Korea’s Cactus PE to buy stake in Kosdaq-listed EV parts firm

South Korea’s Cactus Private Equity is set to acquire a stake in YM Tech Co., a Kosdaq-listed electric vehicle (EV) parts maker, for nearly 20...

Korea’s Tmax Group buys back software developer for $612 mn

South Korea’s Tmax Group bought back the software making unit it had sold to a local private equity firm two years ago to try to boost synergy...

MBK eyes stake in Korean software developer Tmaxsoft

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is eyeing shares of South Korean enterprise software developer Tmaxsoft Co. around two years aft...

Korean rental platforms become headache for PE investors

South Korean rental platforms have become a headache for private equity firms, with their declining profits and dim business outlooks making them ha...

Tmax Group to draw more than $572 mn to buy back Tmaxsoft

South Korea's leading software company Tmax Group is set to draw at least 750 billion won ($572.3 million) and a maximum of 1 trillion won from Seou...

Korea's KDB to sell off its life insurer for fifth time

South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is poised to accelerate the selling off of its affiliate KDB Life Insurance Co. next week...

KG, Cactus PE, Pavilion PE named new owners of Ssangyong Motor

A consortium led by the chemicals-to-steel conglomerate KG Group has been named the new owner of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicle ...

KG Group, Cactus PE to join race for Ssangyong Motor

South Korea’s KG Group, a chemicals conglomerate, and Cactus Private Equity, are joining the race for Ssangyong Motor Co., up for sale again n...