Title Contents All

Scope

Date

~

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

South Korea's stock market is seeing a shift in buying trends from foreign investors who are increasingly beefing up investments in cyclical stocks wh...

Shinhan closing in on HSBC to be top foreign bank in Vietnam

Shinhan closing in on HSBC to be top foreign bank in Vietnam

Shinhan Bank Vietnam Ltd., the Vietnamese subsidiary of Shinhan Bank, is close to becoming the top foreign bank in Vietnam thanks to its solid perform...

Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea

Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea

Global cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are taking a greater share of South Korea’s serverless computing market, where ...

Korean digital wallet operator raises $173 mn from foreign VC firms

Korean digital wallet operator raises $173 mn from foreign VC firms

Viva Republica Inc., the operator of South Korea's popular digital wallet Toss, has raised its largest single fundraising worth $173 million from...

Korea’s money supply sees fastest growth in decade as foreigners return to stock market

Korea’s money supply sees fastest growth in decade as foreigners return to stock market

South Korea’s money supply grew at a quicker pace in June than it has in a decade, as foreign investors, who shunned risky assets just following...

Foreign insurers’ Korean units likely up for sale on tougher rules, falling profits

Following in the footsteps of Prudential Financial Inc., foreign insurance companies are expected to put their Korean units up for sale to meet tighte...

Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree

Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree

Foreign investors have stepped up apartment purchases in South Korea in recent years, adding fuel to the already heated residential property market wh...

Foreign investors’ holding of South Korean bonds at record high of $115 bn

Foreign investors’ holding of South Korean bonds at record high of $115 bn

Foreign investors continued to buy South Korean bonds such as treasuries and monetary stabilization bonds for a fourth consecutive month in April, wit...

[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO

[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will chase equity stakes in foreign companies running power, harbor and road projects, as it is seeking t...

[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO

[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion savings fund, is interested in sovereign debt of emerging economies, and will put eff...

NPS’ 2015 return beats key foreign pension funds; to take passive equities strategy

NPS’ 2015 return beats key foreign pension funds; to take passive equities strategy

The National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment return dipped to 4.57% in 2015, but its performance outstripped those of other top five pension funds ...

[Korean Money Going Abroad] Korea insurers up overseas investments, eyeing foreign asset managers

South Korean insurance companies have been raising investments in overseas investments by more than 50% since the start of this year and also consider...

US visa quotas hamstring Korean manufacturers’ US expansion

US visa quotas hamstring Korean manufacturers’ US expansion

South Korean manufacturing companies have tripled investments in building plants in the US over the past three years, but labor shortages are slammi...

SK Hynix raises $1.5 bn in foreign bonds amid high demand

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has raised $1.5 billion in foreign currency bonds, with the debt offering four tim...

KT, Lotte, DL to divest a series of hotels

KT, Lotte, DL to divest a series of hotels

South Korea's Lotte Group, KT Group, and DL Group plan to sell their domestic hotels....

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, tap career technocrats Fubon Bank expands Korea presence into banking Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF Even barcodes copied: Counterfeits invasion threatens K-brands

foreign professionals

 Search results
11121314