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private equity funds

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Tax reform on business succession leaves private equity out (KOR)

Korea's new succession tax incentives could miss their goal by excluding private equity funds, often the most viable buyers for aging SME owners.

2026.8.25

Tax reform on business succession leaves private equity out

Korea's new succession tax incentives could miss their goal by excluding private equity funds, often the most viable buyers for aging SME owners.

2026.8.24

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Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Gov. Lee Chan-jin speaks during a meeting with CEOs of private equity funds at the FSS headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Jan. 10. [NEWS1]

Korea's market watchdog says intervention in private equity industry inevitable

The head of Korea's financial market watchdog on Tuesday said authorities would respond sternly to the business practices of private equity funds that undermined fairness and credibility.

2026.1.20

[Shortcut] 사모펀드가 뭔가요?

라임 펀드와 옵티머스 펀드 사태가 연일 뉴스를 장식하고 있습니다. 피해액이 무려 2조원에 달하는 초대형 사기 사건으로 5000명이 넘는 투자자가 손해를 입었다고 합니다. 최근에는 정치인과 고위 금융 관료 및 검사들까지 로비 대상으로 이름이 오르내리며 정치적 이슈로 확대되고 있습니다. 대체 사모펀드가 뭐기에 이렇게 많은 피해자들이 엄청난 손실을 보게 되는 걸까요. 공모펀드와 사모펀드는 어떤 차이가 있는 걸까요.

2020.11.13

Two civic groups hold a press conference criticizing the Financial Supervisory Service's role in the Optimus scandal, at the regulator's office building in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Oct. 28.

Poof! 83 percent of Optimus assets vanished, FSS says

Some 83 percent of Optimus Asset Management fund assets are unrecoverable, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced Wednesday, after it finished an investigation into investments made by the bust private equity fund

2020.11.11

Reporters wait in front of the office of Optimus Asset Management in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on July 15. [JEONG YONG-HWAN]

Optimus fraud was massive, dramatic and audacious

Optimus Asset Management made billions of won in illicit transactions, embezzled money and deceived investors and brokerages, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced Thursday.

2020.7.23

Tag: private equity funds

private equity funds

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Tax reform on business succession leaves private equity out (KOR)

Tax reform on business succession leaves private equity out

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Korea's market watchdog says intervention in private equity industry inevitable

[Shortcut] 사모펀드가 뭔가요?

Poof! 83 percent of Optimus assets vanished, FSS says

Optimus fraud was massive, dramatic and audacious