Hanhwa Investment & Securities-Samjeong KPMG "One-stop from Sale to Asset Management"... Jointly Pioneering the SME M&A Market

Gu Seunghoe, Head of Financial Advisory at Samjong KPMG (right), and Kim Seonghwan, Head of Individual Customer Group at Korea Investment & Securities, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement to promote M&A activities for small and medium-sized enterprises on the 5th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji Yeon-jin] Samjeong KPMG (Chairman Kim Gyo-tae) and Korea Investment & Securities (President Jung Il-moon) announced on the 6th that they have signed a business agreement for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies.

Under this agreement, the two companies will jointly develop the M&A and financing markets for SMEs and mid-sized companies and conduct marketing together to provide related services.

In addition to M&A, they will also cooperate in growth capital financing and the pre-IPO equity investment market. In particular, owners who sell their companies after M&A can professionally manage the sale proceeds through consulting by Korea Investment & Securities’ ultra-high-net-worth client dedicated organization, GWM, receiving a one-stop service from sale to asset management.

Gu Seung-hoe, head of the Financial Advisory Division at Samjeong KPMG, said, “The retirement period of domestic SME founders has arrived, and due to aggressive M&A by private equity funds and inheritance gift tax issues related to business succession, M&A is actively progressing. Through the cooperation of the two companies, we will support the successful M&A of domestic SMEs and mid-sized companies.”

Samjeong KPMG launched the industry’s first ‘M&A Center,’ gathering collective intelligence of M&A experts to help the continuous growth of Korean companies. The Samjeong KPMG M&A Center consists of 200 experts including partners who share market listings, investment opportunity information, trends of large public deals, and provide successful M&A solutions including sales strategies for high-difficulty listings.

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