Digital Asset Exchange Alliance
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Short selling
All listed stocks to be available for shorting in South Korea
South Korea will allow short selling of all listed stocks in the country as of Monday for the first time in five years, raising expectations of more...
Mar 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Global assets drive Korean teachers' fund to 11.1% return in 2024
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) achieved an 11.1% return on investments in 2024, with overseas portfolios in stocks, infrastructure a...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek Asset JV picks up 2nd Korean logistics asset
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC and South Korean real estate manager Wide Creek Asset Management Co. are building a logistics center for l...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
BlackRock sees digital assets at critical turning point
Digital assets are poised for robust structural growth – not just as investment vehicles but as strategic assets – fueled by growing ins...
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Asset Management to merge with Hana Alternative Asset
Hana Financial Group, the parent of Hana Bank and Hana Securities Co, will merge its two asset management arms to bolster its non-banking services, ...
Mar 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s NPS to double pension fund size by 2050, hike risky assets
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is projected to nearly double its fund size to 3,500 trillion won ($2.38 trillion) by 2050, follo...
Mar 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Shinhan REITs picked as sole bidder for BNK Digital Tower
Shinhan REITs Management is expected to acquire BNK Digital Tower, an office building in the affluent neighborhood of Gangnam in southern Seoul, aft...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hankook Tire seeks to evolve beyond tires, auto parts
Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., will ramp up battery production for energy storage systems and ...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS puts office tower, 2 nearby hotels on market in bundled sale
Prime office complex AP Tower and two adjacent hospitality properties in Seoul’s Gangnam Business District have been put up for sale in a bu...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank partners with Hyundai Mobis for loan services to suppliers
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s top auto parts maker, has partnered with the country’s biggest lender Shinhan Bank to help its partners...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KB, Samsung SRA, Capstone named NPS’ core property fund operators
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected three asset managers to oversee its domestic core real estate platform fund — ...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
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...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to mull responsible investment system for alternative investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is poised to consider expanding its responsible in...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver’s Webtoon hints at ad business expansion in 2025
Webtoon Entertainment Inc., the Nasdaq-listed storytelling platform operator under South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., is set to expand ...
Mar 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s IGIS Asset puts top Seoul tourist area hotel on market
IGIS Asset Management Co., one of Asia's largest real estate investment firms, is set to sell a four-star hotel in Myeong-dong, a popular spot for f...
Mar 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market
IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Mirae Asset launches world’s 1st passive target-date ETF
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to introduce the world’s first passive target-date exchange-traded fund (ETF) this month to attract ...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s Nextrade stock exchange debuts; YG Entertainment tops 1st day
South Korea’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade (NXT) started trading on Tuesday, challenging the Korea Exchange’s (KRX) long-st...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June
Lotte Group, grappling with a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical industry, plans to take Lotte Global Logistics Co. public by the end of June a...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Gaming company NXC looks to unload stroller maker Stokke
NXC Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s Nexon Games Co., is looking to unload Stokke AS, a premium baby stroller brand, for around 700...
Mar 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s top property asset manager IGIS Asset’s controlling stake up for sale
South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co. plans to sell a controlling stake owned by the heirs of the comp...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
S.Korean investors name their 33 favorite alternative asset managers
Blackstone and HarbourVest Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ preferred private equity firms, according to a survey by Korea I...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Dunamu slapped with 3-month business suspension order
Dunamu Inc., the operator of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has been hit with a three-month partial business suspension ...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
J-R AMC, BlueCove bid on $70 million sale of Mirae Asset, NPS’ Shilla Stay
The sale of Shilla Stay Dongtan, a premium business hotel operated by South Korea’s Hotel Shilla Co., has attracted four bidders, underscoring...
Feb 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Macquarie to sell Seoul hotel to KB Asset for $119 million
Macquarie Asset Management is poised to sell a four-star hotel in Seoul for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset M...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Mirae Asset prepares bitcoin covered call ETF launch: chairman
Mirae Asset Financial Group is preparing to launch a bitcoin covered call exchange traded fund (ETF) for global investors to foray into the cryptocu...
Feb 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Microsoft CEO Nadella seeks AI alliance with Hyundai, POSCO, Shinhan, KT
Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Satya Nadella is seeking to forge an artificial intelligence alliance with major South Korean companies...
Feb 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies
Money is rapidly shifting to cryptocurrency markets in South Korea as lower interest rates and lackluster stock prices reduce the investment appeal ...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US Capital Group raises stake in South Korea’s LS Electric
Capital Group Companies Inc. has increased its stake in LS Electric Co., a South Korean supplier to Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp., as the US asset ma...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Alternative stock exchange Nextrade to launch on March 4
Nextrade, South Korea’s first alternative stock exchange, enabling trading of stocks listed on the Kospi and the Kosdaq for 12 hours a day is ...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet