Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit
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Private debt
Goldman Sachs’ $14 bn credit fund draws $260 mn from Korea
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) and financial services firms, including Samsung Securities Co., have committed $260 million...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korean govt urged to hike diesel tax, ban fossil fuel cars by 2035
South Korea should raise its tax on diesel to match the price of gasoline and phase out internal combustion engine cars by 2035 to tackle air pollutio...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean teachers' fund names ex-education minister as CEO
South Korea’s Ministry of Education has chosen Kim Sang-gon, formerly deputy prime minister and education minister, as the new chief executive f...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen
[ASK2020] The US middle market private credit opportunity
Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 Ju...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares SSG Management
[ASK2020] Direct Lending (or Private Credit) in Asia
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating integrated businesses across Credit, Privat...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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CORDET
[ASK2020] Direct Lending in Northern Europe through the credit cycle
CORDET is an alternative credit specialist focused on direct lending to smaller mid-market companies across Northern Europe. We seek to lend &eu...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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PIMCO
[ASK2020] Evolution of corporate credit markets and how this recession is different than the GFC
PIMCO is one of the world’s premier investment managers. Since our launch in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO has grown to 17 offi...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Post Lee Kun-hee
Samsung heirs’ $9 bn tax bill may lead to share sale, weak control
The three children and the wife of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, is expected to face inheritance taxes of ...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean equities
Credit Suisse says Korean stocks remain cheap
South Korean bourses may have been Asia’s top performers since global stock markets hit troughs in March, but the country remains Credit Suisse'...
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
Credit Suisse lead-manages Doosan Group’s restructuring deals
Credit Suisse handled three restructuring deals worth a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) for South Korea’s Doosan Group and 1.5 trillion w...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Korea rises as production hub for coronavirus treatments; darling of global pharmas
South Korea is emerging as a global production base for coronavirus vaccines and medicine thanks to its comprehensive production facilities alongside ...
Sep 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
KOTAM to raise $800 million for global infrastructure credit investment
Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) is set to raise $800 million in a global infrastructure credit fund, which US-based I Squared Capital (I...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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electric vehicle battery
Korean manufacturers tangled in EV battery feud; Korean court rules in favor of LG Chem
The Seoul Central District Court has upheld the validity of LG Chem Ltd.'s patent infringement case in the US against SK Innovation Co. in its fi...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
CJ Logistics seeks to sell construction business; Credit Suisse named as advisor
CJ Logistics Corp. is seeking to sell its profit-making construction business as part of its parent group’s restructuring scheme.The logistics s...
Aug 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOSPI
Credit Suisse raises KOSPI target to 2,600 amid positive outlook for market recovery
Swiss-based investment bank Credit Suisse has raised its KOSPI target to 2,600 from 2,300 on August 19 on the back of the weakened US dollar and impro...
Aug 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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foundry industry
Samsung ramps up foundry business as manufacturer of IBM's 7nm CPU
Global electronics giant Samsung Electronics' foundry plant is set to manufacture IBM's POWER10 Processor -- the company's first 7-nanometer...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience wins COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing order from US firm
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd. has secured a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) order for a new coronavirus vaccine candidate under development by the ...
Aug 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Market Watch
Korean household credit risk nears record-high
Korea's household credit risk hit the second-highest record for the upcoming third quarter, driven by impacts of the global pandemic wh...
Jul 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle Group
Carlyle raises $600 mn for infra credit fund with top Korean banking groups
The Carlyle Group has raised $600 million for an infrastructure credit fund in South Korea jointly with two domestic financial services firms to lend ...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
[Dealmaker] Credit Suisse leads Korea's M&A advisory market
Credit Suisse arranged five buyout deals worth 5.2 trillion won ($4.4 billion) for SK Group’s units in 2019, which represented half of its M&...
Jan 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle’s new credit fund draws $200 mn from Korea
Ten South Korean institutional investors have committed about $200 million to the Carlyle Group’s first credit opportunities fund which recently raise...
Jul 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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TIAA, Korean Teachers’ Credit to form 3rd JV with $510 mn capital
The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) have reached a preliminary agreement to ...
Jul 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Credit Suisse-led fund buys Korean logistics centers for $104 mn
A fund led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s real estate investment arm has acquired two logistics centers in South Korea for 120 billion won ($104 ...
Jul 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean LPs to lend $672 mn to Goldman Sachs’ credit fund
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and seven institutional investors in South Korea will provide a senior loan of 600 million euros ($672 million) to Goldman...
May 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Carlyle sees niche in opportunistic credit for mid-teen returns
Opportunistic credit is becoming a growing form of credit strategy, offering steady mid-teen returns with a low principal loss risk, compared with s...
Feb 27, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms in talks to buy Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf office
A consortium of South Korean financial institutions has been in exclusive talks to buy the Canary Wharf headquarters of Credit Suisse Group in a deal ...
Nov 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Carlyle sees huge potential in private credit: Co-CEO
The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, puts the expansion of credit business as a top priority as the private debt market...
Sep 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Asset to extend $30 mn credit on Peru power transmission line
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has participated in a $170 million refinancing package of a power transmission line in Peru by providing a $30 million se...
Aug 16, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz extends $325 mn credit to fund $2.25 bn Australia coal mine deal
Meritz Financial Group, a non-banking financial services firm in South Korea, has offered a $325 million subordinated loan to finance the $2.25 bill...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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EQT to raise $70 mn from two Korean funds for $2.3 bn credit fund: report
Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is gathering €60 million ($70 million) from two South Korean retirement funds and seeking to raise an additio...
Aug 02, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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