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Amid the tightening of the Federal Reserve, among the most impacted asset classes were agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), issued by US governm...

South Korean corporate debt ratio rose to a six-year high in the third quarter as sales growth and profitability fell, darkening the outlook for Asi...

European real estate prices are adjusting, creating mispriced risk amid current market turbulence. This brings attractive opportunities for investor...

MBK Partners Ltd., alongside Deutsche Bank AG and other four investment firms, has acquired $1.3 billion worth of distressed debts in auto-parts sup...

The average household debt in South Korea has exceeded 90 million won ($69,284). While the figure appears to be high by Korean standards, average ho...

The state-run Korea Gas Corp. is set to raise some 1 trillion won ($745 million) by issuing hybrid securities to lower its debt ratio although the d...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is poised to decide to raise more than 1 trillion won ($745.4 million) of capital at its board meeting this...

South Korean companies are at risk of credit rating downgrades as the fallout of a debt default by the domestic developer of a Legoland theme park r...

South Korea’s small- and mid-sized brokerage houses have begun their workforce reductions ahead of the end of the year. The brokerages are set...

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. focused on US direct lending market this year given the rising probability of a European market recessi...

Korea Post’s insurance bureau will maintain its core-satellite strategy in private equity and debt investments for both stable revenue streams...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...

South Korea’s major financial groups enjoyed record quarterly earnings as higher policy interest rates increased lending rates, powering the p...

South Korea’s $35 billion rescue plan provided a temporary painkiller to the domestic bond markets rattled by Legoland Korea developer’s...

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate investment firm managing $46.5 billion in assets as of end-2021, said on Tuesday ...

Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...

The South Korean won extended its losses to hit its weakest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on Wednesday, pressured by higher-than-e...

South Korea’s SK REIT Co. has been diversifying funding sources into short-term debt to finance its recent purchases of landmark office buildi...

The direct lending market is garnering investor attention as it has performed well during periods of market volatility. As banks are cautious to t...

South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...

As economic uncertainties grow amid rate hikes and inflation, South Korean institutional investors are eyeing direct lending for safer investment an...

Key asset owners of South Korea will keep their mid- to long-term plans for alternative asset management despite the current macroeconomic risks, as...

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, has an unlisted affiliate that the group largely keeps out of the public eye but is occasion...

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to raise a total of 674 billion won ($532 million) in loans for South Korea's Acuon Capital a...

Around 70% of South Korean key asset owners will expand their exposure to global private debt, expecting steady streams of cash flow, according to a r...

  Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 14 that its insurance arm will select two asset managers for a maxi...

South Korea’s central bank chief nominee said on Friday he will use interest rates to tackle household debt in Asia’s fourth-largest eco...

Choi Jin-min, founder and chairman of Kiturami Boiler Co., is one of the few living witnesses in South Korea's boiler history. At the age of 21, he ...

The proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. has moved one step closer to completion with approval by South Korea’s an...