Harrison Street taps Korean LPs for $1.5 bn life science property fund

Harrison Street taps Korean LPs for $1.5 bn life science property fund

The Korean Teachers' Credit Union has committed $100 million to Harrison Street Real Estate Capital's new flagship fund that is aiming to raise $1.5...

Bain Capital to gain $90 mn from exit of Schwan's deal

Bain Capital to gain $90 mn from exit of Schwan's deal

Bain Capital is set to pocket about 100 billion won ($90 million) in profits in two years from its equity financing of the South Korean CJ Group's $...

Secondary PE deals headed for record year: Pomona Capital

Secondary PE deals headed for record year: Pomona Capital

Secondary private equity deals have been the fastest-growing segment of the private equity market for several years and this year, they could exceed...

Hana Financial partners with Line to launch digital bank in Indonesia

Hana Financial partners with Line to launch digital bank in Indonesia

Naver Corp.’s Japan-based messaging app affiliate Line Corp. is rapidly expanding its digital banking business in Asian countries outside Kore...

UK lifestyle brand Barbour enters legal battle with 10-year partner in Korea

UK lifestyle brand Barbour enters legal battle with 10-year partner in Korea

The recent decision by Barbour, the British lifestyle brand under J. Barbour & Sons Ltd., to transfer the rights to sell its products in South K...

NPS gains timberland, Europe tech exposure in Q1

NPS gains timberland, Europe tech exposure in Q1

The National Pension Service has gained exposure to timberland and the European mid-market tech sector in the first quarter of this year, adding two...

Goldman Sachs zeros in on midmarket, ESG infrastructure deals

Goldman Sachs zeros in on midmarket, ESG infrastructure deals

Goldman Sachs Asset Management focuses on middle-market, value-add strategy for infrastructure deals, targeting the sectors undergoing a digital tra...

Madison Capital Funding raises $460 mn from Korea

Madison Capital Funding raises $460 mn from Korea

A private debt fund managed by Madison Capital Funding, a US middle-market lender, has received a combined $460 million in commitments from seven So...

NPS, KIC commit $600 mn to N.America logistics fund

NPS, KIC commit $600 mn to N.America logistics fund

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) have committed $600 million in aggregate to GLP Capital Partners' Nort...

[ASK 2021] Sculptor Capital: Non-Traditional Real Estate

[ASK 2021] Sculptor Capital: Non-Traditional Real Estate

Sculptor Capital Management is a leading alternative asset manager with capabilities across multi-strategy, credit and real estate. Sculptor has...

Sculptor Capital bets on non-traditional real estate

Sculptor Capital bets on non-traditional real estate

Non-traditional real estate assets such as cell towers, parking lots and marinas will likely provide significant investment opportunities to debt in...

Korea Post commits €80 mn to Sweden's EQT Partners

Korea Post commits €80 mn to Sweden's EQT Partners

Korea Post's insurance arm has committed €80 million ($97 million) to a new flagship fund of Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners that rais...

GS Galtex to partner with Kakao for mobility services

GS Galtex to partner with Kakao for mobility services

South Korea's GS Caltex Corp., aiming to become a logistics platform, will invest around 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to str...

NPS makes strategic investment in BC Partners with Blackstone

NPS makes strategic investment in BC Partners with Blackstone

The National Pension Service has made an investment in BC Partners by acquiring a stake in the UK private equity firm through a Blackstone fund, acc...

Affinity Equity set to acquire Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea

Affinity Equity set to acquire Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea

Affinity Equity Partners, a global private equity firm, is set to acquire the entire stake of South Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea &n...

Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer

Bain Capital to invest $360 mn in Korea’s top ERP developer

Bain Capital has agreed to invest around 400 billion won ($360 million) in South Korea’s leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software d...

SK Group to sell stake in petrochemical arm; seeks global partnership

SK Group to sell stake in petrochemical arm; seeks global partnership

South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group is eyeing a joint venture with a global petrochemical firm as part of the group’s stra...

Australia’s SEEK looking for financial partner to bid for JobKorea

Australia’s SEEK looking for financial partner to bid for JobKorea

SEEK, Australia’s largest job site, has been in discussions with private equity firms to put in a binding bid in a consortium for South Korea&...

Hyundai-partnered world-first urban airport project gets UK govt backing

Hyundai-partnered world-first urban airport project gets UK govt backing

A British urban air mobility project, in which South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is a technology partner, has been chosen as the winner of the U...

IMM PE, Affirma Capital shortlisted for T Map Mobility's $275 mn fundraising

IMM PE, Affirma Capital shortlisted for T Map Mobility's $275 mn fundraising

Competition is heating up among domestic and foreign private equity firms hoping to invest in T Map Mobility Co., a mobility spin-off of South Korea...

CEO of MBK Partners-owned Korean retailer to resign

CEO of MBK Partners-owned Korean retailer to resign

Lim Il-soon, chief executive of South Korean retailer HomePlus, is stepping down after leading the MBK Partners-owned discount store chain for about...

JTBC raises $366 mn from Tencent, Praxis Capital

JTBC raises $366 mn from Tencent, Praxis Capital

South Korean TV drama production firm JTBC Studios Co. will raise a total of 400 billion won ($366 million) by issuing convertible preferred shares ...

SK Innovation partners with EVE to launch third battery plant in China

SK Innovation partners with EVE to launch third battery plant in China

South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. has entered into a joint venture with Chinese battery maker EVE Energy Co. to set up a third battery plant in Ch...

Korea’s venture capital firms poised to grow, no bubble seen in market

Korea’s venture capital firms poised to grow, no bubble seen in market

Growth in South Korea’s venture capital investments has been slow relative to the pace of the country’s economic growth, creating an opp...

NPS, Korea Post back JKL Partners' $687 mn PE fund

NPS, Korea Post back JKL Partners' $687 mn PE fund

South Korea's JKL Partners has closed a 750 billion won ($687 million) private equity fund, backed by the National Pension Service, Korea Developmen...

Venture capital investments hit all-time high in S.Korea

Venture capital investments hit all-time high in S.Korea

Venture capital investments in South Korea are seeing a speedy recovery after facing a setback earlier this year due to the COVID-19 crisis. Over th...

Naver, CJ ink $531 mn deal on entertainment content, logistics

Naver, CJ ink $531 mn deal on entertainment content, logistics

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. and logistics and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group have signed a 600 billion won ($531 mill...

LG Display and Disney partner to offer new viewing experiences

LG Display and Disney partner to offer new viewing experiences

South Korea’s LG Display Co. and US-based StudioLAB have entered a three-year partnership that will combine the local display maker's innovative...

POSCO partners with ExxonMobil to target LNG storage tank materials market

POSCO partners with ExxonMobil to target LNG storage tank materials market

POSCO, South Korea’s largest steel producer, will collaborate with US-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) t...

Gangneung, South Korea’s coffee capital

Gangneung, South Korea’s coffee capital

Wanna come to Gangneung for a sip of tasty coffee?For some 20 years, Gangneung has been the city of coffee for many Koreans.Located on the other side ...

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