South Korea
Finance
The life insurance sector looks set to become a busy player in the Asian IPO market in 2010. With a string of big name insurers filling up the pipeline, investors will soon find themselves...
2010-02-22Finance
Swedish safety component supplier Autoliv has extended its purchase of assets from US parts-maker Delphi with the acquisition of its Asian safety products business. Without disclosing...
2010-02-03Finance
Reports of Reliance's potential bid for MGM are a meaningful symbol of the ascent of BRIC outward M&A at the expense of underperforming US giants. The Indian conglomerate, which has...
2010-01-18Finance
Despite a troubling 2009 which saw the company forced to make job cuts after recording its first quarterly loss for 17 years in Q109, heavy equipment industry giant Caterpillar ...
2009-12-23Finance
Against the backdrop of waning investor interest, Maxis Communications' MYR11.2bn (US$3.31bn) IPO, timetable for November 17, serves to highlight three strategies being used by companies...
2009-11-18Finance
In an attempt to curb the enthusiasm in an M&A market which rebounded strongly in Q309, the South Korean Justice Ministry has tabled a revision of its commercial laws in order...
2009-11-18Companies
Lotte Shopping, the retail arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, has acquired Chinese MGR Times as part of an ongoing aim to diversify away from the mature and highly competitive...
2009-10-28Finance
The Asian IPO frenzy of recent weeks is starting to show the first signs of fatigue. Significantly, Posco Engineering and Construction has become the third South Korean candidate...
2009-10-28




