equity-linked securities (ELS)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset named as Best Securities House in S.Korea by Euromoney
Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has been named “Best Securities House in South Korea” at the Euromoney Securities H...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
South Korean investors bet big on ETFs tracking Indian equities
India has emerged as a new darling for South Korean investors actively searching for an alternative to China reeling from multiple economic setbacks...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics joins hands with Affinity for third-party logistics
CJ Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Affinity Equity Partners.Affinity is a glo...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Daishin Securities shelves main office building sale to NH-Amundi
Daishin Securities Co. has called off a plan to sell its headquarters building in a central business district of Seoul to NH-Amundi Asset Management...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys tops JD Power's car seat quality evaluation
South Korea's Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Wednesday that it ranked first for the first time in the...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Goldman Sachs to sell stake in Korea’s top food ingredient wholesaler
Goldman Sachs is set to sell its stake in South Korea’s leading food ingredient wholesaler in an estimated 120 billion won ($89.4 million) dea...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Suprema wins security projects in African countries
South Korea’s Suprema Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI)-based security company, said on Monday it won a contract to supply its fingerprint...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Activst fund KCGI struggles to fund Hanyang Securities deal
KCGI, a South Korean private equity firm, has been struggling to raise funds for its 244.9-billion-won ($183 million) purchase of a controlling stak...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Will Samsung take over Nokia’s mobile network assets?
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has expressed interest in the mobile networks business of Nokia Oyj, a global telec...
Sep 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity Equity bets big on Korea's car rental market
The car rental business resembles financial services. Buying cars with borrowed money, renting them out and eventually selling them to used car de...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Korea to launch regular K-content festival in June
South Korea plans to host a regular event showcasing its cultural products such as K-pop and foods in June of next year with the goal of making the ...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Woori signs $1.16 bn deal to acquire Tongyang, ABL Life from China’s Dajia
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to acquire Tongya...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.5 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 battery maker, and General Motors Co., the leading US automaker, are set to build a $3.5 billion cell plant...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea's Asicland establishes Taiwan subsidiary
Asicland Co., South Korea's only design house contracted by TSMC, said on Monday that it launched a local subsidiary in Hsinchu, Taiwan.The Taiwan...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
IMM consortium picked as preferred bidder for Ecorbit
A consortium of IMM Private Equity and IMM Investment has moved a step closer to owning South Korea’s No. 1 landfill company Ecorbit Co. after...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom provides SaaS-based passkey solution for biz
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday it offers a passkey system, enabling password-free login and user authentication, via a software-as-a-se...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has completed building its first overseas plant — producing howitzers and ammunition carriers in Aust...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. and shareholders in the three-building complex Landmark72, which encompasses the second-tallest skyscraper ...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
CPPIB global private equity head Suyi Kim to leave
Suyi Kim, global private equity head at Canada Pension Plan Investments Board (CPPIB), is set to leave the world’s seventh-largest pension fun...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai AutoEver wins $66 mn public safety contract in Angola
Hyundai AutoEver Corp., a software subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, secured consecutive contracts to build public safety systems in African countr...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business
South Korean online giant Naver Corp.'s cloud subsidiary is expanding its presence in the country’s public artificial intelligence market by w...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS
The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD Hyundai secures Korea's hydrogen engine generator project
HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment and engine manufacturer, said on Thursday it has won the government's first project to develop ge...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
SGC E&C secures $189 mn petrochem facility project in Saudi Arabia
SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a specialist in design, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Thursday that it has signed a cont...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn
US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
HI Investment & Securities changes its name to iM Securities
HI Investment & Securities Co. was rebranded as iM Securities after it held an extraordinary shareholders' meeting at its headquarters in Yeouid...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion's Zymfentra joins US insurance-covered drug lists
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Monday that its subcutaneous injection formulation for autoimmune diseases, Zymfentra (inflixim...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn
South Korean private equity firm KCGI Co. is expected to acquire local brokerage house Hanyang Securities Co. for 244.9 billion won ($179.8 million)...
Aug 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI
Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Samsung Electronics Co.'s venture capital firm, has invested in Protect AI Inc., a US startup offering a security ...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control
Financial investors of Qxpress Pte. are set to take over Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. and its founder Ku Young Bae’s control amid financial turm...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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