UBS tops Korea’s buyout deal advisory in Q1 thanks to Lotte

UBS Group AG, the frontrunner in South Korea's M&A market last year, retained the top position in the country's buyout advisory market in the fi...

MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory license

MBK Partners Special Situations (MBKP SS), which operates the Seoul-based private equity firm’s credit situations funds, has voluntarily relin...

Korea Securities to expand its ultra-high net worth business

Korea Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Arceon Group to strengthen its o...

Deloitte Korea taps new CFO, consulting head in reshuffle

Deloitte Korea, which operates accounting firm Deloitte Anjin LLC and consulting service provider Deloitte Consulting LLC, announced a reshuffle wit...

Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head

Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...

Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors

Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...

SK Biopharmaceuticals forms Scientific Advisory Board

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals assembled its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of world-renowned physicians and drug development experts...

Woori Bank to start legal, accounting advisory for firms entering Vietnam

South Korea's Woori Bank on Monday announced the opening of its comprehensive advisory service line for foreign direct investment (FDI) designed for...

Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor

Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...

CJ CheilJedang to strengthen R&D for bio and healthcare businesses

CJ Corp. announced it will strengthen its research and development (R&D) efforts in the bio and healthcare sectors. CJ CheilJedang Corp. ...

NH, KB ranked top S.Korean equity, debt underwriters

Fundraising via initial public offerings and rights issues in South Korea more than doubled to 27.2 trillion won ($23 billion) in 2021 from a year a...

Credit Suisse promotes two MDs in Seoul

Credit Suisse Group AG has appointed two South Koreans as new managing directors (MD) for its Seoul office. Shim Jong-min and Kim Sei-won were promo...

Korea mulls allowing banks to adopt Toss' super-app strategy

South Korea's top financial regulator is considering allowing banks to provide basically all financial services in single apps, emulating fintech pl...

Credit Suisse retains top spot in Korea’s M&A advisory league

Credit Suisse has maintained its top position on South Korea’s M&A advisory league table in 2020, working on most of the high-profile deal...

[Dealmaker] Credit Suisse leads Korea's M&A advisory market

Credit Suisse arranged five buyout deals worth 5.2 trillion won ($4.4 billion) for SK Group’s units in 2019, which represented half of its M&...

Morgan Stanley tops 2018 Korea’s M&A advisory firm list

Morgan Stanley led South Korea’s merger advisory services market in 2018, accounting for 8.6 trillion won ($7.7 billion) worth of takeover deals, ...