NPS stock portfolio
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] NPS seeks regionally diversified portfolio: CEO
The National Pension Service (NPS) is building regionally diversified portfolios in pursuit of both profitability and stability, said its chief execut...
Oct 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, NPS to invest $700 mn in $1.9 bn Seoul real estate project
Private equity firm KKR & Co and South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make an equity investment of 800 billion won ($704 million) in ...
Oct 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS names ex-equity division head as new CIO
The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed Hyo-Joon Ahn, former head of global public market and domestic equity divisions of the $565 billion pensi...
Oct 08, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS co-invests in Morgan Stanley fund’s US energy firm purchase
The National Pension Service (NPS) has poured around $100 million into a co-investment led by a Morgan Stanley fund to acquire units of a US shale gas...
Sep 22, 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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Vietnam’s Vingroup raises $400 mn from new stock sale to Hanwha Asset
Vingroup JSC, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, has issued convertible preferred shares to raise $400 million in a private placement to South Korea’s Ha...
Aug 23, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial buys US REIT’s preferred stocks for $125 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has bought new preferred shares issued by a US real estate investment trust company for $125 million, ahead of the ...
Aug 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global PE head promoted to lead global alternative investment
Hyung-Don Choe, global private equity head of the National Pension Service (NPS), was promoted on August 1 to lead the pension fund’s global...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS tipped to buy Goldman Sachs’ new Europe HQ for over $1 bn
The National Pension Service (NPS) has been recently picked as the preferred buyer of Goldman Sachs’ new European headquarters in London, ...
Aug 02, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ domestic alternatives head and NY office head offer to quit
Domestic alternative investment head and New York office head of the National Pension Service (NPS) have recently expressed intentions to resign, the ...
Jul 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS sees 2 deputy CIO job creations in investment dept reorganization
The National Pension Service (NPS) is considering creating two positions of deputy chief investment officers, one of whom will lead domestic and globa...
Jul 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS appoints investment strategy head as new acting CIO
National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment strategy head Soo-Cheol Lee has assumed the role of acting chief investment officer of the $561 billion pe...
Jul 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS says in bidding for Goldman Sachs’ new London head office
The National Pension Service (NPS) confirmed its bid for Goldman Sachs’ new headquarters in London, after media reports said that the South Korean pen...
Jul 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS acting CIO offers to step down
National Pension Service’s acting chief investment officer In-Sik Cho tendered a resignation on July 4, according to an NPS source, which may leave fo...
Jul 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS says to restart CIO selection process soon
The National Pension Service (NPS) said on June 27 that it found “no qualified candidate” for its chief investment officer position during a four-mon...
Jun 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS tipped to restart CIO selection process in hunt for new candidates
The National Pension Service (NPS) has failed to choose a chief investment officer from 16 applicants and is likely to restart the selection process f...
Jun 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS, KTCU pour $100 mn into healthcare co-investments
The National Pension Service (NPS) has put around 100 billion won ($93 million) into an equity stake in Dental Corporation, Canada’s largest net...
Jun 08, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] NPS keen on mid-cap PE; KIC eyes non-sponsored deals
The National Pension Service (NPS) plans to commit fresh capital to about four additional mid-cap private equity funds this year, focusing on the mana...
Jun 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] NPS mulls investing in single hedge fund
The National Pension Service (NPS) is studying investing in a single hedge fund and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will switch towards small-s...
Jun 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to bump up alternatives proportion to 15% by end-2023
The National Pension Service (NPS) will raise the proportion of alternative investments from last year’s 10.8% to around 15% by end-2023 when its asse...
Jun 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] NPS to boost direct alternative investment via overseas offices: CEO
The National Pension Service (NPS) will improve the role of its overseas offices in New York, London and Singapore to increase direct investment in al...
May 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset firm backs Hyundai reform plan; NPS remains indecisive
An independent South Korean investment firm has become the first institutional shareholder in Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. publicly supporting the Hyundai M...
May 18, 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 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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NPS’ 2017 investment return at 7-yr high; to wrap up CIO selection in April
The National Pension Service (NPS) chalked up an average investment return of 7.26% in 2017, which was its strongest performance in seven years, while...
Mar 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan sources $100 mn debt investment in US hotel portfolio
Shinhan Financial Group’s alternative investment arm has sourced a $100 million investment by three South Korean insurers in a mezzanine debt on US ho...
Mar 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS kicks off CIO search process; no strong candidate yet
The National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension scheme, began the process of searching its new chief investment officer this wee...
Feb 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS chief-designate says to boost responsible investing in public projects
Former South Korean lawmaker Sung-joo Kim, named as chief executive and chairman of the National Pension Service (NPS) on Nov. 2, stressed the publi...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ $600 mn RFP for local PE/VC funds receives tepid response
National Pension Service’s (NPS) recent invitation for investment proposals to domestic private equity and venture capital funds, which amounts to 650...
Oct 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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