Chinese investors enjoy bitcoin arbitrage gains on Kimchi Premium

Chinese investors trading in digital assets such as bitcoin are reaping decent arbitrage gains in South Korea as the so-called Kimchi Premium has re...

Korea's global real estate fund investors brace for losses

The combined balance of overseas real estate investment funds sold in South Korea saw a drop in their net asset value below the original value by 40...

Proxy advisers ISS, Glass Lewis urge LG shareholders to reject spin-off plan

Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have urged shareholders of LG Corp. to vote against the South...

SK Bioscience IPO draws record-high demand from retail investors

South Korean vaccine maker SK Bioscience Co. has set a new record for initial public offering demand, raising around 63.6 trillion won ($56 billio...

Seed investors shy from investing in early stage startups amid pandemic

Early stage startups are almost always risky ventures, promising but unprofitable, and far from market-ready – often making it challenging to ...

China logistics firms yield decent returns for Korean investors

MBK Partners and two leading South Korean conglomerates – SK and CJ groups – have chalked up hefty returns from investments in Chinese l...

NPS adds APG, IFM Investors, Thoma Bravo as managers in Q4

The National Pension Service (NPS) has entrusted funds to three overseas alternative investment firms newly hired in the fourth quarter of last year...

Korean investors face $270 mn loss on Las Vegas hotel loans

South Korean investors in the Drew Las Vegas development project are at higher risk of losing their investment of 300 billion won ($271 million) in ...

Samsung investors fret over stock’s fall as analysts see further gains

For retail investors of Samsung Electronics Co., the stock’s recent drop is reminiscent of the 2018 crash, when individuals who snapped up the...

Korea to lift short-selling ban on large stocks; retail investors resist

South Korea’s financial regulator has decided to allow the short selling of large-cap stocks from May 3 despite opposition from retail investo...

Retail investors test Celltrion, HLB shares as Korea’s GameStop

Celltrion Inc. and HLB Inc., two leading South Korean biopharmaceutical shares, shot up on Monday as the main bourse’s key index climbed back ...

Yogiyo sale gains steam as Baemin investors set for Q1 exit

Financial investors in South Korea's No. 1 food delivery app Baedal Minjok (Baemin) are set to exit in the first quarter of this year, closing t...

Korea’s retail investors go West, eye golden ticket for big money

For South Korean stock investors, 2020 may go down in history as the year of The Great Quest for big money, and at the end of their journey they fou...

Korea’s retail investors shed loser image, turn pandemic into bonanza

In South Korea, as the saying goes, the stock market is at its peak if a swarm of individual investors go on a buying spree, often leading to heavy ...

Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing

Global webtoon (digital comics) platform Naver Webtoon is paving the way to a listing in the US market, reaching out to foreign investors for pre-...

HOLD Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing

Global webtoon (digital comics) platform Naver Webtoon is paving the way to a listing in the US market, reaching out to foreign investors for pre-...

Korean investors buy Dutch logistics center using drones and smartphones

South Korea’s Kiwoom Securities Co. has acquired a new logistics center in the Netherlands for 180 billion won ($165 million) this year, relyi...

Investors set sights on value stocks as LG Electronics’ shares soar

With South Korea’s stock market indexes at or near all-time highs, finding bargains in the market is a daunting task.Growth stocks such as bat...

Retail investor buying, foreign selling hit fresh highs on Kospi

Foreign investors sold a record volume of shares on South Korea’s main bourse on Nov. 30, triggering a sharp fall in the main stock index, whi...

Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19

An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...

Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit

The South Korean stock market’s recent rally is both a blessing and a curse for fund managers as investors are increasingly exiting their funds ...

Investors eye Goldilocks stock market in 2021; Biden, pandemic negatives

South Korea’s stock markets are expected to continue their uptrend into next year, fueled by aggressive foreign buying on the back of strong cor...

Samsung shares hit historic high as foreign investors scoop up net $2.3 bn

Samsung Electronics Co. shares have soared to a historic high, driven by foreign investors scooping up a total net 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) wor...

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

South Korea's stock market is seeing a shift in buying trends from foreign investors who are increasingly beefing up investments in cyclical stocks wh...

South Korean investors ramp up US stock purchases

South Korean investors ramped up overseas stock purchases amid looming uncertainty surrounding the US Presidential Election during the first week of N...

Korean fried chicken brand draws over 1,000 investors in bookbuilding

Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No. 1 fried chicken franchise operator, wrapped up a successful bookbuilding for institutional investors with bid...

[ASK2020] Trends in Renewable Energy and Implications for Investors

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating integrated businesses across Credit, Privat...

[ASK2020] Why is co-investment an attractive tool for investors?

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated...

Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class

South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...

Kakao's exchangeable bond issue lures global investors

South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is raising the price of shares to be converted from its exchangeable bond issue in Singapore on ...