Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Alternative investment
POBA to commit $120 mn to US housing development fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit $120 million to a US single-family housing development fund worth about 750 billion won ($...
Mar 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds hold off new midstream project investments
Pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in South Korea have indefinitely halted new investments in North America’s midstream asset...
Mar 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Construction workers’ fund names ex-Hanwha General investment head as CIO
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has appointed Wihwan Lee, a former investment head of Hanwha General Insurance CO. Ltd., as chi...
Feb 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Securites funds KKR’s German media group acquisition
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has provided 200 million euros ($218 million) in a senior loan to fund KKR & Co.’s $3.4 billion purchase in 2019 ...
Feb 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds
KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...
Feb 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
NH, Shinhan fund Helsinki office complex purchase with $210 mn equity
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Shinhan Investment Corp. have underwritten about 250 billion won ($210 million) in equity to fund the 480 ...
Feb 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private Equity
Korean biotech fund reaps triple-digit return on two Nasdaq-listed firms
South Korea’s $25 million biotechnology-themed fund, launched by Meritz Securities Co. Ltd., has earned triple-digit returns on its 2.7 billion ...
Jan 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Three Korean pension fund CEOs quit to run in general election
About halfway through their three-year terms, chief executives of National Pension Service (NPS), Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTUC) and Publi...
Jan 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Shinhan Financial to raise $200 mn for KKR’s tailor-made funds
Shinhan Financial Group will raise $200 million for two KKR funds of funds (FoFs) tailor-made for the South Korean banking group, under a strategic pa...
Jan 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Shinhan raises $330 mn for Carlyle’s bespoke revolving loan fund
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. (SAIM) has raised $330 million for the Carlyle Group’s newly launched revolving loan fund (CREV) ...
Jan 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
POBA to commit $111 mn to AXA’s $1.6 bn Europe logistics fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit around 130 billion won ($111 million) to AXA Investment’s 1.4 billion euro ($1.6 bil...
Jan 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Private debt
Yellow Umbrella Mutual commits $540 mn to overseas debt funds
Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a savings arm for South Korea’s small-sized business owners, has committed $540 million to overseas debt funds ...
Dec 07, 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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Pension fund
[RFP] Construction workers’ fund to commit $25 mn to global infra debt fund
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to commit $25 million to a global infrastructure blind-pool fund investing in senior or m...
Nov 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
AMP Capital’s $6.2 bn infrastructure fund raises $1.2 bn from Korea
Twenty-four South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union and the Public Offic...
Nov 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Samsung Sec buys Amazon logistics center in Czech for $160 mn: report
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has bought Amazon’s only logistics center in Czech Republic for 186 billion won ($160 million), in its fourth acquis...
Oct 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset to offer $425 mn in equity, debt funding for US desalination plant
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. will provide $425 million in equity and debt financing for the acquisition of a desalination plant in San Dieg...
Oct 17, 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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POBA to form $750 mn joint property fund with Danish pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will launch a joint fund worth about 900 billion won ($753 million) with a Danish pension fund to inve...
Sep 19, 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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[RFP] POBA to commit $250 mn to US, Asia-focused private debt funds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit $250 million to five private debt funds focusing on mid-cap companies in North America...
Sep 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has collected C$560 million ($423 million) from South Korean financial institutions to lend for The One building, a mix...
Sep 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has signed a preliminary agreement with Canadian pension scheme La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to cooper...
Sep 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec buys Amazon warehouse in Germany for $215 mn: report
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of Amazon’s new logistics center in Germany for 260 billion won ($215 million), in an ...
Sep 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEPCO unit-German fund buys Sweden’s wind project for $300 mn
Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s utility giant KEPCO, has acquired a wind power project in Sweden in a consortium with a German p...
Aug 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kiwoom Asset sets up $56 mn retail funds to buy Amsterdam office
Kiwoom Asset Management Co. Ltd. plans to raise 50.7 million euros ($56.2 million) from individual investors in South Korea in August to buy an of...
Aug 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha General eying 2020 IPO; Samsung may cash in $800 mn stock
Hanwha General Chemical Co. Ltd. is aiming to list on the Korea Stock Exchange next year, which may lead to Samsung Group’s two arms disposing of rema...
Aug 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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