Korea M&A Corporation

A mergers and acquisition boom in emerging Asia has been long promised. Will 2007 be the year it actually materialises? Although the number and value of deals in the Asia-Pacific region has risen fast, most M&A activity has been concentrated in Japan and Australia. There is much to discourage buyers from venturing further afield. Policy risks remain high, as the botched imposition of capital con..

Report: China Group Buys Oil Stake Sunday December 31, 2:00 pm ET By Scott Mcdonald, Associated Press Writer Report: China's CITIC Group Buys Canadian Company's Stake in Kazakhstan Oil Field BEIJING (AP) -- China, which is aggressively seeking overseas energy assets to fuel its booming economy, said Sunday that one of its biggest conglomerates has bought the Kazakhstan oil assets of a Canadian c..

The growth of the LTV Corporation is one of the classic stories of the growth of conglomerates during the third merger wave. The company was led by James Josepth Ling -- the Ling of Ling-Temco-Vought. The story of how he parlayed a $2,000 investment and a small electronics business into the 14th-largest industrial company in the United States is a fascinating one. LTV was a sprawling industrial ..

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua)-- China Construction Bank (CCB) announced Friday it had completed the acquisition of Bank of America (Asia) Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America in Hong Kong, acquiring 100 percent of the equity. The branch offices and bank documents of Bank of America (Asia)Ltd will soon bear the logo and name of China Construction Bank Asia Ltd. The two sides inked an a..

KatherineNgandagencies Saturday, December 23, 2006 China Life Insurance (2628), the first insurer to plan a listing in the mainland, has finished its price consultation and expects to set the range between 20 yuan and 24 yuan (HK$19.88 and HK$23.86) a share, fund managers said. "The company does not want to set the price range too high, which will limit the upside potential for its A-share debut..

An all-Korean transaction using the leveraged buyout method was declared illegal, in some instances, by the Supreme Court on Nov. 9. Although such transactions are fairly common around the globe, in Korea they are rare. The recent ruling did not outright ban LBOs, and needs to be understood in the broader context of LBO transactions. LBOs are takeovers of another company with funds borrowed usin..