NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1

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...

Cushman & Wakefield, Avison Young to lead Orange Center sale in Seoul

Cushman & Wakefield, Avison Young to lead Orange Center sale in Seoul

Cushman & Wakefield and Avison Young have been appointed to oversee the sale of Orange Center, a prime office tower in Seoul’s central bus...

MBK’s ByungJu Kim, UBS’ Kyungin Lee: Most influential in capital market

MBK’s ByungJu Kim, UBS’ Kyungin Lee: Most influential in capital market

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., and Kyungin David Lee, UBS Gl...

NH Nonghyup buys Donuimun D Tower for $640 mn

NH Nonghyup buys Donuimun D Tower for $640 mn

NH Nonghyup REITs Management Co. has completed the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a prime office building in central Seoul, for 895.3 billion won ($6...

Daishin Securities shelves main office building sale to NH-Amundi

Daishin Securities shelves main office building sale to NH-Amundi

Daishin Securities Co. has called off a plan to sell its headquarters building in a central business district of Seoul to NH-Amundi Asset Management...

NH to buy Donuimun D Tower for $650 mn

NH to buy Donuimun D Tower for $650 mn

South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is poised to acquire landmark office building Donuimun D Tower for about 900 billio...

NH Investment selected as UN GCF manager

NH Investment selected as UN GCF manager

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it was selected as the first Asian securities firm to manage the Climate Tec...

Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting  

Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting  

Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced Friday that it obtained the global personal information protection certification APEC Cross-B...

Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi

Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi

South Korea’s Daishin Securities Co. is set to sell its headquarters office to NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. for 660 billion won ($492.6 mill...

MBK’s Michael ByungJu Kim: Most influential in Korea’s capital market

MBK’s Michael ByungJu Kim: Most influential in Korea’s capital market

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., has been chosen as the most influential...

Korea's NH Investment shortlists 3 CEO candidates

Korea's NH Investment shortlists 3 CEO candidates

South Korean brokerage house NH Investment & Securities Co. has shortlisted three candidates for its next chief executive as the current CEO Jeo...

NH Investment launches $150 mn real estate fund

NH Investment launches $150 mn real estate fund

South Korea’s NH Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday it has launched a 200 billion won ($150 million) real estate fund for insti...

SK Forest, NH Securities to cut CO2 emissions in East Timor

SK Forest, NH Securities to cut CO2 emissions in East Timor

South Korea’s SK Forest Co. and NH Investment & Securities on Friday held a launching ceremony for their joint supply of high-efficiency c...

NH Property & Casualty Insurance inks MOU with Vietnam's PVI

NH Property & Casualty Insurance inks MOU with Vietnam's PVI

South Korea's NH Property and Casualty Insurance announced on Wednesday its new comprehensive business cooperation agreement (MOU) with PVI Insuranc...

Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm

Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm

South Korea’s Meritz Financial Group Inc. is poised to sell off its subsidiary Meritz Asset Management Co., The Korea Economic Daily understoo...

NH-Amundi sells Yuanta's Seoul office to Capstone for $242 bn

NH-Amundi sells Yuanta's Seoul office to Capstone for $242 bn

South Korea’s NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. said on Monday that it completed selling Yuanta Securities Co.’s Korean headquarters to C...

NH Investment opens London affiliate to ramp up global IB business

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. ...

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

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...

Korean Tiger Alternative, NH Investment buy California homes

Korean Tiger Alternative, NH Investment buy California homes

South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities bought multifamily homes in California for $220 million ...

Korea’s major banking groups post record-high earnings in H1

Korea’s major banking groups post record-high earnings in H1

South Korea’s major banking groups have posted the highest-ever net profit figures in the first half of this year. Shinhan Financial Group rep...

NH Financial to buy $20 mn stake in Japan's solar farm

NH Financial to buy $20 mn stake in Japan's solar farm

South Korea's NongHyup Financial Group, or NH Financial Group, has acquired a stake in a solar power plant in Japan from Korea Electric Power Corp. ...

ADT Caps hires IPO managers to speed up 2021 listing

ADT Caps hires IPO managers to speed up 2021 listing

ADT Caps Co., South Korea's No. 2 security services provider, has appointed Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and NH Investment & Securities Co. to ...

Mirae, NH face lawsuit over Drew Las Vegas loan loss

Mirae, NH face lawsuit over Drew Las Vegas loan loss

Mirae Asset Securities Co. and NH Investment & Securities Co. have been sued by South Korean institutional investors over the loss of their comb...

Korean LPs to sue Mirae, NH over Las Vegas loan loss

Korean LPs to sue Mirae, NH over Las Vegas loan loss

South Korean institutional investors in the Drew Las Vegas development are preparing to file a lawsuit against two domestic brokerage firms, seeking...

NH Investment beats Korean rival in a bold bet on $400 mn Aussie-NZ infra portfolio

NH Investment beats Korean rival in a bold bet on $400 mn Aussie-NZ infra portfolio

A consortium led by NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has been named as a preferred buyer for infrastructure assets worth $400 million in Austra...

NH Investment joins in $10.1 bn Abu Dhabi deal for $1.3 bn stake

NH Investment joins in $10.1 bn Abu Dhabi deal for $1.3 bn stake

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will invest about 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) gas pipeli...

NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn

NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. have acquired an office building in Dallas for $370 million, which represente...

NH, Shinhan fund Helsinki office complex purchase with $210 mn equity

NH, Shinhan fund Helsinki office complex purchase with $210 mn equity

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Shinhan Investment Corp. have underwritten about 250 billion won ($210 million) in equity to fund the 480 ...

NH Investment, Nuveen jointly buy Amazon warehouse in Japan

NH Investment, Nuveen jointly buy Amazon warehouse in Japan

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has taken a 50.1% stake in an Amazon distribution center in Japan for around 150 billion won ($130 million) in...

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