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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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Korean investors may own half of UK high-speed railway after UK firms’ resale
After the National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to buy a 30% stake in Britain’s High Speed 1 (HS1) for around 400 billion won ($355 million) in July, ...
Aug 29, 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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Pennsylvania gas power plant to secure $140 mn loans from Korean investors
South Korean banks and institutional investors will provide $140 million in syndicated loans to a US gas-fired plant project in Pennsylvania, part of ...
Aug 14, 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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Ex-NPS global alternatives heads move to Korean law firms as advisors
Two former global alternative investment heads of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) moved to the country’s top law firms to advise on alter...
Aug 04, 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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NPS in emergency system under acting CIO, global alternatives head
The National Pension Service (NPS) has begun running an emergency inspection system for its investment management department with the appointment of...
Jul 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors team up with French funds to buy Benelux real estate
South Korean asset managers are joining hands with French property investment firms to buy prime commercial buildings in the Netherlands and Belgium a...
Jul 20, 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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NPS cancels global alternative head appointment on CV inaccuracy
The National Pension Service (NPS) has withdrawn the appointment of its new global alternative investment head due to an inaccurate statement on his r...
Jul 07, 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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KIC to open Singapore office to boost Asian alternative investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will open its third overseas office in Singapore as early as August in its push for alternative investments in Asia...
Jun 22, 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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LaSalle seeks $180 mn-$270 mn from Korea for Europe debt fund
LaSalle Investment Management is seeking to raise 200 billion won ($180 million) to 300 billion won ($270 million) from South Korean institutional inv...
Jun 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two Korean investors buy Canberra building for $54 mn
Two South Korean institutional investors have recently completed a 60 billion won ($54 million) acquisition of an office building in Canberra which th...
May 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post to select two Europe equity fund houses in July
Korea Post’s insurance unit is looking for two active-type Europe stock investment houses for a two-year investment period, according to its request f...
May 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS names CIO’s ex-colleague as global alternative head
Jae-Sang Kim, who had worked with National Pension Service’s (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Myoun-Wook Kang in asset management firms for several ye...
May 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] Korea Post pursues active hedge fund strategies
Korea Post is pursuing diverse alpha-generating strategies for hedge fund investment, with a plan to allocate at least 450 billion won ($401 million) ...
May 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private debt fund managers for up to $300 mn
Korea Post's savings unit announced a plan on May 17 to invest up to $300 million in overseas private debt funds focusing on mezzanine and distresse...
May 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks single offshore commingled hedge fund houses
Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 12 announced a plan to select global fund managers running single offshore commingled hedge funds by July, and will...
May 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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AMP Capital’s infrastructure fund raises $260 mn from Korean investors
South Korea’s police and scientist funds and insurers have committed $260 million to a global infrastructure fund of Australia’s AMP Capital which rai...
May 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global fund of hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 8 posted a request for proposals of multi-strategy funds of hedge funds. It will receive proposals by 5 pm, May 19...
May 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korean fund for small firms to allot $440 mn to alternatives in 2017
Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, South Korea’s savings fund for small-sized business owners, will likely allocate 300 billion won ($265 million)...
May 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea construction crews’ fund gives $70 mn mandates to Park Square, Goldman
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) has selected Park Square Capital for 40 billion won ($35 million) private debt inves...
May 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...
Apr 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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