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Social media Seoul probes fake online accounts of Hyundai Motor advisor Sung Kim

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched an investigation into social media accounts pretending to be Hyundai Motor Group advisor Sung Kim,...

Food & Beverage Corstone Asia, Q Capital Partners to sell Norang Tongdak

South Korean private equity firms (PEF) Corstone Asia and Q Capital Partners plan to sell Norang Tongdak, the Korean-style fried chicken franchise.&...

League table UBS retains top position on Korea’s M&A advisor list after Ecorbit deal

UBS Group AG remained on the top of the South Korean merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory market as of the end of the third quarter after addin...

League table UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals

UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on m...

Mergers & Acquisitions Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board

South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...

Corporate governance ISS urges KT&G shareholders to vote against CEO candidate Bang

Global leading proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) has recommended that stakeholders of South Korean tobacco maker KT&G ...

Fintech Hana Bank, Fount to co-work for robo-advisor service

South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with robo-advisor company Fount Investment Co. to launch a reti...

Automobiles Genesis partners with racing legend Jackie Ickx

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Thursday that the worldwide racing legend Jacky Ickx will join its official Brand Partner. ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments announced its acquisition of Stockspot, a prominent Australian robo-advisor specialist.In a statement r...

Shipping & Shipbuilding First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) announced on Tuesday that their technical advisor, Shin Jong Gye, has been elected as the...

Energy Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...

Shareholder activism Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...

Mergers & Acquisitions S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

South Korea has started the process to privatize the country’s No. 1 container line HMM Co. by tapping advisors for the sale of the controllin...

Korean startups Chicken startup shakes up crowded market with robotic arms

Preparing fried chicken requires a simple, but laborious process: Placing pieces of chicken on dough and frying powder; putting them into an iron ba...

Corporate restructuring Proxy advisors recommend NPS vote for POSCO split-off

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., was recommended by all its four proxy advisors to vote for the s...

Mergers & Acquisitions Morgan Stanley remains top advisor for S.Korea Q3 M&As

Morgan Stanley remained the top M&A advisor in South Korea in the third quarter of this year, according to data compiled by market tracker FnGui...

Mergers & Acquisitions Evercore joins as advisor for S.Korea’s Hanon Systems stake sale

Evercore Inc., a New York-based boutique investment banking advisory firm, is joining hands with Morgan Stanley to co-manage the sale of a majority ...

Shareholder activism US hedge fund Whitebox Advisors says to vote against LG’s planned spin-off

US-based hedge fund Whitebox Advisors LLC plans to vote against the proposed spin-off of South Korea’s LG Corp. at the upcoming general meetin...

Mergers & Acquisitions LG hires Kim & Chang as advisor for mobile division sale

LG Electronics Inc. has mandated South Korea’s largest law firm Kim & Chang as the legal advisor for its smartphone division sale, accor...

Shareholder activism US hedge fund Whitebox Advisors opposes LG’s planned spin-off

Whitebox Advisors LLC, a US-based hedge fund, opposes a planned spin-off by South Korea’s LG Corp., saying the plan sacrifices minority shareh...

M&A CJ Logistics seeks to sell construction business; Credit Suisse named as advisor

CJ Logistics Corp. is seeking to sell its profit-making construction business as part of its parent group’s restructuring scheme.The logistics s...

Prudential Financial Inc.’s 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) sale of its South Korean unit dominated the country’s M&A advisory market ...

Two former global alternative investment heads of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) moved to the country’s top law firms to advise on alter...