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Venture capital
Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million
The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK may sell assets in Vietnam, Malaysia to raise billions of dollars
South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...
Dec 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
European real estate is well-positioned for attractive relative value: M&G
The war in Ukraine continues to stoke ongoing uncertainty in Europe, with the impact on energy supplies and prices likely to be felt more intensely ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website
Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean NPS opens up forex hedging limit to maximum of 10%
South Korea’s mighty state pension fund will hedge foreign exchange risks for up to 10% of its overseas investment for a limited period. ...
Dec 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding
South Korea's tech start-up Bunker Kids announced on Tuesday that it raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) through Series A investment from Korean ven...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC buys stake in US credit asset manager Golub Capital
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has made its first direct investment in an asset management firm, the South Korean sovereign wealth fund said on ...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea to boost fintech fund to 1 trillion won
South Korea's financial authorities have decided to increase the size of the Fintech Innovation Fund from 500 billion won($379 million) to 1 trillion ...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
MBK joins acquisition of $1.3 bn debts in Marelli from KKR
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...
Dec 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Nexon named preferred bidder for 50% of office tower from KTCU
Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to acquire a 50% stake in the Autoway Tower, an office building in Seoul's Gangnam business district, from the Korean ...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding
Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Korea's Lotte Chem likely to raise $745 mn via rights offering
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...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity
South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea prepares to launch $7.6 bn stock market stabilization fund
South Korea last week completed the process needed to launch a stock market stabilization fund of 10.76 trillion won ($7.6 billion). The timing for ...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm
South Korea’s Meritz Financial Group Inc. is poised to sell off its subsidiary Meritz Asset Management Co., The Korea Economic Daily understoo...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate
The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) bet on value-added and senior loans in global real estate investment this year, the institutional investors&rsqu...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KIC sees secondary and deep value investments as attractive
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is eyeing secondary and deep value strategies, the sovereign wealth fund’s Senior Director of Private Equit...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
NPS considers new investment in global real estate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm
Daegu-based startup DRIMAES is poised to develop and mass produce a cloud-based vehicle control platform using San Diego-based semiconductor giant Q...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency
The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea's luxury e-commerce platform Balaan completes Series C
South Korean luxury e-commerce platform operator Balaan Co. will complete the attraction of 25 billion won ($17.3 million) in investment in a Series...
Oct 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Despite liquidity crunch, 5 verticals rake in venture capital investment
The global venture capital ecosystem has been contracting since the second quarter of last year, hit by rising inflation and rate hikes. New ...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set to put a 100% stake in biofuel manufacturer SK Eco Prime on sale, with Goldman Sachs as a...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to complete process for stock market fund in mid-Oct
South Korea is set to complete the process for a stock market stabilization fund of 10 trillion won ($7 billion) by the middle of this month, to be ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea to take measures to support stock, bond markets
South Korea is set to take measures to stabilize local stock and bond markets hit by global interest rate hikes amid growing risks of a worldwide ec...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kospi hits two-year low; regulators mull short-selling ban
South Korea's stock market tumbled to its lowest level in more than two years on Wednesday, as fears of a slowing global economy and rising inflatio...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)