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Batteries
LG Chem launches battery unit LG Energy Solution, eyes 2024 sales of $27 bn
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has officially launched its battery affiliate, LG Energy Solution, to carve out a greater share of the increasingly c...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Hynix and other affiliates to become 100% powered by renewable energy
South Korea's SK Holdings Co., along with seven of its affiliates have submitted applications to join RE100, a global coalition of multinational compa...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management
[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...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung, CJ collaborate on artificial human projects
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Oct. 29 that it has entered into an agreement with CJ Olive Networks Co. to collaborate on Neon, an artificial hu...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Subordinated bond issues
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...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEPCO set to finance $190 mn for Vietnam’s coal power plant project
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) will move forward with its participation in Vietnam’s coal-fired power plant project, after the deal came c...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Financial to end coal project financing for low-carbon economy
KB Financial Group will no longer finance coal power projects at home and abroad, nor invest in them, said the South Korean banking group, with a set ...
Sep 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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National Pension Service
NPS to cease paying management fees for Korean PEF project funds
The National Pension Service has decided to stop paying management fees for project funds to be launched by South Korean private equity firms, after r...
Sep 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable Energy
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 ...
Sep 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LNG Project
Korean steelmakers to supply $100 mn worth of pipes for Canada’s largest LNG project
South Korean steelmakers POSCO and SeAH Steel Corp. will jointly supply 12,000 tons of stainless steel pipe for a liquefied natural gas project in Kit...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
KTCU to join in $700 mn US value-add residential project: report
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will invest $50 million in a $700 million value-add residential project under which a group of investor...
Sep 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
South Korea moves in on overseas coal project financing ban
South Korea's parliament looks set to pass new legislation to ban financing on foreign coal power projects, putting all overseas coal-fired plant deal...
Aug 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS commits $100-200 mn to UK PEF's energy fund to bolster ESG portfolio
The National Pension Service (NPS) has committed between $100 million and $200 million to an energy and infrastructure fund set up by UK-based private...
Aug 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
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....
Jul 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean PE IGIS unwillingly drops residential project amid political pressure
Korea-based IGIS Asset Management has announced plans to drop its renovation project of an 11-story apartment, an unwilling decision triggered by...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds hold off new midstream project investments
Pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in South Korea have indefinitely halted new investments in North America’s midstream asset...
Mar 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Fin underwrites $145 mn loan on stalled NY hotel project
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten a luxury hotel development in New York with a $145 million loan, saving the project from bankruptc...
Nov 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEPCO unit-German fund buys Sweden’s wind project for $300 mn
Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s utility giant KEPCO, has acquired a wind power project in Sweden in a consortium with a German p...
Aug 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages invest in Heathrow’s new runway project
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided a combined $434 million debt on the construction of Heathrow ...
Aug 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin, Lotte Non-life lend $85 mn for US midstream project
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Lotte Non-life Insurance Co. Ltd. have lent $85 million in a mezzanine loan on Salt Creek Midstream LLC in Texa...
Jul 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kiwoom Sec in $236 mn refinancing deal on Spain solar plants
Kiwoom Securities Co. Ltd. and a South Korean insurance firm have underwritten 140 billion won ($118 million) in a debt on nine solar power plants in ...
Jun 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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CalSTRS-POBA venture extends $64 mn loan on Atlanta office project
A joint venture between the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has provided a ...
Mar 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana sources $50 mn loan investment in US residential project
Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged a $50 million loan investment in the largest residential development under construction in Bos...
Mar 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to underwrite $300 mn debt on US shale oil project
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd., the brokerage arm of a leading South Korean asset manager, will underwrite a $300 million debt on a US shale oil pipeline...
Feb 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan to lend $150 mn senior loan on US energy deal: report
Shinhan Investment Corp. will provide a $150 million senior loan to an energy company of Ares Management LP to finance its acquisition of a US midstre...
Dec 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] Korea Post to pick two energy infra funds within year
Korea Post is planning to select about two energy infrastructure funds within the year as it is seeking to raise exposure to global infrastructure a...
Oct 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, NPS to invest $700 mn in $1.9 bn Seoul real estate project
Private equity firm KKR & Co and South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make an equity investment of 800 billion won ($704 million) in ...
Oct 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS co-invests in Morgan Stanley fund’s US energy firm purchase
The National Pension Service (NPS) has poured around $100 million into a co-investment led by a Morgan Stanley fund to acquire units of a US shale gas...
Sep 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea
Ares Management LP has raised a total of $300 million in credit facilities from South Korean institutional investors, including Hana Financial Investm...
Aug 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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