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March 16, 2020
Mirae Asset invests in US-based Impossible Foods

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested some $150 million in Impossible Foods, a US-based startup that produces meat alternatives, according to reports Monday. Mirae Asset, along with several financial investors, participated in the latest funding round,” an investment banking so...
March 10, 2020
Shinhan Card to buy Hyundai Capital’s W500b assets for rental car biz

Shinhan Card said Tuesday it is poised to buy parts of Hyundai Capital’s assets related to its long-term car rental services for around 500 billion won ($417.3 million). The assets will be composed of vehicles under the South Korean carmaker -- Hyundai, Kia and Genesis -- which Hyundai Capital ...
March 09, 2020
Daelim Industrial completes acquisition of US-based Cariflex

South Korean construction company Daelim Industrial has completed the takeover of Carliflex, a chemical business unit of Kraton, a US firm that produces specialty polymers and chemical products derived from pine wood pulping byproducts. Through the acquisition, worth $530 million, Daelim has gain...
March 09, 2020
Kolon Industries, SKC finalize stake sale of PI film company

Korean chemical materials manufacturers Kolon Industries and SKC have sold their stakes in SKC Kolon PI, a polyimide film maker, for some 300 billion won ($250 million) in a bid to acquire seed funding to nurture new businesses, according to the two companies on Monday. Kosdaq-listed SKC Kolon PI...
January 13, 2020
Goldman Sachs, SK to invest W50b in cold chain logistics center

Goldman Sachs and SK Corp. announced on Jan. 13 plans to invest jointly in an eco-friendly cold chain logistics center in South Korea. Global investment banking group Goldman Sachs and SK Group’s holding company, which specializes in investment, said they would invest 50 billion won ($43 million)...
January 06, 2020
SKC to complete takeover of world's top copper foil maker for US$1b

SKC Inc., a chemical unit of SK Group, said on Jan. 6 that it will acquire KCF Technologies Co., the world's top producer of copper foil for lithium-ion batteries, this week in a bid to diversify its business portfolio. SKCFT Holdings Co., a subsidiary of SKC, is set to buy a 100 percent stake in ...
December 16, 2019
JB Financial's banking arm to acquire Hanoi-based Morgan Stanley Gateway Securities

South Korea’s provincial banking group JB Financial Group said Dec. 16 that its commercial banking arm Kwangju Bank had signed a deal to acquire Vietnamese investment bank Morgan Stanley Gateway Securities for 382.4 billion Vietnamese dong ($16.5 million). Kwangju Bank, wholly owned by JB Finan...
December 15, 2019
Gov‘t approves merger of LG Uplus-CJ Hello merger

The merger between South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and cable and budget phone operator CJ Hello Co. received final approval from the government on Dec. 15 in a development that could lead to more investment and growth in the local telecom and broadcasting sector. The conditional perm...
December 13, 2019
German firm Delivery Hero to take over S. Korean food delivery unicorn Woowa Brothers

South Korean food delivery unicorn startup Woowa Brothers announced Dec. 13 that German food delivery giant Delivery Hero will acquire a majority stake in the company at a $4 billion valuation. Berlin-based Delivery Hero will buy 87 percent of Woowa Brothers, known for its online delivery app Baed...
December 12, 2019
Deadline extended for Asiana Airlines stake transfer

The deadline for the stake transfer of South Korea’s second-largest air carrier, Asiana Airlines , has been extended to the fourth week of December, according to industry sources Dec. 12. The preferred bidder, a consortium comprising Hyundai Development Co. and Mirae Asset Daewoo , fell sho...
December 02, 2019
CJ CheilJedang disciplined by FTC for triangular merger in corporate restructuring

CJ CheilJedang on Nov. 20 was given a disciplinary order by the Fair Trade Commission for irregularities in its corporate restructuring, primarily for a merger that turned its key logistics arm CJ Logistics into CJ Corp. ’s second-tier indirect subsidiary, FTC said Dec. 1. A company called You...
November 29, 2019
Will S. Korea pursue sector-specific M&As in Europe, US to counter effects of trade row?

South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy, is seeking to tap into sector-specific cross-border mergers and acquisitions to keep its export-oriented supply chain unscathed in the face of ongoing trade tension with Japan. At a seminar hosted by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Seoul ...
November 27, 2019
Hanwha Galleria to delist Kospi-listed department store arm

Hanwha Galleria is seeking to delist its department store subsidiary in a bid to tackle shrinking domestic consumption amid signs of a recession. The department store arm of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha, which holds a controlling stake in the subsidary Hanwha Galleria Timeworld , announced o...
November 25, 2019
Hanwha Hotels & Resorts to sell food services operation to VIG Partners

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts said on Nov. 25 it would split off its food culture division and sell it to South Korea’s private equity firm VIG Partners in the deal that was roughly valued at some 100 billion won ($85 million). The leisure industry arm of chemical-to-financial conglomerate of Hanwha sa...
November 22, 2019
Korean guardrail maker to set up JV in Ukraine for $1.4b infra project

Caris, a South Korean company that first made guardrails using synthetic plastic polymer PVC, said Nov. 22 that it plans to set up a joint venture with Ukrainian investors for infrastructure projects that are expected to be worth a combined $1.4 billion. The new entity will be joined by Caris, Ukr...

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