Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19

Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19

An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...

Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit

Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit

The South Korean stock market’s recent rally is both a blessing and a curse for fund managers as investors are increasingly exiting their funds ...

Investors eye Goldilocks stock market in 2021; Biden, pandemic negatives

Investors eye Goldilocks stock market in 2021; Biden, pandemic negatives

South Korea’s stock markets are expected to continue their uptrend into next year, fueled by aggressive foreign buying on the back of strong cor...

Samsung shares hit historic high as foreign investors scoop up net $2.3 bn

Samsung shares hit historic high as foreign investors scoop up net $2.3 bn

Samsung Electronics Co. shares have soared to a historic high, driven by foreign investors scooping up a total net 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) wor...

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...

South Korean investors ramp up US stock purchases

South Korean investors ramp up US stock purchases

South Korean investors ramped up overseas stock purchases amid looming uncertainty surrounding the US Presidential Election during the first week of N...

Korean fried chicken brand draws over 1,000 investors in bookbuilding

Korean fried chicken brand draws over 1,000 investors in bookbuilding

Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No. 1 fried chicken franchise operator, wrapped up a successful bookbuilding for institutional investors with bid...

[ASK2020] Trends in Renewable Energy and Implications for Investors

[ASK2020] Trends in Renewable Energy and Implications for Investors

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating integrated businesses across Credit, Privat...

[ASK2020] Why is co-investment an attractive tool for investors?

[ASK2020] Why is co-investment an attractive tool for investors?

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated...

Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class

Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class

South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...

Kakao's exchangeable bond issue lures global investors

Kakao's exchangeable bond issue lures global investors

South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is raising the price of shares to be converted from its exchangeable bond issue in Singapore on ...

Glass Lewis recommends LG Chem investors approve battery spin-off

Glass Lewis recommends LG Chem investors approve battery spin-off

Leading proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended that LG Chem Ltd. investors vote to approve the company’s plan to split off its battery busine...

BTS label Big Hit’s caginess upsets investors ahead of IPO bookbuilding

BTS label Big Hit’s caginess upsets investors ahead of IPO bookbuilding

Big Hit Entertainment Co., home to the seven-member boy band BTS, is set to hold its first official IPO-related conference for South Korean institutio...

S. Korea’s big companies rattled by retail investors’ growing influence

S. Korea’s big companies rattled by retail investors’ growing influence

South Korea’s big companies such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai often make shareholder-friendly moves to accommodate institutional investors, who fl...

Korea’s big data companies eye IPOs as investors flush with cash

Korea’s big data companies eye IPOs as investors flush with cash

Tech investors are set to be deluged with initial public offerings as South Korea’s big data companies are pushing to list their shares amid a d...

Doosan Heavy shares rally as investors look beyond financial woes

Doosan Heavy shares rally as investors look beyond financial woes

Shares of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., a South Korean power plant builder, jumped to their highest level in more than two year...

Longer-dated govt bond yields creep up as investors foresee more treasury sales

Longer-dated govt bond yields creep up as investors foresee more treasury sales

South Korea’s government bond yields are heading north despite the gloomy business outlook as institutional investors expect more government-iss...

Korean retail investors attracted to US growth stocks, now 10th Tesla owners

Korean retail investors attracted to US growth stocks, now 10th Tesla owners

South Korean retail investors, who turn their eyes overseas for higher returns, are heavily buying into US growth stocks amid growing fears of tech st...

Korean govt extends ban on short selling to appease retail investors

Korean govt extends ban on short selling to appease retail investors

The South Korean government has decided to extend the ban on short selling for another six months -- from September 16 to March 15, 2021 -- promp...

Korean retail investors' offshore stock purchases hit record high in July

Korean retail investors' offshore stock purchases hit record high in July

South Korean individuals purchased a record amount of shares in overseas markets last month as they looked beyond the local bourse for bigger returns....

Korean investors jointly set up a $770 million SPC to invest in KKR funds

Local institutional investors have injected $500 million (600 billion won) into a special purpose company to invest in diverse funds managed by privat...

[Survey] Korean investors upbeat on infrastructure, aircraft leasing in 2017

[Survey] Korean investors upbeat on infrastructure, aircraft leasing in 2017

Major South Korean pension funds and insurers are planning to expand offshore infrastructure portfolios next year, and zooming in on aircraft finance ...

Korean investors quickest to jump into new TALF fund: EMP Belstar

Korean investors quickest to jump into new TALF fund: EMP Belstar

South Korean institutional investors have become the world's first group of investors in a fund related to the Federal Reserve's new Term Asset-B...

South Korean investors to put $580 mn in TALF fund

South Korean investors to put $580 mn in TALF fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has collected $580 million from South Korean institutional investors to invest in a fund that buys securities with borrow...

Singapore’s Vickers Venture tapping Korean institutions for $500 mn fund

Singapore’s Vickers Venture tapping Korean institutions for $500 mn fund

Vickers Venture Partners, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, is tapping South Korean institutional investors in the second round of fundraising t...

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...

Macquarie seeks co-investors for over $2 bn Korean gas firm purchase

Macquarie seeks co-investors for over $2 bn Korean gas firm purchase

Macquarie’s investment unit may attract Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and other limited partners of its Asia infrastructure fund a...

Korean investors on track to pour nearly $1 bn into US, UK airports in 2019

Korean investors on track to pour nearly $1 bn into US, UK airports in 2019

South Korean institutional investors are on track to pour nearly $1 billion into US and UK airports in 2019, including the planned $51 million co-inve...

Microsoft UK’s head office sold to Korean investors for $130 mn

Microsoft UK’s head office sold to Korean investors for $130 mn

A consortium of London-based Valesco Group and South Korea’s AIP Asset Management has acquired Microsoft’s headquarter office in Britain for 100 milli...

[Interview] IFM Investors upbeat on renewables; wary of power generators

[Interview] IFM Investors upbeat on renewables; wary of power generators

Renewable energy sectors in North America, western Europe and Australia will continue to create attractive investment opportunities, whereas regulator...

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