Celltrion’s Q3 earnings beat market consensus to hit record high

South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc's operating profit topped market expectations by more than 20% in the third quarter, hitting a record high...

SAP joins growing competition in S. Korea's cloud market

SAP, a German enterprise software giant, is expected to heat up competition in South Korea's cloud market as it unveils plans to build a data center i...

Hyundai Motor eyes entry into China’s hydrogen truck market, signs MOU

Hyundai Motor Co. has signed two initial agreements with several Chinese companies toward establishing business platforms for hydrogen trucks in China...

Samsung to supply mobile chips to Xiaomi, Oppo; to rank 3rd in AP market

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to supply its Exynos mobile processor chips to China’s two leading handset makers, Xiaomi and Oppo, next yea...

Samsung aims to be No. 1 bio contract development, research firm

Samsung Biologics Co. has become the world’s No. 1 contract manufacturing organization (CMO) this year and aims to also lead both the contract d...

[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...

[ASK2020] Investing in Global Mid-Market Infrastructure

Fiera Capital is an independent global asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach, with over USD125 billion in assets under management...

[ASK2020] A Case for Hedge Funds in Today’s Adverse Markets

Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1.1...

Lotte Rental shelves share sale plan as IPO market cools

Lotte Group has indefinitely postponed its plan to list Lotte Rental Co., in the latest sign of a cooldown in the local initial public offering market...

[ASK2020] Global PPP Infrastructure, Market Overview and Outlook

Aberdeen Standard Investments is dedicated to helping investors around the world reach their investment goals and broaden their financial horizon...

[ASK2020] Introduction to Australia’s Private Debt Market

IFM Investors was established more than 25 years ago with the aim to protect and grow the retirement savings of pension fund members. IFM manage...

[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...

AI chip market heats up, to tip over $100 bn in deals

The global semiconductor industry has been swamped with a series of massive deals this year, likely to tip over $100 billion in deal volume as compani...

LG Chem to hold market lead with tenfold battery patents vs CATL: executive

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., which has heavily invested in research and development projects, says it will retain its market lead over close riva...

Now Systems looks to metal detector market for EV batteries

Now Systems Co., a South Korean metal detector maker, is looking to enter the digital detection equipment market to check metals used in rechargeable ...

COVID-19 pandemic slams Korea’s job market; elderly workers rise

Hit hard by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea lost about 392,000 jobs in September, with the number of employed slipping for the se...

LG Chem surprises market with record Q3 earnings estimates

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemical and electric vehicle battery maker, expects its quarterly revenue and operating profit to rise to a...

SK Gas sets sights on liquid hydrogen as LPG market fizzles

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s No. 1 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producer, is preparing to enter the liquid hydrogen manufacturing market as part ...

Hyundai makes inroads into Europe’s hydrogen commercial vehicle market

Hyundai Motor Co. has delivered seven hydrogen-powered trucks to Switzerland in its foray into Europe’s eco-friendly commercial vehicle 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...

Robust SUV sales drive Korean carmakers’ US market share to 9-yr high

South Korean automakers’ share of the US passenger car market has risen to its highest level in nine years, boosted by brisk sales of sport util...

Lotte Group to invest $258 mn in Doosan Solus to boost footing in EV market

Lotte Group will commit 300 billion won ($257.5 million) to Doosan Solus Co., a battery copper foil and OLED materials maker acquired by SkyLake Inves...

LG Household continues cross-border M&A push in cosmetics market

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. was the most aggressive South Korean cosmetics firm in the cross-border M&A market between 2010 and 2019, with...

Studio Dragon sets sights overseas, $3.4 bn market cap possible: analyst

South Korea’s leading drama producer Studio Dragon Corp. is expected to post handsome earnings in coming years, boosted by a steady stream of jo...

BOK to buy $4.2 bn in state bonds by year-end to stabilize debt market

The Bank of Korea will buy state bonds worth 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) directly from the market by the end of this year to stabilize the local deb...

Korean battery makers take charge in global EV market outperforming rivals

South Korean battery makers LG Chem Ltd., Samsung SDI Co., and SK Innovation Co. are steaming ahead in the global electric vehicle market pulling in a...

Samsung pulls out of LCD panel market to bet on quantum dot OLED

Samsung Display Co. Ltd. has sold its LCD panel plant in China to China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) for $1.08 billion, withdrawing from the...

K-pop market remains bullish as entertainment shares soar

South Korean entertainment giants, SM Entertainment Co, YG Entertainment Inc, and JYP Entertainment Corporation, are sitting pretty as their share pri...

Record-high Q2 Korean household debt heats up property, stock markets

South Korea’s household debt surged to the highest level in its history in the second quarter of the year, led by soaring mortgage loans and sec...

How Korean platform giants disrupted the digital comics market with webtoons

South Korean webtoons (mobile and digital comics) are taking over the digital comics markets in Japan and the US. Market watchers claim it is&nbs...