alternative military service
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Sovereign wealth fund
KIC promotes private equity head to lead alternative investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...
Jun 30, 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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Pension funds
[Interview] Real estate funds may bear brunt of Covid 19 in Q4: military fund
The coronavirus impact will likely spill over to the commercial real estate market around the fourth quarter of this year, with a spike in office vaca...
May 27, 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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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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Alternative investment
Military Mutual Aid extends financial division CIO’s term by one year
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has extended its financial division head’s term for another year to focus on the risk management asso...
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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Korean startups
App Doctor offers on-demand, hourly app service
For start-ups, applications are often a nuisance. Not only is it tough to develop one, but it's also a hassle to maintain and fix any issues. You're l...
Nov 29, 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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Korean military fund invests in UK motorway service chain
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has invested 40 billion won ($34 million) to buy a minority stake in Welcome Break, the UK’s second biggest...
Jun 12, 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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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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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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[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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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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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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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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[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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Hana Alternative invests $300 mn in Times Square hotel-backed debt
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. has collected $300 million from seven South Korean institutional investors to invest in mezzanine debts on...
Apr 25, 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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