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Cross-border REIT listings to heat up Korea’s IPO marketMoneyJul 8, 2020A series of listings of Korean real estate investment trusts -- including ones that involve investments in foreign properties -- are adding vigor to the upbeat initial public offering scene in the lo... -
Korean Air to sell off inflight service operations to Hahn & Co.MoneyJul 7, 2020South Korea’s cash-strapped flag carrier Korean Air Lines said Tuesday it plans to sell its inflight meal catering and duty-free units to local private equity firm Hahn & Co. “As for the divestment ... -
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[Herald Interview] Investment guru sees opportunities in post-COVID eraMoneyJul 5, 2020In his first public letter in 10 years, South Korea’s value investment guru Chen Kang in March urged fund investors to remain unperturbed by the coronavirus uncertainties and search for where purchas... -
HK-based hedge fund’s liquidity crisis spooks Korean investorsMoneyJul 5, 2020Gen2 Partners, a Hong Kong-based hedge fund, has notified South Korean financial institutions of a fund freeze regardless of the deadlines for fund redemption, according to news reports Sunday. This... -
Regulator to crack down on pooled funds to restore investor trustMarketsJul 2, 2020The Financial Services Commission, South Korea‘s top financial regulator, said Thursday it would carry out an all-out inspection of all privately-pooled investment schemes in a preemptive measure to ... -
Watchdog urges full compensation for damages from ponzi-involved Lime fundMoneyJul 1, 2020South Korea’s financial watchdog Financial Supervisory Service on Wednesday urged 10 financial institutions to fully compensate for investors’ losses, holding them accountable for their inadvertent d... -
Korean PEF inches closer to KDB Life acquisitionMoneyJul 1, 2020Korean private equity firm JC Partners has become a preferred bidder to buy a controlling stake in KDB Life Insurance, in policy lender Korea Development Bank’s move to exit from a troubled financial... -
Secured bonds safe haven during pandemic: BaringsMarketsJun 30, 2020Amid the lingering business uncertainties from continued COVID-19 crisis, bond investors would be able to avert risks of companies’ default in case they have invested in secured high-yield bonds, a t... -
NPS to invest W800b through private equity firmsMoneyJun 30, 2020South Korea’s National Pension Service said Tuesday it has selected five private equity firms as external partners to invest a combined 800 billion won ($665.28 million) in private equities. Accordi... -
NPS joins hands with Allianz to eye $2.3b overseas propertiesMoneyJun 29, 2020South Korea’s largest institutional investor National Pension Service said Monday it has inked a partnership with Germany-based Allianz to co-invest in core real estate assets worth $2.3 billion acro... -
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[News Focus] Chaebol ownership of corporate venture capital sparks debateMarketsJun 28, 2020Deregulatory moves by financial authorities to allow South Korean conglomerates to own corporate venture capital firms have raised concerns over the manifold consequences of such a scheme. The Finan... -
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[Herald Interview] ‘Stock investing should be fun, not a battle’MoneyJun 25, 2020What surprised John Lee, a former Wall Street fund manager who returned home six years ago, was the widespread perception among South Korean retail investors that real estate is a much safer option f... -
Optimus fund freeze spooks investors as scrutiny intensifiesMoneyJun 24, 2020South Korea’s investment house Optimus Asset Management froze two more feeder funds worth a combined 29.7 billion won ($24.75 million) Wednesday, as prosecutors started to look into fraud allegations... -
Celltrion chief says coronavirus vaccine to be marketable by H1 next yearMarketsJun 23, 2020Celltrion co-founder and Chairman Seo Jung-jin said Tuesday the biosimilar firm’s novel coronavirus vaccine development is on its way as scheduled, expressing confidence that the treatment will becom... -
Swedish pension fund blacklists Korean firm for alleged human rights abuses in PeruMoneyJun 22, 2020Swedish public pension fund AP7 has added SK Holdings, a South Korean company at the apex of SK conglomerate’s governance structure, to its blacklist of companies to be excluded from its investment u...
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