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Shinhan sources $100 mn debt investment in US hotel portfolio
Shinhan Financial Group’s alternative investment arm has sourced a $100 million investment by three South Korean insurers in a mezzanine debt on US ho...
Mar 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility
Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...
Feb 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea construction workers’ fund seeks $40 mn US PDF manager
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to allocate about $40 million to a US blind-pool fund house of direct lending and senior-...
Feb 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate arranges $122 mn investment in US, Italy property debts
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd., part of a South Korean financial services group, has recently arranged 120 billion won ($112 million) in...
Jan 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate underwrites $53 mn debt on luxury high rise in Manhattan
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has underwritten five-year senior debt of 57.5 billion won ($53 million) secured on a super-luxury, 131-s...
Dec 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post invests $60 mn in senior debt on US gas power plants: report
Korea Post has invested $60 million in a seven-year private debt fund to provide a senior loan secured on four US gas-fired power plants, but the inve...
Dec 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Investments raises $162 mn for US debt securitization fund
Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has collected $162 million from five South Korean institutional investors to invest in a $2 billion US real estate debt s...
Dec 09, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brookfield, NH Investment co-invest $100 mn in CBs of US LNG terminal
Brookfield Asset Management and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have bought $100 million of convertible bonds (CBs) backed by a liquefied natu...
Nov 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment to buy US government-leased building for $185 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will acquire a mid-sized office building in Washington D.C. for around 200 billion won ($185 million) next ...
Nov 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA seeks US private debt fund managers for about $150 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two to three US private debt fund houses to make senior secured, direct lending of around ...
Nov 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Gaw Capital raising half of $360 mn US value-add fund from Korea
Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm Gaw Capital Partners is on track to raising 200 billion won ($180 million) for its 400 billion won ($360 m...
Nov 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] KIC CIO shrugs off high valuation talk; seeks new approach
Korea Investment Corporation’s (KIC) Chief Investment Officer Shinwoo Kang said the sovereign wealth fund is seeking transformative ideas to make them...
Oct 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, Kyobo Life to buy $129 mn debt of US toll road from IFM Investors
Two of South Korea’s top three life insurers – Samsung and Kyobo – will buy $129 million debt backed by revenues of the Indiana Toll Road Concession C...
Oct 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report
Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...
Oct 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post buys $600 mn US building jointly with California pension fund
Korea Post has signed a 680 billion won ($602 million) agreement to buy a Silicon Valley office campus used by a leading cybersecurity company in join...
Sep 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec debuts in US solar farm debt deal with $67 mn underwriting
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd., a top South Korean brokerage company, has underwritten $66.7 million in senior debt to fund a solar power plant acquisiti...
Sep 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Bank of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative will underwrite an aggregate $400 million of debt ...
Sep 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt
Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...
Sep 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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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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Hana Financial joins $269 mn debt financing of two US solar power plants
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $40 million of secured debt, part of $269 million debt financing to fund asset manager Capital Dyn...
Aug 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to buy stake in UK high-speed railway for $350 mn in InfraRed-led investment
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is expected to invest around 400 billion won ($353 million) in acquiring a 30% stake in Britain’s High Sp...
Jul 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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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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[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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ILS funds of funds attract Korean high net-worth individuals
Funds of funds (FoFs) investing in insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have been luring yield-hungry wealthy South Koreans, with domestic brokerag...
Mar 20, 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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