Economy
M&A·IB
[M&A Deal Board] Long-Term Care and Food Distribution Companies Up for Sale… Facility Management and Construction Firms Prepare for Bolt-On Acquisitions
Every week, in collaboration with LISTING, an M&A matching platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, we report on newly listed assets and acquisition demand in the domestic M&A market. By exami…
Bonds·FX Policy
From Lotte Corporation to SAMYANG PACKAGING… A-Grade Bookbuilding Rounds Continue One After Another
The corporate bond issuance market, which had been virtually at a standstill until mid-August, has begun to pick up again ahead of September. This week, companies with A-rated credit ratings are set t…
M&A·IB
[VC's Pick] "Computing Directly on Data"... AI Semiconductor Secures Investment
This week (August 17–21), startups in various sectors—including materials, solar energy, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions—secured investments from venture capital (VC) firms and accelerators…
M&A·IB
"Predicting Failure Before Trials"... An AI Platform Tackling Bottlenecks in New Drug Development [VC Cradle]
Finding a new drug candidate is not the end of the story. No matter how effective a drug may be, it cannot become a pharmaceutical product if it clumps easily or deteriorates during storage. Such issu…
Business·Industry
“My pants shrunk after I took them to the dry cleaner’s”… Compensation [No to Being Taken Advantage Of]
Q. Two pairs of pants I dropped off at the dry cleaner’s have shrunk, and the left and right legs are now different lengths. The dry cleaner claims they only dry-cleaned them and says it’s a product d…
Finance
Ray Dalio: “U.S. Debt Crisis Within 3 Years… Reduce Bonds and Increase Holdings of Gold and Bitcoin”
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates—a leading hedge fund on Wall Street—argued that the U.S. could face a debt crisis as soon as three years from now. He urged investors to reduce their bond …
M&A·IB
“Prevent AI Concentration”… ‘Mandatory Diversification’ Strategy Gains Traction in Alternative Investments
The “forced diversification” strategy is emerging as a new hot topic in the alternative investment market. This stems from the assessment that even when investments are spread across asset classes suc…
Financing
[Credit Signal] Soaring Treasury Yields Put Corporate Bonds on Edge… Investor Sentiment Remains Cool
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…
Business·Industry
“May the late SamsungElectronics DX rest in peace”… People gather in Seocho holding ‘memorial photos’ of home appliances
“What we want is not ‘voluntary retirement’ but ‘voluntary continued employment.’ Please allow us to work here for the long term, believing that the company will thrive even five or ten years from now…
Business·Industry
SamsungElectronics "Contributes 78.9 Billion Won to Fund for Semiconductor Partners"
SamsungElectronics has decided to contribute 78.9 billion won as an incentive for small and medium-sized partner companies in its Semiconductor (DS) Division.On the 21st, SamsungElectronics announced …