A little more than a week after it cancelled a previous attempt to trim its stake in Korean steel maker Posco, SK Telecom returned to the capital markets during the weekend with a slightly larger transaction. The sale, which was done as a club deal targeting only a handful of investors, raised a total of W4.38 billion $391 million.
On September 26, the Korean telecom operator was attempting to raise up to $324 million from the sale of 1 million Posco shares through Citi, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. The deal came to market on a day when Korea’s Kospi index had fallen 0.6% and Posco...