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MBK fixes ING Life IPO pricing at bottom end

An unfavoured sector, unsettled markets and nearly three weeks of secondary market trading risk conspire to push pricing towards the bottom of the private equity firm’s expectations.

April 24, 2017

ING Life: MBK has high hopes for IPO

Is the private equity-owned group offering a compelling enough story to tempt investors back to a sector which has been on a downswing for well over a year?

April 03, 2017

China at heart of two exhilarating decades

As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, FinanceAsia looks back over the past two decades and ponders what the next 20 years could bring.

September 11, 2016

Michael Kim: Godfather of Asian private equity

One of Asia's founding private equity bankers outlines his hopes for the industry and eventual re-unification of his home country, Korea.

August 17, 2016

MBK Partners pays $1.1 billion for Woongjin Coway stake

After its disappointment at failing to snap up Hi-Mart last month, private equity firm MBK Partners buys a 30.9% holding in Woongjin Coway, Korea's leading water purifier maker.

August 16, 2012

BarCap hires Asia-Pacific electronic sales trading head

Jan Shun Yet has joined alongside other sales trading hires, as buy-side demand grows for combining e-trading services with traditional advice and execution.‪

August 11, 2010

MBK Partners raises $1.56 billion

MBK Partners closes first buyout fund with commitments totaling $1.56 billion and announces two investments in Korea.

July 12, 2006