Economy
Bonds·FX Policy
[Market In] Kiwoom Securities to Raise Up to 400 Billion Won Through Corporate Bonds… Investor Sentiment Expected to Rise Amid Booming Securities Industry
#Kiwoom Securities is set to raise up to 400 billion won through a corporate bond issuance. With the recent stock market boom creating a favorable business environment across the securities industry, …
M&A·IB
As the Deal Advisory Market Expands... Law Firms, Accounting Firms, and Investment Banks Compete for Work
As cross-border transactions and large-scale deals increase, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory market itself is expanding, and competition among industry players for this business is heating…
M&A·IB
Global Private Equity Funds, Armed with High Exchange Rates, Set Their Sights on the Korean Market
As dominance in the domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market rapidly shifts toward global private equity (PEF) firms, a seismic shift is taking place in the survival strategies of major law firm…
M&A·IB
M&A Focus Shifts Overseas... Law Firms Vie to Recruit 'Cross-Border Deal' Veterans
“Foreign lawyers are the key to competitiveness.” As the center of gravity in the domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market shifts beyond national borders, the talent recruitment strategies of ma…
M&A·IB
M&A Deals Involving Foreign Companies and Capital on the Rise... Foreign Lawyers Now in High Demand
Recently, a major law firm experienced a last-minute reversal in the recruitment of a lawyer specializing in international deals—a move they had considered “a done deal”—just before the lawyer was set…
Business·Industry
President Lee: "Thank You for Your Bold Decision"... Lee Jae-yong: "Proactive Investment Drives Growth"
“Samsung’s dream took root, grew, and bore fruit in Chungcheong.” (Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of SamsungElectronics)"Building on our achievements to date, we will develop the Chungcheong region into a glo…
Bonds·FX Policy
[Market In] SamsungSecurities’ Corporate Bond Bookbuilding Proves a Hit… 1.8 Trillion Flowed In
SamsungSecurities (AA+) achieved a successful public offering of corporate bonds, receiving orders totaling over 1.8 trillion won during the bookbuilding process. This strong demand is attributed to e…
M&A·IB
Pangyo H-Square, a 'Prime Office' Property, Secures 538 billion won in Refinancing and Lowers Interest Rates
“Pangyo Techno Valley H-Square,” a prime office building in Pangyo backed by investors including the Military Mutual Aid Association and Korea Land Trust, has successfully secured 538 billion won in r…
Business·Industry
SamsungElectroMechanics Establishes Joint Venture with Japan's Sumitomo Chemical to Produce Glass Substrates
SamsungElectroMechanics announced on the 2nd that it has signed a definitive joint venture (JV) agreement with Dongwoo Hainchem CO.,LTD, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Group, t…
Financing
[Market In] 'Interest Rate Appeal' Overshadows Pledges to Scale Back... Military-Affiliated Companies and CPs Take the Brakes Off on Funding
The Military Mutual Aid Association, the only major mutual aid association in Korea to raise funds through commercial paper (CP), issued 1.5 trillion won worth of CP in the first half of this year alo…