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Entertainment
[Interview] Manga platform Piccoma ready to take over Japan's comics market
Manga platform Piccoma is gearing up to take over Japan’s massive digital comics market as the company continues to see prominent growth in its ...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mahindra
India’s Mahindra willing to give up management rights in Ssangyong Motor
India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., with a 75% stake in South Korea’s Ssangyong Motor Co. Ltd., has expressed its intention to give up man...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Korean game platform seeks $323 mn IPO in non-contact business boom
Kakao Games Corp., a unit of South Korea’s top mobile messaging app operator, is seeking to raise up to 384 billion won ($323 million) from an i...
Aug 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver inks $83.8 million investment deal in SM Entertainment to boost streaming platform
Naver, a Korean online platform giant, has invested 100 billion won ($83.8 million) in SM Entertainment's subsidiaries SMEJ Plus and Mystic Story in a...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS creates active management team for overseas traditional assets
The National Pension Service will set up teams in its overseas offices to directly handle active investments in traditional assets such as equiti...
Aug 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean travel platform My Real Trip raises $36 million amid sluggish travel industry
My Real Trip, Korea’s leading online travel platform, has received 43.2 billion won ($36 million) in funding from domestic and overseas investor...
Jul 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Shinhan Financial in search to acquire traditional asset manager
Shinhan Financial Group, one of Korea's largest financial holding firms, has reached out to asset management companies that are well-versed ...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hedge fund
NPS adds Select Equity to single-manager hedge fund roster in Q1
New York-based Select Equity Group joined the roster of the National Pension Service’s (NPS) global alternative investment companies as a single...
Jun 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hedge fund
NPS makes first single-manager hedge fund investment with $810 mn
The National Pension Service committed about 1 trillion won ($810 million) to four global hedge fund houses in 2019, in its first investment in single...
Apr 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
BlackRock dropped from NPS’ property investment manager pool
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has been excluded from the National Pension Service’s 49-strong group of global real estate ...
Apr 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Buzzvil eyes unicorn status with ad platform
Reading the biographical novel of nuclear physicist Lee Whi-so made his heart beat. "I, too, want to be a creator of something that will change the wo...
Apr 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS creates three sr. manager positions to curtail CIO duties
The National Pension Service (NPS) has created three senior manager positions for strategy, risk management and back office just under chief investmen...
Dec 18, 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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Korean startups
Self-guided trip platform expands into themed travels
Planning a trip is no vacation. Booking a flight and hotel isn't the end and searching for activities and mode of transportation is a must. This is wh...
Nov 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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GEPS picks insurance asset management veteran as CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has picked Won-joo Seo, a former chief investment officer of PCA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (currently, M...
May 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks direct lending debt managers for $200 mn mandate
Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to select two global private debt managers to invest $200 million in direct loans, it announced on April 15. Qualif...
Apr 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA seeks Europe PDF managers for $136 mn mandates
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select three European middle-market private debt funds to commit about 120 million euros ($136 mi...
Jan 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ risk management head to spearhead investment strategy
The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed risk management center head Seong-Tae Park as new head of investment strategy on Dec. 8, a week...
Dec 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Ares Management picks commercial mortgage, 2nd-tier US cities
Senior commercial real estate debts and select second-tier cities are likely to offer greater investment opportunities to global investors still keen ...
Oct 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea
Ares Management LP has raised a total of $300 million in credit facilities from South Korean institutional investors, including Hana Financial Investm...
Aug 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA to allocate $150 mn to global blind-pool PEF managers
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit up to $150 million to global blind-pool private equity funds for three types of strate...
May 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks offshore commingled hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit on April 9 announced a plan to select global fund managers for single offshore commingled hedge funds. It will receive pr...
Apr 09, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives, which manages $50 billion of assets, named Sang-hun Kim, a former managing director and head of...
Mar 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks two global PEF managers for $200 mn co-investment
Korea Post plans to allocate a total of $200 million to two global private equity fund managers employing co-investment strategies. It will receive p...
Mar 06, 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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[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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[RFP] Korea scientists fund to pick $120 mn multi-asset SMA manager
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) is planning to allocate around $120 million to a separately managed account (SMA) of mult...
Oct 25, 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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[RFP] POBA seeks private credit SMA managers for $200 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two global private credit managers to invest around $200 million in mezzanine debt via sep...
Jun 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] KIC may pick small hedge fund managers
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking at small and medium-sized hedge fund managers to take a bigger chunk of a deal, and the sovereign wealth...
May 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Hyundai, Kia’s H1 vehicle sales in Singapore double, aided by HMGICS
- 2 Korea’s reshoring companies pale amid lack of support, incentives, tax breaks
- 3 Hyundai, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership for self-driving vehicles
- 4 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 5 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore