SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup

SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, announced on Thursday that it will invest $2 million in the series A round of Source.ag, a smart fa...

HYBE in talks to raise $380 million to reach beyond K-pop: Bloomberg

HYBE in talks to raise $380 million to reach beyond K-pop: Bloomberg

HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, is said to be seeking to finance about 500 billion won ($380 million) to bring more ...

Teachers' Pension to up global alternatives to 19% of AUM by 2027

Teachers' Pension to up global alternatives to 19% of AUM by 2027

Teachers’ Pension (TP), South Korea’s major pension fund for private school employees, will accelerate investment in domestic bonds whil...

Korea's sovereign wealth fund directly exercises voting rights for first time

Korea's sovereign wealth fund directly exercises voting rights for first time

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, has begun actively exercising its voting rights in invested companies.Ac...

NPS vows to raise alternative investment ratio, cut bond purchases

NPS vows to raise alternative investment ratio, cut bond purchases

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest public pension fund, plans to raise the ratio of its alternative...

Funds with high exposure to Nvidia, Samsung yield higher returns

Funds with high exposure to Nvidia, Samsung yield higher returns

It's time again to snap up semiconductor stocks – the market darlings these days.Just like its global peers, including the New York Stock Exch...

Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...

Seoul, Washington seek to release $7 bn Iranian funds frozen in S.Korea

Seoul, Washington seek to release $7 bn Iranian funds frozen in S.Korea

South Korea and the US are discussing ways to release $7 billion worth of Iranian funds held in the Asian country as Seoul and Washington seek to im...

Mounting deficits, time bomb for Korean e-commerce biz

Mounting deficits, time bomb for Korean e-commerce biz

Major South Korean e-commerce companies’ deficits have mounted to a level near their combined funds raised from investors, stoking fears that ...

Mirae Asset’s US real estate fund faces heavy losses

Mirae Asset’s US real estate fund faces heavy losses

A private fund for US real estate managed by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has seen huge losses amid the tumble of the offi...

MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...

SKIET secures $300 mn green loan from IFC

 SKIET secures $300 mn green loan from IFC

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...

SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium

SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...

Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G

Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...

Korea's NPS maintains good grade despite heavy losses: finance ministry

Korea's NPS maintains good grade despite heavy losses: finance ministry

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 939 trillion won ($713 billion) in assets as of end...

Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks

Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks

Foreigners reported a record purchase of South Korean shares despite a global economic slowdown, as money moved from the US and Europe into emerging...

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

Senior officials of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and other major sovereign funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with executives ...

Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023

Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023

Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...

S.Korea to send $130 mn in aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction

S.Korea to send $130 mn in aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction

South Korea will aid the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, through loans worth $130 million from the Economic Development Coop...

Apple, Samsung in distinct cash management styles

Apple, Samsung in distinct cash management styles

The world’s two leading smartphone makers Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. employ different management strategies for their surplus mone...

Doosan begins pre-IPO funding round for US fuel cell unit HyAxiom

Doosan begins pre-IPO funding round for US fuel cell unit HyAxiom

Doosan Corp., the holding company of South Korean plant-to-machinery conglomerate Doosan Group, is slated to attract $200 million for its hydrogen f...

Align Partners' shareholder activism? Think twice

Align Partners' shareholder activism? Think twice

The three-month saga over the control of the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. early this year was a painful lesson about activist funds: Don&rsquo...

FKI, Keidanren launch fund for Korea-Japan partnerships

FKI, Keidanren launch fund for Korea-Japan partnerships

TOKYO – Major business lobby groups of South Korea and Japan have created a partnership fund of 200 million yen ($1.5 million) to accelerate i...

Korean app market One Store to raise $151 mn for Kiwoom's exit

Korean app market One Store to raise $151 mn for Kiwoom's exit

One Store Co., a South Korean homegrown app store, is slated to attract more than 200 billion won ($151.3 million) as its 100 billion won loan, whic...

Hyundai Rotem, Hana Bank to promote private railway project

Hyundai Rotem, Hana Bank to promote private railway project

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday that it has signed an infrastructure fund inve...

Defense, healthcare lure global funds in dull market

Defense, healthcare lure global funds in dull market

Defense, healthcare and semiconductor materials companies have been the main investment targets of global funds such as Fidelity and Morgan Stanley ...

Seoul advised to prepare exit plans for real estate funds

Seoul advised to prepare exit plans for real estate funds

Global real estate investment funds managed by South Korean financial services firms have swelled by more than 14 times to 72 trillion won ($5.4 bil...

Korean activist fund mired in controversy over SM stock deals

Korean activist fund mired in controversy over SM stock deals

A South Korean private equity firm leading shareholder activism against SM Entertainment Co. is mired in controversy as it has surfaced that it sold...

Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds

Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...

S.Korea’s public spending on maternity, child care falls short of OECD average

S.Korea’s public spending on maternity, child care falls short of OECD average

South Korea’s government budget for tackling the nation's low birth rate has risen to 2.25% of GDP, but housing support accounts for a major p...

Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1 From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot Hyundai helps Korean economy most with $265 bn contribution South Korea issues €1.4 billion in largest-ever euro bond sale