Hana Alternative Investment Asset Management
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset wins lawsuit against China’s Anbang over $5.8 bn US hotel deal
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. will be able to recover a $580 million deposit it paid to Anbang Insurance Group for a $5.8 billion deal to buy 1...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Celltrion finalizes $278mn acquisition of Takeda's primary care assets
South Korea's biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. has completed the $278 million acquisition of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd's primary care a...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Vestas Investment launches $272 mn Europe logistics fund
South Korea’s boutique asset manager Vestas Investment Management Co. has pooled 300 billion won ($272 million) from four pension and retireme...
Nov 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NPS adds KKR, two global alternatives managers in Q3
The National Pension Service has added KKR and Sydney-based Scape Australia Management to its pool of 54 global real estate investment managers in...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hana to reap over 10% IRR on $200 mn Poland logistics deals
South Korea’s Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. has decided to exit from two Amazon-leased logistics centers in Poland for around 240 bill...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
KRW bonds favored amid rekindled interest in riskier assets
SINGAPORE -- Global investors are returning to emerging market debt, including Korean won bonds, as they hunt for higher yields amid stronger local ...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Techstars to invest in 30 Korean startups by 2022
Global startup accelerator Techstars plans to invest in 30 startups in South Korea, which has a more mature and open-minded venture capital market c...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea to tighten grip on brokerages’ alternative investments
South Korean brokerage firms' alternative investments worth over $50 billion will come under tight control, after reckless investment in overseas real...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has mandated Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co. to handle its initial public offe...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver, Mirae Asset bolster presence in Southeast Asia via $898 mn fund
South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp., alongside Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., has been increasing investments into promising startups in Southeast...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korean LPs favor direct lending for private debt investment
More than half of South Korea’s key asset owners, led by the National Pension Service, are inclined to expand overseas private debt investment i...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Anchor Equity, TPG invest $500 mn in Korean mobile banking app
Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity Partners has agreed to invest 250 billion won ($226 million) to buy new shares in South Korea’s KakaoBank, shortly...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit
The South Korean stock market’s recent rally is both a blessing and a curse for fund managers as investors are increasingly exiting their funds ...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Kyobo Life looks to invest in ESG bonds; calls for easing rules
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is planning to invest several hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental, social and governance (ES...
Nov 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung joins Intel, Qualcomm in Israeli startup investment
Samsung Electronics Co., alongside global technology giants Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., has invested in an Israeli tech startup to boost venture ca...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Construction workers' fund targets stable-income alternatives
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association is chasing government-sponsored infrastructure and public private partnership (PPP) pr...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
NongHyup looks to expand KIC co-investment beyond PE
South Korea’s National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF), or NongHyup Bank, is willing to expand its co-investment partnership with Kor...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Macquarie (MIRA)
[ASK2020] Sustainable Infrastructure Investment
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers. For more than twenty-five years,...
Nov 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2020
KIC, NPS to boost customized hedge fund investments
South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), and the National Pension Service are looking to boost hedge fund investment through...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Forex management
NPS to manage FX exposure via derivatives
The National Pension Service will begin to manage foreign currency risk through derivatives trading, as the $690 billion pension fund is aiming to boo...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen
[ASK2020] Is now the right time to invest in UK real estate debt?
Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 J...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aberdeen Standard Investments
[ASK2020] Allocate to ideas, not asset classes
Aberdeen Standard Investments is dedicated to helping investors around the world reach their investment goals and broaden their financial horizo...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiera Capital
[ASK2020] Investing in Global Mid-Market Infrastructure
Fiera Capital is an independent global asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach, with over USD125 billion in assets under management...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Michael Breen on Korean Peninsula
Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China
As the United States and China fight like proverbial whales in the ocean, middle power dolphins like South Korea must strategize to avoid being crushe...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Transparency, GP commitment key in Korea LPs' manager selection
South Korea’s leading institutional investors, including the National Pension Service (NPS), rated general partners’ (GP) commitment and f...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Neuberger Berman
[ASK2020] The Landscape for GP Minority Investments
Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies includin...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hamilton Lane
[ASK2020] Why is co-investment an attractive tool for investors?
Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiera Capital
[ASK 2020] Real Estate Investing in these unprecedented times
Fiera Capital is an independent global asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach, with over USD125 billion in assets under management ...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors' survey
Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class
South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
TPG to invest $222 mn in mobile banking app KakaoBank
TPG will acquire a 2.7% stake in South Korea’s mobile banking app KakaoBank for 250 billion won ($222 million) ahead of an initial public offeri...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)