The Korea Economic Daily ASK 2023
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korea teachers funds to boost Asia portfolios
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and the Korea Teachers’ Pension will step up real estate and infrastructure investments in Asia and other eme...
Oct 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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[Interview] Korea military fund aims to cash in $700 mn bad assets within 3 yrs
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will liquidate half of its 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of non-performing assets by early 2021 and...
Oct 09, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund CIO reappointed for second term: report
Police Mutual Aid Association’s (PMAA) chief investment officer Doyoon Lee was reappointed for another two-year term to become the first CIO to serve ...
Sep 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea
Ares Management LP has raised a total of $300 million in credit facilities from South Korean institutional investors, including Hana Financial Investm...
Aug 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Radio wave research head picked as Korea Post’s savings unit CIO
A career bureaucrat and former administrator of South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency was appointed as chief investment officer of Korea Post’s...
Jul 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS to commit $88 mn to global ESG equity fund
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 100 billion won ($88.4 million) to a global equity fund integrating environmental, social ...
Jul 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment seals $266 mn City of London property deal
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a 15-story office building in the City of London for £200.5 million ($266 million), taking adv...
Jun 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Macquarie’s $2.3 bn Europe infra fund raises $405 mn from Korea
Macquarie's new European infrastructure fund, which targets a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) fundraising, has drawn €350 million ($405 million) from South ...
Jun 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs lean toward non-dollar assets
South Korean asset owners are increasingly turning to non-dollar assets because the weakening US dollar erodes expected returns after currency hedging...
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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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs see riskier private debt investment
Major South Korean institutional investors plan to raise exposure further to credit investments in search of steady cashflows and expect to see more i...
Jun 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eying Asia and secondaries PE deals
The Teachers’ Pension and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are turning to the Asian private equity market with focus on growth sectors such ...
Jun 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment buys US office buildings of eBay and GSK for $260 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has bought a Silicon Valley campus of eBay Inc. for 140 billion won ($130 million), shortly after closing t...
Jun 03, 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] Korea Post seeks alternative long-term assets
Korea Post’s insurance unit is looking for new alternative long-duration assets to meet demand for long-term stable yields, because the recent rush in...
May 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post to allocate $200 mn to global buyout PE funds in 2018
Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to commit $200 million to around three blind-pool private equity funds for buyout strategy in 2018 to invest in the ...
May 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] KIC targets SME lending and Asian PE deals
Korea Investment Cooperation (KIC) is zooming in on lending to small to medium-sized companies and targets Asian private equity deals in pursuit of mi...
May 30, 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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Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $650 mn in loan from Korea
Goldman Sachs’ latest real estate credit investment vehicle has raised $650 million in senior loans from a pool of South Korean institutional investor...
May 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global infrastructure fund houses for $500 mn
Korea Post plans to commit up to $500 million to global infrastructure blind-pool funds to make equity investments in core infrastructure assets, acco...
Apr 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks offshore commingled hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit on April 9 announced a plan to select global fund managers for single offshore commingled hedge funds. It will receive pr...
Apr 09, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset seeks to launch $940 mn Asia start-up fund with Korea’s Naver
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and South Korea’s top internet portal Naver Corp. are looking to invest as much as 1 trillion won ($940 million) in Asia...
Apr 09, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ex-deputy finance minister named as Korea Investment Corp’s CEO
Heenam Choi, an executive director of the International Monetary Fund and former South Korean deputy finance minister, was appointed as chief executiv...
Mar 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund seeks loan funds and infrastructure projects: report
The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion retirement fund for South Korea’ polices officers, will ramp up investment in loan funds and in...
Mar 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Starwood Capital raises $530 mn from Korea for $7.6 bn fund
Starwood Capital Group, a US real estate investment firm, has raised around $530 million from South Korean institutional investors for its largest fun...
Mar 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers fund allocates $1 bn for new global alternatives in 2018
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) plans to invest an additional 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) in overseas alternative assets in 2018, out of th...
Mar 15, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Realty Expo Korea 2018 to take place in Sept
Realty Expo Korea (REK) 2018, a global event for real estate professionals, will take place for three days between September 19 and 21 at COEX in Seou...
Mar 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists fund to commit $37 mn to co-investment funds; $34 mn to PDF
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to commit $37 million to co-investment funds of US-based StepStone Group and ...
Mar 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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