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South Korea M&A bonanza for Goldman, Morgan Stanley

Generational shift in management at family-run conglomerates drives dealmaking

Published Thu, Oct 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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SOUTH Korea is enjoying its busiest deal spree in a decade as the Samsung and SK family-run conglomerates moved to cement management control and troubled companies found new owners.

The value of acquisitions involving Korean companies jumped 17 per cent from a year ago to US$86.4 billion in the first nine months, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

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