equity-linked securities (ELS)

Krafton Inc. has locked up more than 80% of its IPO shares allocated to institutional investors, in a move to prevent mass selling of its shares imm...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named Suyi Kim, its Asia head, as the global chief of its private equity business, effective Se...

Queenit, a South Korea-based fashion mobile platform targeting women in their 40s and 50s, has raised 10 billion won ($9 million) from venture capit...

LG Technology Ventures, a venture capital arm of South Korea's LG Group, has diversified its portfolio into the industrial cybersecurity market with...

Private equity firms registered in South Korea posted their largest-ever amount of both investments and divestments in 2020 which were almost balanc...

South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. will further invest in NuScale Power LLC, a US small mo...

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association issued a request for proposals to commit $25 million to a global infrastructure fund...

Some of the most cash-abundant firms across different industries in South Korea are issuing large amounts of bonds to raise even more funds amid a l...

The National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to up-and-coming biopharmaceutical, electric vehicle parts, entertainment and gaming companie...

Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner, is selling a majority stake in its wholly owned Hyundai Oil Terminal Co. to a Seoul-based private equit...

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...

South Korea's initial public offering market is gaining fresh momentum from high-profile listings such as mobile banking app KakaoBank and game deve...

Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC), seeks to raise some $175 million in new shares to boost its capital base, raising ...

The sale of Citibank Korea’s consumer banking business is gaining traction as potential bidders have started due diligence of the bank, with e...

In South Korea, just like any other major economies, the stock market has been a mine of gold even for small investors, who enjoyed hefty gains from...

South Korea's co-working space provider FastFive Co. announced on June 11 that it has raised 30 billion won ($27 million) from seven investors, brin...

South Korea’s luxury handbag maker Simone Acc. Collection Ltd., 30% owned by US private equity firm Blackstone, has kicked off a process to li...

South Korea's Shinsegae and Lotte groups, the two final contenders for eBay Korea, are hurrying to securitize their assets, even offering core real ...

The imminent advent of quantum computers is posing an online security risk. Quantum computers, unlike the binary computers in common use today, can ...

South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. and Mirae Asset Group have agreed to an investment that will render them the top shareholder in Iksuda ...

South Korea's Shinhan REITs Management Co. is poised to invest $93 million to buy a pre-completed fulfillment center in New Mexico, under a long-ter...

LG Chem Ltd. suffered a broad sell-off on May 26, with more than 4 trillion won ($3.6 billion) of its market cap vanishing in a single trading day, ...

The pet care market is set to ride a "cloud wave" as companies make use of pet data on cloud storage spaces to tap into the growing pet care market,...

SK Bioscience Co. has secured additional funding for phase III clinical trial of GBP510, its COVID-19 vaccine candidate jointly developed with the I...

The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are upping the ante in ...

South Korean companies have posted their best-ever quarterly sales and operating profits, emerging from a year-long slump caused by the global COVID...

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....

Teamblind Inc., the operator of Blind, an anonymous social platform for discussion on workplace issues, has successfully concluded its $37 million S...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Chris Rhee, a former partner of Affinity Equity Partners, as its Seoul office head and global partner, according ...