S.Korea’s extra budget approved; IBs lift economic forecast

South Korea’s National Assembly, controlled by the ruling Democratic Party, on Friday passed the country’s new extra budget worth 31.8 t...

S.Korean securities firms race for IB market leadership

South Korean securities firms have upped the ante in a race to win the country’s investment banking (IB) market this year after aggressive bus...

Samsung Securities’ IB head to quit amid talent outflow

Lee Jae-hyun, who has led one of Samsung Securities Co.'s investment banking divisions for two years, has recently expressed his intention to quit, ...

Woori Financial, Natixis to manage global private equity fund

South Korea's Woori Bank and Woori PE Asset Management announced on Thursday that they have signed a "strategic business agreement for creating a ...

S.Korea’s Woori to team up with US Nuveen to enhance IB part

Woori Bank and Woori Asset Management, subsidiaries of South Korea's Woori Financial Group, announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of u...

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Cho Man Chul, managing director and head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank in Korea, has resigned, according to people with knowledge of the ma...

DeepX attracts $80 mn new investment

DeepX, South Korea's homegrown neural network and AI chip developer, announced on Friday that it finalized attracting an investment of 110 billion w...

Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading

South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...

S.Korea's IBS develops floatable photocatalytic platform

The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea has developed a new  floatable  photocatalytic platform that can produce green hydrog...

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...

Goldman taps TPG Korea's Lee as Seoul office PE head

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to hire Lee Seung-june, managing director at US investment firm TPG's Seoul office, as Goldman Sachs' private equity...

Korea's SG Private Equity to buy local industrial gas supplier

South Korea’s SG Private Equity is set to acquire local industrial gas supplier Hankook Special Gases Co. for a deal in the early 100 billion ...

Korea Investment completes Indonesian fishing firm's IPO

South Korea’s Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) said on Thursday it has completed the listing of PT Cilacap Samudera Fishing Industr...

IGIS, KKR to found JV for real estate investment in Korea

US private equity investment giant KKR & Co. and IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate fund manager in South Korea, will set up a j...

NH Investment opens London affiliate to ramp up global IB business

NH Investment & Securities Co. has set up its affiliate incorporated in London, the South Korean major brokerage house announced on April 27. ...

Korean game makers shun IBs for M&A deals

“We know which companies to buy after playing the games a few times.”More and more South Korean game developers are pursuing mergers and...

Korea Inc emerges as big buyer in global M&A market

South Korean companies are emerging as big buyers in the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) markets. They are actively looking for future gro...

IB firms enter tough race for SSG.COM IPO underwriting deal

The race to become the lead underwriter for the IPO of Shinsegae Group’s e-commerce brand SSG.COM is getting fierce. A total of nine instituti...

Korean unicorns winning talent war against global IBs

South Korean unicorn startups are soaking up talent from global investment banks (IBs) and brokerage houses. Junior and senior financial market spec...

IB-turned-podcaster in quest of hidden startup gems

A seasoned investment banker of Korean origin, David Kim, has turned his eyes to rising startups that have yet to receive attention and began to int...

SK E&S seeks global IB to raise up to $3 bn in 2021

SK E&S Co. will hire a global investment bank to launch the process of raising 2 trillion-3 trillion won ($2 billion-$3 billion) in new capital ...

BofA replaces Korea IB head, country manager

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) has named managing director Cho Chanhee as its South Korean investment banking head to replace Park SeungGu who...

Global IBs scurry to win IPO mandates for LG Chem’s battery business spin-off

Global investment banks are scrambling to win IPO mandates for LG Chem Ltd.’s battery business, which the South Korean company plans to hiv...