Korean Wave
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KIC may cancel $50 mn contract with Elliott over US fund’s disputes with Korean govt
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking into whether Elliott Management’s recent move against the South Korean government constitutes a conflict...
May 17, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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StepStone collects $90 mn from Korean LPs for PDF, co-investment
New York-based StepStone Group has raised $90 million in commitments from three South Korean institutional investors since the start of this year, inc...
May 08, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS likely to name ex-head of Barings’ Korean unit as CIO this week
Thae Khwarg, a former head of Barings’ South Korean asset management arm, is highly likely to be named as chief investment officer of the National P...
Apr 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports
Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...
Apr 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean fund, brokerage firm buy UK solar power plant portfolio for $36 mn
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have invested around 38 billion won ($36 million...
Apr 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives, which manages $50 billion of assets, named Sang-hun Kim, a former managing director and head of...
Mar 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean building materials firm seals 4th US hotel purchase for $87 mn
South Korea’s construction materials company, Aju Group, closed a $87 million acquisition of a hotel near Seattle from Marriott International Inc. las...
Mar 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator
South Korean retirement funds and insurance companies, including the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), are set to buy a 20% stake in th...
Mar 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Teachers’ fund commits $50 mn to Neuberger Berman’s unit
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has recently committed $50 million to a new fund of Dyal Capital Partners, part of US-based investment firm N...
Feb 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean REIT buys Vienna office building for $71 mn
JR AMC Co. Ltd., a South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT), has acquired an office building used as the headquarters of Porr AG, a European c...
Dec 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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GIC, M&G Real Estate in $400 mn bid for POBA-owned Korean building
Singapore’s GIC and M&G Real Estate of London-based Prudential Plc. are in the bidding for a new office building in South Korea, wholly owned by t...
Dec 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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LaSalle’s Europe debt fund collects $110 mn from three Korean investors
The Military Mutual Aid Association, the Employment Insurance Fund and an unidentified South Korean institutional investor have committed a total of $...
Nov 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG raise over $100 mn from network-hungry Korean firms
Three global private equity firms – Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG – have gathered an aggregate $113 million in commitments from South Korean institution...
Nov 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report
Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye PPP and greenfield infrastructure
South Korean retirement funds and insurance firms will look to public private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in the UK and other developed ...
Oct 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Debt, Europe remain at top of Korean LPs’ property deals
Top South Korean institutional investors will remain focused on property-backed debt and Europe for real estate investment in 2018 because of valuatio...
Oct 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deutsche Bank resells $60 mn Transtelco debt to Korean credit cooperative
Deutsche Bank has resold $60 million in senior secured debt of Transtelco Inc., a fiber optic services provider in the US and Mexico, to MG Korean Fed...
Oct 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors buy $75 mn debt of Warburg Pincus-backed Hanoi hotel
A pool of South Korean pension and retirement funds have invested around 85 billion won ($75 million) in debt of a Warburg Pincus-backed, five-star ...
Oct 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $53 mn to buy Tesco-leased UK warehouse
A consortium of South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) and MG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd. will invest 60 billion won ($53...
Oct 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report
Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...
Oct 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Macquarie may resell Endeavour Energy stake to Korean investors for $176 mn
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is reselling part of stakes in Endeavour Energy, one of Australia’s biggest public energy compan...
Sep 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Scientists fund, other Korean investors in $665 mn Japan solar power plant deal
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won (...
Sep 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors fund half of HNA’s $700 mn debt financing for Gategroup deal
Shinhan Investment Corp. and a South Korean private equity firm have provided $350 million in bridge loans to finance Chinese HNA Group’s $1.5 billion...
Sep 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Bank of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative will underwrite an aggregate $400 million of debt ...
Sep 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Asset’s real estate senior debt fund raises $106 mn from three Korean firms
KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has raised 120 billion won ($106 million) from three South Korean financial services firms for a blind-pool fund to inve...
Sep 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt
Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...
Sep 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors may own half of UK high-speed railway after UK firms’ resale
After the National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to buy a 30% stake in Britain’s High Speed 1 (HS1) for around 400 billion won ($355 million) in July, ...
Aug 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property
A group of South Korean insurance firms have invested 180 billion won ($160 million) in mezzanine debt secured on two interconnected buildings in New ...
Aug 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean hedge fund house co-invests in $40 mn Florida building purchase
South Korea’s small hedge fund company Anda Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $8 million in a $40 million joint acquisition of a four-story offic...
Aug 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Australia archive facility’s 29-yr debt attracts $60 mn from Korean insurers
A group of South Korean insurers will invest 69 billion won ($60 million) in 29-year senior debt secured on Australia’s National Archives Preservati...
Aug 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)