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Kyobo-Affinity feud deepening ahead of IPO

Kyobo regaining momentum for IPO next year

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. on Tuesday applied for a preliminary review of its public listing with the Korea Exchange, three years after it canceled the IPO plan

The push comes after the IT company managed to persuade IFM Investors of the advantages of selling the medical practice software play.

IFM Investors has signed a deal to sell its medical practice software business Genie Solutions to Pacific Equity Partners owned software and services company, The Citadel Group. 

Morgan Stanley maintains top position in local M&A advisory market

Telecommunications vendor Vocus has revealed its has received an acquisition proposal from investment firm Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Holdings (MIRA). MIRA is part of Macquarie Group’s asset management arm Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), managing US$132 billion in assets including telcos, farmlands, infrastructure and real estate companies across Australia. Responding to “recent press speculation”, Vocus said in its ASX announcement that the proposal was non-binding and in...

Kyobo gains edge in battle with Deloitte Posted : 2021-01-20 16:56 Updated : 2021-01-20 17:31 Kyobo Life Insurance Chairman Shin Chang-jae, left, and Deloitte Anjin CEO Hong Jong-sung / Courtesy of each firm By Lee Min-hyung Kyobo Life Insurance has gained an edge in a months-long legal dispute with Deloitte Anjin, after prosecutors indicted three Deloitte accountants for allegedly colluding with the insurers financial investors to distort Kyobos estimated stock pr...

PE moves: new hires at KKR and Affinity Save Share Sydney private equity outfit Archer Capital is starting the new year with two less operatives in its midst. There was some private equity musical chairs over summer.  Street Talk understands Archer principal Ryan Boers has headed to KKR after almost seven years with the Aussie buyout fund, while fellow principal David Brennecke has taken a vice president role at Affinity Equity Partners. Boers joined Archer in early 2014 and was closely invo...