Economy
M&A·IB
[Market In] Gongcha, Which Has Expanded to 2,200 Stores Globally… New Owner Faces 'Value-Up Test'
As the milk tea franchise Gongcha prepares to welcome its third private equity fund (PEF) owner, attention is focused on the value-enhancement strategy the new buyer will unveil. During its time under…
Business·Industry
Stacking NAND and HBM… SamsungElectronics Unveils Next-Generation 3D Memory, zHBM
SamsungElectronics participated in “FMS (Future of Memory and Storage) 2026,” held from the 4th to the 6th (local time) at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California, USA, and became the first in…
Financing
[Market In] “Familiar Companies” Over New Ones… VCs Increase Follow-On Investments
Venture capital (VC) funds are flowing toward existing portfolio companies rather than new startups. Amid ongoing uncertainty in the venture capital market, this trend reflects a move to reduce invest…
Business·Industry
Google’s HBM Demand Rivaling NVIDIA’s… Samsung and SK to Battle for Top Spot Next Year [only-EDAILY]
Estimates suggest that next year, there will be virtually no difference in HBM demand between NVIDIA and Google’s AI accelerators in the global High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market. This implies that th…
M&A·IB
Regulations Are Holding Back REITs Despite Plans to Expand Them… “Exemptions Under the Fair Trade Act Are Needed”
As the government pushes to revitalize REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), concerns have been raised that the Fair Trade Act is actually hindering the growth of REITs affiliated with large conglome…
M&A·IB
[Market In] SV Invest’s Portfolio Companies Line Up for IPOs… Expectations for Exit Returns Soar
SV INVESTMENT CORPORATION(289080)is expected to reap the full benefits of its investments in the second half of the year. This is because five of its domestic portfolio companies are preparing to list…
Macroeconomics
Why the Bank of Korea Has No Choice but to Raise Interest Rates Further
It has been confirmed that concerns over inflation were the primary reason the Bank of Korea ended its one-year period of interest rate freezes last month and moved to raise rates. An improving econom…
M&A·IB
[Market In] Private School Teachers' Pension Fund Also on Board… IMM Investment's 'No. 7' Fundraising on Track
IMM Investment, a major South Korean venture capital (VC) firm, is accelerating the formation of new funds by securing consecutive investment commitments from key policy institutions and pension funds…
M&A·IB
"Doubled in Two Years"... Why Was the Bidding War for D&T So Fierce? [Market In]
With the launch of the 200 trillion won National Growth Fund on the horizon, private equity (PEF) firms are accelerating efforts to deploy their dry powder and secure exit performance, bringing a wave…
Business·Industry
Samsung and Hynix to Unveil a Host of AI Memory Solutions at FMS 2026 in the U.S.
SamsungElectronics and SK hynix will showcase a wide range of next-generation technologies designed to resolve AI memory bottlenecks at “FMS 2026,” the world’s largest conference dedicated to memory a…