Korea Investment acquires California-based office building worth $86 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. has acquired a luxury office building in Orange County, California valued at around 100 billion won ($86 million...

KEPCO set to finance $190 mn for Vietnam’s coal power plant project

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) will move forward with its participation in Vietnam’s coal-fired power plant project, after the deal came c...

Yellow Umbrella Mutual to invest $500 mn in global multi-asset funds

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, has entrusted two Korean asset managers ...

Korea’s biggest fried chicken brand aims to raise up to $61 mn in Nov. IPO

Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No. 1 fried chicken franchise operator, plans to raise up to 71.3 billion won ($61 million) in an initial public ...

Doosan Infracore to issue $85.4 mn in bonds; stake sale bidding now Sept. 28

Doosan Infracore Co., South Korea’s top construction equipment maker, plans to sell 100 billion won ($85.4 million) in corporate bonds to raise ...

Korean unicorn Krafton eyes 2021 IPO to raise over $850 mn

South Korean games developer Krafton Inc., 13.2% owned by Tencent Holdings’ investment arm, is seeking to raise over 1 trillion won ($852 millio...

Lotte Group to invest $258 mn in Doosan Solus to boost footing in EV market

Lotte Group will commit 300 billion won ($257.5 million) to Doosan Solus Co., a battery copper foil and OLED materials maker acquired by SkyLake Inves...

Shinhan Bank sells $285 mn in Australian-dollar social bonds

Shinhan Bank has raised A$400 million ($285 million) in five-year bonds denominated in the Australian dollar to fund lending to pandemic-hit companies...

SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement

SK Innovation Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) is set to fetch 300 billion won ($257.6 million) in a pre-IPO placemen...

HAAH Automotive proposes $258 mn investment in Ssangyong Motor

HAAH Automotive Holdings Inc., a US automobile distributor, has offered to invest 300 billion won ($258 million) in Ssangyong Motor Co. as part of its...

Hana Financial named preferred buyer of $700 mn Seattle office tower: report

A consortium of South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. and other units of Hana Financial Group has signed a preliminary agreement to buy ...

Korean Air to lend $950 mn to US hotel unit for debt repayment

Korean Air Lines Co. will provide $950 million in loans to its fully owned US hotel operator which has $900 million in debt maturing this month, the c...

Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection

South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...

Korea Investment near $120 mn deal to buy student housing in Texas

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is close to acquiring a new student housing building near the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for...

Hyundai Capital sells $2.5 bn dollar bond; Tongyang Life issues $300 mn perpetual bond

Hyundai Capital America, the US capital arm of Hyundai Motor Group, has issued $2.5 billion worth of global bonds, the largest amount for a local comp...

Export-Import Bank of Korea sells $500 mn euro bonds with negative yield

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has issued euro-currency bonds worth $500 million at a negative interest rate, the bank said on Sept. 15, less...

Teachers' savings fund to invest $85 mn in Amazon logistics center in US

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will invest 100 billion won ($85 million) in a pre-completed logistics center leased to Amazon.com in D...

Hana Financial to fund Australia solar power project with $146 mn senior debts

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has secured A$200 million ($146 million) in senior loans to finance A$320 million solar power project in Australia ...

Korean steelmakers to supply $100 mn worth of pipes for Canada’s largest LNG project

South Korean steelmakers POSCO and SeAH Steel Corp. will jointly supply 12,000 tons of stainless steel pipe for a liquefied natural gas project in Kit...

Singapore's ride-sharing giant Grab raises $200 mn from STIC Investments

Grab Holdings Inc., a Singapore-based technology company, has raised $200 million from South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc., the fir...

Hyundai Card issues green bonds worth $379 mn to finance eco-friendly services

Hyundai Card Co. has issued green bonds worth 450 billion won ($379 million) to fund its green car financing services, the credit card company said on...

South Korea sells $827 mn worth of euro-currency bonds with negative yield

The South Korean government has issued euro-denominated bonds worth 700 million euros ($827 million) at a negative interest rate, becoming the first n...

KB Financial's $186 mn VC fund invests $42 mn in Indian startups

KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...

Mirae Asset to launch $252 mn Europe infrastructure fund

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is preparing to launch a 300 billion won ($252 million) vehicle to invest in a European infrastructure fund.Accordi...

Socius-Well to Sea consortium to buy Doosan Corporation Mottrol for $381 mn

Doosan Group is selling its hydraulic components manufacturing arm to a consortium of two local private equity investment firms -- Socius Advisors and...

Doosan Group inks sale of copper foil maker to PEF SkyLake for $588 mn

Doosan Group has agreed to sell Doosan Solus Co. Ltd., a copper foil and OLED materials maker, to South Korean private equity firm SkyLake Investment ...

KTCU to join in $700 mn US value-add residential project: report 

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will invest $50 million in a $700 million value-add residential project under which a group of investor...

Online retailer TMON eyes $337 mn from Korean PEF ahead of 2021 IPO

South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, will likely receive 400 billion won ($3...

SK Hynix to issue $500 mn in dollar bonds to brace for protracted slowdown

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. plans to raise $500 million by issuing dollar-denominated bonds in October to gird itself for a protracted industry ...

Korean digital wallet operator raises $173 mn from foreign VC firms

Viva Republica Inc., the operator of South Korea's popular digital wallet Toss, has raised its largest single fundraising worth $173 million from...