complete by 2...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Supreme Court affirms Affinity, GIC's exit value on Kyobo Life
South Korea’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling that would allow the Affinity Equity Partners-led consortium, including Singapore&r...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hyundai's Chung Euisun lauded for future-minded leadership
Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Chairman Chung Euisun is firming his reputation as a leader in the global auto industry as he is once again re...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea to invest $200 mn in new drugs, vaccines by 2028
South Korea’s health ministry will allocate 261.6 billion won ($200.2 million) for two funds over the next four years to boost private sector ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
BP, Corio to invest $1.1 billion in S. Korea as Seoul-London ties deepen
LONDON – British offshore wind power developer Corio Generation and energy giant BP Plc have agreed to invest a combined 1.5 trillion won ($1....
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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