corporate venture capital fund
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s pension fund NPS posts record return in 2024 on US stock rally
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, said on ...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea’s sovereign fund KIC logs 8.5% return in 2024
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) reported an annual return of 8.49% last year thanks to steady gains from equity investments led by the AI tec...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Hana Financial to boost corporate value by raising shareholder returns
South Korea’s Hana Financial Group aims to increase corporate value by ramping up shareholder returns based on a sustainable profit structure ...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CHA Biotech seeks to resume healthcare unit IPO after affiliates’ merger
CHA Biotech Co., South Korea’s leading stem cell therapeutics developer, plans to resume an initial public offering of CHA Healthcare Co., a m...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
One-third of Korean petrochem bonds incur valuation losses
South Korean institutional investors, including banks, insurers and securities companies, have yet to fully benefit from recent declines in bond yie...
Feb 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics deepens ties with US startup Apex.AI
LG Electronics Inc. has invested in Apex.AI, a US-based startup developing safety-certified software designed to accelerate the transition of softwa...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
S.Korea’s top financial regulator pushes tax support for value-up program
South Korea is ramping up efforts to encourage companies to enhance shareholder value by providing tax support for its corporate value-up program, a...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
S.Korea’s corporate bond market cools amid poor earnings
Investors’ appetite for corporate debts sold by South Korea’s petrochemical, retail and battery companies has waned this month amid grim...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea Investment & Securities aims to be Asia's top securities firm
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will step up its asset management business by launching innovative global investment products, aiming to surpa...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek ventures into automotive AP module market
LG Innotek Co., a major South Korean electronics parts developer, has forayed into the automotive application processor (AP) module market, poised f...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Beauty giant CJ Olive Young to buy Seoul office building for $472 mn
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has been given priority rights to buy an office building in Seoul for about 680 bi...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital acquires control of Mohegan's Korean resort
Private equity firm Bain Capital has acquired control of Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, the largest integrated resort in ...
Feb 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As
Hyundai Motor Group has created a future business strategy division that serves as a control tower for the automotive group’s expansion into n...
Feb 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
LG companies flock to debt, equity markets to raise $2.8 billion
Companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group scrambled to sell shares and bonds to raise 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) e...
Feb 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
PAG raises $4 bn for opportunistic Asia real estate fund
PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, on Friday announced the final close of its 10th opportunistic real estate fund at $4 billi...
Feb 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea to let securities firms manage $43 bn public fund investment pool
South Korea said on Wednesday it aims to boost returns on 62.1 billion won ($42.7 billion) in the public fund investment pool by entrusting some of ...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC at forefront of $413-mn deal to buy hotels from South Korea’s DL Group
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. has been given priority rights to buy three hotels valued at more than 600 billion won ($413 million) toget...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Glenwood Credit stresses role as reliable financial partner: CEO Lee
Many companies, big and small, sell or buy affiliated units to raise funds or narrow their focus during economic downturns, and to fund expansion or...
Feb 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactu...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US Capital Group raises stake in South Korea’s LS Electric
Capital Group Companies Inc. has increased its stake in LS Electric Co., a South Korean supplier to Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp., as the US asset ma...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea to launch $23 bn high tech fund, bracing for Trump 2.0
South Korea will launch a high tech fund worth more than 34 trillion won ($23 billion) to provide cheap financing, including equity investments, for...
Feb 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Funding to Korean tech startups at 7-year low; seed funding soars
New funding to South Korean tech startups dropped to its lowest level in seven years in 2024. But seed funding soared 142% led by semiconductor, hea...
Feb 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
CPPIB to enter South Korean rental housing market
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), one of the world’s top 10 global pension fund managers, is joining other foreign asset manag...
Jan 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business
South Korea’s HS Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. is seeking to sell its tire steel cord business to secure funds for its new growth ventures ...
Jan 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Partners Investment, GordonMD eye $150 mn biotech fund launch
South Korean venture capital firm Partners Investment said on Thursday it will raise up to 215.5 billion won ($150 million) in a biotech fund jointl...
Jan 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
MBK’s ByungJu Kim, UBS’ Kyungin Lee: Most influential in capital market
Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., and Kyungin David Lee, UBS Gl...
Jan 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial, Bain Capital to expand investment in S.Korea
South Korean Hana Financial Group and the US-based global well-known private equity fund (PEF) Bain Capital plan to strengthen their strategic par...
Jan 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS commits $800 mn to Almanac for strategic partnership
The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has committed $800 million to Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment arm of Neuber...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea’s Hwasung Cosmetics shines with Affirma Capital’s Midas touch
Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has turned Hwasung Cosmetics into an emerging original design manufacturer (ODM) for global beau...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Real estate debt outshines corporate credit: Savills IM
Private credit has been among the top picks for alternative investors over the past few years. During the period of high interest rates, corporate l...
Jan 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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