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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will collect around 700 billion won ($610 million) from South Korean institutional investors for its second infrastru...

South Korean pension and savings funds, including the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (S...

Seo Jung-jin, founder and chairman of South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Group, said on Oct. 6 that he is in talks with a number of global...

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, has entrusted two Korean asset managers ...

Kakao Pay Corp. is set to become South Korea’s first mobile-payment fintech company to go public as the company kicks off preparations for an in...

KB Investment Co., the venture capital arm of South Korea’s KB Financial Group, is raising 100 billion won ($86 million) in a fund to invest in ...

The National Pension Service has decided to stop paying management fees for project funds to be launched by South Korean private equity firms, after r...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will invest 100 billion won ($85 million) in a pre-completed logistics center leased to Amazon.com in D...

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has secured A$200 million ($146 million) in senior loans to finance A$320 million solar power project in Australia ...

KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is preparing to launch a 300 billion won ($252 million) vehicle to invest in a European infrastructure fund.Accordi...

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., the debt-ridden South Korean power plant builder, is set to wrap up the first round of its debt r...

State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., South Korea’s second-biggest life insurer, has committed around $400 million to KKR & Co.’s new Asia b...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has committed between $100 million and $200 million to an energy and infrastructure fund set up by UK-based private...

Hanwha Defense Co. has reached the final stretch in a race to win Australia’s 5-trillion won (US$4.2 billion) project to buy new infantry fighti...

The National Pension Service needs to be split to enhance the efficiency of the South Korean state pension fund’s operations and reduce its heav...

Activist fund Korea Corporate Governance Improvement (KCGI) and mid-sized builder Bando Engineering & Construction have succeeded in their pu...

SK Hynix Inc. has recently participated in a $60 million funding for the US semiconductor startup SiFive, SK Hynix said on August 12.Saudi Aramco and ...

South Korea's jobless claims payments topped 1 trillion won ($842 million) for the third consecutive month in July, threatening to widen the shortfall...

Korea’s sneaker resale market is gaining traction as it becomes increasingly lucrative for buyers and sellers. The $2 billion sneaker resale mar...

(On August 25, Korea Post extended the deadline for submitting proposals for its global debt investment mandate to August 31, 2020 from August 19, 202...

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed the interior concept of a future car, further consolidating their cooperation in self...

Local institutional investors have injected $500 million (600 billion won) into a special purpose company to invest in diverse funds managed by privat...

A Korean activist fund that failed to oust Hanjin KAL's current management during a shareholder meeting in March is trying to increase its stake ...

Watcha, a Korean streaming platform, is gearing up to tap into Japan and Southeast Asian markets following the completion of Series D funding worth 19...

KB Securities Co. Ltd. has claimed damages arising from the alleged breach of contract over an Australian real investment fund after it returned 90.4 ...

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement (KCGI), a local activist private equity fund, is unhappy with Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd's decision to sell ...

South Korean pension schemes and sovereign wealth fund KIC have recently restarted overseas alternative investments that had been suspended due to the...

CVC Capital Partners has raised more than $175 million from three South Korean pension plans for its record $24 billion buyout fund, diversifying fund...