Woori Asset Management
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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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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung E&C kickstarts debt workout with loan sale to IGIS
Creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) gave the go-ahead to a debt workout program for the cash-strapped South ...
May 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
US multifamily market challenges create investment opportunities
There is potential distress in the U.S. multifamily housing sector today. we believe there is a window of opportunity over the next 12-18 mont...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanwha Vision joins UNGC
South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Monday that it joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), an international initiative for corpora...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Lotte Global Logistics partners with CMA CGM
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it partnered with the France-based world's third-largest shipping company CMA CGM.&nbs...
Apr 29, 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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Foreign exchange
Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting
Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai AutoEver gets CSMS Level 3 certification
South Korea's Hyundai AutoEver Corp. announced on Thursday that it obtained the international standard Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) Level ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label system
Disputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an almost unheard-of conflict in the K-pop industry...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Toray Advanced Materials obtains AS9120 certification
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced Wednesday that it attained the AS9120 certification for aerospace industry quality management systems ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori ...
Apr 24, 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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Banking & Finance
Hana Bank launches All-care Solution for Real Estate Wealth
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it launched the premium real estate wealth management service Hana Real Estate All-care Solution i...
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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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation to adjust business portfolios for long-term growth
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is slated to adjust its business portfolios for long-term growth while not planning to sl...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Paradigm Shift attracts $290k seed bridge investment
Paradigm Shift, the operator of the exercise diary app for middle-aged women Heroines, announced on Monday that it attracted a seed bridge investm...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's M&A market poised to bounce back after bleak Q1
South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is poised to bounce back after a bleak first quarter, with 22.3 trillion won ($16 billion) worth...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure secondaries continue to rise amid inflation: Stafford
Secondaries have become one of the most sought-after assets amid market uncertainty as they provide early exit opportunities and portfolio diversifi...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset's KODEX S&P500 TR ETF surpasses 1 tn won in net asset
Samsung Asset Management Co. announced on Tuesday that the net asset value of its KODEX US S&P500 TR exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks th...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Hyundai Engineering, Trimble Solution to develop BIM
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Trimble Solution Korea to co-develop a building information mode...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Blackstone sells prime Seoul office building for $586 mn to Koramco
Blackstone Inc. completed selling off Arc Place, a prime office building located in Seoul's upscale Gangnam area, to Koramco REITs Management and Tr...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE puts South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour up for sale
IMM Private Equity Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is selling its controlling stake in Hanatour Service Inc., South Korea’s top trave...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung seeks to launch new super mobile banking app with a local bank
Samsung Financial Networks, a union of Samsung Group’s four financial affiliates, is seeking to launch a super mobile banking app in partnersh...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
DGB Financial launches overseas asset management
South Korea's DGB Financial Group announced on Thursday that it opened its first overseas subsidiary Hi Asset Management Asia (HiAMA) in Singapore.H...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Qualcomm to develop battery management system
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, announced on Sunday that it will dev...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset wins iF Design Award
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Friday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) brand KODEX has won the top prize in the communicatio...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
EQT sells Shinhan Financial stake in block deal at 30% IRR
EQT Private Capital Asia sold 415.5 billion won ($311.9 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group Co. in a block deal ...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset rebrands Canadian subsidiary to Global X
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Thursday that it will change the name of its Canadian exchange-traded fund (ETF) manag...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS Asset halts sale process of controlling stake
Key shareholders of South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co., one of the largest real estate firms in Asia, have decided to halt the process of...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Lotte Insurance's value rises with long-term care expansion
When South Korean private equity firm JKL Partners acquired a 77% stake in Lotte Insurance Co. for about 730 billion won ($546.3 million) in 2019, m...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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