Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity

Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity

Pension Foundation of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK Pension), a South Korean retirement plan for pastors and churches, is poised to hire several...

Edtech Onuii breaking barriers to private tutoring one tablet at a time

Edtech Onuii breaking barriers to private tutoring one tablet at a time

In an interview with The Korea Economic Daily, CEO of Onuii Go Yejin said she used to love contemplating a lot of random things since her elementary...

IGIS names fixed income expert Jang as head of equity, debt

IGIS names fixed income expert Jang as head of equity, debt

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate investment firm managing $46.5 billion in assets as of end-2021, said on Tuesday ...

Samsung’s Lee, SoftBank’s Son to discuss partnership on ARM

Samsung’s Lee, SoftBank’s Son to discuss partnership on ARM

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee will meet with Japan’s SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son next month to discuss a deal reg...

Direct lending, middle market offer resilience: NYLIM 

Direct lending, middle market offer resilience: NYLIM 

There is no doubt that headwinds to economic and market growth are picking up. Globally, supply chain and energy disruptions have contributed to hig...

Korea's SG Private Equity to buy local industrial gas supplier

Korea's SG Private Equity to buy local industrial gas supplier

South Korea’s SG Private Equity is set to acquire local industrial gas supplier Hankook Special Gases Co. for a deal in the early 100 billion ...

Kakao joins race to become private 5G network provider

Kakao joins race to become private 5G network provider

Kakao Enterprise Corp. is poised to become a private 5G network provider, for use within the parent company Kakao Corp. and for serving outside clie...

Private equity firms buys shipbuilder Daehan for $150 mn

Private equity firms buys shipbuilder Daehan for $150 mn

A South Korean private equity consortium has acquired Daehan Shipbuilding Co., a small-size oil tanker manufacturer, for around 200 billion won ($15...

KKR, Anchor Equity tipped to exit from TMON in 7 yrs

KKR, Anchor Equity tipped to exit from TMON in 7 yrs

KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners have tentatively agreed to sell their majority stake in South Korea’s e-commerce player TMON Inc. to ...

Seoul advises Mirae to cut leverage for $3 bn IFC deal

Seoul advises Mirae to cut leverage for $3 bn IFC deal

South Korea’s land ministry has advised Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. to cut the proposed leverage for its 4.1 trillion ($3 billion) deal...

European direct lending offers investment edge: Permira

European direct lending offers investment edge: Permira

The direct lending market is garnering investor attention as it has performed well during periods of market volatility. As banks are cautious to t...

US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea

US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...

US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea

US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Group bets $100 million on SpaceX

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Group bets $100 million on SpaceX

Mirae Asset Securities Co. is poised to invest $100 million in US spacecraft and satellite communication corporation SpaceX. The South Korean f...

Investors may see tough credit cycle in direct lending: TCW Private Credit

Investors may see tough credit cycle in direct lending: TCW Private Credit

As economic uncertainties grow amid rate hikes and inflation, South Korean institutional investors are eyeing direct lending for safer investment an...

Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials

Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials

The much-touted sale of a controlling stake in Iljin Materials Co., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, is flagging as big spenders are ...

[ASK 2022]  Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global

[ASK 2022]  Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global

 As a leading European private credit asset manager, Arrow Global operates its own servicing platforms that most accurately fit E...

Startup tapped to lead S.Korea’s autonomous car security project

Startup tapped to lead S.Korea’s autonomous car security project

South Korea has embarked on a public-private project to bolster communication security for autonomous driving, for which a domestic startup will pla...

Private markets embrace wider swath of economy: Partners Group CEO

Private markets embrace wider swath of economy: Partners Group CEO

Private equity is regarded as an alternative asset class while shares of listed companies are known as traditional assets. This classification may n...

Korean LPs seek different strategies for private equity, debt

Korean LPs seek different strategies for private equity, debt

Key asset owners of South Korea will keep their mid- to long-term plans for alternative asset management despite the current macroeconomic risks, as...

Hyundai Card shelves IPO after Fubon buys 20% stake

Hyundai Card shelves IPO after Fubon buys 20% stake

South Korea’s Hyundai Card Co. has shelved a plan to go public after Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co. completed the purchase of its ...

Hancom to launch South Korea’s first private satellite

Hancom to launch South Korea’s first private satellite

Hancom InSpace, an affiliate of Hancom Group, announced on Wednesday it will launch South Korea’s first private satellite for Earth observatio...

LB Private Equity posts 65% return via secondary, mezzanine

LB Private Equity posts 65% return via secondary, mezzanine

LB Private Equity Inc., a South Korean PE firm specializing in secondary and buyout investments, has liquidated its 120 billion won ($93.4 million) ...

Affirma taps NPS executive as private credit head

Affirma taps NPS executive as private credit head

Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has founded an affiliate for private credit management and tapped Kim Seong-mok, a former execut...

Doosan Enerbility turns around with reform, new orders

Doosan Enerbility turns around with reform, new orders

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...

Retail investment amount in startups triples on-year in Q1

Retail investment amount in startups triples on-year in Q1

South Korea’s retail investors are increasingly more bullish in startups than in manufacturing or retail firms. The Ministry of SMEs an...

Affinity Equity to refinance Serveone to recoup investment

Affinity Equity to refinance Serveone to recoup investment

Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...

Yoon administration to launch strategic committee for semiconductors

Yoon administration to launch strategic committee for semiconductors

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team announced Thursday it is considering a joint public-private committee that will be in charge o...

High conviction in private credit for a global portfolio  

  High conviction in private credit for a global portfolio  

It seems as though the list of risks to investors is rising. Supply chain imbalances, higher raw material costs, rising interest rates, labor shortage...

S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake

S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...

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