infrastructure investments
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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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Teachers’ Pension announces new overseas alternative investment head
The Korea Teachers’ Pension on April 24 named its domestic alternative investment head Young-sin Jeong as new head of overseas alternative investments...
Apr 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to invest $100 mn in BBAM’s blind-pool aircraft fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make its first investment in a blind-pool aircraft fund by committing $100 million to a $1 billion f...
Apr 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Heungkuk Asset raises $114 mn to invest in senior debt of Emirates Airline’s aircraft
Heungkuk Asset Management Co. Ltd. , a unit of South Korea’s textile, financial services and media group, closed a 130 billion won ($114 million) fund...
Apr 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NH Investment set to buy Tokyo office building for $308 mn
The brokerage arm of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative has decided to acquire a 23-story skyscraper in Tokyo, for about 350 billion won ...
Apr 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Investments seeks to raise up to €200 million for BC Partners’ buyout fund
Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd., wholly owned by Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., is seeking to raise between €100 million ($107 million) an...
Apr 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Asset raises €44.2 million in FoF to invest in CVC private debt fund
The investment firm of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has raised €44.2 million ($47 million) mostly from domestic life insurers through a private ...
Apr 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NH Investment drops talks to buy L’Oréal building near Paris
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has pulled out of negotiations to buy an office building under construction in a suburb of Paris after a due d...
Apr 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $102 mn in senior debts of Manhattan building
Three South Korean insurance firms have invested 115 billion won ($102 million) in senior secured debts of a building in Manhattan, New York which is ...
Apr 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Shinhan Life eyes low-volatility investments ahead of new accounting rule
The life insurance arm of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group will allocate more than 90% of its assets under management to loans and bonds to...
Mar 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to ease capital reserve rules for insurers’ overseas infrastructure assets
South Korea’s top financial regulator will cut reserve requirements by half for insurance firms’ cross-border infrastructure assets from as early as J...
Mar 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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HI Investment sets up leasing firm to buy Boeing aircraft jointly for $209 mn
HI Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., an affiliate of South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., has established an offshore aircr...
Mar 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate
ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd. sees core office buildings and infrastructure in the US and Europe remaining as attractive targets even in the periods o...
Mar 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Investment steps in with $54 mn to keep Europe building deal afloat
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has decided to commit 60 billion won ($54 million) to a South Korean consortium which was named as a prefe...
Mar 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms invest $87 mn in mezzanine debt for Amazon office building in Seattle
Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and other South Korean institutions have invested 100 billion won ($87 million) in mezzanine debts backed by an Amazon-o...
Mar 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $83 mn in mezzanine debt for Apple’s office campus
Four South Korean institutional investors, including KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd., will invest $83 million in m...
Mar 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NH Investment seeks to buy L’Oreal’s Paris office building from ADIA
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., a brokerage arm of South Korea’s agricultural cooperative, is in the early stages of negotiations with th...
Mar 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung property fund invests $100 mn in mezzanine debt of US building
A $270 million real estate fund of Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $100 million in mezzanine debts backed by a prime office build...
Mar 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks to invest about $90 mn in offshore insurance-linked securities
Korea Post’s savings unit has decided to commit about 100 billion won ($87 mn) to investment firms managing or marketing offshore insurance-linked sec...
Mar 07, 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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NPS in hunt for new global alternative investment head from outside
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to select a new global alternative investment head from outside the $480 billion pension fund...
Mar 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS hires ex-NPS’ NY office head to lead global investment division
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has named a former senior investment manager of the National Pension Service (NPS), who had ...
Mar 04, 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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NPS to bump up senior investment staff's pay, create deputy CIO posts
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will almost double the basic salary of its investment division heads by stages to 324 million won ($286,7...
Mar 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ 2016 overseas alternative investment return drops to 12.34%
Overseas alternative investments remained the best-performing segment for South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) for the third consecutive year ...
Mar 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] NongHyup Life eyes hedge fund, private equity secondary investments
NongHyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s agricultural cooperative, will commit an additional 700 billion won ($620 mn) to overseas al...
Feb 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks flex muscles for alternative assets; Kookmin, Shinhan may invest in KKR’s fund
South Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank are consdering investing 30 billion won ($26 million) each to a private equity buyout fund which KKR &...
Feb 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Hyundai Marine sees one or two more buyout fund investments in 2017
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., South Korea’s second-largest non-life insurer by assets, is considering investing in one or two addition...
Feb 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms to buy stake in UK gas business for $356 mn in secondary investment
Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd., Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. and other South Korean institutional investors will jointly acquire a 4.7%...
Feb 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)