One Equity Partners fully exits from Celltrion with $1.8 bn in proceeds

One Equity Partners (OEP), a New York based private equity firm, unloaded its remaining shares in Celltrion Healthcare valued at approximately 31...

Money flows into alternative funds slow; regulator to up monitoring

Capital inflows into alternative investment funds in South Korea have slowed sharply so far this year compared with a year earlier due to coronavirus,...

MBK Partners sees 2nd special situations fund launch in H2

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is looking to launch its second special situations fund in the second half of this year to capital...

Anchor Equity Partners invests $170 mn in Korean entertainment firm

Anchor Equity Partners has invested 209.8 billion won ($170 million) in South Korea’s content and entertainment company Kakao M Corp., just afte...

[Interview] Distressed investing to hedge PE/PD strategies: Canyon Partners

A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...

MBK Partners scraps $1.5 bn IPO of Korean retail REIT

MBK Partners has cancelled an initial public offering for a retail real estate investment trust (REIT) in South Korea due to a lack of demand, which...

United Partners invests $62 mn in Dallas office building mortgage

South Korea-based United Partners Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested about 70 billion won ($62 million) in a senior debt on a three-building offic...

World’s first real estate blockchain expo to take place in Seoul

Real Estate Blockchain Expo 2018 (RBE 2018), the world’s first real estate blockchain expo, will be held in Seoul this coming September. The exp...

Hyundai Investments seeks to raise up to €200 million for BC Partners’ buyout fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd., wholly owned by Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., is seeking to raise between €100 million ($107 million) an...

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...

NPS, KIC commit $371 mn to BC Partners’ $7.4 bn buyout fund

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), two major South Korean investors, were confirmed to invest a combined &...

NPS picks Albourne Partners to review hedge fund risks

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected London-based consultancy, Albourne Partners Ltd., as an advisor to undertake operational due...

MBK Partners closes $4.1 bn fund, above funding target; NPS opts out

Asia’s biggest private equity firm, MBK Partners, has raised $4.1 billion for its fourth fund, exceeding the target of $3.5 billion and more than ...

Carlyle seeks new strategic partner to bid for McDonald’s Korean unit

The Carlyle Group has been left as the sole bidder for the South Korean operations of McDonald’s, after a local dairy which had teamed up with the U.S...

[Editor’s Note] Frustrated at shrinking returns, investment money are flowing out of Korea

Unlike the U.S. Fed’s quantitative easing program that had boosted U.S. equity markets for more than six years from 2009, the Bank of Korea’s five pol...

[Interview] World Bank’s new investment head calls for review of investment period, risk limit

Incoming World Bank’s director of the investment management division, Heung-sik Choo, said that the international financial institution, which man...

K-pop groups from BTS to TWICE kick off world tours

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POSCO Future M’s major cathode/anode orders

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LG Electronics collaborates with German Playmobil for figurines

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its collaboration with the famous German toy brand Playmobil on Thursday, creating home appliance figurines. South Korean...

Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)

Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...