financial risk
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Airlines
KDB offers to ease HDC's financial burden in Asiana takeover as deal stalls
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Silence over NPS chief investment officer's tenure raises eyebrows within the financial community
Silence over the tenure of incumbent chief investment officer (CIO) at the National Pension Service is stirring up talk within the global asset manage...
Jul 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hana Financial underwrites $117 million senior loan for US energy storage system
Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd has invested in an energy storage system development project as an underwriter for senior loans worth $117 million....
Jul 29, 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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Market Watch
Korean household credit risk nears record-high
Korea's household credit risk hit the second-highest record for the upcoming third quarter, driven by impacts of the global pandemic wh...
Jul 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Financial purchases $77 mn mezzanine loan on 30 Hudson Yards NYC
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has purchased a $77 million mezzanine loan backed by a six-story space in the 101-story, 30 Hudson Yards, the third...
Jul 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banks
Carlyle to invest $415 mn in KB Financial, betting on share rebound
The Carlyle Group has tentatively agreed to buy $200 million worth of bonds exchangeable into shares in KB Financial Group and the US private equity f...
Jun 19, 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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Private equity
Prudential to sell Korean unit to KB Financial for $1.9 bn
Prudential Financial Inc. has decided to sell its South Korean insurance arm to KB Financial Group for about 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) and will ...
Apr 10, 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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Debt financing
Meritz Sec raises risk appetite with $350 mn loan on NY condo tower
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has entered New York City’s inventory loan market by providing $350 million financing on a luxury condominium tower i...
Feb 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Shinhan Financial to raise $200 mn for KKR’s tailor-made funds
Shinhan Financial Group will raise $200 million for two KKR funds of funds (FoFs) tailor-made for the South Korean banking group, under a strategic pa...
Jan 10, 2020 (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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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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KB Financial units invest $103 mn in Spain hotel portfolio-backed debt
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. and other units of South Korea’s top banking group KB Financial Group co-invested 90 million euros ($103 million) in a se...
Nov 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial buys US REIT’s preferred stocks for $125 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has bought new preferred shares issued by a US real estate investment trust company for $125 million, ahead of the ...
Aug 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial to buy Japanese retail property for individual resale
Hana Financial Group, the parent company of KEB Hana Bank, will acquire a shopping center building and its surrounding land in a small Japanese city...
Sep 20, 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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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 regulator moves to scrutinize savings funds’ financial health
South Korea’s savings funds may come under direct supervision of the country’s top financial watchdog as the Financial Services Commission (FSC) is se...
May 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NongHyup Financial raising $264 mn infrastructure blind fund: report
NongHyup Financial Group Inc., a holding company of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative, is raising a 300 billion won ($264 million) blind...
May 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund names equity head as financial division CIO
The Military Mutual Aid Association’s (MMAA) former equity head Jae Dong Kim was installed this month as its first chief investment officer chosen fro...
Apr 11, 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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Hana Financial to underwrite $50 mn debt in aircraft fund for Qatar Airways
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. will acquire mezzanine debts of $50 million in an aircraft fund set up to buy a Boeing 777-300ER which Qatar Airway...
Apr 05, 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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[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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Korea Post’s savings arm targets 2-3% medium-risk assets; keen on CMBS, CLO: report
Korea Post’s Savings Bureau has been shifting overseas investment focus into relatively low-risk assets such as fixed-income assets since last year to...
Jan 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS picks Albourne Partners to review hedge fund risks
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected London-based consultancy, Albourne Partners Ltd., as an advisor to undertake operational due...
Jan 09, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] World Bank’s new investment head calls for review of investment period, risk limit
Incoming World Bank’s director of the investment management division, Heung-sik Choo, said that the international financial institution, which man...
Jun 16, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB seeks to sell $2.3 bn CBs in HMM to lay groundwork for stake sale
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is seeking to sell 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in perpetual convertible bonds issued by HMM Co., the co...
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