NPS to invest $100 mn in consumer-focused L Catterton’s $2.5 bn fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will commit $100 million to a new fund that L Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity firm, is curre...
Korea PEF picked as preferred buyer of Outback Steakhouse Korea
South Korea’s private equity firm SkyLake Investment, which won an about $220 million mandate from the National Pension Service (NPS) this week, has b...
Inside GP selection process: NPS awards $600 mn mandates to 4 Korea PEFs
South Korea’s two local private equity firms, VIG Partners and SkyLake Investment, received 250 billion won ($216 million) mandates from the National ...
Baring Asia’s Korean parcel delivery firm fails to draw final bidder; UPS walks away
The planned sale of a South Korean parcel delivery firm by Baring Private Equity Asia to a strategic buyer has fallen through, after the last shortlis...
Global PEFs in bidding for GEPS’ $100 million overseas secondary fund investment
- GEPS to make 2nd commitment to global secondary PEF since 2014; investment size to triple - To pick 2 GPs by mid-June to commit $50 million, resp...
POBA to allocate $300 million to overseas PEF and PDF in H1
- Planned investment in foreign blind PEFs in 2016 double last year’s allocation - To pick one asset manager in May to invest $220 million in Europ...
Polarization in Korean IPO markets delays PEF exits
delaying PE firms' IPOsSimone...
Samsung Electronics opens gaming-focused shopping platform(edited)
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday launched the "Samsung Game Portal" on Samsung.com in Korea, as the South Korean tech giant seeks to strengthen i...
US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Expected to Meet Putin in Russia
WASHINGTON—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to travel to Russia soon to meet with President Vladimir Putin, U.S. off...
