Hana Fin-led group poised to buy $185 mn Prague office complex

Hana Fin-led group poised to buy $185 mn Prague office complex

A consortium led by Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been chosen as the preferred buyer for a thr...

Mirae Asset-Amundi group may buy France skyscraper for almost $1 bn

Mirae Asset-Amundi group may buy France skyscraper for almost $1 bn

A consortium of Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and French asset manager Amundi was picked as the preferred buyer for Tour Majunga, a landmark building in...

Affinity Equity-led group to exercise put option on $1.8 bn Kyobo Life shares

Affinity Equity-led group to exercise put option on $1.8 bn Kyobo Life shares

A consortium led by Affinity Equity Partners will push ahead with exercising their right to sell shares in South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd....

Samsung Sec-led group to buy $760 mn stake in Dunkirk LNG terminal

Samsung Sec-led group to buy $760 mn stake in Dunkirk LNG terminal

A consortium of three South Korean brokerage companies led by Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. will pay around 850 billion won ($758 million) for a 39.24% ...

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...

Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps

Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps

CVC Capital Partners has formed a consortium with Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to make a final bid for South ...

Samsung Group units in forming $443 mn fund to buy OECD building in Paris

Samsung Group units in forming $443 mn fund to buy OECD building in Paris

An investment firm of South Korea’s Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd is forming a blind-pool real estate fund worth around 500 billion won ($443 milli...

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...

CJ Group Interested in Acquiring McDonald's Korea Operations

CJ Group has jumped into a bidding war to acquire McDonald's Korea. According to investment banking sources on June 28, CJ Group had submitted a lette...

SPIKE. NO EDIT HERE. Hyundai Motor Group to adopt digital twin technology

SPIKE. NO EDIT HERE. Hyundai Motor Group to adopt digital twin technology

Hyundai Motor Group plans to adopt digital twin, a technology that allows the automaker to make a digital replica of a real car for simulation not...

K-pop groups from BTS to TWICE kick off world tours

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Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)

Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)

Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...

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