Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Thursday it has discussed a strategic partnership with...
Cohen & Steers names Andrew Shin to lead S.Korea institutional business
US-based investment firm Cohen & Steers Inc. has appointed Andrew Shin, a 20-year veteran of the institutional investment market, as vice presid...
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...
Hong Kong-based CLSA to invest $36.6 mn in K-Beauty pioneer Jungsaemmool Beauty
Hong Kong-based private equity firm CLSA Capital Partners Ltd. has been picked as a preferred bidder to invest 50 billion won ($36.6 million) in Jun...
Korea Investment & Securities, Capital Group eye product launch in Korea
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., is exploring new offshore funds for individual investors in co...
Hanwha acquires Indonesian bank, first foreign banking venture by Korean insurer
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. has become the first South Korean insurance firm to advance into the overseas banking sector by securing a controlling sta...
NPS, Scape acquire Aussie senior living operator Aveo from Brookfield
South Korea’s state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), has partnered with Australia’s student housing specialist Scap...
KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant
Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...
NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1
NH Investment & Securities Co. retained its lead in South Korea’s equity capital market (ECM) in the first half, riding a surge in large-s...
Fubon Bank expands Korea presence into banking
Fubon Bank, Taiwan’s largest bank, is poised to open its first office in Seoul in July, expanding its footprint in South Korea beyond insuranc...
Google to invest $100 mn in Gentle Monster in smart glasses push
Google LLC has signed an agreement to invest about 145.0 billion won ($100 million) in Gentle Monster, the South Korean fashion eyewear brand that i...
Growth equity portfolio largely shielded from policy headwinds: Summit
Growth equity investments have remained largely stable in the face of recent policy shifts, with key sectors like technology and healthcare avoiding...
Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in high-q...
Calls grow for stronger LP oversight in national strategic asset M&As
MBK Partners’ takeover attempt of Korea Zinc Inc. has exposed the vulnerability of national strategic assets to private equity ownership, posi...
LG Display to invest $925.4 mn in smaller, high-end OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will invest 1.26 trillion won ($925.4 million) to...
EQT taps ex-DHK Management CEO to lead S.Korea's real estate push
Swedish asset manager EQT Partners, also the largest private equity firm in Europe, has named David Kim, chief executive of South Korean real estate...
Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million
Affirma Capital, a Singapore-headquartered buyout private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the entire portfolio of South Korean waste processing a...
LG CNS forms strategic partnership with robotics startup Skild AI
LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, said on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with Skild AI to develop AI-dr...
Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake
Miri Capital Management LLC has steadily raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc., narrowing the ownership gap with the firm’s founder and Ch...
MBK-invested Homeplus looks for new owner as M&A emerges as option
South Korea’s leading hypermarket chain Homeplus Co. is once again up for sale, a decade after private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. took it p...
IFEZ to apply for designation of southern Ganghwa as free economic zone
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority is set to submit its application by the end of June to designate the southern end of Ganghwa Island ...
Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul
A consortium between US asset management firm Invesco and the real estate investment arm of SK D&D Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Nou...
Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders ahead of G7 summit
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung plans to meet with the country’s top business leaders before departing for the Group...
Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet
Naver Ventures, the first dedicated Silicon Valley venture capital arm of Naver Corp., has made its debut investment in Nvidia Corp.-backed TwelveLa...
LG Display to invest $500 mn to boost smaller OLED output
LG Display Co., the world’s No. 1 manufacturer of large-sized organic light-emitting display (OLED), will invest about 700 billion won ($500 m...
Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains
In Seoul’s Hannam district, the storefront that once housed Various Small Fires (VSF) now sits empty, a “For Rent” sign taped to i...
NPS logs 0.87% return from first-quarter investment
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, announced on ...
South Korea’s startup M&A winter deepens capital bottleneck
South Korea’s startup M&A winter has deepened as once major investors like conglomerates are prioritizing restructuring over expansion, ch...
Australian infrastructure offers compelling opportunity: QIC
Australia is uniquely positioned to offer a diversified and resilient exposure for infrastructure equity investment, supported by its solid economic...
S.Korean military fund to make $73 mn commitment to real estate funds
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a South Korean retirement fund, is stepping up efforts to diversify its investment portfolio with a 100 ...
