SK Hynix's Intel NAND chip deal wins US regulatory approval

The US antitrust regulators have approved of SK Hynix Inc.'s $9 billion acquisition of Intel Corp.'s NAND memory chip business, also under review by...

Korean Air kicks off biggest-ever rights offer to finance Asiana takeover

Korean Air Lines Co. has kicked off its 3.3 trillion won ($3 billion) rights offering, the biggest amount ever by any South Korean company, to help ...

Naver plans over $1 bn bond issue in H1 to finance platform investment

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, plans a bond issue worth as much as 1.26 trillion won ($1.13 billion) in local and ove...

NPS to veto Korean Air's acquisition of Asiana Airlines

The National Pension Service, the No. 2 shareholder of Korean Air Lines Co., will vote against the flag carrier’s plan to acquire Asiana Airli...

Hahn & Co finances $700 mn Korean Air deal with about $400 mn debt

Hahn & Co., a South Korean private equity firm, has completed the payment for the 790 billion won ($722 million) purchase of Korean Air Lines' i...

KEXIM to finance Korean firms' Mozambique LNG plant project

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) will provide $500 million in project financing to South Korean companies for their $550 million construction...

Celltrion finalizes $278mn acquisition of Takeda's primary care assets

South Korea's biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. has completed the $278 million acquisition of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd's primary care a...

Hyundai Motor hires Goldman as adviser for Boston Dynamics acquisition

Hyundai Motor Co. has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as its adviser in its attempt to acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., signaling the seriousness of the S...

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...

KB Financial to end coal project financing for low-carbon economy

KB Financial Group will no longer finance coal power projects at home and abroad, nor invest in them, said the South Korean banking group, with a set ...

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 moves in on overseas coal project financing ban

South Korea's parliament looks set to pass new legislation to ban financing on foreign coal power projects, putting all overseas coal-fired plant deal...

[Upcoming IPO] PUBG creator to go public to finance IP expansion

Investors are paying close attention to the Korean game holding company Krafton as it is expected to be this year's hottest initial public offering. T...

Former vice finance minister picked as NPS’ chief executive

Yong-jin Kim, who served as a vice finance minister of President Moon Jae-in’s government between mid-2017 and 2018, has been chosen as the Nati...

Mirae Asset co-leads $100 mn financing for China’s biotech startup

Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested $28 million in Shanghai-based biotechnology startup JW Therapeutics, about a quarter of $100 million financin...

Mirae Asset says no financing problem with closing $5.8 bn hotels deal

Mire Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has no problem with financing a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 luxury hotels from Anbang Insurance Group and is...

Mirae Asset may lose $5 mn to email fraud on aircraft finance

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. is likely to lose $5 million related to its aircraft financing deal after its Hong Kong-based employee transferred the mon...

Meritz Securites funds KKR’s German media group acquisition

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has provided 200 million euros ($218 million) in a senior loan to fund KKR & Co.’s $3.4 billion purchase in 2019 ...

Shinhan backs AMP Capital’s $763 mn US data center acquisition

Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided 194.1 billion won ($162 million) in financing for AMP Capital’s 911 billion-won ($763 million) acquisition...

Meritz Sec commits $425 mn to India’s housing finance platform

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has committed $425 million to a housing finance platform in India as an anchor investor, in its first foray into the countr...

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...

KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building

KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...

Crianza Aviation leads $600 mn aircraft finance for Etihad Airways

Crianza Aviation, a South Korean aircraft leasing firm, has completed a financing estimated at $600 million to buy three Boeing 787-9s for Etihad Airw...

Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance

Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...

Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...

NH Investment provides $235 mn financing to US gas power plant

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has underwritten a $200 million senior debt and a $35 million equity interest for the construction of a natura...

Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports

Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...

Ex-deputy finance minister named as Korea Investment Corp’s CEO

Heenam Choi, an executive director of the International Monetary Fund and former South Korean deputy finance minister, was appointed as chief executiv...

Carlyle offers $1.7 bn pre-arranged financing to sell ADT Korea

The Carlyle Group has offered 1.9 trillion won ($1.7 billion) in pre-arranged debt financing to potential bidders of its wholly-owned ADT Korea, in a ...

KEB Hana Bank arranges $300 mn aircraft portfolio finance for Avolon

KEB Hana Bank, a leading South Korean lender, has arranged $300 million lease financing for an aircraft portfolio of Avolon, in the first financing ar...