ASEAN 3 Macroeconomic Research Office
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, KAIST to co-launch space research center
Hanwha Group will launch space technology research and commercial projects together with South Korea’s top science and engineering university,...
May 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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REITs
JR AMC buys $140 mn stake in NY office building
South Korea's JR AMC Co. has signed a $140 million agreement to buy a 49.9% stake in a New York office building from JPMorgan Asset Management. Once...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Goldman Sachs to issue its first Arirang bond in three years
Goldman Sachs will issue its first Arirang bond since 2018, an action interpreted by financial circles as a sign of the investment bank’s rega...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean investors in renewed push for global property deals
South Korea's IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have acquired a 49% stake in the headquarters of the US mortgage lender Fa...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Telecom to retire $2.3 bn treasury shares amid corporate split-off
South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday it will retire 8.69 million treasury shares worth 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 b...
May 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Inheritance tax
Samsung heirs to donate nearly $3 bn in cash, art
The Samsung Group heirs announced on Wednesday their donation of 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) worth of art from the collection they inherited from ...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver aims to overtake Chrome in Korea with own browser Whale in 3 years
South Korea’s top web portal operator and search engine Naver Corp. aims to overtake Google Inc.’s Chrome as the top web browser in the ...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korean govt pension to commit $105 mn to 3 global infra funds
South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $105 million to three global infrastructure funds this year, targeting a net i...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
SK E&S seeks global IB to raise up to $3 bn in 2021
SK E&S Co. will hire a global investment bank to launch the process of raising 2 trillion-3 trillion won ($2 billion-$3 billion) in new capital ...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Archegos scandal
Ex-Samsung startup head's Archegos job ends after 3 mths
A former startup investment head of Samsung Electronics Co. has wrapped up his brief career in the asset management industry, following Archegos C...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK Group acquires 16.3% of Vietnam’s top retailer for $410 million
South Korea’s SK Group has acquired 16.3% of Vincommerce, Vietnam’s top retail business operator, for $410 million as part of a move to ...
Apr 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC opens San Francisco office to boost VC deals
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) officially opened its San Francisco office on Mar. 26, as part of its efforts to improve deal sourcing and in...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SK Bioscience’s $1.3 bn IPO generates $10 mn in underwriting fees
The initial public offering of SK Bioscience Co. was priced at the upper end of its price band of 65,000 won ($57.3) per share on Monday to raise 1....
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Coupang set to raise $3.6 bn via US listing; eyes throne as platform giant
South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. is looking to raise up to $3.6 billion via its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange -...
Mar 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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PEFs
Blackstone to open Seoul office for improved communication
The Blackstone Group is working to set up a Seoul office, seven years after the US investment firm closed it down, in response to growing calls from...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Korean Air kicks off biggest-ever rights offer to finance Asiana takeover
Korean Air Lines Co. has kicked off its 3.3 trillion won ($3 billion) rights offering, the biggest amount ever by any South Korean company, to help ...
Feb 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hanwha Solutions to sell $1.3 bn new shares in clean energy push
Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1.41 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in a rights offering next month following more than a five-fold jump in its s...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao hits all-time earnings high; tops $3.5 bn in revenue
South Korea-based mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. has posted an all-time earnings high for last year, thanks to robust growth of its core operatio...
Feb 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao hits all-time high on earnings; tops $3.5 bn in revenue
South Korea-based mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. has reported an all-time high on last year's earnings, thanks to its core operations posting rob...
Feb 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana Alternative acquires US office building for $201 mn
South Korea’s Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. has acquired an office building in Charlotte, North Carolina, for $201 million. Wells Far...
Feb 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia shares jump on $3.6 bn Apple Car project news
Shares in Kia Corp. and South Korean automotive parts makers rose sharply on Wednesday, following a news report that Apple Inc. will make an initial...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix completes construction of its largest $3.14 bn chip plant
SK Hynix Inc. has completed the construction of its largest chip plant, which will use cutting-edge technology to produce memory semiconductors to m...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation to build 3rd EV battery plant in Hungary for $2.3 bn
SK Innovation Co. will build its third electric-vehicle battery plant in Hungary for $2.29 billion, aiming to grab a greater share of the fast-growi...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office building transactions at record high in 2020
Brisk investment demand drove office building prices higher in Seoul and its southern neighboring area last year, with their combined transactio...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation buys 13% stake in China’s EV battery-swap station operator
SK Innovation Co. has signed a deal to acquire a 13% stake in a Chinese electric vehicle battery-swap station operator, as the South Korean company ...
Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Keppel looking to exit two Seoul office towers for over $200 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Investment Management is preparing to sell two office buildings in Seoul, less than two years after it acquired them for arou...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KKR’s $3.9 bn Asia infra fund raises $130 mn from Korea
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and financial services firms in South Korea have committed $130 million to KKR & Co.’s inau...
Jan 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trade insurance
Seoul to offer $3 bn credit insurance on Saudi's megaprojects
Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) has agreed to provide $3 billion in trade credit insurance to Saudi Arabia to help South Korean companies win o...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi closes above 3,000 points for first time
South Korea’s benchmark stock index closed above the 3,000 mark for the first time on Jan. 7, powered by sectors such as telecoms and financia...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real Estate
Hana Financial acquires $740 mn Seattle office tower
Hana Financial Investment has acquired a 95% stake in a 38-story downtown Seattle office tower for $740 million from Skanska AB, a Swiss-based m...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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