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Corporate strategy Hankook & Company to set up CVC with $11 mn in funding

Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., announced Thursday a plan to launch a wholly owned corporate ve...

Mergers & Acquisitions CVC poised to buy S.Korea’s top contact lens maker OLENS

CVC Capital Partners is in the final stage of talks to acquire OLENS, South Korea’s largest contact lens brand, for about 500 billion won ($34...

Pension funds NPS commits $724 mn to CVC Capital’s ninth PE fund

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has committed €‎650 million ($724 million...

Korean startups CJ Investment fosters Korean startups to discover new growth engines

CJ Investment, the corporate venture capital arm of CJ Corp., announced on Tuesday its plans to foster promising South Korean startups in order to d...

Private equity Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund

South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyo...

Venture capital Corporate VC veterans pinpoint their best investments 

South Korean conglomerates in recent years have ramped up their investment in startups, yielding positive returns. Hyundai Motor Co. Vice Pre...

Mergers & Acquisitions Carlyle, KKR again compete for Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are again competing to acquire the world’s third-larges...

Entertainment CVC, Goldman among shortlisted investors in TVing

CVC Capital and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) are among the shortlisted investors in South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming serv...

Mergers & Acquisitions Interpark draws cool response from Korean online giants

South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark Corp. has failed to drum up interest from the country's largest online platforms, including Nav...

Private equity CVC names ex-Affinity Equity top manager as Korea head

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Chris Rhee, a former partner of Affinity Equity Partners, as its Seoul office head and global partner, according ...

Mergers & Acquisitions CVC, TPG, MBK, Affinity Equity in final bidding for JobKorea

Local and foreign private equity firms are among the final bidders for the entire stake of South Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea &ndas...

Private equity CVC, TPG and Affinity Equity in bidding for JobKorea

CVC Capital Partners, TPG Capital and Affinity Equity Partners are among 10 preliminary bidders for the entire stake of South Korea’s largest ...

FKI calls for further easing of new CVC rules to spur investment

The South Korean government, which recently decided to allow holding companies of conglomerates to run corporate venture capital (CVC) units, needs to...

CVC Capital Partners has raised more than $175 million from three South Korean pension plans for its record $24 billion buyout fund, diversifying fund...

CVC to buy Korea’s No.2 hotel booking app in $300 mn deal

CVC Capital Partners is set to buy a controlling stake in South Korea’s No. 2 accommodation booking app operator and in separate talks with minority s...

CVC-Brookfield-GIC consortium sole bidder for Korea’s ADT Caps

A consortium of CVC Capital Partners, Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s GIC was the sole bidder for South Korea’s No.2 security services fir...

Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps

CVC Capital Partners has formed a consortium with Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to make a final bid for South ...

Hana Asset raises €44.2 million in FoF to invest in CVC private debt fund

The investment firm of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has raised €44.2 million ($47 million) mostly from domestic life insurers through a private ...

[Interview] CVC keen on e-commerce, healthcare, consumer brands in Korea

CVC Capital Partners is interested in electronic commerce, healthcare and services sectors in South Korea because of their growth potential, and willi...

CVC set to buy Korean parcel delivery firm for about $300 mn

Baring Private Equity Asia has named CVC Capital Partners as the preferred buyer of South Korea’s No.4 parcel delivery company, which the Carlyle Grou...

Baring PEA in talks with CVC, Affinity to sell Korean parcel delivery firm

Baring Private Equity Asia (PEA) has resumed the sale process of South Korea’s No. 4 package delivery company, and authorized two private equity firms...