Renault drops Samsung from brand name in Korea to end ties
Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., has dropped Samsung from its name as the French automaker moves to end 22 years...
Cloud management provider Cloocus receives $41 mn in Series B funding
Cloud management service provider Cloocus Co. has received 50 billion won ($40.8 million) from SK Inc. C&C, those familiar with the investment...
Smart factories drive Korea SMEs to reshore overseas plants
South Korea’s small and medium-sized enterprises adopted smart factories for survival as the digitalized facilities improve productivity and q...
Korean LPs name their 36 favorite alternative asset managers
KKR was chosen as the best private equity firm by South Korean institutional investors, a survey shows. Blackstone, Macquarie Asset Management and Are...
Shares in Nexon, two listed arms rise on M&A hopes
The unexpected death of Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju stoked market speculation about a possible change in its ownership structure and top management, s...
Adams Street, Benefit Street, Clearlake join NPS' PE managers
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea announced on Feb. 28 it selected Adams Street Partners LLC, Benefit Street Partners LLC and Clearlak...
Korean inflation fears grow amid Ukraine crisis
Fears are growing over accelerating inflation in South Korea as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boosted energy and raw materials prices. The cris...
Hyundai Mobis to spend $6.7 bn in future mobility, hike shareholder return
South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. plans to spend up to 8 trillion won ($6.7 billion) over the next three years on its f...
88% of Korean LPs want speedy capital deployment
Asset managers' track record and risk management are the most important factors for South Korean major limited partners when considering new partnersh...
Samsung SDS joins hands with Amazon for global cloud business
Samsung SDS Co., South Korea’s information technology service company, is set to expand its global cloud service business in cooperation with ...
APG urges Samsung, other Korean carbon emitters to take action
Europe’s largest pension fund manager APG has urged Samsung Electronics Co. and nine other major South Korean companies to drastically cut the...
PI Advanced up for sale in deal estimated at $1 bn
Seoul-based Glenwood Private Equity is putting a majority stake in South Korea's PI Advanced Materials Co., the world's largest polyimide (PI) film ...
POBA taps former DB Insurance investment head as new CIO
Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea has named Huh Jang, former head of investment at DB Insurance Co. as its new chief inve...
Celltrion, Humasis to ship $300 mn COVID-19 test kits to US
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. and diagnostic kit manufacturer Humasis Co. have signed contracts to supply their jointly-dev...
Hyundai, Kia post record US car sales as Japanese firms struggle
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their combined auto sales in the US rise to their highest leve...
Samsung buys $2.3 bn Bioepis stake from Biogen to end partnership
Samsung Biologics Co. is acquiring a nearly 50% stake in a biosimilar joint venture with Biogen Inc. from the US biotechnology company for $2.3 bill...
German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says
The pandemic has brought logistical real estate and infrastructure into the spotlight driven by long-term underlying e-commerce trends. It is advant...
Hana jointly acquires Boston-based multifamily for $262 mn
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. and a US asset manager acquired a tower of luxury multifamily housing assets in Seaport Boulevard, Bost...
Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year
US-based autonomous vehicle company Motional Inc. announced its plans for the commercialization of driverless cars based on the all-electric Hyundai...
WeMade under fire for massive clandestine WEMIX cryptocurrency sale
WeMade Co., a South Korean video game developer, has come under criticism for the massive unnoticed selling of its cryptocurrency WEMIX, allegedly i...
Biotech firm EDGC embarks on metaverse journey
EONE-DIAGNOMICS Genome Center Co. ( EDGC ) announced this week it would participate in AI Human Metaverse Project consortium – along with seven ...
Samsung SRA taps former KIC infra head as CEO
Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. has named its former managing director (MD) and chief investment officer Chung-Keun Kim as its new chief executive,...
Hana Alternative to sell NASA HQ acquired in 2017
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. is looking for a buyer of Two Independence Square in Washington D.C., the NASA headquarters. Hana has selecte...
MBK buys textile supplier to Nike, Adidas for $654 mn
South Korea’s MBK Partners said on Jan. 3 that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Dongjin Textile Co. -- a Korean firm that has been s...
BTS’ NFT venture hits sour note with fans
SEOUL—When BTS unveiled plans last month to break into the NFT business, the South Korean boy band’s supporters revolted online, threate...
Foreigners’ Korean stockholdings soar 180-fold in 30 years
Foreign investors ramped up their holdings of South Korean stocks 180 times in 30 years, increasing influence in the local financial markets and dom...
SK Hynix to list Intel’s NAND unit on Nasdaq
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. decided to list the recently acquired Intel Corp.’s NAND flash memory chip business on the Nasdaq in a move ...
LG Innotek shares surge on anticipation of Apple Car, new iPhone
Shares of Korean companies supplying parts to Apple rose sharply on Thursday. The jump comes on the back of robust iPhone sales and buzz that the ...
POSCO puts stability above reform in management overhaul
South Korea’s steel giant POSCO has chosen stability over reform in its latest management overhaul, retaining most chief executives at group a...
IGIS pre-purchases Amazon, FedEx warehouses
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, has made a forward funding deal of three logistics centers under...
