Yellow Umbrella Mutual seeks Korea's bond managers for $550 mn mandate

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, is looking to mandate four domestic fi...

SK Innovation to raise $920 mn for US battery plant expansion

South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. is ramping up investment for its US-based electric vehicle battery business, with plans to raise up to 1 tri...

S.Korea's ESG bond issues could top $920 mn in Jan

South Korea's environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond market is seeing strong growth as companies are driven by institutional investors' inc...

Korea’s treasury yields climb on hopes of vaccines, more bond issues

South Korea’s treasury yields are heading higher as advances in vaccine development and concerns over increased government bond sales prompt f...

KDB seeks up to $1 bn global bond issue in mid-Jan

Korea Development Bank (KDB) is planning to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in a dollar bond sale in mid-January, set to become the first ...

KRW bonds favored amid rekindled interest in riskier assets

SINGAPORE -- Global investors are returning to emerging market debt, including Korean won bonds, as they hunt for higher yields amid stronger local ...

Kyobo Life looks to invest in ESG bonds; calls for easing rules 

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is planning to invest several hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental, social and governance (ES...

Kookmin Bank sells $500 mn in subordinated bonds to fund ESG projects

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank has issued $500 million in subordinated bonds as part of its efforts to expand loans for environmental, social and go...

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 ...

Shinhan Card to issue $300 mn in dollar bonds; first such issue in 13 years

Shinhan Card Co. is set to issue $300 million (about 340 billion won) worth of dollar bonds at the end of this month for overseas investors, according...

Doosan Infracore to issue $85.4 mn in bonds; stake sale bidding now Sept. 28

Doosan Infracore Co., South Korea’s top construction equipment maker, plans to sell 100 billion won ($85.4 million) in corporate bonds to raise ...

Shinhan Bank sells $285 mn in Australian-dollar social bonds

Shinhan Bank has raised A$400 million ($285 million) in five-year bonds denominated in the Australian dollar to fund lending to pandemic-hit companies...

SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement

SK Innovation Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) is set to fetch 300 billion won ($257.6 million) in a pre-IPO placemen...

Korea’s ESG corporate bond issues on course to top $5 bn in 2020

South Korean companies’ issues of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds have almost doubled to 5.7 trillion won ($4.9 billion) so far...

Hyundai Capital sells $2.5 bn dollar bond; Tongyang Life issues $300 mn perpetual bond

Hyundai Capital America, the US capital arm of Hyundai Motor Group, has issued $2.5 billion worth of global bonds, the largest amount for a local comp...

Export-Import Bank of Korea sells $500 mn euro bonds with negative yield

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has issued euro-currency bonds worth $500 million at a negative interest rate, the bank said on Sept. 15, less...

Hana Financial to fund Australia solar power project with $146 mn senior debts

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has secured A$200 million ($146 million) in senior loans to finance A$320 million solar power project in Australia ...

Hyundai Card issues green bonds worth $379 mn to finance eco-friendly services

Hyundai Card Co. has issued green bonds worth 450 billion won ($379 million) to fund its green car financing services, the credit card company said on...

South Korea sells $827 mn worth of euro-currency bonds with negative yield

The South Korean government has issued euro-denominated bonds worth 700 million euros ($827 million) at a negative interest rate, becoming the first n...

BOK to buy $4.2 bn in state bonds by year-end to stabilize debt market

The Bank of Korea will buy state bonds worth 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) directly from the market by the end of this year to stabilize the local deb...

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...

SK Hynix to issue $500 mn in dollar bonds to brace for protracted slowdown

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. plans to raise $500 million by issuing dollar-denominated bonds in October to gird itself for a protracted industry ...

Hanwha Q Cells secures 315MW solar power, energy storage project in Portugal

Hanwha Q Cells Co. has secured the right to generate half of the 700-megawatt power capacity put up for auction in Portugal, becoming the first compan...

Lotte Corp's corporate bond issue raises staggering $665 mn in demand

South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation saw overwhelming demand of 790 billion won ($665 million) from institutional investors on the issuing of c...

KT issues $400 mn dollar-denominated bond with record-low 1% interest rate

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has set a record-low interest rate among privately-held Korean companies with the issue of a dollar-denomin...

KB Securities buys Amazon’s Edinburgh logistics center for $86.5 mn: report

KB Securities Co. has reportedly acquired Amazon’s logistics center in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 102.5 billion won ($86.5 million), which the onl...

Lotte Corp to include ESG bonds in $126.5 mn corporate bond offering in September

Lotte Corporation is set to become the first South Korean holding company to issue environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds, according to inv...

Korean telecom giant KT to issue $400 mn dollar bond in August

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. plans to raise $400 million by issuing a dollar-denominated bond around the end of August, according to inv...

Hana Financial underwrites $117 million senior loan for US energy storage system

Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd has invested in an energy storage system development project as an underwriter for senior loans worth $117 million....

Debt-laden Doosan Group puts Doosan Infracore up for sale to secure cash

Doosan Group kicked off the sale process for Doosan Infracore, the group’s construction equipment builder, with the sale manager ...