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[THE INVESTOR] Seoul-based private equity firm Gordon & Partners has been selected as the preferred bidder to take over Consus Asset Management, according to industry sources on Aug. 9. Gordon & Partners made a bid of about 20 billion won (US$17.88 million) to 25 billion won for a 51.4 percent...
[THE INVESTOR] Before it backtracked, the claim of a South Korean company that it had discovered a “treasure battleship” in South Korean territorial waters was a ray of hope for digital asset investors in search of a financial bonanza. But the hope quickly diminished for investors holding what...
[THE INVESTOR] The Korean government on Aug. 1 stressed that its talks to buy Toshiba’s NuGen nuclear project are still ongoing, saying it will make a final decision on the purchase within the year. “KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corp.) may have lost its preferred bidder status but there’s nothi...
[THE INVESTOR] Korea Electric Power Corp. has lost its preferred bidder status to buy Toshiba’s US$18 billion NuGen nuclear project in Britain, Korea’s Energy Ministry confirmed on July 31. “We were recently informed that our preferred bidder status has been lost,” the ministry said in a stat...
[THE INVESTOR] With the long-delayed sale of SK Securities getting final approval from the financial authorities last week, expectations are high for other similar deals in the brokerage industry later this year. The Financial Services Commission on July 26 gave its final nod to local private equ...
[THE INVESTOR] Korea Asset Investment Management, an affiliate of Korean real estate company MDM Group, has recently closed a deal worth 175 million pounds (US$229.90 million) to acquire UK’s Gallagher Shopping Park from US private equity giant Kolberg Kravis Roberts, according to news reports on...
[THE INVESTOR] Local private equity firm J&W Partners has received the green light from Korea’s Securities and Futures Commission to purchase a 10.4 percent stake in SK Securities for 51.5 billion won (US$45.47 million), according to regulators on July 20. The SFC, which is under Korea’s top fi...
[THE INVESTOR] Shares of Asiana Airlines, the nation’s second-largest air carrier still reeling from the recent no-meal fiasco, took a roller-coaster ride on July 17 following a news report that SK Group was considering acquiring the firm. The stock price soared more than 22 percent at one point...
[THE INVESTOR] Asian Venture Capital Journal, an Acuris company, is holding the AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum Korea , the local edition of the most influential and largest gathering of private equity and venture professionals in Asia, in Seoul on Sept. 7. More than 250 senior industry p...
[THE INVESTOR] A Samsung Securities-led consortium has invested 800 billion won (US$711.64 million) to take over 39.24 percent stake in Dunkirk LNG import terminal in France, the brokerage arm of Samsung Group said on July 13. Samsung-IPM consortium -- composed of IPM Korea, Samsung Securities, H...
[THE INVESTOR] Korean premium massage chair brand Bodyfriend is gearing up to make its stock debut in November, according to its largest shareholder VIG Partners on July 13. “Since selecting the deal managers in May, Bodyfriend has been preparing for an IPO within this year,” Lee Chul-min, mana...
[THE INVESTOR] KODAQ listed media firm Vidente, which is also known for having more than 10 percent stake in Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, will acquire 7.6 percent stake in Korean film distributor TO-WIN Global for 6 billion won (US$5.38 million), according to industry sources ...
[THE INVESTOR] KB Kookmin Bank on July 2 said it signed a contract to buy new shares in Indonesian bank Bukopin. The deal, which has received approval from Indonesia’s financial authorities, will allow the Korean bank to become the second-largest shareholder of the bank, with a 22 percent stake....
[THE INVESTOR] A consortium led by NH Investment Securities and Koramco REITS Management has recently been named a preferred bidder to acquire Samsung C&T’s headquarters building in southern Seoul, according to industry sources on July 2. The deal price is estimated to reach a whopping 750 billi...
[THE INVESTOR] The big question in business circles is whether MBK Partners -- Korea’s largest private equity firm -- can find a buyer for ING Life Insurance Korea amid the dimming sales prospects. MBK Partners holds 59.15 percent in ING Life Insurance Korea. The PEF acquired ING Life from ING G...
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