LG Energy: Will joining indices rescue stock from its plunge?

  LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery maker, will gain quick entry to two MSCI indices in mid-February as well as join Ko...

Mirae Asset’s global ETFs top 100 trillion won mark

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co.’s global equity-traded funds (ETFs) topped the 100 trillion won mark, for the first time in the South Korea...

Tiger Alternative liquidates its structured fund with over 15% IRR

South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. has liquidated its structured fund backed by shares of US-based business development companies...

China’s CSI, KRX to launch co-developed stock indices

China Securities Index Co. (CSI) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) are set to unveil three stock indices jointly developed for the first time on Dec. 20,...

KTCU to be Korea’s first pension fund to invest in cryptocurrency ETF

South Korea’s second largest institutional investor Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU), with $40.2 billion under management, is eyeing its f...

Korean Tiger Alternative, NH Investment buy California homes

South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities bought multifamily homes in California for $220 million ...

S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September

South Korea will launch its first set of carbon credit-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next month, in a move to address the rising investor dema...

Korean investors rush to buy Vietnam stocks

South Korean investors are rushing to buy Vietnamese stocks as the market is showing signs of a recovery. Analysts predicted export-oriented shares ...

Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark

South Koreans’ appetite for foreign stocks continued to grow with holdings of overseas shares by retail investors exceeding the 100 trillion w...

Qraft's AI-powered ETFs wow Wall Street with winning stock picks

South Korea-based fintech startup Qraft Technologies Inc. captured the attention of Wall Street in May 2019, when it listed two artificial intellige...

Korean insurers finance Carlyle's $2 bn deal with ESG debt

South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...

Lifted short sale ban blamed for Korea ETF redemption

The lifting of South Korea's short-selling ban on large-cap stocks on Monday could be blamed for the recent heavy outflows from US-listed exchange-t...

Howard Marks says ETFs can't go on forever

Retail investors have been leaning toward passive investment vehicles like equity-traded funds (ETFs), which should eventually push high-valued stoc...

Tiger Alternative near closing $247 mn Home Depot logistics center deal: report

Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire a new distribution center in Texas for $247 million, now leased...

Tiger Alternative raises $100 million to invest in US structured fund

South Korea's Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd has raised about $100 million from domestic retirement funds and insurance firms to invest in senior...

Tiger Alternative to offer $167 mn debt financing to US PEF

South Korean private equity firm Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. will offer a 150 million euro ($167 million) senior loan to Advent International...