Economy
Financing
[Exclusive] Financial Supervisory Service Launches Sudden Investigation into Three Credit Rating Agencies Over “Belated Downgrades”… Scrutinizing JR and Joongang for Neglecting Default Risks
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched a surprise on-site investigation into the three major domestic credit rating agencies in connection with the series of defaults by JR GLOBAL REIT a…
Business·Industry
EU Short-Term Rental Regulations: A Warning for the South Korean Accommodation Market
The European Union (EU) has introduced region-specific regulatory measures to address the housing crisis caused by short-term residential rentals, such as those offered by Airbnb. Rather than imposing…
Business·Industry
Aptabio Therapeutics Inc. Takes a Gamble with APX-115 Package Deal… Next Month Will Be a Turning Point for Its “Valuation”
Aptabio Therapeutics Inc.(293780)is making a bold move with a “package deal” as it pursues the technology export of “APX-115” (Isuzinacxib), a pan-NADPH oxidase (Pan-NOX) inhibitor currently under dev…
M&A·IB
“Real Estate Can’t Wait”… Institutions Are Filling the ‘Gap’ First with REITs
Institutional investors are adopting a strategy of using REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) to fill “gaps” in their overseas real estate portfolios. Since buying and selling real estate assets wort…
Finance
[Exclusive] Funds Frozen, Yet 120 Billion Won Embezzled… First Investigation into KOK Coin
E-Daily signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the 5th of last month with Core Security, a leading domestic blockchain security firm, for the “Crypto X-File Project: Reporting Digital Asset Fra…
M&A·IB
Why Did Han & Brothers Lose the Lawsuit to Remove Bodyfriend’s General Partner? [Market In]
StoneBridge Capital (hereinafter “StoneBridge”) has prevailed in a legal dispute with private equity fund (PEF) manager Han & Brothers, with whom it had partnered to acquire Bodyfriend.The court ruled…
M&A·IB
[Market In] French Mistral Valued at 33 Trillion … Hanwha and Naver Also Make Preemptive Investments
Attention is focused on a leading European artificial intelligence (AI) company in which SamsungElectronics(005930)has made a large-scale equity investment. The company in question is France’s “Mistra…
M&A·IB
[Market In] Toma Bravo Recruits Korean Talent… “Target Asia’s Big Players”
Global alternative investment manager Tomav Bravo has recruited Korean talent. As competition among global private equity (PEF) firms to secure funds in Asia intensifies, the presence of Korean fundra…
Financing
[Market Insight] "Financialization" of AI Infrastructure Investment… Memory and Power Equipment Emerge as New Credit Risk Flashpoints
An analysis suggests that the credit risk profile of the memory semiconductor and power equipment industries is fundamentally shifting as global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investment …
Business·Industry
SK Hanik Management and Labor Agree to Lower the Ratio of Performance Bonuses Paid in Company Stock to 50%… Another Attempt to Reach an Agreement Before Chuseok (Comprehensive)
Labor and management at SK hynix have reached a revised tentative agreement to lower the proportion of performance-based bonuses (PS), known as excess profit distribution, paid in the form of company …