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Blackstone may inject $200 mn into Korea fund for 6~7 logistics center purchase
The Blackstone Group L.P. is understood to commit about $200 million to a South Korean fund to finance its 70 billion won ($59 million) acquisition of...
Dec 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers’ fund eyes CLOs, PEFs as market volatility seen up in 2017: report
Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the largest savings fund in South Korea, sets its eyes on offshore collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), priva...
Dec 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB, Korea Investment launch $85 mn aircraft fund to buy Airbus A330
Two South Korean brokerage companies - KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. – set up a $85 million ...
Dec 14, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds, NH insurers to invest $215 mn in mezzanine debt of Google NY building
Two South Korean savings funds are set to invest 100 billion won ($85 million) in junior mezzanine debt secured by a Manhattan office building leased ...
Dec 13, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset firm underwrites $61.5 mn mezzanine loan of LA office building
A South Korean handbag maker’s fund management unit has invested $61.5 million in mezzanine debt of a prime office building in Los Angeles, jointly wi...
Dec 08, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two Korean firms on NASA building deal as local rival steps aside: report
A consortium of Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. was recently picked as a new preferred negotiator of the...
Dec 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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US Prudential unit to buy Seoul office building for $157 mn amid vacancy concerns
PGIM Inc. a unit of U.S. Prudential Financial Inc., will acquire an office building in central Seoul for 184 billion won ($157 million) from a South K...
Dec 02, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR’s securitized debt attracts $210 mn from Korea’s Lotte, Hana: report
South Korea’s Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. will invest $110 million in principal-protected debt issued by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) & Co. on...
Nov 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chronology: Korea’s sprawling political scandal hits NPS over Samsung units’ merger
The following are key events in relation to Samsung C&T Corporation’s takeover of affiliate Cheil Industries Inc. in 2015, and prosecutors’ invest...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Q&A: NPS embroiled in Korea’s political scandal over Samsung units’ merger
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension scheme with $460 billion in assets under management, is engulfed in on...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firm holds off on buying NASA building after Trump election shock
A South Korean asset manager has temporarily put on hold an acquisition of the NASA headquarters building in Washington D.C., after rising interest ra...
Nov 21, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $300 mn mandates to 3 private debt managers
Korea Post’s savings arm has awarded offshore private debt mandates worth a combined $300 million to Guggenheim Partners, Park Square Capital and Part...
Nov 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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GIC, NPS invest $136 mn each in Korea’s retail complex near Seoul
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and the National Pension Service (NPS) have bought equity stakes in a fund launched to buy a ...
Nov 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers tapped for Google NY building-backed $130 mn mezzanine loans
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. is tapping domestic insurance companies to sell mezzanine loans of about 150 billion won ($130 million) s...
Nov 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mizuho, Korea's Mertiz to launch $900 mn fund to buy 20 aircraft portfolio from GE
Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. and South Korea’s Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. will set up a fund of about $900 million to acquire a 20 aircraft portfolio fr...
Nov 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers to invest $240 mn in senior loans for US FBI building
South Korean life and non-life insurance firms will provide about $240 million worth of senior financing for a historic 10-story office building in Wa...
Nov 03, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset manager set to buy NASA headquarters building for about $350 mn
KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been picked as the preferred buyer of the NASA headquarters building in Washington D.C. on behalf of small-sized Sou...
Oct 27, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists fund to put €25 mn into Europe infrastructure-investing FoF
A South Korean asset management firm is raising a €100 million ($110 million) fund to invest in the Pan-European Infrastructure Fund (PEIF) II of a De...
Oct 21, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea insurer buys shares in Lending Club, sees P2P loans as new alternative
South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a 4.1% stake in U.S. Lending Club Corp., the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, for ar...
Oct 19, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Neuberger Berman sees $100 mn fundraising in Korea to buy stakes in US asset firms
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will commit $50 million to a blind-pool fund that Neuberger Berman is in the process of raising, and other So...
Oct 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three US firms win $120 mn mezzanine fund mandates from Korea fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has selected Crescent Capital Group, Falcon Private Equity and GoldPoint Partners to invest a total of...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund picks $40 mn cat bond managers
Three private equity firms – LGT Capital Management, Leadenhall Capital Partners and Nephila Capital – have been chosen as the preferred managers of t...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion savings fund, is interested in sovereign debt of emerging economies, and will put eff...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post put 1 trillion won into offshore property in past 3 yrs
Korea Post has invested a total of 998.6 billion won ($888 million) in overseas commercial buildings since 2013, the vast majority of which involved e...
Oct 14, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea savings fund to buy $51 mn equity in property funds: report
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) will acquire 57 billion won ($51 million) worth of equity stakes in two domestic fund...
Oct 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund to be anchor LP of PAG-led property debt fund
Asia-based alternative investment firm Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) is teaming up with a South Korean brokerage company to launch about a 200 billion ...
Oct 10, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Starwood Energy to raise $200 mn from Korea to fund $760 mn US deal: report
(Updated to clarify the fund-raising is still underway, based on a comment from a source with knowledge on the matter) KB Asset Management, a unit ...
Oct 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC sues Volkswagen over emission scandal on behalf of S.Korea govt
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, has lodged a lawsuit against Volkswagen on behalf of the South Korean governm...
Oct 04, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund picks CIO from outside; gives $90 mn mandates to 6 firms
South Korea’s police savings fund has appointed a former fixed-income head of Samsung Asset Management as its first chief investment officer fro...
Sep 20, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brookfield may raise $90 mn from Korea for property mezzanine fund
A real estate mezzanine fund of Brookfield Asset Management, for which the private investment firm is aiming to raise $2 billion globally, is expected...
Sep 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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