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Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net...

South Korean pension funds are raising their bets on infrastructure and global stocks, while reducing exposure to the domestic stock market on a dow...

South Korea’s household lending market is witnessing a balloon effect as tighter government lending rules for Seoul and its surrounding metrop...

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, has selected Koramco Asset Management Co. and Hana Alternati...

Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s largest lender under KB Financial Group, will tighten lending to curb mortgage loan growth in line with the govern...

South Korea’s household debt hit a record high in the second quarter as the domestic housing market started to recover and more consumers rush...

South Korea’s household debt is expanding at the fastest pace in over three years, clouding growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and ...

Private credit continues to lure investors, not least within one of the largest areas of private credit, direct lending. Providing reliable income s...

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclically sensitive and g...

As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...

South Korea’s household lending growth hit a five-month high in April as mortgage loans increased amid signs of a recovery in the property mar...

South Korea may inject some 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) into Korea Development Bank (KDB) by the end of this month to support the state-run bank's...

South Korean limited partners will tap private debt as their most preferred asset class in 2024 to secure stable income amid geopolitical conflicts an...

Youngone Corp., a South Korean clothing manufacturer to global outdoor brands like The North Face and Patagonia, said on Thursday it has decided to ...

South Koreans expect inflation to slow over the next 12 months, providing relief to the central bank’s hawkish stance that policy rates should...

Seoul-based brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) has raised $400 million in new bonds to strengthen its investments in the US ...

South Korea’s central bank warned that household lending in the country has leaped to the world’s third highest and could hurt long-term...

Global investors will find opportunities to increase positions in private debt markets amid high interest rates this year and need to strengthen their...

Direct lending, which has topped South Korean institutional investors’ private debt strategies for years, has become even more popular amid risi...

South Korea is set to introduce a system of cornerstone investors who agree in advance to subscribe to a forthcoming listing with conditions of lock...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has made its first direct investment in an asset management firm, the South Korean sovereign wealth fund said on ...

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) on Friday launched the IBK Venture Loan, which provides bridge loans to promising startups struggling to borrow funds...

Lotte Group is set to inject a total of $651 million through its chemical units to save a construction affiliate from the fallout of a debt default ...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will expand investments via secondaries and direct lending, its Head of Strategic Alternative Inv...

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

There is no doubt that headwinds to economic and market growth are picking up. Globally, supply chain and energy disruptions have contributed to hig...

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

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...

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