Korea exchange-traded funds

Asset management firm Brookfield has raised a combined $700 million from major South Korean institutional investors, including the Teachers’ Pension, ...

A consortium of South Korean institutional investors, led by Mirae Asset Global Investments, has recently closed a deal worth about $245 million to bu...

Blackstone has been chosen as the preferred bidder of a prime office building in downtown Seoul, in a deal estimated to fetch 460 billion~480 billion ...

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA), overseeing 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in assets, is interested in property and re...

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), South Korea’s $8 billion military savings fund, is planning to invest in offshore blind-pool venture capit...

Korea Fire Officials Credit Union, managing $520 million in assets, will boost its exposure to structured bonds and alternative assets in developed ma...

- On June 1, 2016, Korea Post’s insurance asset management bureau posts a request for proposal to invest in dollar-denominated sovereign bonds of emer...

South Korea’s Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is flexing its muscle to expand overseas alternative assets, including blind funds, in line with a rapid ...

Korea Post acquired a stake worth about $250 million of the office building in New York leased by online retailer Amazon, and expects the transaction...

Last week Korea Post, with 110 trillion won ($93 billion) of assets under management, announced four requests for proposal (RFPs) to choose general pa...

Korea Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), which manages 22 trillion won (about $18 billion) of assets, is considering an equity investment in holding compa...

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for local public officials, plans to select two offshore infrastructure inve...

- On May 26, Korea Post says plans to commit about $100 mln to 1 to 3 funds, respectively - Investment to be focused in North America or Europe thr...

- Deadline to submit proposal is May 30, 2016; Final selection set for July 1, 2016 Korea Post announced a request for proposal on May 23 for its u...

- Proposed fund size at minimum $300 mln; proposal submissions due by June 7, 2016 - Funds currently in Korea Post Savings’ hedge fund pool not el...

- Proposal submission due by June 7, 2016; final selection set for July 2016 - To pick 2 firms for publicly-offered funds with minimum $300 mln AUM...

Korea Post will focus on post-sales management capability of domestic placement agents when it assesses proposals from global general partners (GPs) f...

- NPS says its strict transparency requirement may deter talented GPs; to adopt flexible approach to solve the problem - KIC to make the best of he...

- MMAA sees active portfolio rebalancing as key requirements for hedge funds; prefers advisory firm that can accord with MMAA strategy via communicati...

- BlackRock, Blackstone, Grosvenor & UBS are on the shortlist - Hedge funds with big market share & established systems to be chosen prefer...

- Plans additional 1.5 trln won allocation after 1 trln won commitment to funds of funds in H1 - To diversify alternative asset classes to distress...

- GEPS to make 2nd commitment to global secondary PEF since 2014; investment size to triple - To pick 2 GPs by mid-June to commit $50 million, resp...

- To select 2~3 local asset managers or securities firms as GPs - If fails to bring in local GPs, it will open the door to foreign asset managers ...

By Gyung-Bong Koh Korea Post will acquire the IZD (Internationales Zentrum Donaustadt) Tower, a landmark building in Vienna, Austria, at the cost o...

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The South Korean government has announced plans to replace coal and nuclear power plants with LNG which emit less carbon dioxide than coal…, an...

The South Korean government $1.3 billion at the lowest spread...

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The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cas...

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including c...