Korean Financial Firms Chase Bold Overseas M&A to Fuel Growth
South Korean financial firms are increasingly pursuing overseas mergers and acquisitions to drive growth, shifting away from their traditional focus on the domestic market.
South Korean banks and insurers are hunting for overseas deals to lift growth, signaling a broader outward turn by an industry that largely stayed home while companies including Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. built global businesses.
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