refinancing

Debt financing MBK secures $1 bn refinancing on Homeplus from Meritz

MBK Partners, the North Asia-focused private equity firm, has refinanced all of its 1.3 trillion won ($1 billion) loans on Homeplus with a new one f...

Real estate Brookfield aims to increase debt on IFC Seoul to $2 bn

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. will increase its debt on the International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul), South Korea to up to 2.7 trillion ...

Real estate ESR KendallSquare REIT leads Korean logistics sector

ESR KendallSquare REIT, overseeing 18 advanced logistics centers across South Korea, adeptly handled challenges in the real estate sector this year....

Corporate bonds Korean firms scramble for bond sales on further rate hike views

South Korean companies rushed to issues bonds as the Bank of Korea is expected to raise interest rates further, ramping up financing costs. Some war...

Fintech Naver, techfins poised to spark Korean loan market's Big Bang

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp. is preparing to join a government-initiated fintech platform, on which individual borrowers can directly sear...

Refinanicng Shinhan joins in Australian firm's $85 mn refinancing deal

South Korea's Shinhan Investment Corp. has participated in a A$110 million ($85 million) refinancing package for Australia's Entertainment and Educa...

Real estate Brookfield completes $1.9 bn debt refinancing on IFC Seoul

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has borrowed an additional 475 billion won ($402 million) on International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul) in a 2...

Kiwoom Sec in $236 mn refinancing deal on Spain solar plants

Kiwoom Securities Co. Ltd. and a South Korean insurance firm have underwritten 140 billion won ($118 million) in a debt on nine solar power plants in ...

Korean consortium to provide $142 mn UK solar refinancing: report

A consortium led by Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will provide UK-based Octopus Investments with 160 billion won ($142 million) solar por...

[Interview] IFM Investors eyes Europe’s energy projects, debt refinancing

Energy projects and debt refinancing and secondary market deals are expected to create new investment opportunities in Europe, said an executive of Au...

KTB Asset invests in refinanced loan on Union Station

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested an undisclosed amount in a debt secured on Union Station in Washington D.C. on behalf of three South Korean...

Korean firms invest $52.5 mn in debt refinancing of US building

Two South Korean financial institutions have invested $52.5 million in mezzanine debt backed by an office building in Manhattan, which was issued to r...

NPS rejects $177 mn debt for Carlyle’s refinancing of ADT Korea

The National Pension Service’s (NPS) rejection last week of 200 billion won ($177 million) investment in ADT Korea, owned by the Carlyle Group, has ca...

Korean insurers arrange $550 mn debt refinancing of Brookfield’s NY building

The two insurance arms of South Korea’s agricultural cooperative, Nonghyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd and Nonghyup Property & Casualty Insurance Co. L...

Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing

Apollo Global Management has attracted 80 billion won ($72 million) from a couple of South Korean pension funds to refinance part of bank loans it had...