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...
Hong Kong to list world’s 1st Samsung single-stock leveraged ETF
A pair of leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking only Samsung Electronics Co. will make a debut on the stock exchange in Hong Kong next week, whic...
S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), one of South Korea’s top three public pension programs, will commit up to 200 billion won ($1...
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 chairman to leverage own funds to pay Homeplus suppliers
Michael ByungJu Kim, the co-founder, partner and chairman of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm (PEF) MBK Partners Ltd., is expected to leve...
Korea, US to expand cooperation in shipbuilding sector
WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the US plan to set up a working group to expand their cooperation in the shipbuilding industry from warships to commer...
Magnachip, up for sale again, contacts Samsung, LG, LX
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. is on the market again four years after the US blocked a takeover by a Chinese private equity f...
Hanwha Ocean swings to profit, seeks 6 US Navy MRO projects
Hanwha Ocean Co., a South Korean warship builder, said on Friday it swung to profit in 2024 for the first time in four years, driven by increased sa...
CVC poised to buy S.Korea’s top contact lens maker OLENS
CVC Capital Partners is in the final stage of talks to acquire OLENS, South Korea’s largest contact lens brand, for about 500 billion won ($34...
Woori Bank to arrange $3.7 bn for Qatar desalination, power plant
South Korea's Woori Bank said on Tuesday it will arrange the Qatar Ras Abu Fontas desalination and power plant project, estimated to cost $3.7 billi...
MBK Partners’ 6th buyout fund raises $5 bn at 2nd close
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, has completed the second closing of its sixth buyout fund at $5 billion, on course to reach ...
MBK Partners tipped to win battle for control of Korea Zinc
A consortium led by North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners edged closer to winning the battle for control of Korea Zinc Inc. against the s...
KT&G to buy back shares, rejects Ginseng unit buyout offer
South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp. on Thursday unveiled a plan to buy back shares and pay dividends totaling 3.7 trillion won ($2.7 billion) ...
Celltrion to establish CDMO subsidiary
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker, said on Friday it plans to establish a contract development and manufacturing organiza...
UCK Partners advises Korean-style approach for buyout deals
An increasing number of South Korean companies are on the radar of private equity investors as the firms undergo digital transformation and generati...
Hanwha to take full control of S’pore Dyna-Mac with tender offer
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group plans to acquire all shares it does not own in Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd., a Singapor...
AI-driven shifts will unlock opportunities: SK Chairman
Challenges are ahead but the artificial intelligence industry will eventually boom, opening new markets, said South Korea’s second-largest bus...
LIG Nex1, Palantir join forces on AI weaponry
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense contractor, is teaming up with US artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Palantir Technologies to deve...
NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has hired four investment firms – MBK Partne...
Samsung, AMD to collaborate on 3 nm GAA tech chipmaking
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is expected to expand its partnership with US-based fabless semiconductor desig...
Netmarble leverages existing IPs, M&As to keep growth
Expectations are growing high that Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s second-largest game developer and publisher, will extend its growth streak t...
Samil PwC expands global foothold with Carlyle's Japan KFC deal
Global accounting industry leader PricewaterhouseCoopers’ South Korean member firm is expanding its foothold with global mergers and acquisiti...
Lunit buys breast cancer detection AI firm Volpara Health
Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, has completed the acquisition of Volpara Health Technologies Ltd., a New Zealand-based AI ...
NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equity (PE) investments ...
SK C&C unveils enterprise-tailored sLLM
SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it launched Solur LLM...
Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners
South Korea and Japan are the two most important markets for buyouts in Asia, and China is still a significant private market with potential for mid...
Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...
S.Korea, Indonesia to strengthen battery materials supply chain
South Korea and Indonesia plan to strengthen the collaboration to establish an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem, capitalizing on Indonesia'...
Naver Band surpasses 5 million MAU in US
South Korea’s Naver Corp. announced Thursday the monthly active user (MAU) of its community social networking platform Naver Band surpassed 5 ...
Hillhouse to up investment in S.Korea with new hires
Hillhouse Investment Management Ltd., one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, is set to create an investment team dedicated to the South Ko...
