IGIS real estate assets
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Korean investors team up with French funds to buy Benelux real estate
South Korean asset managers are joining hands with French property investment firms to buy prime commercial buildings in the Netherlands and Belgium a...
Jul 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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CCIM to Hold International Conference Jointly with KED Real Estate Research Institutes
The Certified Commercial Investment Member, an American association of international real estate investment analysts, will jointly host the Asia Real ...
Jul 18, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset weighs $433 mn global real estate fund launch
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is considering raising around 500 billion won ($433 million) in a global real estate fund, buoyed by hefty ret...
Jul 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate arranges $226 mn mezzanine debt for NY building
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged South Korean asset owners’ investment of around 260 billion won ($226 million) in 10-year me...
Jul 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $100 mn from Korea
South Korea’s institutional investors, including the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA), have committed $100 million to Goldman Sachs...
Jul 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Asset to raise $1 bn from insurance arms to launch global funds
South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch three global funds for infrastructure, real estate and private equity investments, with $1 ...
Jun 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] KIC eyes Asia, small firms for undervalued assets
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking to diversify its portfolio into emerging markets, in particular Asia, and will chase smaller-sized firms...
May 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...
Apr 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Heungkuk Asset raises $114 mn to invest in senior debt of Emirates Airline’s aircraft
Heungkuk Asset Management Co. Ltd. , a unit of South Korea’s textile, financial services and media group, closed a 130 billion won ($114 million) fund...
Apr 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset poised to buy German building for €300 mn: report
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. was recently named as a preferred buyer of an office tower in Frankfurt’s banking district, Taunusanlage 8 (T8...
Apr 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Asset raises €44.2 million in FoF to invest in CVC private debt fund
The investment firm of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has raised €44.2 million ($47 million) mostly from domestic life insurers through a private ...
Apr 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Hana Asset bets on retail demand for overseas real estate
The asset management unit of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group is preparing to launch two new public funds investing in overseas real estate, betting...
Apr 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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MetLife’s real estate debt fund attracts $80 mn from two Korean savings funds
The Public Officials Benefit Association and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association have decided to invest $50 million and $30 mill...
Apr 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to ease capital reserve rules for insurers’ overseas infrastructure assets
South Korea’s top financial regulator will cut reserve requirements by half for insurance firms’ cross-border infrastructure assets from as early as J...
Mar 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate
ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd. sees core office buildings and infrastructure in the US and Europe remaining as attractive targets even in the periods o...
Mar 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset firms strive to fund property deals as institutions step back
South Korean investment firms, which have recently snapped up prime office buildings and warehouses in the US and Europe, are struggling to raise capi...
Mar 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms
The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...
Mar 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset Daewoo likely to buy Vodafone Campus in Germany for $303 mn
South Korea’s brokerage firm Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. was selected as a preferred buyer of the office tower of Vodafone Group in Dusseldorf, German...
Mar 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market
Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...
Feb 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks flex muscles for alternative assets; Kookmin, Shinhan may invest in KKR’s fund
South Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank are consdering investing 30 billion won ($26 million) each to a private equity buyout fund which KKR &...
Feb 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate exhibition Cityscape Korea 2017 to be held in August
About 300 firms from 20 countries, including the United States and China, will take part in the Cityscape Korea 2017, set for August 17 to 19, 2017 in...
Feb 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Hanwha Life targets senior secured debt; sees $1 bn net growth in 2017 alternative asset
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., which manages 100 trillion won ($87 billion) of assets, will chase senior secured debts of commercial buildings in dev...
Feb 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Mirae Asset Life eyes US power plants, buildings to boost overseas investment
(This is the first in a series of interviews with CIOs of South Korea’s leading insurance companies in 2017.) Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co. Ltd., ...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset poised to buy office building in Canberra for $245 mn
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has been picked as the preferred buyer of a 12-story office building in Canberra, which is entir...
Feb 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Asset jointly acquires $68.5 mn debt of NY building from Blackstone
South Korea’s KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. and two other domestic institutions have invested about $68.5 million in mezzanine debt secured by a Manha...
Feb 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Asset to launch $500 mn global infrastructure debt fund with IFM: report
Samsung Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch a $500 million blind-pool fund investing in infrastructure-backed debt in developed countries, and joint...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint venture with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America - Colle...
Jan 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US
South Korean institutional investors, one of aggressive cross-border buyers of US and European real estate in recent years, are quickly shifting towar...
Jan 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post’s savings arm targets 2-3% medium-risk assets; keen on CMBS, CLO: report
Korea Post’s Savings Bureau has been shifting overseas investment focus into relatively low-risk assets such as fixed-income assets since last year to...
Jan 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s JB Asset to buy Comcast’s new office building in Denver for $72 mn
JB Asset Management Co. Ltd., a unit of a South Korean provincial bank, has been named as a preferred buyer of a new office building in Denver which C...
Jan 09, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)