Hanjin KAL liquidity
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanjin KAL, LS expand defense business alliance to counter Hoban Group
South Korea’s Hanjin Group and LS Group are tightening their alliance further against Hoban Group, which is raising its stake in Hanjin.Korean...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LS moves closer to role as Hanjin KAL’s white knight vs Hoban
Hanjin KAL Corp., the largest shareholder of Korean Air Lines Co., is strengthening its alliance with LS Group, the parent of LS Cable & System ...
May 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban
Shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., extended their rally Wednesday after surging by the ...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem to sell water filter business to Glenwood PE for $692 million
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its water filter business – the world’s second-largest producer of reverse osmosis m...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Stay liquid, be selective, look outside US tech, says TCW CEO
Global financial markets are facing rising volatility and uncertainty this year as the US stock market rally led by Big Tech is losing steam amid co...
Apr 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Aekyung Industrial up for sale as group struggles to ease liquidity crunch
South Korea’s Aekyung Group has put its flagship subsidiary, Aekyung Industrial Co., up for sale as part of broader restructuring efforts to s...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Koreans’ craving for luxury goods fades
Until recently, it was not unusual to see people waiting in a long line in front of foreign haute couture brands’ stores early in the morning ...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms
Meritz Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s second-most valuable financial holding firm, has dropped its bid to acquire financial distressed MG...
Mar 13, 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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Logistics
Hanjin expands GDC at Incheon Airport
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation said on Monday it expanded its global distribution center (GDC) at Incheon International Airport to meet the dem...
Dec 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity
South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group denies liquidity crisis rumors to calm bond holders
Lotte Group on Thursday denied liquidity crisis rumors sparked by Lotte Chemical Corp.'s struggle to meet a bond redemption request after the South ...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korean logistics companies expand overseas businesses
South Korea’s logistics companies such as local industry leader CJ Logistics Corp. are expanding their overseas operations to take advantage o...
Nov 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin to open Mexico subsidiary
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation said on Friday it will establish a subsidiary in Mexico this year to expand its logistics market in Latin Americ...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
NinjaTrader to revitalize Koreans’ domestic, overseas derivatives investments
NinjaTrader Group LLC., a leading US futures broker, is set to accelerate South Koreans’ investments in overseas derivatives while seeking to ...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte to liquidate rubber JV in Malaysia, sell overseas assets for $1 bn
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to liquidate its rubber joint venture in Malaysia to scale back its ...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial launches $75 mn PF restructuring support fund
South Korea's Woori Financial Group has launched a 100 billion won ($74.96 million) project financing (PF) restructuring support fund.This marks the...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant sells off stake in Ascend Elements for $98 million
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, has unloaded all its holdings in US-based lith...
Sep 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin, China's AWOT set up e-commerce logistics JV
Hanjin Transportation Co., a South Korean logistics company, said on Friday it has established an e-commerce logistics joint venture with China&rsqu...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin to provide logistics services for S.Korean SMEs in Vietnam
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Small Enterprise and Mark...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Yanolja's Nasdaq IPO plan hit by Qoo10's liquidity turmoil
Yanolja Co., South Korea’s leading travel and accommodation booking platform operator, may delay its Nasdaq initial public offering plan due t...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin establishes subsidiary in Singapore
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics arm of Hanjin Group, announced on Wednesday that it opened a subsidiary in Singapore to expedite ...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce platforms struggle to draw new capital
South Korean online marketplace operators are struggling to attract investors amid deteriorating profitability and the financial turmoil facing dome...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
TMON, WeMakePrice file for court receivership amid liquidity troubles
TMON Inc. and WeMakePrice Co. – the e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. – have filed for court receivership amid co...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has hired four investment firms – MBK Partne...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Young rich Koreans: Financially literate, self-directing
Young South Korean millionaires want to take more control of their investments and bet on sectors they know, not relying passively on private banker...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin expands European logistics bases
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, announced on Monday that it will expand its European bases, including establi...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Carlyle, Keppel, Gaw Capital, IMM vying for Ecorbit
Carlyle Group, Temasek-backed Keppel Corp., Gaw Capital Partners, and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity have been selected as fi...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea's bad loan managers seek liquidity via bond sales
South Korean non-performing loan (NPL) managers are increasing fundraising through corporate debt issuance given an outbreak of bad loans amid highe...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Korean investors turn to private credit, secondaries: CIOs
South Korean institutional investors favor private credit as interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, said speakers at the chief inv...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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