Min Jeong Lee
Stories by Min Jeong Lee
SoftBank Group’s stock plunge attracts another activist investor
Asset Value Investors, a UK money manager known for its activist campaigns at smaller Japanese firms, has invested about 5 billion yen ($46.6 million)
Scandal at insurance unit may delay Japan Post share-sale plan
Japan Post’s privatization into three separate companies in 2015 was one of the country’s largest-ever IPOs
SoftBank Group International CFO Alok Sama to step down
Sama’s departure comes against the backdrop of management upheaval at the firm.
Kakao’s blockchain unit raises $90m in private coin offering
Venture capital and private equity funds including IDG Capital, Crescendo Equity Partners and Translink Capital participated in the round.
South Korea’s Kakao seeks investors for its blockchain venture
Ground X Corp., a blockchain subsidiary of Kakao Corp., may initially seek capital and business alliances with consumer-service companies.
Bain prepared to spend $900m for advertising M&A in Asia
Bain - which on Thursday acquired 87 per cent stake in Asatsu-DK Inc in a tender offer - seeks to revamp Japan’s No. 3 agency to better compete with
Nomura India equity fund quadruples to $3.6b in one year
Japanese investors owned $13 billion of Indian stocks and bonds at June-end.
