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The head of real estate investment at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has resigned from the South Korean sovereign wealth fund. Cha Hoon, appoint...

Commanding more than 100 million users for a South Korean Internet social service or a mobile game is uncommon even among industry leaders.Naver Cor...

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has vowed to spend $26 billion, or half of the group’s planned investment in the US by 2030, on electric vehicl...

The infrastructure investment head and real estate investment head at South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), are leaving the world&rs...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has achieved an average 9.65% return on investments as of the end of August, driven by overseas equity divestment...

The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...

A number of clear trends will play out for alternatives in the future, notably digitization, customization, and values-based investing, Goldman Sach...

Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...

South Korea's main stock index has fallen below the psychologically important 3,000 points for the first time in nearly seven months, with investors...

BTS will travel to Los Angeles in November for its first live concert since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. BTS said on Sept. 28 on its offic...

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will name Jun Park, a top manager of Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co., as the new head of its South K...

South Korea's electric vehicle and battery startup EL B&T has offered the highest price of around 500 billion won ($430 million) for debt-laden ...

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Tuesday replaced its infrastructure and real estate investment heads, in a senior management reshuffle fol...

The rising inflationary risk in the US, fueled by strong recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown, is likely to be short-lived and modest, and in...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has clocked 50 million downloads on Google Play in about 1-1/2 months after the game’s launch, its deve...

Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest strategic focus is setting up its own ecosystem of devices ranging from mobile phones, home appliances to TVs...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named Suyi Kim, its Asia head, as the global chief of its private equity business, effective Se...

South Korea's initial public offering market in July is expected to see its largest-ever amount of share issues for a single month, worth over 8 tri...

Secondary private equity deals have been the fastest-growing segment of the private equity market for several years and this year, they could exceed...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) does not carry out negative screening to exclude companies and sectors that do not comply with envi...

South Korea's IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have acquired a 49% stake in the headquarters of the US mortgage lender Fa...

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Chris Rhee, a former partner of Affinity Equity Partners, as its Seoul office head and global partner, according ...

A former startup investment head of Samsung Electronics Co. has wrapped up his brief career in the asset management industry, following Archegos C...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) has named managing director Cho Chanhee as its South Korean investment banking head to replace Park SeungGu who...

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has named new heads of its private equity and absolute return groups this week, following the replacement of ...

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) is expected to begin the appointment process for its new chair this week. South Korean conglomerate...

India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. has pulled out of talks to sell Ssangyong Motor Co. to HAAH Automotive Holdings Inc., a US automobile distr...

Korea Investment Corporation has appointed new heads of alternative investment strategy and private equity in a senior management reshuffle carried ...

South Korea’s leading drama production house Studio Dragon Corp. is in the market limelight as it readies to reenter the Chinese market alongs...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...