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Private equity EQT set to invest in KKR-backed fashion unicorn Musinsa

EQT, Europe's largest private equity firm, is set to invest 20 billion to 30 billion won ($14 million-$21 million) in Musinsa, South Korea’s f...

Private equity Kyobo Life’s Shin in talks with Affinity, GIC over exits below purchase price

Kyobo Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s third-largest life insurer, is in talks with some of its financial investors (FIs) to help them exit f...

Private equity EQT targets healthcare, technology, business service providers in Korea

EQT, the largest private equity firm in Europe, is setting its sights on healthcare, technology companies and business service providers in South Ko...

Private equity EQT sells Shinhan Financial stake in block deal at 30% IRR

EQT Private Capital Asia sold 415.5 billion won ($311.9 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group Co. in a block deal ...

Corporate restructuring UBS, Citigroup to handle sale of KKR’s JV with Korean builder

UBS Group AG and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are set to manage the sale of a joint venture between global private equity giant KKR Co. Inc. and ai...

Artificial intelligence Naver to join race with EQT, Goldman Sachs for Korean SW firm

Naver Corp. is set to go up against global major private equity firms such as EQT Partners AB and Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group to acquire a So...

Shareholder value SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024

South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...

Pension funds GEPS taps Apollo, EQT, Warburg for buyout, growth equity

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) selected Apollo Global Management, Warburg Pincus and Sweden-based EQT Partners as i...

Private equity EQT sees huge potential in security services for S.Korean SMEs

The digital security market is rapidly growing in South Korea, one of the world’s fastest-aging countries and amid its soaring labor costs.&nb...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell SK Shipping Co.’s tanker division, a business widely seen as the breadwinne...

Mergers & Acquisitions EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn

EQT Partners AB, the world’s third-largest private equity firm, is poised to buy a controlling stake in South Korean security service provider...

Private equity SK Square chief expects significant investment gains from next year

SK Square Co., the investment management arm of South Korea’s SK Group, is looking to reap handsome gains from its investment and divestment a...

Mergers & Acquisitions EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm

Sweden’s EQT Partners AB is set to acquire a 36.87% stake in South Korean security services provider SK Shieldus Co. from a consortium led by ...

Private equity EQT chairman sees technology and services as attractive sectors in Korea

High price tags of target companies can be justified if you understand long-term trends of the industry and have expertise in the sectors, Conni Jon...

Alternative investments EQT doubles down on sustainability and digitalization to fuel returns

With higher energy prices, creeping inflation and strained supply chains just a few of the headwinds to future economic growth, investors may find i...

Private equity Sweden's EQT staffs up in Asia with focus on Korea

EQT Partners, Europe's largest private equity firm, is staffing up its Asia Pacific team with a focus on South Korea, the investment firm said on Mo...

Private equity EQT to open Seoul office by yr-end to source Korean deals

EQT Partners will be opening its Seoul office this year for the first time, as the Swedish private equity firm is preparing to source deals in South...

Pre-IPOs GIC, EQT, MBK compete for ADT Caps' $300 mn shares

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, Sweden-based EQT Partners and South Korea-based MBK Partners are among the four shortlisted bidders for share...

Alternative investments Korea Post commits €80 mn to Sweden's EQT Partners

Korea Post's insurance arm has committed €80 million ($97 million) to a new flagship fund of Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners that rais...

EQT to raise $70 mn from two Korean funds for $2.3 bn credit fund: report

Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is gathering €60 million ($70 million) from two South Korean retirement funds and seeking to raise an additio...