Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn
Infrastructure secondaries are gaining momentum as the infrastructure sector attracts investors seeking stable and predictable returns amid heighten...
NPS boosts allocation to direct lending, secondaries
The National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has been further diversifying its portfolio through increased expo...
Hamilton Lane invests in IMM infrastructure fund in secondary deal
Global private market investor Hamilton Lane Inc. has acquired a stake in Seoul-based alternative investment firm IMM Investment’s infrastruct...
Korean pension funds raise bets on infrastructure, global stocks
South Korean pension funds are raising their bets on infrastructure and global stocks, while reducing exposure to the domestic stock market on a dow...
Korean pension funds to up private equity exposure in 2025
South Korea's major pension and savings funds see no drastic reshuffle to their portfolios tilted to private debts next year. But they are looking t...
Samsung Asset's KODEX ETF surpasses $43 bn in net assets
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Monday that the net assets of its KODEX exchange-traded fund (ETF) have surpassed 60 trillion ...
Korean investors turn to private credit, secondaries: CIOs
South Korean institutional investors favor private credit as interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, said speakers at the chief inv...
VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund
South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...
Korchip sets IPO price above expected range
South Korea's micro secondary battery manufacturer Korchip set its IPO price at 18,000 won ($13.15), exceeding the upper end of the expected range (...
Infrastructure secondaries continue to rise amid inflation: Stafford
Secondaries have become one of the most sought-after assets amid market uncertainty as they provide early exit opportunities and portfolio diversifi...
CJ Logistics gets IATA lithium battery transport certification
South Korea’s CJ Logistics said on Wednesday that it obtained the certification CEIV lithium battery, or the Center of Excellence for Independ...
KEXIM, US DOE to support S.Korean green energy firms
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) said on Mar. 7 that it will support domestic firms that aim to enter the American green energy industry with...
Korean LPs seek private equity secondaries amid liquidity crunch
Secondary strategy is South Korean institutional investors’ top pick for private equity investments for two straight years, a survey showed. Man...
NPS to expand listed REIT, private debt investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will increase investing in real estate debt and listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) next...
POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will step up its efforts to outsmart ...
Samsung SDI gets top int'l grade for zero-waste landfills
South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. on Wednesday said all of its domestic business sites received the highest grade of Platinum in the Zero Waste to...
S.Korea's Posco International secures graphite in Africa
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. is broadening its footprint in Africa's secondary battery raw material sector, with plans to secure an annua...
LX Pantos, POSCO Flow to cooperate in global logistics
South Korea’s LX Pantos Logistics and POSCO Flow, formerly POSCO Terminal, will strengthen their cooperation in logistics for secondary batter...
Tesla supplier L&F’s earnings disappoint; shares down
L&F Co., global electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc.’s battery materials supplier, missed quarterly earnings estimates on sluggish product p...
SKC to invest $3.8 bn in secondary battery materials by 2025
South Korea's chemical material maker SKC will invest over 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) in three sectors -- secondary batteries, semiconductors and...
Samsung SDI gets carbon footprint certification
South Korea's Samsung SDI Co., the sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker globally, announced on Friday that it has become the first secondary ba...
SKIET signs deal to supply secondary battery separators to N.America
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), an SK Innovation-affiliated manufacturer of secondary battery separators, is set to move into the North American marke...
Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...
Secondaries, debt attractive for portfolio stability: Korean CIOs
South Korean institutional investors find secondaries and private debt attractive amid the darkening economic outlook, chief investment officers (CI...
Clean energy remains top pick for Korean infrastructure investors
South Korean institutional investors are poised to ramp up investments in global infrastructure, hedging against inflationary pressure, a survey found...
S.Korea to offer subsidies to foreigners investing in advanced technologies
Foreign companies investing in the fields of semiconductor, display and secondary batteries, which are part of South Korea's national strategic tech...
Kolon Industries to move into secondary battery recycling market
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is entering the secondary battery recycling market. The company an...
S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday said the number of patents filed overseas by domestic companies last year set a record-hi...
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...
Dongwon inks deal with Dongkuk for secondary battery raw material
South Korean firm Dongwon Systems Corp. has signed an agreement with Dongkuk Industries Co. for the supply, sale and development of raw materials fo...
