The Korean administration wants to help local start-ups to by a more active presence of private equity funds and strategic investors.  The Finance Minister specified that the government will work on optimising some of the regulations that currently keep the corporate M&A activities under a strict control.

South Korean M&A activity continued to decrease starting with the financial crisis from 2007.

 

The Finance Minister also said that the M&A market might almost double in 2017 with the help of the government measures being deployed.