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Machinery
Doosan aims to raise $1.3 bn in rights offering
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group’s subsidiary, agreed to raise 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 ...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Koo Ja-eun takes helm of Korea’s cable, machinery conglomerate LS Group
Koo Ja-eun, chairman of South Korea’s LS Mtron Co., a machinery and components maker, will lead the country’s 14th-largest conglomerate ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
KoreaCenter acquires Danawa, paving way for MBK’s bolt-on deal
KoreaCenter Co. has been named the new owner of Danawa Co., one of South Korea’s first-generation e-commerce platforms – a move that is ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to secure $1.36 bn to raise US battery output
LG Energy Solution Ltd. is set to secure $1.36 billion to expand US battery output capacity, joining the fundraising race among South Korean battery...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
KakaoPay chief tapped as co-CEO in Kakao management shakeup
Young-joon Ryu and Min-soo Yeo, slated as Kakao Corp. co-CEOs come March Korea’s largest mobile messenger provider Kakao Corp. is slated ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KIC sees 11 alternative investment managers resign by November
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw as many as 10 professionals of its alternative investment division resign from the South Korean sovereign wea...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS beats Blackstone, Brookfield in Asian real estate AUM
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, was ranked as the world’s second-largest asset management ...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions invests $100 mn in US energy startup Lancium
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. has invested in a US data center energy management startup as part of its new business model to embrace t...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Toss operator invests $5 mn in US startup fintech platform Republic
Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, is investing $5 million in Republic, a ...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS rewards investment managers with hefty bonuses
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund with 930 trillion won ($781.8 billion) in total a...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy to list end-January with enterprise value up to $67 billion
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will list its shares on the main bourse around the end of January, valuing the top South Korean battery maker between 70 tri...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund
South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea closer to independent satellite technology
South Korea has developed its own signal control system for a radar reconnaissance satellite to be launched next year, the system being a key techno...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Robots, AI replace human workers at Kia’s EV6 manufacturing factory
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled the automated manufacturing process at its smart factory for the EV6, its firs...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s SKC to build $761 mn copper foil plant in Poland
South Korea’s SKC Co. decided to build a copper foil factory for $761 million in Poland, its first European plant to produce the core electric...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s LIG close to record $3.5 bn deal to export missile system to UAE
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, is close to a record $3.5 billion deal to export its surface-to-air missile system to the Unit...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste treatment
Hyundai Motor Group seeks to buy Korea waste treatment firm
Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, has joined the race to buy a South Korean garbage treatment company as the gr...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to quadruple steel sheet production for eco-friendly cars
South Korean steelmaking giant POSCO Co. is slated to quadruple its production of non-grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a key material in the...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung heir Lee on US trip for foundry investment, COVID vaccines
Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman and de facto leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, has embarked on a business trip to North America to f...
Nov 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Energy to raise $130 mn for Australia hydrogen project
Hanwha Energy Corp. of South Korea's Hanwha Group will raise about 150 billion won ($130 million) from Woori Private Equity to fund its solar energy...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola
LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Oaktree Capital Management
[ASK 2021] Embracing ESG: The Challenge for Multi-Asset Managers
Embracing ESG: The Challenge for Multi-Asset Managers Discuss the complexities firms encounter when addressing ESG globally a...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman promotes TMT banker to MD in Seoul
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Nov. 2 announced the promotions of two Korean executive directors in its Seoul office to managing directors (MDs), the b...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alderwood Capital
[ASK 2021] The Case for Investing in the Asset Management Industry through GP Stakes
Founded in 2020 Alderwood is an investor in asset management GP stakes. The team behind Alderwood has invested together for 20 years, making it ...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects
SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...
Oct 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai, Kia invest in US solid-state battery startup Factorial
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. invested in US solid-state battery startup Factorial Energy in a move to secure various technologies for the next-ge...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S in talks to sell ESS, solar energy projects
SK E&S Co. is in talks with a number of private equity firms and financial investors to sell energy storage systems (ESS) and solar energy devel...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
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...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) plans to increase alternative investments to a quarter of its portfolio by 2027 from the current 16%, its CEO Jin Seoun...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
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...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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