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Pension fund
NPS sets up $860 mn Vietnam investment fund with SK Group
The National Pension Service (NPS) has launched a 1 trillion won ($860 million) fund with SK Group to invest in Vietnamese companies, through which th...
Dec 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post
Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment
US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...
Dec 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
POBA, PFA, Patrizia co-invest in Europe’s $1.3 bn logistics portfolio
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), Danish pension fund PFA and real estate investment firm Patrizia AG have co-invested 800 billion won ...
Dec 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
KFCC to allocate $6 bn to alternative investment blind funds for next 3 yrs
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) will allocate a total of 7 trillion won ($6 billion) to alternative investment blind-pool...
Dec 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
SK Group, Hillhouse Capital to form $850 mn fund to invest in Chinese start-ups
SK Group will set up a 1 trillion won ($850 million) fund with China’s private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group to invest in Chinese start-up...
Dec 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Transport remains top pick for Korean LPs’ 2020 infra investment
South Korean institutional investors will continue to increase their allocations to overseas infrastructure next year, and transport facilities such a...
Oct 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korea Investment acquires US student housing for $250 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired five US student housing for $250 million, in the first direct investment by a South Korean fir...
Oct 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Ardian, Veritas Capital, HPS Investment win POBA’s $150 mn PEF mandates
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has picked three global private equity firms as follows to commit $50 million to their blind-pool fund...
Oct 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds shelve Japan alternative investment on sour relations
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have put on hold new alternative investments in Japan due to soured rela...
Oct 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...
Sep 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans $200 mn global housing investment
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global real estate managers to invest $200 million, or 200 million euros, in the housing market in the US...
Sep 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, SK Holdings to launch $1 bn fund for global co-investment
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint fund with South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. Ltd. to make cross-border investme...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms invest $96 mn in AT&T headquarters in Dallas
South Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested $96.4 million in ...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages invest in Heathrow’s new runway project
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided a combined $434 million debt on the construction of Heathrow ...
Aug 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea, China banks offer $120 mn loan on Chile LNG terminal stake deal
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) and two Chinese banks have extended a syndicated loan of $120 million to fund a stake purchase in a liquefied natur...
Aug 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC appoints ex-Korea Teachers’ investment chief as CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed as chief investment officer ex-CIO of the Teachers’ Pension Dae-yang Park, the sovereign wealth fund ...
Aug 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Investment joins $134 mn funding for Swiss biotech venture
KB Investment Co. Ltd., the venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, has invested $10 million in a Swiss biotech start-up firm which recently raised...
Jul 20, 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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Canyon Partners
[Interview] Distressed investing to hedge PE/PD strategies: Canyon Partners
A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...
Jul 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha, NH Investment take $243 mn stake in Gatwick Airport
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have acquired a combined 2.85% stake in London’s Gatwick Airpo...
Jun 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, NH Investment lend $182 mn on LA hotel, condos
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided $182 million loans on a luxury hotel and condominium development...
Jun 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, NH Investment join $134 mn Slovakia office deal
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have participated in a 120-million-euro ($134 million) acquisition of an Amazo...
Jun 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to earn over 25% IRR from German property investment
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has agreed to sell an office building in Frankfurt for 400 million euro ($448 million) which will translate in...
Jun 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC picks Teachers’ Pension CIO as new chief investment officer
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has chosen Dae-yang Park, chief investment officer of the country’s Teachers’ Pension, as new CIO among a dozen app...
Jun 12, 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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Korea Investment to buy 99-yr ownership of Brussels building
Korea Investment Management Co. will acquire a 99-year ownership of an office building in Brussels for 146 million euros ($165 million) in its second ...
Jun 11, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, Meritz Fire invest $100 mn in debt of US hotel-focused REIT
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. have invested $100 million in a mezzanine loan secured by 92 ...
Jun 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
[Interview] GEPS to boost PE secondary investment: CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will ramp up global private equity secondary investment and focus real estate investment on easy-to-tr...
Jun 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to double proportion of overseas fixed-income investment by 2024
The National Pension Service (NPS) will more than double the proportion of overseas fixed-income investment to around 10% by the end of 2024 by when g...
Jun 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building
KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...
May 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)