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Korean regulators respond to revival in private equity

February 08, 2010  

The return of private equity activity in South Korea has prompted regulators to urge investment in the asset class. They introduced tax benefits and are seeking to relax rules over the creation of funds, says Mergermarket.

South Korea appears to have bounced back onto the buy-out scene after it saw private equity M&A activity drop precipitously in 2008.

In total 31 transactions, worth US$6.1 billion overall, came to the market last year. Yet it would...


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 LOCAL CURRENCY DCM

Rank Bookrunner Value ($m) No. %Share
1 Samsung Securities Co 1,079 13 4.8
2 China Development Bank Corp 1,066 3 4.8
3 KB Financial Group Inc 1,052 10 4.7
4 Daewoo Securities 950 8 4.2
5 Korea Investment & Securities 865 14 3.9
6 Woori Investment & Securities 854 12 3.8
7 SK Securities 758 8 3.4
8 CITIC Securities 686 2 3.1
9 Dongbu Group 650 10 2.9
10 Haitong Securities 649 2 2.9
Subtotal 8,609 70 38.4
Total 22,396 168 100.0

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