Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market

Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market

South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...

Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund

Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund

South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyo...

S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand

S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand

Oasis Corp., a South Korean grocery delivery platform, decided to withdraw its local initial public offering plan on Feb. 13 amid tepid interest fro...

Treasury yield falls signal BOK's looser grip on inflation

Treasury yield falls signal BOK's looser grip on inflation

The yield on South Korea’s benchmark three-year treasury bonds has stayed below the base rate for a month, out of sync with monetary policies ...

Activist fund KCGI to sell Osstem stake to UCK, MBK Partners

Activist fund KCGI to sell Osstem stake to UCK, MBK Partners

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), one of the country’s most aggressive shareholder activists, plans to sell its stake in Oss...

Oasis IPO draws tepid interest from institutional investors

Oasis IPO draws tepid interest from institutional investors

South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. saw lukewarm interest from domestic institutional investors during the Feb. 7-8 bookbuilding for ...

Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline

Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline

Despite South Korea's Kosdaq stock market growing this month following the "January rally," individual investors in the country are still betting on...

S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won

S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won

South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...

Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report

Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report

The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...

S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs

S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs

South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

South Korean startups won four out of the 23 Best of Innovation awards at CES 2023, the world’s largest tech show last month. Among the winner...

MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China

MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China

South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital Korea is set to focus on boosting the corporate value of Osstem Implant Co., once the PE manager and...

NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office

NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office

New York Life Investments (NYLIM) has appointed Sungyun Hong as head of its Seoul office, the US asset management firm said on Wednesday. Hong ...

S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment

S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment

MGRV Community & Space, a South Korean startup that operates co-living facilities under the brand "Mangrove," announced on Wednesday it has attr...

Foreigners net sell S.Korean bonds for first time in four years

Foreigners net sell S.Korean bonds for first time in four years

Foreign investors dumped South Korean bonds in Janaury, becoming net sellers of the securities for the first time in four years as they booked pro...

Korea Exchange acquires market operator license in Singapore

Korea Exchange acquires market operator license in Singapore

Korea Exchange (KRX) on Thursday said it has received a "Recognized Market Operator" (RMO) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a...

Hyundai vows $8.5 billion investment after record 2022 sales, profit

Hyundai vows $8.5 billion investment after record 2022 sales, profit

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it will spend 10.5 trillion won ($8.5 billion) this year to ramp up facilities ...

S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings

S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings

South Korean companies are making renewed pushes to go public this year even at the expense of reduced IPO values.Zaram Technology Inc., a chip desi...

K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member

K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member

K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...

S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market

S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market

South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...

Profitable Korean startups attract funds despite downturn

Profitable Korean startups attract funds despite downturn

Profitable South Korean startups succeeded in fundraising despite an economic downturn as investors sought stable earnings from companies with clear...

SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night

SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night

SK Inc., the investment company of SK Group, said on Tuesday that it will hold a networking event called "SK Bio Night" in the US along with its bio...

Anda pushes for right to copy KT&G shareholder list

Anda pushes for right to copy KT&G shareholder list

South Korea's Anda Asset Management Co. said on Tuesday it applied for an injunction Jan. 9 to view and copy the shareholders’ list of KT&...

S.Korea's DLS incurring losses due to stock slump exceed $800 billion

S.Korea's DLS incurring losses due to stock slump exceed $800 billion

South Korea's derivatives-linked securities that entered the knock-in or loss period due to stock slumps at home and abroad exceeded 1 trillion won ...

Stay disciplined, be more aggressive in 2023: PGIM Real Estate CEO

Stay disciplined, be more aggressive in 2023: PGIM Real Estate CEO

Investors often lose deals as they are too cautious or wait too long for values to go up to the exact point they expect. However, being too precise ...

Ideahub to launch new platform for individual investors of patents in Q1

Ideahub to launch new platform for individual investors of patents in Q1

In the next three months, South Korea's Ideahub is poised to launch a platform on which individual investors can also invest in patents.If all goes ...

Medicox, Oramed sign MOU to enlist more institutional investors

Medicox, Oramed sign MOU to enlist more institutional investors

South Korea's biomedicine firm Medicox Co. said on Monday that it had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Oramed Pharmaceutica...

Koreans buy $2.7 billion Tesla shares this year, favorite foreign stock

Koreans buy $2.7 billion Tesla shares this year, favorite foreign stock

Tesla, Inc. was the investors’ choice in South Korea this year, ahead of other overseas stocks.According to the Korea Securities Depository he...

TIGER KEDI30 ETF tops Korean retail investors’ themed stock buy list

TIGER KEDI30 ETF tops Korean retail investors’ themed stock buy list

The TIGER KEDI30 ETF has topped the list of the most purchased exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by South Korea’s individual investors in the theme...

Lunit to export breast cancer detecting solutions to Hong Kong, Mongolia

Lunit to export breast cancer detecting solutions to Hong Kong, Mongolia

South Korea's AI-based medical imaging equipment firm Lunit will export AI breast cancer diagnosis solutions to large hospitals in Hong Kong and Mon...

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