KTCU seeks new GPs skilled in raising corporate value

KTCU seeks new GPs skilled in raising corporate value

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will seek out general partners (GPs) that have expertise in corporate workouts, add-on investments and a ...

Korea Post advises more GPs set up Korean offices for better partnerships

Korea Post advises more GPs set up Korean offices for better partnerships

Korea Post looks to expand asset classes that can hedge inflation and earn benefits from rising interest rates despite concerns of stagflation and c...

HMM’s stock loses ground on slowing profit growth, overhang woes

HMM’s stock loses ground on slowing profit growth, overhang woes

South Korea’s largest container liner HMM Co. suffered a tumble in its stock prices despite the rosy outlook on the global shipping industry a...

Naver, Mirae Asset ramp up investment in India’s promising startups

Naver, Mirae Asset ramp up investment in India’s promising startups

South Korea’s top online platform operator Naver Corp. and brokerage giant Mirae Asset Securities Co. are aggressively investing in promi...

KIC to expand long-term investment in Asia

KIC to expand long-term investment in Asia

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) focused on strengthening venture capital (VC) strategies and expanding co-investments with general partners (GPs) this ...

NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions

NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions

The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...

Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments

Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association's (SEMA) Chief Investment Officer Huh Sung-moo said on Wednesday that climate change and g...

Koramco puts $103 mn in funds for US university housing

Koramco puts $103 mn in funds for US university housing

Koramco Asset Management Co., one of the top asset managers in Korea and a 100% subsidiary of Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co., said on Oc...

LCS Group, Bosung Powertec to form $40 mn fund for telecom tower project

LCS Group, Bosung Powertec to form $40 mn fund for telecom tower project

LCS Group Korea, a South Korean corporate set up by the Philippines' LCS Group of Companies, signed a joint venture establishment contract on Oct. 2...

KTCU to be Korea’s first pension fund to invest in cryptocurrency ETF

KTCU to be Korea’s first pension fund to invest in cryptocurrency ETF

South Korea’s second largest institutional investor Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU), with $40.2 billion under management, is eyeing its f...

K-pop copyright trading platform Musicow prepares for IPO

K-pop copyright trading platform Musicow prepares for IPO

Musicow Inc., South Korea's first music copyright trading platform, has embarked on the process to go public on the back of its eye-catching growth ...

Korean VC firms expand investment in Southeast Asia

Korean VC firms expand investment in Southeast Asia

South Korean venture capital firms are expanding their investment in Southeast Asia,  where startups grow rapidly based on a large population.K...

CalSTRS, POBA co-invest $317 mn in US debts in 2021

CalSTRS, POBA co-invest $317 mn in US debts in 2021

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) have invested a combi...

Korean P2P lending platform 8Percent raises near $40 mn

Korean P2P lending platform 8Percent raises near $40 mn

South Korea-based online peer-to-peer lending platform 8Percent has secured 43.5 billion won ($38.3 million) in an investment round led by the Silic...

Blind pool funds eclipse project funds for Korean asset managers

Blind pool funds eclipse project funds for Korean asset managers

A growing number of South Korean asset management firms are preparing to launch their own blind pool funds for global real estate investments, which...

Naver's metaverse platform seeks over $40 mn in funding

Naver's metaverse platform seeks over $40 mn in funding

Naver Z Corp., the operator of South Korea's metaverse platform Zepeto, is in the early stages of talks with investors to raise more than 50 billion...

Korean LCCs rush to stock market for fund on travel recovery hopes

Korean LCCs rush to stock market for fund on travel recovery hopes

Cash-strapped South Korean budget airlines are rushing to raise money in the local stock market on growing hopes for a travel recovery as government...

ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps Co., South Korea's No. 2 security services provider, is seeking to raise up to 400 billion won ($336 million) from private equity firms ahe...

SK E&S' $2 bn share deal draws slew of funding providers

SK E&S' $2 bn share deal draws slew of funding providers

KKR & Co. and three other private equity firms, shortlisted for SK E&S Co.'s new preferred shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion), are n...

Ardian wins $25 mn mandate from construction workers' fund

Ardian wins $25 mn mandate from construction workers' fund

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) will commit $25 million to Paris-based private equity firm Ardian for infrast...

Police fund to appoint equities specialist as CIO

Police fund to appoint equities specialist as CIO

South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has picked Han Jong-seok, a former chief investment officer of Meritz Asset Management Co. and eq...

Korea’s NFTBank to launch NFT funds this year

Korea’s NFTBank to launch NFT funds this year

The global market of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain-based tokens, which each represent a unique asset such as a piece of art, digital conten...

Korea property startup Kasa to launch exchange in Singapore

Korea property startup Kasa to launch exchange in Singapore

Kasa Korea Co., a property investment platform, is set to expand its services to help global users invest in real estate in the world by obtaining l...

Korean military fund targets medium-risk global assets

Korean military fund targets medium-risk global assets

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a South Korean retirement fund, is chasing medium-risk, medium-return assets in developed markets with a...

Meritz Alternative to invest in Washington DC building

Meritz Alternative to invest in Washington DC building

South Korea’s Meritz Alternative Investment Management Co. is set to invest in an office building in Washington DC.Meritz formed a 200 billion...

Korea’s top cryptocurrency exchange operator becomes decacorn

Korea’s top cryptocurrency exchange operator becomes decacorn

Dunamu Inc., the operator of South Korea’s top cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, became a decacorn, a company valued at over $10 billion.Dunamu h...

SoftBank sells part of Coupang shares for $1.7 bn

SoftBank sells part of Coupang shares for $1.7 bn

Vision Fund, led by SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son, has sold one-tenth of its shares in South Korea's e-commerce platform Coupang Inc. for $1....

KB Fin, Shinhan invest in Sweden's wind farm via joint fund

KB Fin, Shinhan invest in Sweden's wind farm via joint fund

South Korea's two banking giants -- KB Financial Group and Shinhan Financial Group -- have invested a combined 80 billion won ($68 million) in a win...

Antitrust body takes aim at Kakao's taxi-hailing app, Coupang

Antitrust body takes aim at Kakao's taxi-hailing app, Coupang

South Korea's antitrust body has launched an investigation into Kakao Mobility Corp. on allegations of discrimination against taxi drivers not subsc...

Activist fund urges SK Chemicals to sell part of SK Bioscience stake

Activist fund urges SK Chemicals to sell part of SK Bioscience stake

A Singaporean activist fund has urged South Korea’s SK Chemicals to sell some of its shares in SK Bioscience Co., saying its corporate value h...

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