Korea Investment & Securities, Capital Group eye product launch in Korea
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., is exploring new offshore funds for individual investors in co...
DB Insurance in talks to buy US auto insurer Fortegra in $1.5 billion deal
DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, is in advanced talks to acquire US-based insurer Fortegra in a deal that could ...
NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1
NH Investment & Securities Co. retained its lead in South Korea’s equity capital market (ECM) in the first half, riding a surge in large-s...
Calls grow for stronger LP oversight in national strategic asset M&As
MBK Partners’ takeover attempt of Korea Zinc Inc. has exposed the vulnerability of national strategic assets to private equity ownership, posi...
S.Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba agree to deepen ties, resume shuttle diplomacy
KANANASKIS, Canada – South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung held his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishi...
Liberal Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president
South Korea’s liberal politician Lee Jae-myung has been elected the country's next president. Lee has pledged to revive Asia’s fourth-la...
DB Group eyes Hanyang Securities amid KCGI deal uncertainty
DB Group, which owns DB Securities Co. and DB Insurance Co., is considering acquiring Hanyang Securities Co., as a deal by South Korean private equi...
Hanwha Q Cells eyes tandem cell mass production in 2027
Hanwha Q Cells Co., the solar panel manufacturing unit of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., is expected to commercialize tandem modules by 2027,...
SK Earthon secures rights to explore 2 offshore oil blocks in Indonesia
SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., has secured rig...
Shinhan Securities acquires stake in Vietnam’s top trading platform FireAnt
Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake in FireAnt, Vietnam’s largest retail tra...
Hyundai Rotem lands $301 mn Taiwan driverless train deal
Hyundai Rotem Co. has won a 420 billion won ($301 million) order to build autonomous electric trains for Taiwan’s Taichung Metro, adding to a ...
Korea Securities Finance eyes its 1st foreign bond sale in 2026
Korea Securities Finance Corp. (KSFC) is preparing to issue its first foreign currency-denominated bonds in 2026 to provide low-cost funding to dome...
Korea Investment & Securities deepens global ties with 2nd IR in New York
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Wednesday it hosted its flagship investor ...
South Korea asks US for tailored approach to chip tariffs
South Korea has officially requested that the US take a distinct approach in its ongoing probe into foreign semiconductor technology and related dow...
Korea Investment & Securities to sell Goldman Sachs funds
Korea Investment & Securities Co. said on Tuesday it is set to sell funds operated by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP in South Korea, offering...
HD KSOE secures $1.8 bn in container ship orders
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) secured orders for 22 container ships worth a total of 2.54 trillion won ($1.8 billion) ...
DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholder
DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment & Securities Co.'s second-largest shareholder af...
US PE firm Miri Capital ups stake in Korea’s STIC Investments
US private equity firm Miri Capital Management LLC said on Tuesday it has raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc. to step up its shareholder activ...
DB GlobalChip forays into mobile phone OLED driver chip market
DB GlobalChip Co., the chip design subsidiary of South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co., has begun mass-producing organic light-emitt...
UBS tops Korea’s buyout deal advisory in Q1 thanks to Lotte
UBS Group AG, the frontrunner in South Korea's M&A market last year, retained the top position in the country's buyout advisory market in the fi...
Krafton invests in 10 overseas game startups in 2024
Krafton Inc. invested in 10 overseas game developers in 2024 in search of the next big franchise intellectual property (IP) following its mega-hit t...
BNK's planned acquisition of Hyundai Motor Securities building falters
BNK Asset Management Co.'s bid to acquire the Hyundai Motor Securities building in central Seoul has hit a stumbling block as the main tenant, Hyund...
China stock funds outperform US funds in South Korea
Chinese stocks are attracting South Korean investors looking beyond Wall Street amid the downturn in US Big Tech stocks.South Korea’s equity f...
Korea Investment & Securities explores new products with global firms
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Inc., is exploring new global investment products tailored for Sout...
Korea’s beauty wholesaler to invest $10 mn in fashion platform Balaan
South Korea’s cosmetics wholesaler Silicon2 Co. is set to invest $10 million in financially troubled luxury fashion e-commerce platform operat...
SK Telecom to secure stake in IonQ, forges quantum partnership
South Korea’s largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will acquire about a 3% stake in IonQ Inc., the world’s first publicly traded quant...
Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has emerged as the new owner of budget carrier T’way Air Co. by acquiring ...
SK Innovation E&S to secure 10 mn tons of LNG to compete with BP, Shell
SK Innovation E&S (SKI E&S), the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., is set to begin an LNG trading business...
Korea Investment & Securities aims to be Asia's top securities firm
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will step up its asset management business by launching innovative global investment products, aiming to surpa...
Beauty giant CJ Olive Young to buy Seoul office building for $472 mn
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has been given priority rights to buy an office building in Seoul for about 680 bi...
