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Real estate Macquarie to sell Seoul hotel to KB Asset for $119 million

Macquarie Asset Management is poised to sell a four-star hotel in Seoul for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset M...

Mergers & Acquisitions DIG Airgas, Air Products Korea: Two Korean megadeals in the offing

South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is gearing up for two megadeals involving specialty gas makers, worth 5 trillion won ($3.4 billi...

IPOs LG CNS set to price February IPO at top of price band

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company, is set to price its initial public offering at the top of its proposed price range to raise 1...

Mergers & Acquisitions Macquarie kicks off sale of DIG Airgas estimated at over $3.4 billion

Macquarie Asset Management has embarked on a process to sell off its 100% stake in South Korea’s third-largest industrial gas producer DIG Air...

Infrastructure Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn

Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has signed an agreement to buy a 40-megawatt (MW) data center from Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management Co. ...

IPOs LG CNS gears up for 2025 IPO with $5.1 billion in enterprise value

LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, is gearing up for an initial public offering early next year, o...

Infrastructure Macquarie eyes its 1st Korean data center valued around $722 mn

Macquarie Group’s South Korean infrastructure investment arm is set to buy its first domestic data center, valued at up to 1 trillion won ($72...

Infrastructure Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees

Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...

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...

Mergers & Acquisitions Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie Korea Asset Management seeks to sell off a Korea tank terminal operator six years after the acquisition, at around 400 billion won ($314.8...

Private equity NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund

Macquarie Asset Management is aiming to close its sixth buyout fund in South Korea at a maximum of 1 trillion won ($775.6 million) by the first ha...

Pension funds NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has hired Macquarie Asset Managem...

Mergers & Acquisitions Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie Asset Management, part of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, is set to buy Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary...

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...

Mergers & Acquisitions Macquarie bids for transportation card operator Loca Mobility

Macquarie Asset Management participated in a bid on Dec. 6 to acquire Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary and the second-largest ...

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 ...

Cloud computing KKR, Macquarie race for $728 mn stake in Korea’s KT Cloud

Global private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Macquarie Asset Management are among the preliminary bidders for shares wor...

Upcoming IPOs KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund

South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...

Mergers & Acquisitions KKR to buy SK’s gas production facility for more than $785 mn

KKR & Co., a global private equity firm, is set to buy South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s industrial gas production facility at slightly...

IPOs LG CNS eyes 2023 IPO to pave way for Macquarie's exit

South Korea's LG CNS Co., 35% owned by Macquarie Group, sent requests for proposals to brokerage companies on Monday as it is looking to go public n...

Pre-IPOs ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps Co., South Korea's No. 2 security services provider, is seeking to raise up to 400 billion won ($336 million) from private equity firms ahe...

Pension funds Govt pension fund makes first foray into overseas infrastructure

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded a combined $105 million mandates to Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Paris-based A...

Pension funds NPS commits $450 mn to Stonepeak, Macquarie infra funds

The National Pension Service has committed a total of $450 million to two North America-focused funds launched by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners ...

Infrastructure Macquarie seeks co-investors for over $2 bn Korean gas firm purchase

Macquarie’s investment unit may attract Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and other limited partners of its Asia infrastructure fund a...

Private equity Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie’s South Korean unit signed a definitive agreement on Dec. 6 to buy a non-controlling stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd., an IT services arm of L...

Infrastructure Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn

Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...

KKR hires Macquarie Korea’s exec for infrastructure business

KKR & Co. has hired a key investment manager of Macquarie Korea in a new hire of senior staff to expand Asia infrastructure business. Keith Kim, ...

KKR, Macquarie among bidders for over $800 mn stake in LG CNS

KKR, Macquarie’s investment unit, Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) have joined a race to buy a stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd....

Macquarie’s $2.3 bn Europe infra fund raises $405 mn from Korea

Macquarie's new European infrastructure fund, which targets a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) fundraising, has drawn €350 million ($405 million) from South ...