Value Stock Fund
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Korean stock market
Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim
South Korean food maker Samyang Foods Co., globally renowned for its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, saw its stock hit a record high on Friday after it de...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Record $259 bn yet to find investment targets in South Korea
South Koreans parked a record 350 trillion won ($259 billion) in cash-equivalents such as money market funds (MMFs) as they failed to find investmen...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MSCI Korea Index adds Alteogen, Enchem, HD Hyundai Electric
South Korea's Alteogen Inc., Enchem Co., and HD Hyundai Electric Co. will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index.MS...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s household debt growth at 5-month high on mortgages
South Korea’s household lending growth hit a five-month high in April as mortgage loans increased amid signs of a recovery in the property mar...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MedInTech attracts $14.6 mn series B investment
MedInTech Inc., South Korea's medical smart endoscopes startup, announced on Monday that it attracted a series B investment of 20 billion won ($14.6...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Shinhan, POSCO invest $20 mn in Australian hydrogen startup Hysata
South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. and banking conglomerate Shinhan Financial Group have invested a combined US$20 million in Australian g...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE for $161 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to launch alternative stock exchange in 2025
South Korea will launch the country’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade Co. in the first half of next year to enable stock trading for...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund
South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
HD Hyundai Marine Solution stock price doubles on Kospi debut
HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co.'s debut on the Kospi, South Korea's largest initial public offering in more than two years, saw a near-doubling of st...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market
South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth
Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals
South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Kor...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio
Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to hike risky asset purchases under simplified allocation system
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund, is introducing a new simplified asset allocation guideline under whi...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to commit $1.1 billion to external managers in 2024
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will select domestic general partners (GPs) to manage about 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) worth...
Apr 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market
NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Telecom, SoftBank to collaborate for SV measurement
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in measuring social value...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Blackstone signs over $1 bn deal with MBK for 1st exit in Korea
Private equity giant Blackstone Inc. is set to mark its first exit from South Korea by selling a 71.25% stake in the holding firm of Geo-Young Corp....
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS loses $1.2 bn in local stocks in Q1 on weak battery shares
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, lost 1.66 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in domestic stock ...
Apr 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HD Hyundai Electric likely to join MSCI Korea: Samsung Securities
HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index wh...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Daesung PE tops Korean venture funds by return in 2018-2023
Daesung Private Equity Inc. in South Korea has become the top local venture capital manager in terms of realized capital gain between 2018 and 2023,...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea's AI startup Upstage raises $72 mn for global expansion
Upstage, South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup, raised about 100 billion won ($72 million) in its latest funding round, which the comp...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation reshuffles units to raise value
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is reorganizing its subsidiaries to boost their individual values through independent man...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s 'Seven Tigers,' next hot stocks: Hyundai Motor Securities
Japan may have its Seven Samurai and the US its Magnificent Seven, but South Korea has "Seven Tiger" stocks thanks to the artificial intelligence ch...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics stock likely to climb in Q2, analysts say
South Korean analysts have recommended investors buy Samsung Electronics Co. stocks as the world’s top memory chipmaker, which reported higher...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korean companies’ 2024 facility investment doubles to $39.4 billion
South Korea’s major companies invest heavily in facilities to seek new growth engines and drive up their corporate value amid tough business c...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS' former key players move to law firms as its voting power increases
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is seeing more and more of its former senior managers moving to top-tier domestic law firms. Ther...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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