Korea M&A Corporation

American International Group Inc. (AIG) has mandated Morgan Stanley (MS) and Deutsche Bank AG (DB) as global coordinators for the upcoming initial public offering of its Asian life insurance unit, people familiar with the situation said Thursday. The spin-off of American International Assurance Co. through a public listing on an Asian stock exchange is part of AIG's efforts to repay a government..

Venture One Capital Corp. ("Venture One" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:VO.P) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent dated effective June 15, 2009 (the "Letter of Intent") with NMC, Inc. ("NMC") and Dongwon Corporation ("Dongwon"), whereunder it is anticipated that the Corporation will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of NMC, the owner and operator..

One of the top mergers and acquisitions bankers at Goldman Sachs in Asia is retiring after 19 years with the firm, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. Johan Leven, the co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Goldman in Asia, excluding Japan, has decided to retire from the firm in September, the memo says. Richard Campbell-Breeden will become head of the division. Campbell-Breeden,..

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) recently announced it will buy a 50% share in polycrystalline silicon maker M. Setek Co., Ltd. of Japan for US$125 million. The acquisition will offer AUO access to the solar-energy business, which the LCD maker has been watching for a while. The company chairman, K.Y. Lee said green-energy industries have become attractive to big enterprises, ith energy saving and clean..

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda", TSE: 4502) today announced the completion of its acquisition of IDM Pharma, Inc. (“IDM”, NASDAQ: IDMI) for US$2.64 per share in cash, through a short-form merger of Jade Subsidiary Corporation (“Jade”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda America Holdings, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda, into IDM. With the consummation of the m..

Russian state nuclear firm and a consortium of Japanese companies may increase their stakes in Canadian miner Uranium One to 20 percent each, a Uranium One executive said on Wednesday. Uranium One Chief Financial Officer Robin Merrifield also said his company was considering buying another Kazakh deposit. Earlier this month, Russia's Rosatom secured a 17 percent stake in Uranium One in exchange ..