Hana Alternative Investment Asset Management
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Private equity
Anchor Equity Partners invests $170 mn in Korean entertainment firm
Anchor Equity Partners has invested 209.8 billion won ($170 million) in South Korea’s content and entertainment company Kakao M Corp., just afte...
Mar 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset invests $150 mn in US meat substitutes maker
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has signed a share purchase agreement to invest $150 million in Impossible Foods Inc., a meat substitutes prod...
Mar 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Mirae Asset says on track to close $5.8 bn US hotels deal
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. remains on track to close a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury hotels from China’s Anbang Insuranc...
Mar 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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7863
Mirae Asset to sell up to $600 mn global debt for investment
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to issue a global bond worth $500 million to $600 million as early as April for the third year of offshore debt sale...
Mar 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS’ investment return at all-time high in 2019; alternatives lag
The National Pension Service (NPS) achieved its strongest investment return of 11.31% in 2019, led by hefty gains from equities and overseas fixed-inc...
Feb 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. have acquired an office building in Dallas for $370 million, which represente...
Feb 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Construction workers’ fund names ex-Hanwha General investment head as CIO
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has appointed Wihwan Lee, a former investment head of Hanwha General Insurance CO. Ltd., as chi...
Feb 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startups
Korean startups raking in big investment money
Biotech startup Bionetix easily surpassed what's known as the "10 billion won hurdle" by raising an additional 10 billion won in funding on Dec. 23. I...
Feb 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS' 2019 investment return at 10-yr high on equities, fixed incomes
The National Pension Service (NPS) reported a preliminary 11% return on investments in 2019, its best annual result in a decade, supported by double-d...
Feb 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
CalSTRS, POBA to form $312.5 mn JV for US multifamily investment: report
California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will set up a $312.5 million joint ventur...
Feb 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth
KIC to boost startup investment with new San Francisco office
Korea Investment Corporation will open a San Francisco office within the year to improve its deal sourcing capability for technology startups and othe...
Feb 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third
South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...
Jan 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
NH Investment, Nuveen jointly buy Amazon warehouse in Japan
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has taken a 50.1% stake in an Amazon distribution center in Japan for around 150 billion won ($130 million) in...
Jan 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS abolishes Korea-focused alternatives teams for global push
The National Pension Service (NPS) has abolished Korea-focused teams under the three investment divisions of private equity, real estate and infrastru...
Jan 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Hana Fin, Korea Investment acquire $162 mn Finland wind farms
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have acquired the entire equity interest of three wind farms in Finl...
Jan 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Eugene Investment acquires Poland office building for $61 mn
Eugene Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has entered the European real estate market with the purchase of an office building in Warsaw, Poland for ...
Jan 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hana Fin, Hotel Lotte buy Seattle hotel for $175 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hotel Lotte Co. Ltd. have acquired the hotel portion of a 44-story building in downtown Seattle for $175 millio...
Dec 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asiana Airlines
HDC-Mirae Asset consortium takes majority in Asiana Airlines for $2.2 bn
A consortium of Hyundai Development Company (HDC) and Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has agreed to take a 76.5% stake in Asiana Airlines Inc. for 2.5 tri...
Dec 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
IMM Investment buys stake in Texas Express Pipeline in $1 bn co-investment
South Korea’s IMM Investment Corp. has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Texas Express Pipeline, a joint venture for natural gas liquids transportati...
Dec 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS creates three sr. manager positions to curtail CIO duties
The National Pension Service (NPS) has created three senior manager positions for strategy, risk management and back office just under chief investmen...
Dec 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS sets up $860 mn Vietnam investment fund with SK Group
The National Pension Service (NPS) has launched a 1 trillion won ($860 million) fund with SK Group to invest in Vietnamese companies, through which th...
Dec 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Patrizia
Europe’s residential assets seen as attractive play: Patrizia
Residential properties remain a small portion of institutional investors’ portfolios but they are becoming an attractive asset class for income-...
Dec 16, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post
Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment
US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...
Dec 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset Daewoo buys three Boeing 777 planes for $450 mn
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has sealed a $450 million financing deal to buy three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft leased by China Airlines, as the South Kor...
Dec 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
POBA, PFA, Patrizia co-invest in Europe’s $1.3 bn logistics portfolio
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), Danish pension fund PFA and real estate investment firm Patrizia AG have co-invested 800 billion won ...
Dec 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hana Fin buys Germany’s office complex from Blackstone for $1.1 bn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. closed on the 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) purchase of Germany’s largest office complex in Frankfurt from ...
Dec 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
KFCC to allocate $6 bn to alternative investment blind funds for next 3 yrs
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) will allocate a total of 7 trillion won ($6 billion) to alternative investment blind-pool...
Dec 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
SK Group, Hillhouse Capital to form $850 mn fund to invest in Chinese start-ups
SK Group will set up a 1 trillion won ($850 million) fund with China’s private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group to invest in Chinese start-up...
Dec 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Fin underwrites $145 mn loan on stalled NY hotel project
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten a luxury hotel development in New York with a $145 million loan, saving the project from bankruptc...
Nov 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Fin joins Foxtel’s refinance with $136 mn loan: report
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has provided A$200 million ($136 million) loan to Foxtel Management Pty Ltd., according to a South Korean news repo...
Nov 22, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)