Korean activist fund KCGI buys Meritz Asset Management

A consortium led by Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), a local activist fund, said on Jan. 9 it signed a share purchase agreement l...
A consortium led by Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), a local activist fund, said on Jan. 9 it signed a share purchase agreement l...
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. will join with global venture capital firm Plug and Play (PnP) to discover and launch global startups in eco-fri...
Mirae Asset Global Managements Co. said on Friday that it has invested 21 billion won ($17 million) in a large logistics center in Mumbai to become ...
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, posted its worst quarterly operating profit in eight years on F...
South Korea's EcoPro Group has set its sales target this year at 10 trillion won ($7.8 billion), nearly double that of last year, under a strategy t...
The Law Office of Choi & Lee, a small-sized law firm, became Korea's first law firm to invest in startups. In one of the most difficult times wh...
South Korea's cybersecurity service provider SK Shieldus said on Wednesday that it had obtained ISO 14001, an international standard for environment...
Kang Suk-Kyoon, CEO of AhnLab, Inc. proposed a strategy to develop next-generation models and technologies, such as solutions to detect and respond ...
Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to invest 59 billion won ($46.4 million) in South Korean...
South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...
In the next three months, South Korea's Ideahub is poised to launch a platform on which individual investors can also invest in patents.If all goes ...
South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financia...
Silvia Health Inc., an age-tech startup based in Seoul, South Korea said on Monday that it has completed a pre-Series A investment with the particip...
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Monday that an amendment to the Venture Capital Investment Promotion Act, which will strengthen the disclo...
South Korea’s top business leaders on the first business day of the year stressed the importance of active investment and concentration of r...
KT Investment said on Thursday that it invested 35 billion won ($27.8 million) in 20 startups this past year, and that six invested companies succee...
Hyundai Wia Corp. has been awarded a silver medal from EcoVadis in recognition of its continuing effort toward its sustainability credentials,...
Naver D2SF, Naver Corp.'s startup investment arm, made a follow-up investment in fashion content startup Onthelook.The company said on Wednesday tha...
GI Cell, a South Korean developer of immune cell therapy products, received a human cell and others management license from South Korean regulatory,...
SK Inc., SK Group's investment arm, won the highest AAA ratings from both Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and the Dow Jones Sustainabili...
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund, has tapped Seo Won-joo as the new chief investment officer, a...
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Netmarble Corp. said on Monday that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its environmental, social, and governance (...
South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...
South Korea’s general equipment manufacturer SFA Engineering Corp. is poised to acquire CIS Corp., a renewable battery production equipment ma...
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that it will invest 350 billion won ($273 million) to build a rocket launch site, which will ...
Amid the tightening of the Federal Reserve, among the most impacted asset classes were agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), issued by US governm...
Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF has newly invested in PranaQ, a US sleep tech startup. This is the 100th investment since the comp...
South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...