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Seizure treatment developer SK Biopharmaceuticals said on June 15 that it is planning what could be South Korea’s biggest initial public offering in three years, with hopes to raise nearly 1 trillion won ($822 million) in fresh funds. Through its market debut on the nation’s main bourse Kospi, ...
South Korea’s biggest real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management said on June 15 that it has launched a new office in Singapore as part of its global expansion. The new branch, IGIS Asia, is the company’s third overseas base. It opened IGIS USA in New York and a London office last ...
South Korea’s asset management companies’ combined net profit has shrunk by over half on-year in the first quarter, data showed on June 11. The net income of 300 AMCs here came to 116.4 billion won ($97.32 million) during the January-March period, down 52.3 percent from the previous year, accor...
K bank is working to resume its operations in July after a monthslong hiatus due to liquidity problems, according to industry insiders on June 9. South Korea’s first internet-only bank recently announced that it would stop receiving new subscribers for its existing Dual-K Checking Account, its s...
South Korea’s investment firm Mirae Asset Global Investments said on June 3 it is eyeing its first initial public offering for its real estate investment trust followed by a listing on the nation’s main bourse Kospi. The REIT is designed to invest in a commercial space of the commercial-residen...
South Korean social casino game developer and publisher DoubleDown Interactive is seeking to get listed on the tech-heavy Nasdaq bourse in the United States, according to its prospectus on June 3. For its initial public offering, the Seoul-based company plans to issue 400,000 new common shares. Al...
Tension mounted on June 2 as executives of Hana Financial Group joined the legal battle against financial authorities for imposing penalties over the misselling of risky derivatives-linked financial products by its banking unit. Jang Kyung-hoon, president of Hana Card as well as Park Se-gul, gene...
South Korea’s biotech firm SCM Lifescienc said on June 1 it has decided to lower its initial public offering price range to attract more investors for its market debut this month on the tech-heavy Kosdaq. By issuing 1.8 million new common shares, each at a price between 14,000 won ($11.40) and 1...
The rate of bailout funds recouped from companies that borrowed from the government since the 1997 Asian financial crisis rose 0.1 percent in the first quarter to 69.3 percent, the country’s financial regulator said on June 1. As of end-March, the government had retrieved a total of 116.8 trilli...
The South Korean music label behind K-pop sensation BTS has filed for a preliminary review for an initial public offering, according to the nation’s stock market operator Korea Exchange (KRX) on May 29. Founded in 2005 by music producer Bang Si-hyuk, Big Hit Entertainment houses BTS and other K-...
South Korean listed companies‘ dividend payouts slipped nearly 2 percent in 2019 from a year earlier amid a business slump, data showed on May 27. Cash dividends paid out by 1,094 firms listed on the country’s main and secondary stock markets totaled 22.6 trillion won (US$18.3 billion) last ...
Buttressed by the buying spree of retail investors and expansion of liquidity, South Korea’s stock market recovered to the psychologically important 2,000-point mark, rebounding faster than other major stock markets around the world. According to the Korea Exchange, the Kospi reached 2,029.78 po...
South Korean financial giant Mirae Asset Group is likely to resume its drive to launch a mega-sized investment bank as authorities on May 27 decided not to request a prosecutorial probe for conducting illegal intra-unit trading and instead chose to slap a light penalty. The nation’s antitrust w...
One Equity Partners, a spinoff of JPMorgan dedicated to middle market investment, is reportedly looking to unload part of its stake in South Korea’s drug distributor Celltrion Healthcare through a block trade for roughly 350 billion won ($283.6 million). The price of some 4 million Celltrion Heal...
Acleda Bank, the biggest commercial bank in Cambodia, said Monday it was listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange in which the Korea Exchange (KRX) has invested. The Cambodian bank had assets of $6.18 billion as of the end of last year. Its market capitalization marked $1.75 billion -- nearly th...
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