KIC discusses post-US tariff infrastructure strategy with pension funds

KIC discusses post-US tariff infrastructure strategy with pension funds

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Tuesday discussed infrastructure investment opportunities and risks in the wake of the US government&rsquo...

Macquarie to sell Seoul hotel to KB Asset for $119 million

Macquarie to sell Seoul hotel to KB Asset for $119 million

Macquarie Asset Management is poised to sell a four-star hotel in Seoul for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset M...

DIG Airgas, Air Products Korea: Two Korean megadeals in the offing

DIG Airgas, Air Products Korea: Two Korean megadeals in the offing

South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is gearing up for two megadeals involving specialty gas makers, worth 5 trillion won ($3.4 billi...

LG CNS set to price February IPO at top of price band

LG CNS set to price February IPO at top of price band

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company, is set to price its initial public offering at the top of its proposed price range to raise 1...

Macquarie kicks off sale of DIG Airgas estimated at over $3.4 billion

Macquarie kicks off sale of DIG Airgas estimated at over $3.4 billion

Macquarie Asset Management has embarked on a process to sell off its 100% stake in South Korea’s third-largest industrial gas producer DIG Air...

Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn

Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn

Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has signed an agreement to buy a 40-megawatt (MW) data center from Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management Co. ...

LG CNS gears up for 2025 IPO with $5.1 billion in enterprise value

LG CNS gears up for 2025 IPO with $5.1 billion in enterprise value

LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, is gearing up for an initial public offering early next year, o...

Macquarie eyes its 1st Korean data center valued around $722 mn

Macquarie eyes its 1st Korean data center valued around $722 mn

Macquarie Group’s South Korean infrastructure investment arm is set to buy its first domestic data center, valued at up to 1 trillion won ($72...

Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees

Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees

Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...

UBS, Citigroup to handle sale of KKR’s JV with Korean builder

UBS, Citigroup to handle sale of KKR’s JV with Korean builder

UBS Group AG and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are set to manage the sale of a joint venture between global private equity giant KKR Co. Inc. and ai...

Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie Korea Asset Management seeks to sell off a Korea tank terminal operator six years after the acquisition, at around 400 billion won ($314.8...

NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund

NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund

Macquarie Asset Management is aiming to close its sixth buyout fund in South Korea at a maximum of 1 trillion won ($775.6 million) by the first ha...

NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers

NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has hired Macquarie Asset Managem...

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie Asset Management, part of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, is set to buy Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary...

Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell SK Shipping Co.’s tanker division, a business widely seen as the breadwinne...

EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn

EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn

EQT Partners AB, the world’s third-largest private equity firm, is poised to buy a controlling stake in South Korean security service provider...

Macquarie bids for transportation card operator Loca Mobility

Macquarie bids for transportation card operator Loca Mobility

Macquarie Asset Management participated in a bid on Dec. 6 to acquire Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary and the second-largest ...

EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm

EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm

Sweden’s EQT Partners AB is set to acquire a 36.87% stake in South Korean security services provider SK Shieldus Co. from a consortium led by ...

KKR, Macquarie race for $728 mn stake in Korea’s KT Cloud

KKR, Macquarie race for $728 mn stake in Korea’s KT Cloud

Global private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Macquarie Asset Management are among the preliminary bidders for shares wor...

KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund

KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund

South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...

KKR to buy SK’s gas production facility for more than $785 mn

KKR to buy SK’s gas production facility for more than $785 mn

KKR & Co., a global private equity firm, is set to buy South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s industrial gas production facility at slightly...

LG CNS eyes 2023 IPO to pave way for Macquarie's exit

LG CNS eyes 2023 IPO to pave way for Macquarie's exit

South Korea's LG CNS Co., 35% owned by Macquarie Group, sent requests for proposals to brokerage companies on Monday as it is looking to go public n...

ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps Co., South Korea's No. 2 security services provider, is seeking to raise up to 400 billion won ($336 million) from private equity firms ahe...

Govt pension fund makes first foray into overseas infrastructure

Govt pension fund makes first foray into overseas infrastructure

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded a combined $105 million mandates to Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Paris-based A...

NPS commits $450 mn to Stonepeak, Macquarie infra funds

NPS commits $450 mn to Stonepeak, Macquarie infra funds

The National Pension Service has committed a total of $450 million to two North America-focused funds launched by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners ...

Macquarie seeks co-investors for over $2 bn Korean gas firm purchase

Macquarie seeks co-investors for over $2 bn Korean gas firm purchase

Macquarie’s investment unit may attract Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and other limited partners of its Asia infrastructure fund a...

Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie’s South Korean unit signed a definitive agreement on Dec. 6 to buy a non-controlling stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd., an IT services arm of L...

Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn

Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn

Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...

KKR hires Macquarie Korea’s exec for infrastructure business

KKR hires Macquarie Korea’s exec for infrastructure business

KKR & Co. has hired a key investment manager of Macquarie Korea in a new hire of senior staff to expand Asia infrastructure business. Keith Kim, ...

KKR, Macquarie among bidders for over $800 mn stake in LG CNS

KKR, Macquarie among bidders for over $800 mn stake in LG CNS

KKR, Macquarie’s investment unit, Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) have joined a race to buy a stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd....

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