Gs Holdings News

POSCO and GS Group said they are teaming up in the race to buy Daewoo, Reuters reported. POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, and GS Holdings, the holding company for energy-to-construction group GS, said they were forming a consortium to bid for Daewoo. A 50.4 percent stake in Daewoo is being sold by top shareholders including Korea Development Bank. Cash-rich POSCO had been considered as a strong candidate even alone but some analysts had been skeptical about benefits from a steel-shipbuilder combination. Source:  Reuters

A number of companies have been showing interest in the sale of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME.)  GS Group has expressed interest to acquire the shipbuilder. According to reports, the group believes it has an advantage over other conglomerates such as POSCO and Doosan. On the contrary, GS believes its acquisition of the shipbuilder will increase synergy with businesses it holds interest in ― energy, engineering and construction. Since 2005, the group put GS Holdings at the forefront to set up a team of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specialists led by its CEO Suh Kyung-suk for the acquisition of DSME. Source:  Times