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Hana Financial to arrange $445 mn financing of US gas power plant
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. is tapping South Korean insurers and savings funds to arrange a 500 billion won ($445 million) financing of a new n...
Jun 09, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms invest $52.5 mn in debt refinancing of US building
Two South Korean financial institutions have invested $52.5 million in mezzanine debt backed by an office building in Manhattan, which was issued to r...
Jun 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund to commit $30 mn to two US venture capital FoFs
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will commit $30 million in aggregate to two US venture capital funds of funds in its first investment in a ...
Jun 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to raise global stock portion by end-2022
The National Pension Service (NPS) will further increase the proportion of overseas investment with a higher share of global equities, according to it...
May 26, 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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POBA selects 7 global private equity fund managers for $300 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has picked seven global private equity fund houses to invest $300 million in five different strategies...
May 18, 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 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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Korean firms to buy $88 mn US power plant-backed debts from US bank
Four South Korean institutional investors will acquire 100 billion won ($88 million) worth of senior debts secured on two US gas-fired power plants fr...
Apr 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial underwrites $75 mn senior debt for US solar power plant
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $75 million senior debts sold by a Swiss private asset manager to fund a US solar power plant acqu...
Apr 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private equity FoF managers for $200 mn
Korea Post’s insurance unit is planning to commit about $100 million each to two multi-strategy global funds of funds (FoFs) employing primary, second...
Apr 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC picks $400 mn global bond managers among firms with Korean subsidiaries
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has introduced new requirements to foreign bond managers that they have South Korean subsidiaries which will not be...
Apr 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Apollo Global, Cerberus win GEPS’ $160 mn private debt fund mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded overseas private debt fund mandates for opportunistic strategies to Apollo Global Manageme...
Mar 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate
ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd. sees core office buildings and infrastructure in the US and Europe remaining as attractive targets even in the periods o...
Mar 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms
The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...
Mar 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung property fund invests $100 mn in mezzanine debt of US building
A $270 million real estate fund of Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $100 million in mezzanine debts backed by a prime office build...
Mar 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Lotte’s insurance arm eyes US infrastructure, private debts for low-risk alternatives
Lotte Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group, is looking to US infrastructure and private debt markets in Europ...
Mar 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS in hunt for new global alternative investment head from outside
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to select a new global alternative investment head from outside the $480 billion pension fund...
Mar 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS hires ex-NPS’ NY office head to lead global investment division
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has named a former senior investment manager of the National Pension Service (NPS), who had ...
Mar 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global alternative head, global public market head offer to resign
Two key fund managers of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) have offered to step down earlier this month, joining in 25 other employees ...
Feb 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Mirae Asset Life eyes US power plants, buildings to boost overseas investment
(This is the first in a series of interviews with CIOs of South Korea’s leading insurance companies in 2017.) Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co. Ltd., ...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors mull investing in Ares Management’s $2.5 bn US private debt fund
South Korean institutional investors, including the Korean Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association, Nonghyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Lotte...
Jan 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Asset to launch $500 mn global infrastructure debt fund with IFM: report
Samsung Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch a $500 million blind-pool fund investing in infrastructure-backed debt in developed countries, and joint...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana becomes first Korean debt arranger for US power plant
Hana Financial Investment’s participation in the recent $1 billion debt financing for a US gas-fired power facility as a lead arranger has made it...
Jan 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint venture with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America - Colle...
Jan 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants
The recently-closed financing for two US natural gas-fired power plants under construction have attracted a group of South Korean institutional invest...
Jan 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US
South Korean institutional investors, one of aggressive cross-border buyers of US and European real estate in recent years, are quickly shifting towar...
Jan 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages to unveil public funds for US, Europe property deals
South Korean brokerage firms, on the buying spree of US and European real estate, will roll out public real estate funds in the coming months to sell ...
Jan 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Securities drops $500 mn Walmart store acquisition plan after US rate hike
South Korea’s Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has abandoned plans to acquire about 40 stores of Walmart Stores Inc. in southern states of the U.S. for $500...
Jan 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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