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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor, Grab deepen partnership for EV adoption in Southeast Asia
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and Grab Holdings Inc. have agreed to strengthen their partnership in mobility services to accelerate the ad...
Jun 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Shinsegae-Naver consortium one step closer to eBay Korea acquisition
Shinsegae is the likely winner of the eBay Korea acquisition, outplaying its rival Lotte in the prolonged race to buy the country’s third larg...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to take longer-term approach to asset allocation
The National Pension Service is planning to build an investment portfolio with a longer-term perspective for a period of at least 10 years, shifting...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Two thirds of Koreans use OTT services; YouTube favored
Two out of every three Koreans used over-the-top (OTT) media last year, with YouTube the favored platform from which to watch videos and other strea...
Feb 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
SK Innovation partners with EVE to launch third battery plant in China
South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. has entered into a joint venture with Chinese battery maker EVE Energy Co. to set up a third battery plant in Ch...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver confident third time’s a charm in Japan's search engine market
South Korea’s portal giant Naver Corp. is hoping third time’s a charm as it gears up to re-enter the Japanese search engine market after...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aberdeen Standard Investments
[ASK2020] Allocate to ideas, not asset classes
Aberdeen Standard Investments is dedicated to helping investors around the world reach their investment goals and broaden their financial horizo...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Korean banks’ Q2 capital ratio drops for third straight quarter
The average capital adequacy ratio of South Korean banks declined in the April-June period for the third consecutive quarter, weighed by rising corpor...
Aug 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling ban
Korea’s ruling party seeks to extend short-selling ban, revise relevant rules
South Korea’s ruling party is pursuing an extension of the temporary short-selling ban set to expire mid-September. It is simultaneously prepari...
Aug 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third
South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...
Jan 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
KFCC to allocate $6 bn to alternative investment blind funds for next 3 yrs
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) will allocate a total of 7 trillion won ($6 billion) to alternative investment blind-pool...
Dec 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA to allocate $150 mn to global PEFs
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit around $150 million to global blind-pool private equity funds to invest in buyout/grow...
Jul 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT] NPS to allocate $2 bn to single hedge funds in 2019
The National Pension Service (NPS) will allocate $2 billion to single-manager hedge funds this year in its first direct investment in hedge funds, whi...
May 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post to allocate $200 mn to global buyout PE funds in 2018
Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to commit $200 million to around three blind-pool private equity funds for buyout strategy in 2018 to invest in the ...
May 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA to allocate $150 mn to global blind-pool PEF managers
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit up to $150 million to global blind-pool private equity funds for three types of strate...
May 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers fund allocates $1 bn for new global alternatives in 2018
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) plans to invest an additional 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) in overseas alternative assets in 2018, out of th...
Mar 15, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC to allocate $300 mn to ESG fund; to adopt stewardship code in January
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will allocate around $300 million to an environment, social and governance (ESG) integrated fund and embrace stewar...
Aug 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund allocates $60 mn to AMP's infrastructure, LGT's ILS funds
The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has decided to commit $30 million each to an Australian infrastructure fund of AMP Capital and an insurance-l...
Jul 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials' fund sees $200 mn allocation to cat bonds, private debt funds in H2
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is most likely to select global asset managers to invest about $200 million on aggregate in ...
Feb 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to allocate $300 million to overseas PEF and PDF in H1
- Planned investment in foreign blind PEFs in 2016 double last year’s allocation - To pick one asset manager in May to invest $220 million in Europ...
May 14, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to 11 core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in 11 core industrial...
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Tech, Media & Telecom
AhnLab forms joint venture with Saudi's SITE (edited)
AhnLab Inc., a leading provider of computer security solutions based in South Korea, on Monday announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) w...
1 MINUTES AGO
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