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Economy
S.Koreans flock to funds, liquid assets out of term deposits
South Korean companies and households flocked to investment funds and short-term deposits in December last year, pulling out of money market funds a...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset, Bloomberg to team up to develop ETFs
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., an asset manager under South Korea's financial service giant Mirae Asset Financial Group, will develop exchange-...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Partners' key asset draws young customers: Modern House
Modern House, the top home decoration brand in South Korea, sticks to a unique rule for its store operations: one-third of the products on the shelv...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset's Nasdaq-listed chip ETF soars amid AI craze
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, said on Thursday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) TIGER US ...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Samsung Asset to launch S.Korea's first obesity treatment ETF
Korea Exchange announced on Thursday that it will list Samsung Asset Management's "KODEX Global Obesity Treatment Top 2 Plus exchange-traded fund (E...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
S.Korean investors name their 42 favorite alternative asset managers
Apollo Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and Lexington Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ most preferred private equity firm...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korean LPs stick to private debt amid market uncertainties
South Korean limited partners will tap private debt as their most preferred asset class in 2024 to secure stable income amid geopolitical conflicts an...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Digital assets emerge as Korean LPs' No. 1 infrastructure target
Digital infrastructure, such as data centers, towers and smart meters, will be the hottest infrastructure asset this year for South Korean limited par...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Fashion Group Hyungji's profit surges 145% in 2023
South Korea's Fashion Group Hyungji reported on Tuesday a preliminary 30 billion won ($22.5 million) in earnings for 2023, a staggering 145% jump fr...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Group reintroduces Saturday CEO meeting after 20 years
South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group has decided to reintroduce Saturday gatherings of its subsidiaries' chief executives aft...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEs exit Korean assets at average 2.5 times purchase price
Global private equity firms, which recover their principal investment in South Korea, sell their assets for 2.5 times the purchase price on average,...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Mirae Asset Securities raises $600 mn in foreign bonds
Mirae Asset Securities Co. on Monday issued $600 million worth of foreign currency bonds, marking the first foreign bond sale by a South Korean brok...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Global X to liquidate China-exposed ETFs on poor returns
Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, will liquidate 19 ETFs, including 11 China-exposed funds, next month to stop th...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung becomes 1st Korean builder in debt workout in decade
The vast majority of creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) have agreed to start debt restructuring for the tro...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean establishes social marketing subsidiary
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it has established its social m...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medytox establishes US subsidiary Luvantas
South Korean pharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. announced on Wednesday that its establishment of the US subsidiary Luvantas.The goal is the global ...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Mirae Asset chair to donate subsidiary shares to charity
Mirae Asset Group founder and Chairman Park Hyeon-joo will donate a 25% stake in Mirae Asset Consulting Co., the firm at the top of the financial se...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS sees record assets, profit on double-digit return
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) enjoyed record assets and profit in 2023 as the world’s third-largest pension fund reported...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO sells 15% stake in KEPCO E&C for $269 million
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea’s state-owned utility company grappling with mounting losses, has secured additional funds of ...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Adidas Korea separates its marketing strategy from APAC
Sportswear giant adidas AG started operating its South Korean affiliate as a separate market from the Asia-Pacific region on Jan. 2 to quickly respo...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ocean carrier HMM's share price gains put KDB in hot seat
On Nov. 20, HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, issued new 200 million shares after its two largest shareholders -- Korea Development ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
ESR KendallSquare REIT leads Korean logistics sector
ESR KendallSquare REIT, overseeing 18 advanced logistics centers across South Korea, adeptly handled challenges in the real estate sector this year....
Dec 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Glenwood PE in spotlight with carve-out deals
South Korean investment firm Glenwood Private Equity Co. is solidifying its leading position with a carve-out strategy in the domestic market, execu...
Dec 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head
Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai’s Supernal to unveil life-size UAM at CES 2024
Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in CES 2024 ne...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has decided to sell its plants in Russia for only about $100 to a local company although it has...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Warburg Pincus’ JV to invest in Korean prime warehouses
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC said on Tuesday it will establish a joint venture in South Korea via its Asia real estate fund to invest i...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s 6G frequency bands picked as standard candidates
Sixth-generation (6G) communication frequency bands proposed by South Korea have been adopted as global standard candidates by the industry's freq...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR promotes Keith Kim in Seoul office to partner
KKR & Co. Inc. has promoted Keith Kim (Kim Yang-han), managing director at the private equity giant’s Seoul office, to partner.Kim, who ma...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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