LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...

Business magnates' startup investment fraternity V-Society going strong

Business magnates' startup investment fraternity V-Society going strong

Back in August 2000, a fraternity of domestic business magnates’ children and startup entrepreneurs named V-Society was founded. The frat...

Korea's NPS posts 8% loss from investment in H1 2022

Korea's NPS posts 8% loss from investment in H1 2022

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea had an 8% negative return during the first half of 2022, its investment management arm announced on Au...

LG Electronics to operate two lounges for OLED R monitor at Frieze Seoul

LG Electronics to operate two lounges for OLED R monitor at Frieze Seoul

South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. will operate two lounges at the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair’s inaugural event in Seoul.&...

SoftBank-backed Tridge becomes South Korea’s first agriculture unicorn 

SoftBank-backed Tridge becomes South Korea’s first agriculture unicorn 

South Korea’s agriculture and food trading platform Tridge Co. announced Thursday that it raised 50 billion won ($37.4 million) from DS Asset ...

Tech giant Kakao turns to digital display advertising for added revenue 

Tech giant Kakao turns to digital display advertising for added revenue 

Kakao Corp. is looking to add display advertising to South Korea’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk, as well as the fintech apps developed by i...

Korea Inc. cuts factory runs, capex on record inventory

Korea Inc. cuts factory runs, capex on record inventory

Samsung Electronics Co. and other major South Korean companies have reduced their plant operations and capital expenditures as weakening demand amid...

S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter

S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter

Despite being in crypto winter, or a period in which prices of major cryptocurrencies have slid and stayed low for weeks on end, South Korea's bigge...

LG CNS posts double-digit profit growth ahead of 2023 IPO

LG CNS posts double-digit profit growth ahead of 2023 IPO

South Korea's largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. on Tuesday reported double-digit growth in both profit and revenue in the second q...

Korea's NPS upped alternative investment by 33% in 2021

Korea's NPS upped alternative investment by 33% in 2021

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea committed 204.4 trillion won ($156.7 billion) to alternative investment as of end-2021, up 32.7% f...

Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge

Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge

South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...

Japan’s multifamily assets shine amid market volatility: Savills IM

Japan’s multifamily assets shine amid market volatility: Savills IM

Multifamily assets have been a key investment target due to their resilience amid economic volatility. Japan, with the largest real estate market in...

LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project

LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project

LG CNS Co., a South Korean major information technology service provider, is set to consult on the design of an Indonesian smart city project worth ...

KIC taps investment strategy head Lee Hoon as CIO

KIC taps investment strategy head Lee Hoon as CIO

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is set to appoint Lee Hoon, the senior managing director and head of the investment strategy & innovation d...

S.Korean startup Time Percent gives power to digital asset investors 

S.Korean startup Time Percent gives power to digital asset investors 

South Korean startup Time Percent Corp. was founded a year ago with the specific goal of giving power to the investors of digital assets, rather tha...

Korean firms rush to sell real estate to raise cash

Korean firms rush to sell real estate to raise cash

South Korean companies are selling real estate and subsidiaries to raise cash as accelerating inflation, rising interest rates and the soft won all ...

Kia posts record-high double-digit profit margin in second quarter

Kia posts record-high double-digit profit margin in second quarter

Kia Corp., South Korea’s largest automaker, said on Friday it posted its first-ever double-digit operating profit margin in the second quarter...

Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership

Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership

South Korea’s national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are expanding their business cooperation in dig...

KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund

KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund

South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Group bets $100 million on SpaceX

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Group bets $100 million on SpaceX

Mirae Asset Securities Co. is poised to invest $100 million in US spacecraft and satellite communication corporation SpaceX. The South Korean f...

Korean firms eye alternative assets for safer investments, survey finds

Korean firms eye alternative assets for safer investments, survey finds

South Korean corporates are increasingly eyeing alternative assets seeking downside protection amid interest rate hikes and equity and bond price dr...

NPS sees 14 investment managers resign by end-June

NPS sees 14 investment managers resign by end-June

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea sees as many as 14 professionals of its investment management arm resign by end-June of this year, acc...

Korean retirement funds, mutual aids struggle with profitability

Korean retirement funds, mutual aids struggle with profitability

Some major retirement funds in South Korea are raising interest rates on their members’ savings accounts in line with global central banks&rsq...

South Korea’s merch-producing platforms target influencers 

South Korea’s merch-producing platforms target influencers 

Digital content creators in South Korea – YouTube partners, Tiktok creators and webtoon writers – are no longer relying solely on subscr...

Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets

Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets

South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...

SK Telecom expands system for self-driving in Seoul

SK Telecom expands system for self-driving in Seoul

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has expanded the area covered by the traffic control system for self-driving in Seoul, takin...

DeepBrain AI to bring back deceased loved ones – virtually 

DeepBrain AI to bring back deceased loved ones – virtually 

Perhaps we will soon not be remembering our loved ones only through photos.Imagine a virtual rendition of the deceased speaking at his or her memori...

[ASK 2022]  Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global

[ASK 2022]  Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global

 As a leading European private credit asset manager, Arrow Global operates its own servicing platforms that most accurately fit E...

Residential, urban logistics in Europe are attractive: Patrizia

Residential, urban logistics in Europe are attractive: Patrizia

Despite a number of global market uncertainties, there is value in real assets where rental income grows faster than inflation, Mahdi Mokrane, head ...

More LPs tap ex-Samsung Life professionals as CIOs

More LPs tap ex-Samsung Life professionals as CIOs

A number of financial experts who built their careers at Samsung Life Insurance Co. are in the spotlight as more South Korean pension funds and mutu...

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