Woori PE

MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. For...

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...

EQT Partners will be opening its Seoul office this year for the first time, as the Swedish private equity firm is preparing to source deals in South...

Joseph Bae, co-president of KKR & Co., was named as its co-chief executive officer this week, becoming the second Korean descendent CEO to lead ...

South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., mid-sized builder Hoban Construction Co. and about 10 private equity firms have submitted letters of intent to...

CJ Olive Young, South Korea's largest beauty store chain, is moving ahead with its plan to go public next year, which will likely raise new capital ...

The South Korean government will sell another big chunk of its remaining shares in Woori Financial Group by year's end to finally give up its top sh...

Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s top department store operator, is set to acquire Hanssem Co. with IMM Private Equity.IMM PE selected Lotte S...

South Korea’s major telecom company KT Corp. is expanding investments in future growth areas outside the traditional mobile sector. KT said on...

LX Hausys Ltd., South Korea's leading building materials maker, on Monday announced a plan to join Seoul-based IMM Private Equity in acquiring a con...

SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is in advanced stages of talks with a consortium of South Korea-based IUM ...

When KNet Investment Partners LLC, a South Korean venture capital company, invested 9.9 billion won ($8.6 million) in Krafton Inc. in 2009, the game...

Lotte Group is seeking to acquire a stake in Hanssem Co., South Korea’s largest furniture and home furnishing company, with an investment of u...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is planning to create a new investment team dedicated to private debt and secondaries deals and equity purchases ...

Masan Group Corp., Vietnam's leading conglomerate with a diverse range of businesses ranging from food and consumer goods to financial services, wil...

SK E&S Co., the largest city gas supplier in South Korea, has shortlisted four candidates among seven preliminary bidders to invest in 2 trillio...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has deepened its reliance on top-tier private equity firms during the prolonged pandemic situation, focusing on r...

KKR & Co., IMM Private Equity and Glenwood Private Equity are among the preliminary bidders for 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) worth of new prefe...

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 major banking groups have posted the highest-ever net profit figures in the first half of this year. Shinhan Financial Group rep...

Back in the early 2010s, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. was a strong shipbuilder earning 800 billion won ($696 million) a year on sales of 4.8 t...

Hanssem Co., South Korea’s largest furniture and home furnishing company, said on Wednesday its honorary chairman and other key shareholders h...

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...

South Korea's initial public offering market is gaining fresh momentum from high-profile listings such as mobile banking app KakaoBank and game deve...

South Korea-based game publisher Krafton Inc.'s highly-anticipated initial public offering is raising concerns that it may be overvalued. The compan...

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

Woori Financial Group has been selected to acquire Franklin Templeton Investments’ retail fund business in South Korea, less than a month sinc...

Seoul-based IMM Private Equity will acquire a 40% stake in South Korea’s SK Lubricants Co., wholly owned by SK Innovation Co., for about one t...

The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has reduced its stake in Woori Financial Group to 15.25% by selling 149.2 billion won ($134 million) worth ...

South Korea’s lesser-known private equity firm Centroid Investment Partners is among the shortlisted candidates for US sports equipment manufa...