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Local brokerage firm KB Securities has acquired a distribution warehouse operated by US ecommerce giant Amazon in Edinburgh, Scotland for some 100 billion won ($84 million), according to news reports on August 18. In partnership with local investment firm LB Asset Management, the subsidiary of KB...
Both HDC Hyundai Development Company and Kumho Industrial said on Tuesday that arrangements for face-to-face negotiations over the acquisition of Asiana Airlines are ongoing, which may effectively go on after the Wednesday’s deadline. One official at Kumho confirmed that the deadline no lon...
Shinhan Financial Group, a major banking group in South Korea, has been selected as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of a venture capital company under cash-strapped conglomerate Doosan, sources said on July 29. Shinhan, a financial giant that has no venture capital unit, has been eyeing...
Samsung Asset Management disclosed Sunday it has put a merger plan with its wholly owned hedge fund subsidiary on hold. The Seoul-based asset manager that oversees 26.9 trillion won ($22.3 billion) in assets -- the most in Korea -- added it would make an announcement once the date of merger is r...
South Korean midsized builder HDC Hyundai Development Co. said Friday that it has received approval from Russian aviation authorities for HDC’s planned takeover of flag carrier Asiana Airlines, but added that renegotiation of the acquisition terms is still underway. Regarding the merger dea...
Korean 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 institution that has strived to turn around amid restructuring. JC Partners was the sole pa...
MP Group, the South Korean company that controls pizza restaurant franchise Mr. Pizza and coffee chain Manoffin, is seeking to sell a controlling stake through an open bidding process, its announcement showed on June 17. Up for grabs will be a 48.92 percent stake in MP Group by founder and ex-ch...
South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI said on May 29 it has started injecting capital into EcoPro EM, a joint venture with EcoPro BM, a supplier of electric vehicle battery materials to Samsung. According to Samsung SDI, it will fund a total of 120 billion won ($96.9 million) with EcoPro BM int...
South Korea’s three major telecommunications firms have submitted nonbinding indicative offers to acquire Hyundai HCN, the nation’s fifth-largest cable TV operator owned by Hyundai Department Store Group, according to industry sources on May 27. The three local firms -- KT, SK Telecom...
NH Investment & Securities, the brokerage unit of South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group, has joined a consortium to acquire a stake in the United Arab Emirates’ state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s natural gas pipelines, according to investment banking sources on May 1...
An affiliate of China’s Ping An Insurance Group is considering buying Hyosung Capital, joining other foreign companies that are mulling a merger with the Korean company, local media said on May 14. Ping An International Financial Leasing, wholly owned by China’s No. 2 insurer Ping An I...
Mergers and acquisitions in South Korea remain relatively vigorous, as small and medium-sized enterprises are looking for more chances to cash out assets amid the continued COVID-19 threat to markets and industries. With a slowing number of confirmed cases, deals that have been postponed for weeks d...
Midsized construction company HDC Hyundai Development Company said on April 29 that it has postponed the schedule to complete the acquisition of Asiana Airlines, as more time is needed for the conditions precedent to be met, including a delayed foreign regulator’s approval. HDC said in a regu...
Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Arpil 28 that it was renegotiating with China’s Anbang Insurance to delay the closing date of a $5.8 billion deal, and that it has nothing to do with problems with capital financing but is because of other requirements that remain unfulfilled. Refutin...
Seoul-based consumer loan provider KB Kookmin Card said on April 27 that it had signed a deal to buy a controlling 50.99 percent stake in J Fintech, a Thailand-based personal loan provider, for 650 million baht ($20 million). This marks the first acquisition deal that allows a South Korean credit...
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