[ASK2020] The Opportunity in European Private Debt

Park Square Capital is one of the world’s most established private debt firms, providing flexible financing solutions to high-quality and ...

[ASK2020] Introduction to Australia’s Private Debt Market

IFM Investors was established more than 25 years ago with the aim to protect and grow the retirement savings of pension fund members. IFM manage...

[ASK2020] Trends in European Private Debt and Private Equity Post Covid19

Tikehau Capital is an asset management and investment group with €25.7 billion of assets under management and shareholder equity of €2...

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 ...

Naver, CJ ink $531 mn deal on entertainment content, logistics

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. and logistics and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group have signed a 600 billion won ($531 mill...

Korean police fund raises risk appetite for private debt

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has recently selected an opportunistic strategy fund for private debt investment as the $3 bi...

GS E&C challenges Hyundai Heavy in Doosan deal

GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has joined the bidding for a stake in Doosan Infracore Co. after the bid submission deadline, a mov...

AI chip market heats up, to tip over $100 bn in deals

The global semiconductor industry has been swamped with a series of massive deals this year, likely to tip over $100 billion in deal volume as compani...

SK Hynix to buy Intel’s NAND business in $9 bn cash deal

SK Hynix Inc. has signed a 10.3 trillion won ($9 billion) all-cash deal to buy Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business that will propel the Sout...

Hana to launch $38 mn retail fund for US property deal

Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. plans to raise 43 billion won ($38 million) from a retail fund for its investment in an office building in north...

Korean teachers’ fund keen on equities, M&A deals

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a $29 billion savings fund, will increase its exposure to equities markets and M&A financing deals...

Brookfield's debt fund to raise $610 mn from Korea

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will collect around 700 billion won ($610 million) from South Korean institutional investors for its second credit ...

Brookfield set to raise $610 mn for new infrastructure debt fund: report

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will collect around 700 billion won ($610 million) from South Korean institutional investors for its second infrastru...

Korean LPs commit over $94 mn to LaSalle’s $513 mn debt fund

South Korean pension and savings funds, including the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (S...

Hyundai Heavy, and five other Korean groups shortlisted for Doosan Infracore deal

Doosan Group has shortlisted six bidders, including Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., and four local private equity groups, to acquire a controll...

Credit Suisse lead-manages Doosan Group’s restructuring deals

Credit Suisse handled three restructuring deals worth a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) for South Korea’s Doosan Group and 1.5 trillion w...

Korean Air to lend $950 mn to US hotel unit for debt repayment

Korean Air Lines Co. will provide $950 million in loans to its fully owned US hotel operator which has $900 million in debt maturing this month, the c...

Korea Investment near $120 mn deal to buy student housing in Texas

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is close to acquiring a new student housing building near the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for...

Hana Financial to fund Australia solar power project with $146 mn senior debts

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has secured A$200 million ($146 million) in senior loans to finance A$320 million solar power project in Australia ...

BOK to buy $4.2 bn in state bonds by year-end to stabilize debt market

The Bank of Korea will buy state bonds worth 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) directly from the market by the end of this year to stabilize the local deb...

Doosan Heavy seeks new buyer for construction arm after deal falls through

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has begun fresh talks with potential buyers for construction affiliate Doosan Engineering & Constru...

Hanwha Solutions, affiliates’ shares soar on Green New Deal, defense

Share prices of Hanwha Solutions Corp. and other Hanwha Group units are being re-rated as the companies shift their business focus to the green energy...

Samsung wins $6.6 bn deal to supply 5G equipment to Verizon

Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched a 7.9 trillion won ($6.6 billion) deal to supply fifth-generation wireless communications solutions to Verizon Co...

Korea state agency to sell up to 10% Woori Financial stake in block deal

The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has resumed the ongoing sale process of its 17.25% stake in Woori Financial Group in four years. It will offe...

Asiana deal botched as HDC rejects creditors’ latest offer

HDC Hyundai Development Co.’s planned takeover of Asiana Airlines Inc. has fallen through as the preferred buyer renewed its request for further...

PAG inks $127 mn deal to sell Tobots-maker Young Toys to MiraeN, 2 local PEFs

Hong Kong-based investment firm PAG has agreed to sell South Korean toymaker Young Toys Inc. to a consortium led by local education service provi...

KDB offers to ease HDC's financial burden in Asiana takeover as deal stalls

State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...

Record-high Q2 Korean household debt heats up property, stock markets

South Korea’s household debt surged to the highest level in its history in the second quarter of the year, led by soaring mortgage loans and sec...

Global partnership pushes Hanwha into final round of Aussie armored vehicle deal

Hanwha Defense Co. has reached the final stretch in a race to win Australia’s 5-trillion won (US$4.2 billion) project to buy new infantry fighti...

Korean Air, Hahn & Company closer to finalizing $845 mn in-flight meal service deal

Korean Air Lines Co. and local private equity firm Hahn & Company may sign the share purchase agreement (SPA) for the flag carrier’s in-flig...