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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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NPS, KIC global alternative heads to discuss property, infrastructure outlook in Oct 20 summit
Keymen of major South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service (NPS), Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and Korea Post,...
Oct 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Europe banks return to Korean brokerage market; target debt, alternative products
A growing asset size of South Korean institutional investors and soaring demand for overseas alternative assets have been prodding foreign banks, incl...
Sep 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerage firm to buy Novartis campus in Paris for $454 mn: report
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is set to buy an office building of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis under construction in Paris for 5...
Sep 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset’s $270 mn property fund for State Farm complex fully subscribed
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised the planned 300 billion won ($270 million) in a public property fund in 10 days after it was launch...
Sep 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing
Apollo Global Management has attracted 80 billion won ($72 million) from a couple of South Korean pension funds to refinance part of bank loans it had...
Sep 27, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung’s investment firm to set up $270 mn US property mezzanine fund
A property investment arm of the Samsung Group will raise 300 billion won ($270 million) from South Korean insurance companies and pension funds in a ...
Sep 14, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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CVC set to buy Korean parcel delivery firm for about $300 mn
Baring Private Equity Asia has named CVC Capital Partners as the preferred buyer of South Korea’s No.4 parcel delivery company, which the Carlyle Grou...
Sep 13, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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US rate hike talk alters Korean fund’s US property investment strategy
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to withdraw $70 million from a U.S. real estate fund that makes bets on property price ris...
Sep 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean public officials’ fund to invest $40 mn in cat bonds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for South Korean public officials, will select about two management firms to commit $4...
Sep 12, 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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HPS, Crescent Capital win Korean pension fund’s $100 mn PDF mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $50 million to U.S.-based HPS Investment Partners and Crescent Capital Group each for over...
Sep 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle teams up with Korean dairy to buy McDonald’s local unit
The Carlyle Group has joined forces with a local dairy to bid for the South Korean operations of McDonald’s in a deal reportedly worth 600 billion won...
Sep 01, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post set to buy Natixis office building in Paris for $206 mn
Korea Post’s savings arm has been chosen as the preferred buyer of the headquarters building of France’s Natixis in Paris, in a deal worth 230 billion...
Sep 01, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone’s property loan fund raises $900 mn in Korea, beating funding target
Blackstone, the world’s largest real estate investment firm, has attracted 1 trillion won ($900 million) from South Korean institutional investors for...
Aug 25, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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US bank loans, asset-based credit whet appetite of Korean investors
South Korean institutional investors are gearing up to raise exposure to U.S. bank loans, collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and commercial mortgage...
Aug 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms complete $320 mn financing for Newark Energy Center of US
South Korean insurance firms and other institutions have committed a total of $250 million to a local fund set up to provide senior loans to Newark En...
Aug 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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US govt building-lease funds lure Korean investors
ING Life Insurance, fisheries cooperatives and a college fund in South Korea will put a total of $80 million into a fund run by USAA Real Estate Compa...
Aug 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung consortium to buy Commerzbank head office in Frankfurt
Samsung Securities and Samsung SRA Asset Management will acquire Commerzbank Tower, the headquarters of Commerzbank and the landmark of Frankfurt, at ...
Aug 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cerberus’ new Europe property fund may attract over $370 mn from Korean investors
National Pension Service (NPS), Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and a South Korean insurer are considering putting a combined $370 million into a r...
Aug 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean public officials’ fund picks mezzanine fund firms in closed bids
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has preliminarily chosen three U.S.-based asset management firms of mezzanine funds in limit...
Aug 10, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS seeks higher pay raise for in-house fund managers ahead of office relocation
The National Pension Service (NPS) is pushing forward a plan to raise the basic pay for in-house fund management staff by about 9% on average in 2016,...
Aug 02, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean public officials’ fund to commit A$60 mn to Macquarie infrastructure fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea has decided to commit 60 million Australian dollars to a Macquarie infrastructure fund ...
Jul 28, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ex-NPS investment strategy head to lead non-equity portfolios of Korean asset firm
A former investment strategy head of the National Pension Service (NPS), Yoon-pyo Lee, will move to South Korea’s Truston Asset Management Co. Ltd. ne...
Jul 27, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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What makes Korean asset owners hesitate to invest in hedge funds?
The National Pension Service (NPS) has kicked off its first investment in hedge funds by choosing two fund of funds managers to entrust a total of $1 ...
Jul 26, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Baring PEA in talks with CVC, Affinity to sell Korean parcel delivery firm
Baring Private Equity Asia (PEA) has resumed the sale process of South Korea’s No. 4 package delivery company, and authorized two private equity firms...
Jul 25, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Top Korean investors to meet UK asset managers in London on July 22
Sang-Hyun Yoo, the new global alternative division head of the National Pension Service (NPS) and senior managers of other top South Korean instit...
Jul 22, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC sees regulation change to qualify KIC, Korean pension funds managers for CIO job
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has recently asked the finance ministry to revise part of regulations governing the sovereign wealth fund in order ...
Jul 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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