Shinsegae, Hana Financial, Bain Capital to finance $438 mn Starfield Cheongna

Shinsegae, Hana Financial, Bain Capital to finance $438 mn Starfield Cheongna

Shinsegae Property, a subsidiary of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group, on Tuesday unveiled a 600 billion won ($438 million) investment agree...

Bain Capital sells 6% stake in Korea’s Classys via block deal for $163 million

Bain Capital sells 6% stake in Korea’s Classys via block deal for $163 million

Bain Capital LP has offloaded a 6% stake in South Korean medical aesthetics company Classys Inc. through a block trade, raising 228 billion won ($16...

Bain Capital acquires control of Mohegan's Korean resort

Bain Capital acquires control of Mohegan's Korean resort

Private equity firm Bain Capital has acquired control of Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, the largest integrated resort in ...

Hana Financial, Bain Capital to expand investment in S.Korea

Hana Financial, Bain Capital to expand investment in S.Korea

South Korean Hana Financial Group and the US-based global well-known private equity fund (PEF) Bain Capital plan to strengthen their strategic par...

Bain Capital puts beauty device maker Classys on market

Bain Capital puts beauty device maker Classys on market

Bain Capital has embarked on the process to sell a majority stake in Classys Inc., a South Korean medical aesthetic device maker. The deal is estima...

Korea Zinc, Bain Capital offer $2.4 bn share buyback vs MBK

Korea Zinc, Bain Capital offer $2.4 bn share buyback vs MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. said on Wednesday it will buy back shares for 3.1 trillion won ($2.4 billion) with the backing of Bain Capital to counter MBK Partne...

Chip winter looming? Micron, Samsung give opposite views

Chip winter looming? Micron, Samsung give opposite views

Micron Technology Inc. on Wednesday delivered stronger-than-expected quarterly results and gave a bullish outlook for the current quarter, shrugging...

Bain Capital in talks to buy Korean aesthetic device maker Ilooda

Bain Capital in talks to buy Korean aesthetic device maker Ilooda

Ilooda, a South Korean medical aesthetic devices maker valued at around 200 billion won ($158 million), is likely to sell its management rights to U...

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & ...

Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO

Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO

South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...

Korea’s Iljin sticks to higher stake sale price than bid

Korea’s Iljin sticks to higher stake sale price than bid

Iljin Materials Co.’s sale process has reached a deadlock as its Chief Executive Heo Jae-Myeong is holding to its price to sell a controlling ...

Bain Capital, Lotte Chem. among shortlisted bidders for Iljin

Bain Capital, Lotte Chem. among shortlisted bidders for Iljin

A US private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korea’s major petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. were among the shortlisted candi...

Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials

Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials

The much-touted sale of a controlling stake in Iljin Materials Co., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, is flagging as big spenders are ...

Bain Capital seals 3rd beauty M&A deal in S.Korea

Bain Capital seals 3rd beauty M&A deal in S.Korea

Bain Capital on Thursday agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korea's medical aesthetic device manufacturer Classys Inc. for 670 billion won ($56...

Now is the time for PEFs to show their art of exit

Now is the time for PEFs to show their art of exit

Leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, KKR & Co. and MBK Partners, appeared to have turned to an exit mode in South Korea this ye...

Bain Capital sells management rights of Hugel to GS-led group for $1.5 bn

Bain Capital sells management rights of Hugel to GS-led group for $1.5 bn

A consortium led by South Korea’s energy-to-construction conglomerate GS Group has acquired the country’s top botox maker Hugel Inc. fro...

Bain report renews debate on alternative trading system in Korea

Bain report renews debate on alternative trading system in Korea

With South Korea’s stock markets maintaining bullish momentum this year, debate about setting up an alternative trading system (ATS) in the co...

Carlyle, Bain Capital, Valeo, Mahle enter prelim bids for Hanon Systems

Carlyle, Bain Capital, Valeo, Mahle enter prelim bids for Hanon Systems

The preliminary bidding to acquire South Korea’s auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has drawn overseas-based bidders only, with the stron...

Bain Capital to gain $90 mn from exit of Schwan's deal

Bain Capital to gain $90 mn from exit of Schwan's deal

Bain Capital is set to pocket about 100 billion won ($90 million) in profits in two years from its equity financing of the South Korean CJ Group's $...

Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer

Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer

Bain Capital has agreed to invest around 400 billion won ($360 million) in South Korea’s leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software d...

Bain Capital to invest $123 mn in South Korean online education startup

Bain Capital to invest $123 mn in South Korean online education startup

ST Unitas, known for English test and civil service exam preparation classes in South Korea, will receive around 150 billion won ($123 million) in inv...

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