Sanghyun Lee Flashlight Capital
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Private equity
Harrison Street taps Korean LPs for $1.5 bn life science property fund
The Korean Teachers' Credit Union has committed $100 million to Harrison Street Real Estate Capital's new flagship fund that is aiming to raise $1.5...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital to gain $90 mn from exit of Schwan's deal
Bain Capital is set to pocket about 100 billion won ($90 million) in profits in two years from its equity financing of the South Korean CJ Group's $...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021 Interview
Secondary PE deals headed for record year: Pomona Capital
Secondary private equity deals have been the fastest-growing segment of the private equity market for several years and this year, they could exceed...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NPS gains timberland, Europe tech exposure in Q1
The National Pension Service has gained exposure to timberland and the European mid-market tech sector in the first quarter of this year, adding two...
Jun 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021 Interview
Goldman Sachs zeros in on midmarket, ESG infrastructure deals
Goldman Sachs Asset Management focuses on middle-market, value-add strategy for infrastructure deals, targeting the sectors undergoing a digital tra...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Madison Capital Funding raises $460 mn from Korea
A private debt fund managed by Madison Capital Funding, a US middle-market lender, has received a combined $460 million in commitments from seven So...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NPS, KIC commit $600 mn to N.America logistics fund
The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) have committed $600 million in aggregate to GLP Capital Partners' Nort...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
[ASK 2021] Sculptor Capital: Non-Traditional Real Estate
Sculptor Capital Management is a leading alternative asset manager with capabilities across multi-strategy, credit and real estate. Sculptor has...
May 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021 Interview
Sculptor Capital bets on non-traditional real estate
Non-traditional real estate assets such as cell towers, parking lots and marinas will likely provide significant investment opportunities to debt in...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol's win over AlphaGo released as NFT
South Korea’s Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol has released a non-fungible token (NFT) based on his legendary winning match against AlphaGo, an artif...
May 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Jay Y. Lee tightens grip on Samsung with increased stake in key affiliate
Jay Y. Lee, the heir of Samsung Group, has bolstered his grip on South Korea’s largest conglomerate by inheriting half his late father’s...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Donations from Lee Kun-hee's collection: From national treasures to Western masterpieces
The Samsung Group heirs' announcement that they will donate some 23,000 pieces of art and cultural artifacts collected by the late Chairman Lee Kun-...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Samsung heirs likely to donate over half of Lee's art collection
Samsung Group heirs, including Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, have tentatively agreed to donate more than half of the late Lee Ku...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Lee Kun-hee’s lavish art collection fuels debate on tax payment scheme
The late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s lavish art collection is driving South Korea’s art circle to pressure lawmakers to amend the cou...
Mar 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer
Bain Capital has agreed to invest around 400 billion won ($360 million) in South Korea’s leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software d...
Mar 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
SK Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee: Star engineer, bookworm, soju connoisseur
When SK Hynix Inc. announced a $9 billion all-cash deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business in mid-October of last year, the ma...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
IMM PE, Affirma Capital shortlisted for T Map Mobility's $275 mn fundraising
Competition is heating up among domestic and foreign private equity firms hoping to invest in T Map Mobility Co., a mobility spin-off of South Korea...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
JTBC raises $366 mn from Tencent, Praxis Capital
South Korean TV drama production firm JTBC Studios Co. will raise a total of 400 billion won ($366 million) by issuing convertible preferred shares ...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s venture capital firms poised to grow, no bubble seen in market
Growth in South Korea’s venture capital investments has been slow relative to the pace of the country’s economic growth, creating an opp...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Venture capital investments hit all-time high in S.Korea
Venture capital investments in South Korea are seeing a speedy recovery after facing a setback earlier this year due to the COVID-19 crisis. Over th...
Dec 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Why Lee Kun-hee wouldn't rest, despite global success
This is the final piece of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's cours...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
How the Lee Kun-hee mobile phone became a blockbuster
This is the third in a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's course in b...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lee Kun-hee's legacy
Why Lee set fire to over 150,000 mobile phones
This is the first of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's course to b...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Photos: biography timeline of the late Lee Kun-hee
Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, credited with transforming South Korea’s small television maker into a global tech giant, passed away on Oct. 25 a...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business expansion
Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee visits plants in Vietnam
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, currently in Vietnam, has toured its smartphone, TV and other electronics plants there, as the compa...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business Expansion
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee meets Vietnam's PM Phuc to discuss business ties
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee met with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Oct. 20 to discuss ways to strengthen bus...
Oct 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business expansion
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee embarks on Vietnam trip, may meet PM Phuc
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee is visiting Vietnam, where he is widely expected to meet Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to seek more...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foundry business
Samsung’s Lee hastens to Netherlands in intense rivalry with TSMC
On Oct. 8, the same day Samsung Electronics Co. surprised markets with forecast-beating quarterly earnings estimates, its Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fle...
Oct 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cafe-goers' bucketlist
Gangneung, South Korea’s coffee capital
Wanna come to Gangneung for a sip of tasty coffee?For some 20 years, Gangneung has been the city of coffee for many Koreans.Located on the other side ...
Sep 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)