Hyundai Motor, PIF break ground on Saudi Arabia plant
Hyundai Motor Co. has joined forces with the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, to build its first manufactur...
Kakao Entertainment sheds loss-making units, revives IPO prospects
Kakao Entertainment Corp. has been divesting unprofitable music labels and digital content platforms, which it has gobbled up over the past few year...
AhnLab to form joint venture with Saudi SITE
AhnLab Inc., South Korea's information security solutions company, announced on Monday that it signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV)...
Naver, PIF-backed JV join hands for Saudi Arabia’s smart cities
South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp. is planning to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation in partnership with a tech firm b...
Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH – Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed with the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund, to set up a joint venture to build...
Aramco, PIF chief to meet key South Korean figures this week
Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, chairman of the world’s top oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) and governor of the kingdom’s sovereign...
HYBE loses 1st battle against Kakao for SM Entertainment
South Korea’s HYBE Co. lost its first battle against dominant local mobile platform Kakao Corp. over SM Entertainment Co. as the label behind ...
PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...
SK On's $4 bn funding draws PE giants, GIC, Saudi PIF
BlackRock, Blackstone, Singapore's GIC and Saudi's Public Investment Fund (PIF) are among the preliminary bidders for shares worth up to $4.2 billio...
Saudi sovereign wealth fund buys 5% stake in Nexon
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) has bought a 5% stake in online game developer Nexon Co., the gaming...
