core real estate platform fund
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao extends rivalry with Naver into digital healthcare
Kakao Corp., an operator of South Korea's top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has set its sights on the digital healthcare market, launching an in-h...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea Venture Investment creates global fund worth $2 billion
Korea’s government-backed fund of funds (FOF) management institution announced its latest selection of funds late last month, which would bene...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea's biggest fund to invest $5.8 million in overseas VCs
Korea Venture Investment Corp. plans to invest $58.2 million or about 69 billion won in 10 funds around the globe. The government-backed fund o...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao buys startup Grip, fueling e-commerce push
South Korea's Kakao Corp. has acquired a live streaming e-commerce app Grip Co. to beef up its online shopping business, considered the weakest spot...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Softbank joins $190 mn fundraising by Naver metaverse platform
Naver Corp.’s metaverse platform secured $190 million from Softbank and other investors to expand its business in a market marked by fierce co...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Polar Asset joins NPS' hedge fund managers in Q3
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea selected Toronto-based Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. as a new mandate of hedge fund managers in t...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3
The National Pension Service added New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC to its pool of 58 global real estate investment manager...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
STIC invests $843 mn in Korean copper foil maker Iljin
South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. said on Nov. 30 it will invest 1.1 trillion won ($843.1 million) to expand Korean elecfoil ...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts $56.5 bn return for first three quarters of 2021
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) Investment Management said on Nov. 29 it earned 67.4 trillion won ($56.5 billion) return for the first ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Gaming platform Planetarium attracts $42 mn, valued at $293 mn
South Korea’s non-fungible token (NFT)-based open source gaming platform Planetarium, under Nine Corp. Inc., is slated to attract around 50 ...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said its savings arm will select two asset managers of an open-end commingled blind poo...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
KoreaCenter acquires Danawa, paving way for MBK’s bolt-on deal
KoreaCenter Co. has been named the new owner of Danawa Co., one of South Korea’s first-generation e-commerce platforms – a move that is ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Proptech platform Olim Planet eyes 2022 Kosdaq IPO
Olim Planet, a South Korean property technology startup, has begun the process to go public on the junior Kosdaq market as early as the second half ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
KakaoPay chief tapped as co-CEO in Kakao management shakeup
Young-joon Ryu and Min-soo Yeo, slated as Kakao Corp. co-CEOs come March Korea’s largest mobile messenger provider Kakao Corp. is slated ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KIC sees 11 alternative investment managers resign by November
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw as many as 10 professionals of its alternative investment division resign from the South Korean sovereign wea...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK On seeks $2.5 bn in new funding for battery plants
SK On Co., one of South Korea's top three rechargeable battery makers, plans to raise around 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in a pre-IPO share sale n...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
SEMA to increase Asia-based infra assets, CIO says
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing retirement pension fund in South Korea, will increase inf...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS beats Blackstone, Brookfield in Asian real estate AUM
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, was ranked as the world’s second-largest asset management ...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
US activist fund to face off with IMM PE over Hanssem
Teton Capital Partners, a US-based activist fund, has taken legal action to block IMM Private Equity from exercising its management rights over Hans...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Toss operator invests $5 mn in US startup fintech platform Republic
Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, is investing $5 million in Republic, a ...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund
South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Music copyright trading platform Musicow revitalizes Korea’s startup scene
“Music becomes Cashcow” is the slogan for Korea’s hottest startup of the year, Musicow, Inc., and cash cow it has been. Indus...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Resale platform Bunjang to raise funds at over $300 mn valuation
South Korea's leading resale platform Bungaejangter Inc., also known as Bunjang, will raise 83 billion won ($70 million) in fresh funding at a valua...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs
The growing popularity of fractional investment in celebrated artworks, music copyrights and luxury items has spurred a flurry of venture capital in...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK closes SSF II at $1.8 bn, largest Asian SSF since 2019
South Korea’s MBK Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, said it has raised $1.8 billion for its second special situations...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
Celltrion looks beyond biosimilars to develop its own mRNA drugs
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. has long been a biosimilar player, producing replicas of original drugs, a growing market in the pandemic era.Ear...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
AIIB commits $60 mn to STIC Asia Infra Innovation Fund
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has committed $60 million to the STIC Asia Infrastructure Innovation Fund managed by South Korea&r...
Nov 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK to invest $340 mn in Vietnam’s major retail platform The CrownX
South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group said on Nov. 11 that it agreed to invest $340 million in The CrownX, a retail platform of Masan Group Corp...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
DearU’s value nears YG Entertainment after strong Kosdaq debut
Shares of DearU Co., a K-pop fandom platform in South Korea, fell on Thursday, the day after a strong Kosdaq debut, which briefly put the company&...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC, NongHyup, Suhyup to co-invest $300 mn in overseas hedge funds
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is slated to jointly invest a combined $300 million in overseas hedge funds with Korea’s National Agricultu...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 3 Naver Financial seeks to acquire S. Korean real estate data platform Asil
- 4 KakaoBank shares surge on Thai virtual bank approval
- 5 Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma