Centroid Investment Partners acquires 100% of Liberty Asset Management (now Centroid Asset Management)
Not yet reviewed: summarised from filings and press reports; figures may differ between reports. Please check the original sources.
- Deal value
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- Stake
- 100%
- Implied 100%
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- Revenue
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- Op. income
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- Multiples
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- Target
- Liberty Asset Management (now Centroid Asset Management) · Asset management (private funds)
- Buyer
- Centroid Investment Partners · FI
- Seller
- Kim Jong-chul
- Structure
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- Announced
- Apr 30, 2026
- Closed
- Apr 30, 2026
- Stage
- Closed
Target
Liberty Asset Management was a small asset manager with no discretionary, advisory or fund business as of end-March 2026 and only about KRW 1 billion of proprietary securities trading; fund capital was roughly KRW 5 billion at end-2024. It was renamed Centroid Asset Management after the acquisition.
Deal rationale
Per Dealsite, Centroid PE acquired 202,000 common shares (100%) and 40,000 non-voting preferred shares (100%) from former largest shareholder Kim Jong-chul on 30 April 2026, funded entirely with its own capital, with 'management participation' as the stated purpose. Industry observers read it as a license acquisition to shorten entry into the general private fund business and broaden asset classes such as real estate, infrastructure and listed equities.
Press coverage
- 딜사이트 (2026-05-08): “지난달 30일 최대주주가 기존 김종철에서 센트로이드인베스트먼트파트너스로 교체됐다.”
This is a data entry summarising filings and press reports. Please check the original sources for the figures.