Korean Iron Dome
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German VC firm collects $6 mn directly from Korean individuals
A number of wealthy South Koreans have committed 5.5 million euros ($6.1 million) to Germany’s Earlybird Venture Capital, in the first direct investme...
Aug 16, 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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Korean brokerage firms acquire Hilton Vienna for $375 mn
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has led a South Korean brokerage consortium to buy the largest hotel in Austria, Hilton Vienna, for $375 million which is e...
Jul 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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TIAA, Korean Teachers’ Credit to form 3rd JV with $510 mn capital
The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) have reached a preliminary agreement to ...
Jul 10, 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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Sale of Korean game firm cancelled in lack of strategic buyers
The planned sale of the parent company of South Korea’s biggest online gaming firm Nexon Co. Ltd., was abruptly cancelled after it failed to narrow th...
Jun 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean PEF provides $100 mn funding for KKR’s US buyout
South Korea’s new private equity firm Tiger Alternative Investors has provided $100 million in debt funding for KKR’s $1.32 billion acquisition of Ken...
Jun 13, 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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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs uneasy at leverage of PE secondaries
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and two leading South Korean insurance firms have expressed unease about the excessive use of leverage...
May 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs call for more hedge fund communications
Korea Post and Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd., the third-largest life insurer in South Korea, remain cautious about increasing exposure to hedge funds,...
May 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye 5-8% return on alternatives
Teachers’ Pension, the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are looking to increase global...
May 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms underwrite $298 mn debt on new US gas plant
Three South Korean financial services firms - NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., its affiliate NH Bank and Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. - ...
May 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean LPs to lend $672 mn to Goldman Sachs’ credit fund
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and seven institutional investors in South Korea will provide a senior loan of 600 million euros ($672 million) to Goldman...
May 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang’s Korean arm to commit $44 mn to US real estate debt fund: report
ABL Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a South Korean arm of China’s Anbang Insurnce Group, has decided to commit 50 billion won ($44 million) to Madison Realty...
Apr 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean brokerages lend $330 mn on US hotels, resort
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has extended a senior loan of $229 million on two new hotels in Nashville, which marked the third biggest construction loan...
Apr 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK Partners scraps $1.5 bn IPO of Korean retail REIT
MBK Partners has cancelled an initial public offering for a retail real estate investment trust (REIT) in South Korea due to a lack of demand, which...
Mar 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two French offices draw Korean bidders in $1.2 bn deals
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is nearing a 370 billion won ($330 million) deal to buy an office complex near Paris, while a South Korean ...
Feb 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dalmore, Equitix resell $394 mn stake in UK infra fund to Korean firms
About 10 South Korean insurers, including Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested 300 million pounds ($394 million) in one of the UK’s largest i...
Jan 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean REIT nets $31 mn from Tokyo property stake sale
JR AMC Co. Ltd., a real estate investment trust manager in South Korea, has recently disposed of its stake in a luxury office building in central Toky...
Jan 11, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms snap up Poland office building for $162 mn
Two small South Korean financial services companies have acquired a landmark office building in central Warsaw for 183 billion won ($162 million) in t...
Dec 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms in talks to buy Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf office
A consortium of South Korean financial institutions has been in exclusive talks to buy the Canary Wharf headquarters of Credit Suisse Group in a deal ...
Nov 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance
Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Denver office buildings draw yield-hungry Korean funds
A consortium of Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has recently closed a $238 million acquisition of an office t...
Oct 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Korean LPs tilt to infrastructure on dull 2019 economic outlook
A majority of leading South Korean institutional investors are planning to boost overseas infrastructure investment next year with focus on developed ...
Oct 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korean office building market set for further growth: Savills
South Korea’s office building market is poised to continue its record-breaking growth, buoyed by heavy money inflows from overseas investors and the c...
Oct 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Microsoft UK’s head office sold to Korean investors for $130 mn
A consortium of London-based Valesco Group and South Korea’s AIP Asset Management has acquired Microsoft’s headquarter office in Britain for 100 milli...
Oct 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...
Sep 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS, POBA to set up $314 mn Korean logistics fund
The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will form a 350 billion won ($314 million) blind-pool fund to i...
Sep 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Deal Broker] Ex-ATM vendor behind Korean investors’ global real estate push
Union Station in Washington D.C., InterContinental Boston and luxury hotel Grosvenor House in London are among the landmark commercial buildings that ...
Aug 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean consortium to provide $142 mn UK solar refinancing: report
A consortium led by Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will provide UK-based Octopus Investments with 160 billion won ($142 million) solar por...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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