Economy
Bonds·FX Policy
[Market Insight] Rush to Issue Mezzanine Debt as Corporate Bond Market Stalls… “Repayment Boomerang” If Stock Prices Fall
Issuance of mezzanine securities, such as convertible bonds (CBs), surged by 70% compared to last year. As rising corporate bond yields have increased financing costs, mezzanine securities have emerge…
Finance
Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service to Relocate to Sejong… State-Owned Banks Eyed for Busan, Daegu, and Naju
As forecasts suggest that a large number of financial institutions will be included in the second phase of the relocation of public institutions to regional areas, attention is also focusing on the re…
Financing
Lotte Construction: Profits Rise but Cash Flow Slows… Company Strives to Improve Financial Soundness
“Credit Checkpoint” is a column that assesses the credit rating risks of companies preparing to issue corporate bonds by examining their financial structure and cash flow. We evaluate a company’s shor…
M&A·IB
Office Building Just 3 Minutes from Jamsil Station—Who Is the New Owner?
Yejeon Building, an office property located in the Jamsil business district of Seoul, has entered the sale process. The Yejeon Building is an asset with an excellent location and stable cash flow, and…
Business·Industry
OLED TV Market Grows 20%… Samsung and TCL Lock Horns in the LCD TV Market
While the global TV market remains flat, the premium organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV market is leading the market rebound with growth in the 20% range. In the mid-to-low-end LCD (liquid crystal…
M&A·IB
[Exclusive] Could the Right to Operate Public Sports Facilities Under a Commissioned Management Model Emerge as a New Business Opportunity?
A subsidiary of a domestic private equity fund (PEF) is participating as a financial investor to secure the outsourcing rights for public sports facilities in the Sinbanpo 4 District of Seocho-gu, Seo…
Business·Industry
'eSSD Shortage' Drives 77% Increase in Q2 NAND Sales… Samsung and Hynix Maintain Top Two Positions
Driven by the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, demand for enterprise SSDs (eSSDs) has exploded, leading to steep growth in the global NAND flash market. SamsungElectronics and S…
Finance
“A Monthly Salary of 20 Million Won?”…Salaries at Financial Holding Companies “Skyrocket” Amid Record-Breaking Earnings
Following the five major financial holding companies (KB Financial Group, ShinhanFinancialGroup Co.,Ltd., HanaFinancialGroupInc., WooriFinancialGroup, and NH Nonghyup) setting record-high net profits …
Business·Industry
Madison Hwang Calls It "Incredible"... LG Corp. and NVIDIA Build 12 Years' Worth of Robot Data (Comprehensive)
LGELECTRONICS and NVIDIA are establishing a “virtuous cycle of data” for robot training by combining LG Corp.’s manufacturing and logistics data with NVIDIA’s physical artificial intelligence (AI) tec…
Business·Industry
INICS Corporation Performance Bonuses: Cash or Stock? Final Round of Labor-Management Negotiations
SK hynix management and labor representatives are continuing discussions to reach an agreement on this year’s wage and collective bargaining agreement. It is reported that the two sides continued nego…