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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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Korea construction workers’ fund to pick two debt fund managers for $70 mn
(Corrected: The CWMA source on April 13 corrected the timetable of the planned debt manager selection to “soon”, and added that it has already begun t...
Apr 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private equity FoF managers for $200 mn
Korea Post’s insurance unit is planning to commit about $100 million each to two multi-strategy global funds of funds (FoFs) employing primary, second...
Apr 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials fund set to buy Belgium building for $117 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has been recently named as a preferred buyer of an office complex in Brussels, Belgium, in a 130 billi...
Mar 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's POBA in screening overseas PEF managers to commit $300 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is screening investment proposals from overseas private equity fund managers to entrust a combined $30...
Mar 30, 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’s first Australia property fund for retail investors raises $125 mn
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised 141 billion won ($125 million) as planned from a domestic public fund launched to finance its $245 ...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...
Mar 20, 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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Aircraft funds in Korea quadruple in 4 yrs; overheating concern sets in
Aviation finance funds are expected to attract another billions of dollars from South Korean investors this year to a cumulative $3.9 billion, driven ...
Mar 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $83 mn in mezzanine debt for Apple’s office campus
Four South Korean institutional investors, including KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd., will invest $83 million in m...
Mar 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] CVC keen on e-commerce, healthcare, consumer brands in Korea
CVC Capital Partners is interested in electronic commerce, healthcare and services sectors in South Korea because of their growth potential, and willi...
Mar 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks to invest about $90 mn in offshore insurance-linked securities
Korea Post’s savings unit has decided to commit about 100 billion won ($87 mn) to investment firms managing or marketing offshore insurance-linked sec...
Mar 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS hires ex-NPS’ NY office head to lead global investment division
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has named a former senior investment manager of the National Pension Service (NPS), who had ...
Mar 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn
Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...
Mar 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post plans to select multi-strategy fund of hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit is preparing to pick global fund-of-hedge-fund managers using multi-strategy and will soon determine the amount of investm...
Mar 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS rejects $177 mn debt for Carlyle’s refinancing of ADT Korea
The National Pension Service’s (NPS) rejection last week of 200 billion won ($177 million) investment in ADT Korea, owned by the Carlyle Group, has ca...
Mar 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea’s GEPS seeks $160 mn offshore private debt fund managers
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will select two global private debt fund managers employing opportunistic strategies to inve...
Feb 21, 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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Korea public officials' fund sees $200 mn allocation to cat bonds, private debt funds in H2
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is most likely to select global asset managers to invest about $200 million on aggregate in ...
Feb 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund says interested in Australia infrastructure, offshore debt funds
(Corrected: Numbers in the first and third paragraphs were corrected to $500 to $600 million, and $880 million, respectively) The Public Officials ...
Feb 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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AMP Capital’s Australia infrastructure fund tipped to raise $76 mn from Korea
An infrastructure fund managed by Australia-based AMP Capital is expected to attract about 87 billion won ($76 million) from South Korean investors, i...
Feb 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to ease rules on insurers’ currency hedging of offshore investment
South Korea will loosen regulations in relation to the currency hedging of insurance companies’ cross-border investments, which have been blamed to in...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants
The recently-closed financing for two US natural gas-fired power plants under construction have attracted a group of South Korean institutional invest...
Jan 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Teachers’ Pension to invest $75 mn in buying Australia’s office building
South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension will acquire an office building in Brisbane, Australia which the Brisbane city government has signed a con...
Jan 19, 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 Investment-led firms to buy EU parliament building for $224 mn
A consortium of Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. are tapping domestic institutional investors to acquire ...
Jan 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)