TIGER China Tech Top 10 ETF
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Interview
Korea’s KIP eyes Europe, China VC fund launches in 2021
Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), South Korea’s largest venture capital firm, is aiming to launch two overseas investment funds next year &...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK looks to exit China’s Apex Logistics for $1 bn
MBK Partners has begun the process to sell Apex Logistics, China’s leading air freight company, for about 10 times the amount of its investmen...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean games, entertainment eye China return after 3-year ban
South Korea's game and entertainment companies saw their share prices surge on rising expectations of a return to the Chinese market after a Korea...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO aims for top spot in EV battery materials market
Electric car batteries are often dubbed as "another semiconductor" in South Korea, a reference to the importance of semiconductor chips, key drive...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK buys $228 mn stake in China’s No. 1 car rental firm
MBK Partners has now become the second-largest shareholder in both of China’s two biggest rental car companies after purchasing a 20.86% stake...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset wins lawsuit against China’s Anbang over $5.8 bn US hotel deal
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. will be able to recover a $580 million deposit it paid to Anbang Insurance Group for a $5.8 billion deal to buy 1...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, China’s CATL neck and neck in race for top battery player’s spot
Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of electric-vehicle batteries is getting fiercer as major players in South Kor...
Nov 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Saudi crown prince to be top shareholder of Seoul-listed gaming firm
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman has agreed to buy 240 billion won ($217 million) worth of shares in the South Korea-listed game...
Nov 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hana to reap over 10% IRR on $200 mn Poland logistics deals
South Korea’s Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. has decided to exit from two Amazon-leased logistics centers in Poland for around 240 bill...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation opens 2nd China battery plant, eyes world’s top 3 spot
SK Innovation Co. has begun operating its second electric vehicle battery plant in China as the South Korean company expands its presence in the wor...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea's top craft brewer seeks junior Kosdaq listing
Jeju Beer Co., South Korea's No. 1 craft beer maker, is preparing to become the country's first craft brewery to go public, buoyed by the rapid mark...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Legendary trader Larry Hite sees tech bubble, says Tesla yet to prove value
NEW YORK -- Larry Hite, long-time successful hedge-fund manager who doesn’t believe anyone can predict how the stock market will move, has warne...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has mandated Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co. to handle its initial public offe...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Survey
Pandemics beat crime as S.Koreans’ top social threat
Pandemics and economic difficulty are cited as the biggest social risk factors by South Koreans, displacing crime and national security, which topped ...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Companies listed on tech-heavy Kosdaq score high in Q3 on pandemic
South Korean companies listed on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market posted one of their best third quarters ever thanks to strong sales related to anti-viru...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
PE secondaries top Korean LPs' global PE funds list
Secondary private equity deals were picked as the preferred global PE investment of South Korea’s top asset owners, followed by co-investments a...
Nov 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Public finance
S. Korea's fiscal deficit tops $90 bn; public debt hits record high
South Korea's fiscal deficit in September has pushed the annual shortfall to over 100 trillion won ($89.6 billion) with public debt reaching an all-ti...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Celltrion’s Q3 earnings beat market consensus to hit record high
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc's operating profit topped market expectations by more than 20% in the third quarter, hitting a record high...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Elecfoil maker IMM Tech aims Korean listing
Iljin Materials Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, is planning to list its Malaysia-based subsidiary IMM Technology on South Korea’s b...
Nov 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S. Korea’s current account surplus at 2-yr high; full-year surplus to top BOK forecast
South Korea’s current account surplus rose in September to its highest level in two years on the back of rebounding exports of chips and automob...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor eyes entry into China’s hydrogen truck market, signs MOU
Hyundai Motor Co. has signed two initial agreements with several Chinese companies toward establishing business platforms for hydrogen trucks in China...
Nov 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Corp to rival China's CRCC in bid for $18 bn Ukrainian infra deal
South Korea’s trading company Hyundai Corporation will face China’s Railway Construction Corporate (CRCC) in a bid to secure an $18 billio...
Nov 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
NPS, KTCU commit $200 mn to US tech-focused PEF
The National Pension Service and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) have committed a combined $200 million to technology-focused Thoma Bra...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Michael Breen on Korean Peninsula
Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China
As the United States and China fight like proverbial whales in the ocean, middle power dolphins like South Korea must strategize to avoid being crushe...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business expansion
Shinhan closing in on HSBC to be top foreign bank in Vietnam
Shinhan Bank Vietnam Ltd., the Vietnamese subsidiary of Shinhan Bank, is close to becoming the top foreign bank in Vietnam thanks to its solid perform...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Licensing agreements
LG to provide ice-making tech for Electrolux's French door refrigerators
South Korea's tech giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Oct. 26 that it has entered into a patent-licensing agreement with Sweden-based Electrolux t...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
US-China tensions push S. Korea to find middle way
The US and China trade disputes are unlikely to fade, whoever wins the Nov. 3 US presidential election, and South Korea needs to find a middle way bet...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Proxy adviser
Top proxy adviser ISS approves of LG Chem’s battery spin-off
LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to spin off its promising battery business has won support from the world’s top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholde...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker
Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of rechargeable batteries is getting fiercer as China is stepping up efforts to ...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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- 4 President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth
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