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"Has the military actually used it?" rather than technological capability… The investment criteria set by defense-sector VCs
"No matter how advanced the technology is, if it hasn’t been validated in real-world operating environments, it cannot cross the ‘Valley of Death’ in the defense procurement market. That is why invest…
Financing
[Credit Signal] Interest Rates Have Fallen, but Spreads Have Skyrocketed… Corporate Bond Investor Sentiment Remains Frozen
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
[Market In] A Steady Exodus to Global Private Equity Firms… Junior Staff Also Leaving Accounting Firms
An increasing number of junior accountants from major domestic accounting firms are moving to global private equity (PEF) firms. Global private equity firms, which had previously preferred candidates …
Business·Industry
LGELECTRONICS to Build New Refrigerator Plant in Brazil… Accelerating Expansion into the ‘Global South’
LGELECTRONICS is accelerating its push into the “Global South” market by launching a refrigerator production plant in Brazil with an annual capacity of 600,000 units. The company’s strategy is to enha…
M&A·IB
[M&A Deal Board] Long-Term Care and Seafood Distribution Companies Up for Sale… Demand for Acquisitions in Facility Management and Construction
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…
M&A·IB
[VC’s Pick] Attention Focused on Next-Generation AI Data Centers and ESS-Based “Batteries”
This week (August 10–14), startups across various sectors—including artificial intelligence (AI) data infrastructure, media, diagnostics, and security—secured investments from venture capital (VC) fir…
Business·Industry
Koo Kwang-mo and Jensen Huang’s ‘Pork Belly Dinner’ Leads to… LG Corp. and NVIDIA’s Physical AI Alliance
Following the “pork belly dinner” between LG Corp. Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, the strategic partnership between the two companies is becoming even stronger. The two, who met in…
M&A·IB
Private Equity Funds Have Acquired Both the Top Two Domestic Companies… Why They Are Snapping Up Car Rental Firms
The top two players in the domestic car rental market have both been acquired by private equity fund (PEF) managers. With Texas Pacific Group (TPG) making a surprise acquisition of industry leader LOT…
M&A·IB
"From Myeongdong to Yeongdeungpo"... Foreign Capital Sets Out on a Hunt for Seoul Hotels
Foreign capital is accelerating its entry into the Seoul hotel market. As tourism demand, which had stagnated following the COVID-19 pandemic, recovers, there has been a series of investment cases whe…
Financing
[Market In] After Buying 1 Trillion Won a Day… Why Did SK hynix Halt Its Bond Investments?
Attention is focused on the reasons behind SK hynix(000660)’s sudden suspension of corporate bond investments. Although the company emerged as a “big player” by aggressively purchasing bonds—starting …