Korean healthcare in 2012: an interview with Citi’s Billy Cho
As the first installment in our ongoing series of interviews, we asked Billy Cho of Citi’s Global Investment Banking unit about his outlook for the coming year in the Korean healthcare M&A market.
Tell our readers about your role at Citi …
mergermarket: 2011 Korean M&A Round-up
mergermarket has just released its South Korea M&A Year End Roundup for 2011, and amongst the various league tables and statistics we found few items we thought would be interesting for our readers. Of course, to get the full picture, …
Pledged FDI into Korea hit 11 year high in 2011
According to Nasdaq.com pledged foreign direct investment hit an 11 year high in 2011. The article, citing statistics from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, says that foreigners pledged investments amounting to $13.67 billion last year, the highest amount since 2000 when …
Google to invest in Korean startups
Google CEO Eric Schmidt must have been impressed on his visit to Korea in November of last year.
Asia Gyeongjae is reporting that Google and the Korea Communications Commission have signed an MOU in which the tech giant will help to incubate Korean start-ups. …
Korean Investment Workshop at AFF – Hong Kong 2012
Invest KOREA will be attending the Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention Center on January 16th and 17th. We will be holding a workshop and 1:1 meetings with Korean companies on the 17th and we are looking forward …
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Korean healthcare in 2012: an interview with Citi’s Billy Cho
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