Korean startup funding
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MBK Partners closes $4.1 bn fund, above funding target; NPS opts out
Asia’s biggest private equity firm, MBK Partners, has raised $4.1 billion for its fourth fund, exceeding the target of $3.5 billion and more than ...
Dec 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds cut 2017 return targets; keen on infrastructure, mezzanine debt: report
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) and three other major South Korean savings funds have trimmed the...
Dec 06, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Police fund, 4 other Korean firms to put $100 mn in Emirates aircraft fund
The Police Mutual Aid Association and four other South Korean institutional investors will underwrite $100 million of mezzanine tranches in an aircraf...
Dec 02, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, Korean fund to invest $130 mn in US hotels-backed mezzanine debt: report
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the country's Local Finance Association will invest a total of 153 billion won ($130 million) in U.S. mezzanine...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Life, scientist fund to put $230 mn into UK gas business bid
South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and a scientists’ savings fund will commit a total of 185 million pounds ($230 million) to a project fund...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset firm raises $79 mn to invest in Blackstone-owned Las Vegas hotel
A small-sized South Korean asset management firm, Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd., has raised a real estate fund to invest 93 billion won ($79 million) i...
Nov 25, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds to invest $295 mn in Asian warehouse developer e-Shang: report
South Korean institutional investors will buy about 350 billion won ($295 million) worth of senior loans secured by distribution centers of Warburg Pi...
Nov 21, 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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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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KIC, Teachers’ Pension to invest in US warehouse fund, first since joint work agreement
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the Teachers’ Pension will invest in a U.S. warehouse portfolio fund for an undisclosed sum, in their first joi...
Nov 09, 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 institutions to fund Qantas Airway’s aircraft lease with $20 mn mezzanine loan
A South Korean brokerage firm is raising $20 million in mezzanine debt from two to three domestic institutional investors to finance Australia’s Qanta...
Nov 03, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds mull $260 mn mezzanine financing for Brookfield’s IFC Seoul purchase
Brookfield Asset Management is in talks with the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and a state-run mortgage lender to secure 300 billion won ($261 ...
Nov 03, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle seeks new strategic partner to bid for McDonald’s Korean unit
The Carlyle Group has been left as the sole bidder for the South Korean operations of McDonald’s, after a local dairy which had teamed up with the U.S...
Oct 27, 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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Korean investors to fund Air France’s plane lease with $34 mn mezzanine loan
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid will invest $34 million in mezzanine debt to fund Air France’s $115...
Oct 26, 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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Korean VC firms invest in UK drug developer, first after Brexit
Celleron Therapeutics Ltd., a cancer treatment developer founded by Oxford University professors, is poised to attract $26 million from South Korean a...
Oct 17, 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 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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NPS to invest $100 mn in consumer-focused L Catterton’s $2.5 bn fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will commit $100 million to a new fund that L Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity firm, is curre...
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)