SK Securities equity capital market
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ASK 2025
Growth equity portfolio largely shielded from policy headwinds: Summit
Growth equity investments have remained largely stable in the face of recent policy shifts, with key sectors like technology and healthcare avoiding...
Jun 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals
SK Hynix Inc. has secured Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Inc. as key clients of its customized high-bandwidth memory (HBM), positioning ...
Jun 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech
Global defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday agreed to expand their collaboration into futur...
Jun 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Calls grow for stronger LP oversight in national strategic asset M&As
MBK Partners’ takeover attempt of Korea Zinc Inc. has exposed the vulnerability of national strategic assets to private equity ownership, posi...
Jun 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba agree to deepen ties, resume shuttle diplomacy
KANANASKIS, Canada – South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung held his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishi...
Jun 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million
Affirma Capital, a Singapore-headquartered buyout private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the entire portfolio of South Korean waste processing a...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity puts Korea's Danbi Education up for sale
Anchor Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, is putting its majority stake in South Korea’s top children’s smart educa...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake
Miri Capital Management LLC has steadily raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc., narrowing the ownership gap with the firm’s founder and Ch...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets
MBK Partners and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are considering divesting of their holdings in CGI Holdings Co., which oversees CJ CGV Co.’s multi...
Jun 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy cracks China's cylindrical battery market with Chery deal
LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed a six-year contract with Chery Automobile Co. to supply 8 gigawatts per hour (GWh) of next-gene...
Jun 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK, AWS to build South Korea’s largest, multibillion-dollar AI data center
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the world's largest cloud platform provider, will build a 103...
Jun 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for ...
Jun 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
JLL, Savills to lead Seoul Square sale in $1 bn deal
JLL and Savills have been tapped to lead the sale of Seoul Square, a landmark office tower, valued at around 1.4 trillion won ($1 billion), adding t...
Jun 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn
Infrastructure secondaries are gaining momentum as the infrastructure sector attracts investors seeking stable and predictable returns amid heighten...
Jun 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn
Kwangcheonkim Co., South Korea’s largest seaweed producer with a history spanning over 50 years, is up for grabs in a deal that could fetch up...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push
South Korea, grappling with a fast-aging population, has relaxed development and ownership rules for senior housing, opening the sector to foreign h...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...
Jun 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Micron set to supply SOCAMM chips to Nvidia ahead of Samsung, SK Hynix
In a move that could reshape the global memory industry’s competitive dynamics, Nvidia Corp. has chosen US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. as...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul
A consortium between US asset management firm Invesco and the real estate investment arm of SK D&D Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Nou...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce player, is set to seize control of the country’s online luxury market with Farfetch amid ...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate by assets, should step up its efforts to foster future growth with promising technologies,...
Jun 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains
In Seoul’s Hannam district, the storefront that once housed Various Small Fires (VSF) now sits empty, a “For Rent” sign taped to i...
Jun 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Markets in honeymoon with Lee: Kospi, won rally; bond yields spike
South Korea’s financial markets showed strong gains on Thursday, with shares surging to an 11-month high and the won hitting a seven-month hig...
Jun 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Liberal Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president
South Korea’s liberal politician Lee Jae-myung has been elected the country's next president. Lee has pledged to revive Asia’s fourth-la...
Jun 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Goodai Global poised to build L'Oréal-style empire via M&As
Goodai Global Inc. is seeking to acquire South Korea’s first-generation independent cosmetics brand Skinfood for about 150 billion won ($108 m...
Jun 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 0.87% return from first-quarter investment
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, announced on ...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Korea Post to commit $150 mn to mid-cap infrastructure funds
Korea Post will commit $150 million to one or two global asset managers for mid-cap infrastructure equity investments, the postal service agency sai...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korea’s startup M&A winter deepens capital bottleneck
South Korea’s startup M&A winter has deepened as once major investors like conglomerates are prioritizing restructuring over expansion, ch...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace to build defense plant in Germany as European base
Hanwha Aerospace Co. plans to build a precision missile manufacturing plant in Germany as part of its global strategy to expand its presence across ...
May 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Group joins S.Korea’s 100 trillion won market cap club
South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group has joined South Korea’s elite club of conglomerates with a market capitalization exce...
May 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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