Mirae Asset Center 1
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Korean Air
Korean Air to raise $817 mn in rights issue; in talks with PEFs on asset sales
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. unveiled its largest rights offering plan on May 13 to raise 1 trillion won ($817 million) for debt repayment, after it open...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Midas Asset acquires German logistics portfolio for $217 mn
Seoul-based Midas Asset Management has acquired three logistics assets in Germany, including an Amazon-leased facility, for 200 million euros ($217 mi...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang Insurance
Mirae Asset scraps $5.8 bn US hotels deal with China’s Anbang
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. notified Anbang Insurance Group on May 3 of its decision to cancel a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury ...
May 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean developer puts on hold $2.1 bn Asiana Airlines deal with no timeline
HDC Hyundai Development Co. has postponed its 2.5 trillion won ($2.1 billion) acquisition of Asiana Airlines Inc. with no clear timeline for the deal ...
Apr 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Mirae Asset says no financing problem with closing $5.8 bn hotels deal
Mire Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has no problem with financing a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 luxury hotels from Anbang Insurance Group and is...
Apr 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air may sell core assets estimated at $2.4 bn to ease cash crunch
Hanjin Group, parent of Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., is considering selling three core businesses of the carrier -- in-flight meal service, mileage prog...
Apr 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Canada and Dutch pension funds to launch $1 bn Korean logistics JV with ESR
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the Netherlands’ APG and China’s logistics property developer ESR have agreed to s...
Apr 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
POBA eyes distressed assets; reduces office buildings exposure
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will aggressively chase distressed assets to take advantage of the recent market downturn, while scali...
Apr 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Mirae Assets logs 150% return from German biotech startup exit
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has earned a 150% return on a $15 million investment in German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE in nine months, securing $22...
Apr 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Prudential to sell Korean unit to KB Financial for $1.9 bn
Prudential Financial Inc. has decided to sell its South Korean insurance arm to KB Financial Group for about 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) and will ...
Apr 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset leads $23 mn funding for Indian food delivery startup
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has led a $23 million investment in Indian food delivery platform Swiggy by South Korean companies in their first investme...
Apr 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Mirae Asset may lose $5 mn to email fraud on aircraft finance
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. is likely to lose $5 million related to its aircraft financing deal after its Hong Kong-based employee transferred the mon...
Mar 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset invests $150 mn in US meat substitutes maker
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has signed a share purchase agreement to invest $150 million in Impossible Foods Inc., a meat substitutes prod...
Mar 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Mirae Asset says on track to close $5.8 bn US hotels deal
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. remains on track to close a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury hotels from China’s Anbang Insuranc...
Mar 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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7863
Mirae Asset to sell up to $600 mn global debt for investment
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to issue a global bond worth $500 million to $600 million as early as April for the third year of offshore debt sale...
Mar 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Balance Hero banks on India's 1.3B with fintech
Expanding to India was a no-brainer decision for Lee Cheol-won."It took just five minutes to make the call," said Lee, CEO of Balance Hero, a financia...
Mar 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. have acquired an office building in Dallas for $370 million, which represente...
Feb 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds
KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...
Feb 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Shinhan backs AMP Capital’s $763 mn US data center acquisition
Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided 194.1 billion won ($162 million) in financing for AMP Capital’s 911 billion-won ($763 million) acquisition...
Feb 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Elliott sells off over $1 bn shares in Hyundai Motor, two affiliates in two yrs
Elliott Management Corp. has disposed of all its shares in three key units of the Hyundai Motor Group, currently worth $1.5 billion, after its nearly ...
Jan 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
POBA to commit $111 mn to AXA’s $1.6 bn Europe logistics fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit around 130 billion won ($111 million) to AXA Investment’s 1.4 billion euro ($1.6 bil...
Jan 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asiana Airlines
HDC-Mirae Asset consortium takes majority in Asiana Airlines for $2.2 bn
A consortium of Hyundai Development Company (HDC) and Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has agreed to take a 76.5% stake in Asiana Airlines Inc. for 2.5 tri...
Dec 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Meritz Sec buys Brussels building for $1.6 bn; plans REIT IPO
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired Brussels’ largest building for 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the single biggest property deal in B...
Dec 27, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
IMM Investment buys stake in Texas Express Pipeline in $1 bn co-investment
South Korea’s IMM Investment Corp. has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Texas Express Pipeline, a joint venture for natural gas liquids transportati...
Dec 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Patrizia
Europe’s residential assets seen as attractive play: Patrizia
Residential properties remain a small portion of institutional investors’ portfolios but they are becoming an attractive asset class for income-...
Dec 16, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset Daewoo buys three Boeing 777 planes for $450 mn
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has sealed a $450 million financing deal to buy three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft leased by China Airlines, as the South Kor...
Dec 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
POBA, PFA, Patrizia co-invest in Europe’s $1.3 bn logistics portfolio
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), Danish pension fund PFA and real estate investment firm Patrizia AG have co-invested 800 billion won ...
Dec 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hana Fin buys Germany’s office complex from Blackstone for $1.1 bn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. closed on the 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) purchase of Germany’s largest office complex in Frankfurt from ...
Dec 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
AMP Capital’s $6.2 bn infrastructure fund raises $1.2 bn from Korea
Twenty-four South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union and the Public Offic...
Nov 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asiana Airlines
Mirae Asset consortium likely to clinch $2.1 bn Asiana Airlines deal
A consortium of Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Development Company (HDC) is set to be announced as a preferred buyer of a controlling stake...
Nov 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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