Economy
Business·Industry
Perceptions of Marriage Requirements Differ… South Korea: "Housing Costs" vs. Japan: "None"
The business communities of South Korea and Japan have launched a private-sector cooperative body to jointly address the issues of low birth rates and population decline. A survey of young people in b…
Bonds·FX Policy
September Refinancing Season Begins in Earnest… Securities Firms and Financial Holding Companies Issue Bonds in Quick Succession
As the September corporate bond refinancing season gets into full swing, companies are conducting a series of book-building processes for public bond offerings. Securities firms and financial holding …
M&A·IB
[M&A Deal Board] Automotive Service and Fashion Brands Up for Sale… Preparing for Bolt-On Acquisitions in Charging Infrastructure
Every week, in collaboration with LISTING, an M&A matching platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we report on newly listed assets and acquisition demand in the domestic M&A market. B…
Financing
[Credit Signal] Corporate Bond Market Remains Calm Despite BOK’s “Back-to-Back” Rate Hikes… Relief as Market Had Already Priced in the Hikes
Fluctuations in credit spreads serve as an indicator of investor sentiment and capital flows in the corporate bond market. “Credit Signal” provides an intuitive analysis of the market’s overall trends…
M&A·IB
"Predicting Strokes with a Headband"... An AI Diagnostic Device Created by a Lawyer [VC Cradle]
Strokes strike without warning. By the time symptoms appear, it is often already too late. The problem is that checking the condition of one’s brain blood vessels in advance requires a visit to the ho…
M&A·IB
Building While Saving 'My Own Money'… Naver and SKT Unveil a New Formula for AI Data Center Procurement
Major South Korean conglomerates are accelerating the expansion of their AI data centers (AI DCs) by partnering with global capital. Following Naver’s partnership with NVIDIA and Brookfield Asset Mana…
M&A·IB
Valuations Soar Even as Exits Stall… Combined Value of European Unicorns Surpasses 973 Trillion Won
A peculiar contrast is emerging in the European venture capital (VC) market. While overall investment enthusiasm has cooled somewhat, funds are pouring into certain large startups—such as those in art…
M&A·IB
“Have Transactions in Knowledge Industry Centers Picked Up?”…A Closer Look Reveals a “Cleanup of Non-Performing Assets”
Transaction volume for knowledge-industry centers rebounded in the second quarter of this year. However, this is interpreted less as a broad market recovery and more as a sign that a “separation of th…
Business·Industry
SamsungElectronics Discusses Future Semiconductor Technologies with Domestic and International Universities… Hosts ‘SPARK 2026’
SamsungElectronics hosted “SPARK 2026,” an integrated industry-academia exchange event, to broaden its industry-academia collaboration with domestic universities and jointly explore future directions …
Bonds·FX Policy
[Market In] SAMYANG PACKAGING Receives 90 Billion Won in Orders During Corporate Bond Bookbuilding… Sets Record for “Over-Subscription”
SAMYANG PACKAGING (A-) met its fundraising target after receiving orders amounting to 1.5 times the target amount during the bookbuilding process for its public corporate bond offering. However, the f…