Intensify 'friend-shoring' to boost foreign direct investment: Baldwin
Global businesses are forecast to suffer supply chain disruptions next year amid worsening geopolitical risk, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and pro...
Shinhan Future's Lab opens startup accelerator in Japan
South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group said on Monday it held a ceremony Friday to launch Shinhan Future's Lab Japan in Tokyo.The business accelerati...
SK IE Technology to embark on non-deal roadshow in Hog Kong, Singapore
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a unit of South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovation Co., said on Friday it is embarking on a non-deal...
POSCO International to invest $2.6 billion in energy operations
Korea's POSCO International, the trading arm of POSCO Group, on Friday formally merged with POSCO Energy, which handles liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
Hyundai Heavy to invest $30 million in TerraPower for SMR business
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said on Friday it has signed a deal to invest $30 million in TerraPower, a US nuclear power ventu...
SpaceX to receive $44 mn injection from Korean high-net-worth individuals
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co., which committed $100 million to Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in J...
Corporate VC veterans pinpoint their best investments
South Korean conglomerates in recent years have ramped up their investment in startups, yielding positive returns. Hyundai Motor Co. Vice Pre...
Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment
Korea's game development company WeMade has secured new investment worth 66 billion won ($46.4 million), breathing a sigh of relief after receiving ...
EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm
Sweden’s EQT Partners AB is set to acquire a 36.87% stake in South Korean security services provider SK Shieldus Co. from a consortium led by ...
Public-private battery alliance launched to source critical minerals
The South Korean government, in tandem with the private sector, launched a battery alliance on Tuesday in a bid to support the companies in sourcing...
S.Korea prepares to launch $7.6 bn stock market stabilization fund
South Korea last week completed the process needed to launch a stock market stabilization fund of 10.76 trillion won ($7.6 billion). The timing for ...
Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm
South Korea’s Meritz Financial Group Inc. is poised to sell off its subsidiary Meritz Asset Management Co., The Korea Economic Daily understoo...
H Robotics enters the UAE market with rehabilitation robot Rebless
South Korean startup H Robotics will enter the Middle East with the rehabilitation robot Rebless, an FDA-registered robotic therapy device for both ...
KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate
The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) bet on value-added and senior loans in global real estate investment this year, the institutional investors&rsqu...
NPS increases exposure to secondaries, direct lending
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will expand investments via secondaries and direct lending, its Head of Strategic Alternative Inv...
Energy transition investment needs flexible approach: Ares Management
As energy transition is a new sector in infrastructure compared with other asset types, institutional investors are seeking asset managers highly ex...
Kyobo Life bets on US direct lending, keeps watch on Europe
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. focused on US direct lending market this year given the rising probability of a European market recessi...
KIC sees secondary and deep value investments as attractive
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is eyeing secondary and deep value strategies, the sovereign wealth fund’s Senior Director of Private Equit...
Korea Post's insurance arm uses buyout, senior debt as core strategies
Korea Post’s insurance bureau will maintain its core-satellite strategy in private equity and debt investments for both stable revenue streams...
NPS considers new investment in global real estate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...
Teachers' Pension continues focus on global residential, logistics
South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension (TP) will continue its focus on residential and logistics in global real estate investments next year, t...
KFCC eyes recession-resistant sectors like healthcare, necessities
The Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) is eyeing certain sectors that create stable revenue streams such as healthcare, daily...
Korea's Mirae Asset to invest $200 mn in Musk’s Twitter deal
Mirae Asset Financial Group is set to chip in some $200 million toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. in acquisiti...
OCI to invest $40 million to expand US solar module production facilities
OCI Co., a leading South Korean solar power cell manufacturer, said on Monday it will invest $40 million to expand the solar cell module production ...
Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships
US investment firm Principal Global Investors LLC has recently opened a Seoul office to strengthen the firm’s existing client relationships in...
Goldman taps TPG Korea's Lee as Seoul office PE head
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to hire Lee Seung-june, managing director at US investment firm TPG's Seoul office, as Goldman Sachs' private equity...
DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm
Daegu-based startup DRIMAES is poised to develop and mass produce a cloud-based vehicle control platform using San Diego-based semiconductor giant Q...
Korea's NPS seeks new CIO as Ahn ends term Oct. 18
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is looking for a new chief investment officer (CIO) as former CIO Ahn Hyo-joon’s term ended...
Unlocking value in European mid-market infrastructure: Infracapital
Global investors are eyeing infrastructure as the asset class is inflation-protected, providing strong downside protection in times of high volatili...
SK On raises $2 bn in bank loans for Hungary plant
SK On Co., a South Korean battery maker, has raised $2 billion in bank loans to build its third plant in Hungary, a regulatory body said on Thursday...
