group-level ESG report
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HNA sells US property to Samsung, tapping Korean buyers for US asset: report
HNA Group has sold a Minneapolis office tower to Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. for $320 million and is now tapping South Korean institutional ...
Jun 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports
Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...
Apr 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund seeks loan funds and infrastructure projects: report
The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion retirement fund for South Korea’ polices officers, will ramp up investment in loan funds and in...
Mar 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility
Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...
Feb 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps
CVC Capital Partners has formed a consortium with Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to make a final bid for South ...
Feb 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post invests $60 mn in senior debt on US gas power plants: report
Korea Post has invested $60 million in a seven-year private debt fund to provide a senior loan secured on four US gas-fired power plants, but the inve...
Dec 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report
Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report
Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...
Oct 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirova infrastructure fund may raise $266 mn from Korea: report
Mirova, part of France’s Natixis Asset Management, is likely to collect 200 billion won to 300 billion won ($177 million to $266 million) from South K...
Sep 11, 2017 (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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South Korea seen to spend $1.4 tn on infrastructure by 2040: report
South Korea is expected to largely meet its infrastructure investment needs by 2040, spending $1.4 trillion on infrastructure by the year, according t...
Aug 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Kuwait fund among bidders for NPS’ Sony Center in Berlin: report
Blackstone, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) and three property investment firms are vying for Sony Center in Berlin which South Korea’s National Pen...
Jul 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group units in forming $443 mn fund to buy OECD building in Paris
An investment firm of South Korea’s Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd is forming a blind-pool real estate fund worth around 500 billion won ($443 milli...
Jun 13, 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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Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...
Apr 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ per employee AUM rises to $2.1 bn in 2016: report
Each investment management staff at South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) oversaw 2.4 trillion won ($2.1 billion) in assets in 2016 on average,...
Apr 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association and other South Korean institutional invest...
Apr 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset poised to buy German building for €300 mn: report
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. was recently named as a preferred buyer of an office tower in Frankfurt’s banking district, Taunusanlage 8 (T8...
Apr 14, 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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Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn
Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...
Mar 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, NPS agree not to hire each other’s ex-fund managers: report
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), a sovereign wealth fund, has agreed with the National Pension Service (NPS) not to employ each other’s former inve...
Jan 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Asset to launch $500 mn global infrastructure debt fund with IFM: report
Samsung Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch a $500 million blind-pool fund investing in infrastructure-backed debt in developed countries, and joint...
Jan 25, 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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Hyundai Marine to be anchor investor of Allianz’s new Berlin office tower: report
South Korea’s Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. will commit around 60 billion won and 70 billion won ($50~58 million) to a domestic real es...
Jan 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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US gas power projects lure Korean private loan investors: report
Gas-fired power plants in the pipeline in northeast U.S. states are expected to attract South Korean institutional investors in search of 5~6% annual ...
Dec 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea military fund mulls investing in PDF, NPL fund in 2017: report
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), South Korea’s $8 billion savings fund, is studying investing in offshore private debt funds (PDFs) and non...
Dec 20, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset in bidding for $300 mn Charles Schwab’s US building: report
Mirae Asset Financial Group has recently submitted a letter of intent to buy a prime office building worth $300 million in San Francisco which financi...
Dec 16, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers’ fund eyes CLOs, PEFs as market volatility seen up in 2017: report
Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the largest savings fund in South Korea, sets its eyes on offshore collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), priva...
Dec 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two Korean firms on NASA building deal as local rival steps aside: report
A consortium of Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. was recently picked as a new preferred negotiator of the...
Dec 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds cut 2017 return targets; keen on infrastructure, mezzanine debt: report
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) and three other major South Korean savings funds have trimmed the...
Dec 06, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)