Korean Investors

KDB Infra invests $60 mn in Turkey’s hospital PPP debt
KDB Infrastructure Investment Asset Management Co. Ltd. (KIAMCO) has invested 65 billion won ($61 million) in a debt on one of Turkey’s largest hospital public private partnership (PPP) projects for South Korean institutional investors, diversifying
Jan 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset’s unit buys Morgan Stanley’s new Scotland head office building
Multi Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., wholly owned by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., has acquired Morgan Stanley’s new head...
Jan 16, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dalmore Capital to raise $200 mn from Korea for infrastructure fund
Dalmore Capital Limited, a UK-focused infrastructure investment firm, is set to raise £150 million ($203 million) from four to five South Korean insti...
Jan 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset buys $95 mn debt on Blackstone-owned Cosmopolitan hotel
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd., the brokerage arm of South Korea’s leading mutual fund house, has bought a $95 million mezzanine debt on the Cosmopolitan...
Jan 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate arranges $122 mn investment in US, Italy property debts
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd., part of a South Korean financial services group, has recently arranged 120 billion won ($112 million) in...
Jan 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang Life-backed fund buys Seoul building for $225 mn
A fund led by a South Korean unit of China’s Anbang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a prime office building in Seoul for 240 billion won ($22...
Dec 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean REIT buys Vienna office building for $71 mn
JR AMC Co. Ltd., a South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT), has acquired an office building used as the headquarters of Porr AG, a European c...
Dec 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan GIB underwrites $190 mn mezzanine debt on Manhattan building
Shinhan Financial Group’s newly-launched investment banking division has underwritten $190 million of 10-year mezzanine debt on One Worldwide Plaza, a...
Dec 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate underwrites $53 mn debt on luxury high rise in Manhattan
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has underwritten five-year senior debt of 57.5 billion won ($53 million) secured on a super-luxury, 131-s...
Dec 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post invests $60 mn in senior debt on US gas power plants: report
Korea Post has invested $60 million in a seven-year private debt fund to provide a senior loan secured on four US gas-fired power plants, but the inve...
Dec 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment buys China Airlines-leased aircraft for $165 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a Boeing aircraft leased by Taiwan-based China Airlines for around 180 billion won ($165 milli...
Dec 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Investments raises $162 mn for US debt securitization fund
Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has collected $162 million from five South Korean institutional investors to invest in a $2 billion US real estate debt s...
Dec 09, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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GIC, M&G Real Estate in $400 mn bid for POBA-owned Korean building
Singapore’s GIC and M&G Real Estate of London-based Prudential Plc. are in the bidding for a new office building in South Korea, wholly owned by t...
Dec 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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LaSalle develops its first logistics facility in Korea; sees more land purchases
LaSalle Investment Management has built a four-story logistics warehouse near Seoul, its first development of a storage facility in South Korea, and...
Dec 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brokerage firm Shinhan sources and lends $175 mn loan on Chicago building
Shinhan Investment Corp. has extended a $175 million loan on a prime office tower in Chicago, a rare case in which a South Korean brokerage house sour...
Dec 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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IFM Investors opens Seoul office; upbeat on renewable energy
Australia’s IFM Investors opened its eighth global office in Seoul on Nov. 30, at a time when key South Korean asset owners stressed the importance of...
Dec 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brookfield, NH Investment co-invest $100 mn in CBs of US LNG terminal
Brookfield Asset Management and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have bought $100 million of convertible bonds (CBs) backed by a liquefied natu...
Nov 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment to buy US government-leased building for $185 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will acquire a mid-sized office building in Washington D.C. for around 200 billion won ($185 million) next ...
Nov 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ascendas-Singbridge buys mid-sized building in Seoul for $92 mn
Singapore’s Ascendas-Singbridge Group closed the acquisition of a newly-built office building in Seoul for S$124.3 million ($92.3 million) this week, ...
Nov 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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LaSalle’s Europe debt fund collects $110 mn from three Korean investors
The Military Mutual Aid Association, the Employment Insurance Fund and an unidentified South Korean institutional investor have committed a total of $...
Nov 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, POBA plan to sell commercial buildings in Korea for $1 bn
Private equity firm KKR & Co. and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) have put two commercial buildings in South Korea up for sale sep...
Nov 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA seeks US private debt fund managers for about $150 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two to three US private debt fund houses to make senior secured, direct lending of around ...
Nov 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle offers $1.7 bn pre-arranged financing to sell ADT Korea
The Carlyle Group has offered 1.9 trillion won ($1.7 billion) in pre-arranged debt financing to potential bidders of its wholly-owned ADT Korea, in a ...
Nov 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Asset to raise $105 mn from retail investors to buy DreamWorks campus
Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. plans to raise 117.5 billion won ($105 million) in a public fund from South Korean individual investors to fund its 350...
Nov 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Gaw Capital raising half of $360 mn US value-add fund from Korea
Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm Gaw Capital Partners is on track to raising 200 billion won ($180 million) for its 400 billion won ($360 m...
Nov 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG raise over $100 mn from network-hungry Korean firms
Three global private equity firms – Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG – have gathered an aggregate $113 million in commitments from South Korean institution...
Nov 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report
Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS chief-designate says to boost responsible investing in public projects
Former South Korean lawmaker Sung-joo Kim, named as chief executive and chairman of the National Pension Service (NPS) on Nov. 2, stressed the publi...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] KIC, Korea Post see no target return cuts
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and Korea Post are not considering lowering targeted returns of their global real estate and infrastructure portfol...
Oct 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Asset raises €165 million to invest in €1 bn Mirova infrastructure fund
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has closed a domestic fund at around €165 million to invest in a €1 billion infrastructure fund of Mirova, an investment ...
Oct 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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