alternative financing
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Pension fund
Former vice finance minister picked as NPS’ chief executive
Yong-jin Kim, who served as a vice finance minister of President Moon Jae-in’s government between mid-2017 and 2018, has been chosen as the Nati...
Jun 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Money flows into alternative funds slow; regulator to up monitoring
Capital inflows into alternative investment funds in South Korea have slowed sharply so far this year compared with a year earlier due to coronavirus,...
Jun 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Mirae Asset co-leads $100 mn financing for China’s biotech startup
Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested $28 million in Shanghai-based biotechnology startup JW Therapeutics, about a quarter of $100 million financin...
Jun 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korean public employees’ pension to take more FX risk from alternatives
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) plans to abandon its principle of hedging currency exposure from investing in overseas alternatives, a...
May 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS restarts alternative investment with Portugal and Manhattan deals
The National Pension Service has invested at least one billion dollars in aggregate in a Portuguese toll road operator and a property redevelopment pr...
May 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Mirae Asset says no financing problem with closing $5.8 bn hotels deal
Mire Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has no problem with financing a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 luxury hotels from Anbang Insurance Group and is...
Apr 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Pension funds eye bargains in equities and bonds; alternatives on hold
A number of South Korean pension funds are looking to hunt for bargains in the battered equity and bond markets, while postponing investment in infras...
Mar 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Mirae Asset may lose $5 mn to email fraud on aircraft finance
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. is likely to lose $5 million related to its aircraft financing deal after its Hong Kong-based employee transferred the mon...
Mar 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS’ investment return at all-time high in 2019; alternatives lag
The National Pension Service (NPS) achieved its strongest investment return of 11.31% in 2019, led by hefty gains from equities and overseas fixed-inc...
Feb 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS abolishes Korea-focused alternatives teams for global push
The National Pension Service (NPS) has abolished Korea-focused teams under the three investment divisions of private equity, real estate and infrastru...
Jan 09, 2020 (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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Alternative investment
Meritz Sec commits $425 mn to India’s housing finance platform
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has committed $425 million to a housing finance platform in India as an anchor investor, in its first foray into the countr...
Nov 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Tiger Alternative to offer $167 mn debt financing to US PEF
South Korean private equity firm Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. will offer a 150 million euro ($167 million) senior loan to Advent International...
Oct 30, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hana Alternative sees near 8% IRR on $30 mn US hotel loan
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. has provided a senior loan of $30 million on InterContinental Houston – Medical Center, in a five-ye...
Oct 15, 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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Korean rating agency warns of fast alternative asset growth, resale risk
The pace of growth in overseas alternative investments by South Korean securities companies has been “too rapid” over the past 18 months and brought t...
Sep 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye 5-8% return on alternatives
Teachers’ Pension, the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are looking to increase global...
May 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT] KIC to boost alternatives with co-ops' assets
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will raise the proportion of alternative investments with further diversified portfolios, while seeking to manage p...
May 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to take bolder approach to alternative investment
The National Pension Service (NPS) will speed up alternative investment decisions and expand the investment scope to include private debt and multi-as...
May 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Crianza Aviation leads $600 mn aircraft finance for Etihad Airways
Crianza Aviation, a South Korean aircraft leasing firm, has completed a financing estimated at $600 million to buy three Boeing 787-9s for Etihad Airw...
Apr 09, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Alternative appoints ex-NPS investment head as CEO
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd., part of a top South Korean banking group, has appointed Hee-seok Kim, a former global investment head...
Mar 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance
Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Alternative to buy $366 mn London building from Blackstone
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. is set to acquire a Blackstone-owned office building in London for 285 million pounds ($366 million) to be...
Nov 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan Alternative invests $300 mn in debt on Brooklyn office complex
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. has invested $300 million in mezzanine debts against Dumbo Heights, an office campus in Brooklyn, on be...
Sep 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...
Sep 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global PE head promoted to lead global alternative investment
Hyung-Don Choe, global private equity head of the National Pension Service (NPS), was promoted on August 1 to lead the pension fund’s global...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ domestic alternatives head and NY office head offer to quit
Domestic alternative investment head and New York office head of the National Pension Service (NPS) have recently expressed intentions to resign, the ...
Jul 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NH Investment provides $235 mn financing to US gas power plant
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has underwritten a $200 million senior debt and a $35 million equity interest for the construction of a natura...
Jun 26, 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)