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Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps
CVC Capital Partners has formed a consortium with Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to make a final bid for South ...
Feb 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea construction workers’ fund seeks $40 mn US PDF manager
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to allocate about $40 million to a US blind-pool fund house of direct lending and senior-...
Feb 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aberdeen Standard wins $120 mn SMA mandate of Korea scientists fund
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage its first separately managed account...
Jan 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists fund to commit $34 mn to BlueBay Asset’s Europe debt fund
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has committed €28 million ($34 million) to a European mid-market private debt fund of Blu...
Jan 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dalmore Capital to raise $200 mn from Korea for infrastructure fund
Dalmore Capital Limited, a UK-focused infrastructure investment firm, is set to raise £150 million ($203 million) from four to five South Korean insti...
Jan 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post invests $60 mn in senior debt on US gas power plants: report
Korea Post has invested $60 million in a seven-year private debt fund to provide a senior loan secured on four US gas-fired power plants, but the inve...
Dec 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment buys China Airlines-leased aircraft for $165 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a Boeing aircraft leased by Taiwan-based China Airlines for around 180 billion won ($165 milli...
Dec 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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LaSalle develops its first logistics facility in Korea; sees more land purchases
LaSalle Investment Management has built a four-story logistics warehouse near Seoul, its first development of a storage facility in South Korea, and...
Dec 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment to buy US government-leased building for $185 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will acquire a mid-sized office building in Washington D.C. for around 200 billion won ($185 million) next ...
Nov 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, POBA plan to sell commercial buildings in Korea for $1 bn
Private equity firm KKR & Co. and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) have put two commercial buildings in South Korea up for sale sep...
Nov 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle offers $1.7 bn pre-arranged financing to sell ADT Korea
The Carlyle Group has offered 1.9 trillion won ($1.7 billion) in pre-arranged debt financing to potential bidders of its wholly-owned ADT Korea, in a ...
Nov 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Gaw Capital raising half of $360 mn US value-add fund from Korea
Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm Gaw Capital Partners is on track to raising 200 billion won ($180 million) for its 400 billion won ($360 m...
Nov 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] KIC, Korea Post see no target return cuts
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and Korea Post are not considering lowering targeted returns of their global real estate and infrastructure portfol...
Oct 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea scientists fund to pick $120 mn multi-asset SMA manager
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) is planning to allocate around $120 million to a separately managed account (SMA) of mult...
Oct 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post buys $600 mn US building jointly with California pension fund
Korea Post has signed a 680 billion won ($602 million) agreement to buy a Silicon Valley office campus used by a leading cybersecurity company in join...
Sep 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Golub and Ares win $60 mn private debt mandates from Korea scientists fund
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to make its first allocation to global private debt funds by committing $...
Sep 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirova infrastructure fund may raise $266 mn from Korea: report
Mirova, part of France’s Natixis Asset Management, is likely to collect 200 billion won to 300 billion won ($177 million to $266 million) from South K...
Sep 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman and KKR mezzanine funds seen to raise up to $1.14 bn from Korea
Goldman Sachs’s new mezzanine fund, which aims to raise $10 billion, is expected to gather an aggregate $800 million to $1 billion from South Korean i...
Sep 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC head to move to Korea Export-Import Bank as CEO
Sung-soo Eun, the chief executive of Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), was nominated as head of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, about one and a...
Sep 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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US Golub Capital’s $2 bn debt fund may raise over $40 mn from Korea
South Korean brokerage firm Shinhan Investment Corp. and a retirement savings fund have decided to commit $20 million each to a $2 billion private deb...
Sep 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman taps retirement funds to resell $178 mn loan to Korea e-commerce firm
Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group (SSG), which invests in and lends to distressed companies, is in talks with South Korean retirement savings fu...
Sep 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post names ex-regulatory official as insurance unit head
Korea Post has appointed a former regulator of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to lead its insurance bureau which manages $44 billion in asset...
Aug 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korea seen to spend $1.4 tn on infrastructure by 2040: report
South Korea is expected to largely meet its infrastructure investment needs by 2040, spending $1.4 trillion on infrastructure by the year, according t...
Aug 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks six global equity fund houses
Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two global stock managers for exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment around the end of September, and four ot...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund allocates $60 mn to AMP's infrastructure, LGT's ILS funds
The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has decided to commit $30 million each to an Australian infrastructure fund of AMP Capital and an insurance-l...
Jul 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle to consolidate Seoul office, putting ADT Korea back up for sale
The Carlyle Group will consolidate its South Korean operations divided into buyout and growth capital units by combining them, after the three-men gro...
Jul 18, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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UBS, Mesirow, AXA on Korea Post’s hedge fund manager shortlist
UBS, Mesirow Financial and AXA are on the shortlist for Korea Post’s global hedge fund investment mandates for which the state agency is to allocate a...
Jul 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $100 mn from Korea
South Korea’s institutional investors, including the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA), have committed $100 million to Goldman Sachs...
Jul 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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TPG to buy stake in Korea’s taxi hailing app for $437 mn
TPG will buy about a 30% stake in South Korea’s top taxi-hailing and chauffeur services provider for 500 billion won ($437 million), in its first deal...
Jun 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Macquarie’s North America infra fund to attract $180 mn from Korea
Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and other South Korean asset owners will commit 200 billion won ($18...
Jun 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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