foreign currency ESG bonds
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Central bank
BOK to buy $4.2 bn in state bonds by year-end to stabilize debt market
The Bank of Korea will buy state bonds worth 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) directly from the market by the end of this year to stabilize the local deb...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS looks to expand scope of ESG criteria to step up responsible investment
The National Pension Service (NPS) is seeking to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into domestic equity and bond investm...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Longer-dated govt bond yields creep up as investors foresee more treasury sales
South Korea’s government bond yields are heading north despite the gloomy business outlook as institutional investors expect more government-iss...
Sep 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
SK Hynix to issue $500 mn in dollar bonds to brace for protracted slowdown
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. plans to raise $500 million by issuing dollar-denominated bonds in October to gird itself for a protracted industry ...
Aug 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean digital wallet operator raises $173 mn from foreign VC firms
Viva Republica Inc., the operator of South Korea's popular digital wallet Toss, has raised its largest single fundraising worth $173 million from...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Lotte Corp's corporate bond issue raises staggering $665 mn in demand
South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation saw overwhelming demand of 790 billion won ($665 million) from institutional investors on the issuing of c...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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dollar bond
KT issues $400 mn dollar-denominated bond with record-low 1% interest rate
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has set a record-low interest rate among privately-held Korean companies with the issue of a dollar-denomin...
Aug 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS commits $100-200 mn to UK PEF's energy fund to bolster ESG portfolio
The National Pension Service (NPS) has committed between $100 million and $200 million to an energy and infrastructure fund set up by UK-based private...
Aug 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea’s money supply sees fastest growth in decade as foreigners return to stock market
South Korea’s money supply grew at a quicker pace in June than it has in a decade, as foreign investors, who shunned risky assets just following...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Lotte Corp to include ESG bonds in $126.5 mn corporate bond offering in September
Lotte Corporation is set to become the first South Korean holding company to issue environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds, according to inv...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Korean telecom giant KT to issue $400 mn dollar bond in August
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. plans to raise $400 million by issuing a dollar-denominated bond around the end of August, according to inv...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Foreign insurers’ Korean units likely up for sale on tougher rules, falling profits
Following in the footsteps of Prudential Financial Inc., foreign insurance companies are expected to put their Korean units up for sale to meet tighte...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real Estate
Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree
Foreign investors have stepped up apartment purchases in South Korea in recent years, adding fuel to the already heated residential property market wh...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Unsold corporate bonds may hit a record-high in seven years
Institutional investors are becoming wary of investing in Korean corporate bonds due to uncertainties caused by the coronavirus. As of July 20, t...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Doosan Infracore issues $300 mn dollar bonds amid corporate restructuring
Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd., a Korean machinery manufacturer, has successfully issued dollar-denominated bonds worth $300 million despit...
Jul 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea ups Aussie bond sale size to $460 mn on demand
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...
May 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Foreign investors’ holding of South Korean bonds at record high of $115 bn
Foreign investors continued to buy South Korean bonds such as treasuries and monetary stabilization bonds for a fourth consecutive month in April, wit...
May 12, 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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[RFP] GEPS to consider ESG factors for $100 mn PE secondaries
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will introduce environment, social and governance (ESG) factors as additional evaluation criteria fo...
Aug 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset plans $500 mn bond issue; invests in HK office debt
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to raise more than $500 million in a global bond issuance early next month to fund its global investments, after ann...
Apr 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS to commit $88 mn to global ESG equity fund
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 100 billion won ($88.4 million) to a global equity fund integrating environmental, social ...
Jul 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC to allocate $300 mn to ESG fund; to adopt stewardship code in January
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will allocate around $300 million to an environment, social and governance (ESG) integrated fund and embrace stewar...
Aug 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC picks $400 mn global bond managers among firms with Korean subsidiaries
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has introduced new requirements to foreign bond managers that they have South Korean subsidiaries which will not be...
Apr 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials' fund sees $200 mn allocation to cat bonds, private debt funds in H2
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is most likely to select global asset managers to invest about $200 million on aggregate in ...
Feb 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to ease rules on insurers’ currency hedging of offshore investment
South Korea will loosen regulations in relation to the currency hedging of insurance companies’ cross-border investments, which have been blamed to in...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will chase equity stakes in foreign companies running power, harbor and road projects, as it is seeking t...
Oct 24, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund picks $40 mn cat bond managers
Three private equity firms – LGT Capital Management, Leadenhall Capital Partners and Nephila Capital – have been chosen as the preferred managers of t...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion savings fund, is interested in sovereign debt of emerging economies, and will put eff...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean public officials’ fund to invest $40 mn in cat bonds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for South Korean public officials, will select about two management firms to commit $4...
Sep 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea civil servants’ pension fund picks local firms for global stock, bond mandates
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has selected Daishin Asset Management and Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management as general pa...
Aug 09, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)