Internationanl Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Alternative investment
Korea Investment acquires US student housing for $250 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired five US student housing for $250 million, in the first direct investment by a South Korean fir...
Oct 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Ardian, Veritas Capital, HPS Investment win POBA’s $150 mn PEF mandates
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has picked three global private equity firms as follows to commit $50 million to their blind-pool fund...
Oct 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds shelve Japan alternative investment on sour relations
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have put on hold new alternative investments in Japan due to soured rela...
Oct 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...
Sep 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans $200 mn global housing investment
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global real estate managers to invest $200 million, or 200 million euros, in the housing market in the US...
Sep 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, SK Holdings to launch $1 bn fund for global co-investment
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint fund with South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. Ltd. to make cross-border investme...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms invest $96 mn in AT&T headquarters in Dallas
South Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested $96.4 million in ...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages invest in Heathrow’s new runway project
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided a combined $434 million debt on the construction of Heathrow ...
Aug 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC appoints ex-Korea Teachers’ investment chief as CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed as chief investment officer ex-CIO of the Teachers’ Pension Dae-yang Park, the sovereign wealth fund ...
Aug 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Investment joins $134 mn funding for Swiss biotech venture
KB Investment Co. Ltd., the venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, has invested $10 million in a Swiss biotech start-up firm which recently raised...
Jul 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean VC firms invest $26 mn in India, Vietnam start-ups
South Korean venture capital firms have invested a combined $26 million in Internet-based start-up companies in India and Vietnam, betting on the rapi...
Jul 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Canyon Partners
[Interview] Distressed investing to hedge PE/PD strategies: Canyon Partners
A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...
Jul 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Credit Suisse-led fund buys Korean logistics centers for $104 mn
A fund led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s real estate investment arm has acquired two logistics centers in South Korea for 120 billion won ($104 ...
Jul 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha, NH Investment take $243 mn stake in Gatwick Airport
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have acquired a combined 2.85% stake in London’s Gatwick Airpo...
Jun 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, NH Investment lend $182 mn on LA hotel, condos
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided $182 million loans on a luxury hotel and condominium development...
Jun 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, NH Investment join $134 mn Slovakia office deal
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have participated in a 120-million-euro ($134 million) acquisition of an Amazo...
Jun 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to earn over 25% IRR from German property investment
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has agreed to sell an office building in Frankfurt for 400 million euro ($448 million) which will translate in...
Jun 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC picks Teachers’ Pension CIO as new chief investment officer
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has chosen Dae-yang Park, chief investment officer of the country’s Teachers’ Pension, as new CIO among a dozen app...
Jun 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund invests in UK motorway service chain
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has invested 40 billion won ($34 million) to buy a minority stake in Welcome Break, the UK’s second biggest...
Jun 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment to buy 99-yr ownership of Brussels building
Korea Investment Management Co. will acquire a 99-year ownership of an office building in Brussels for 146 million euros ($165 million) in its second ...
Jun 11, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, Meritz Fire invest $100 mn in debt of US hotel-focused REIT
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. have invested $100 million in a mezzanine loan secured by 92 ...
Jun 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
[Interview] GEPS to boost PE secondary investment: CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will ramp up global private equity secondary investment and focus real estate investment on easy-to-tr...
Jun 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to double proportion of overseas fixed-income investment by 2024
The National Pension Service (NPS) will more than double the proportion of overseas fixed-income investment to around 10% by the end of 2024 by when g...
Jun 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building
KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...
May 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to take bolder approach to alternative investment
The National Pension Service (NPS) will speed up alternative investment decisions and expand the investment scope to include private debt and multi-as...
May 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to up co-investment with CalSTRS, Texas pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will double co-investment with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to 880 billi...
Apr 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $300 mn in real estate mezzanine debts
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to invest around $300 million in mezzanine tranches on commercial properties in the US and other developed countries in...
Apr 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset plans $500 mn bond issue; invests in HK office debt
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to raise more than $500 million in a global bond issuance early next month to fund its global investments, after ann...
Apr 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung-Hanwha consortium tipped to invest $300 mn in Paris building
A consortium of Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is likely to invest 340 billion won ($299 million) in a Pa...
Apr 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Investment buys Prague office complex for $286 mn
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a five-building office complex in Prague for 325 billion won ($286 million), as South Korean ...
Apr 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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