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The National Pension Service (NPS) has deepened its reliance on top-tier private equity firms during the prolonged pandemic situation, focusing on r...

South Korea and Turkey have signed a $2 billion currency swap agreement to boost bilateral trade and strengthen cooperation in the financial sector,...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. is aiming to raise up to 1.08 trillion won ($940 million) in a South Korean initial public offering next month to finan...

South Korea’s incoming financial regulatory chief says his policy priority is on limiting economic and financial risks stemming from higher ho...

South Korea’s LG Group will put the facility management division of its affiliate S&I Corp. up for sale amid talk that a sale of the unit ...

Mirae Asset Securities Co. has become South Korea's first brokerage company to boost its equity capital to 10 trillion won ($9 billion), taking a st...

In mid-July, a small obscure South Korean cryptocurrency exchange posted a notice on its website at midnight, saying it is suspending trading of 57 ...

KKR & Co., IMM Private Equity and Glenwood Private Equity are among the preliminary bidders for 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) worth of new prefe...

Apologies are a thorny topic for business executives and private individuals alike. How should a company or an organization issue an apology? On socia...

Samyang Group, a South Korean food and chemicals producer, aims to manage 30% of its total assets overseas by 2025, while fostering nutrition, medic...

Many asset prices have skyrocketed to their highest-ever levels as interest rates remain historically low, but that does not mean their current valu...

South Korean game company Nexon’s founder Kim Jung-ju has resigned from the chief executive position at NXC Corp., the holding company of Nexo...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named Suyi Kim, its Asia head, as the global chief of its private equity business, effective Se...

South Korea’s major banking groups have posted the highest-ever net profit figures in the first half of this year. Shinhan Financial Group rep...

Back in the early 2010s, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. was a strong shipbuilder earning 800 billion won ($696 million) a year on sales of 4.8 t...

GS Energy Corp., an intermediate holding company of South Korea's GS Group, is in the final stages of talks to sell a 50% stake in its wholly-owned ...

BlackRock Real Assets, a unit of the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc., has acquired a 100% equity stake in Korea Renewable Energy ...

Hanssem Co., South Korea’s largest furniture and home furnishing company, said on Wednesday its honorary chairman and other key shareholders h...

South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to invest around €100 million ($120 million) in Kadans Science Partner, a...

RBW Inc., the label behind K-pop star Mamamoo, is looking to go public after HYBE Co., the music and entertainment agency behind BTS, made a big h...

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...

Woori Financial Group has become South Korea’s third major banking group to enter the digital asset custody service (DACS) market, following K...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has been increasing its appetite for office buildings in the development stage as part of an effort to snatch up ...

South Korean households over the last 12 months have vastly increased investments in both domestic and overseas stock markets, with the total invest...

South Korea's initial public offering market is gaining fresh momentum from high-profile listings such as mobile banking app KakaoBank and game deve...

South Korea's Shinsegae Group is looking to sell the headquarters building of its supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. for about 1 trillion won ($883 milli...

South Korea’s national pension fund bought an office building in Australia for almost $900 million, which would be its largest investment in t...

Morgan Stanley topped South Korea's M&A advisor league table in the first half of this year, working on six buyout deals worth a combined 9.75 t...

Rapid technological change that is blurring the lines between industries has altered the definition of asset classes, forcing investment managers to...

The recent asset price rises in South Korea, in particular in the equities and real estate markets, have been too rapid, even considering an expecte...