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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] NPS mulls private debt benchmark introduction
The National Pension Service (NPS) is considering introducing a benchmark for private debt in which it plans to increase investment, as the South Kore...
May 18, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private debt fund managers for up to $300 mn
Korea Post's savings unit announced a plan on May 17 to invest up to $300 million in overseas private debt funds focusing on mezzanine and distresse...
May 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks single offshore commingled hedge fund houses
Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 12 announced a plan to select global fund managers running single offshore commingled hedge funds by July, and will...
May 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global fund of hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 8 posted a request for proposals of multi-strategy funds of hedge funds. It will receive proposals by 5 pm, May 19...
May 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea construction crews’ fund gives $70 mn mandates to Park Square, Goldman
South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) has selected Park Square Capital for 40 billion won ($35 million) private debt inves...
May 01, 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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Korean firms to buy $88 mn US power plant-backed debts from US bank
Four South Korean institutional investors will acquire 100 billion won ($88 million) worth of senior debts secured on two US gas-fired power plants fr...
Apr 25, 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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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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Korea construction workers’ fund to pick two debt fund managers for $70 mn
(Corrected: The CWMA source on April 13 corrected the timetable of the planned debt manager selection to “soon”, and added that it has already begun t...
Apr 13, 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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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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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private equity FoF managers for $200 mn
Korea Post’s insurance unit is planning to commit about $100 million each to two multi-strategy global funds of funds (FoFs) employing primary, second...
Apr 07, 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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MetLife’s real estate debt fund attracts $80 mn from two Korean savings funds
The Public Officials Benefit Association and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association have decided to invest $50 million and $30 mill...
Apr 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials fund set to buy Belgium building for $117 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has been recently named as a preferred buyer of an office complex in Brussels, Belgium, in a 130 billi...
Mar 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's POBA in screening overseas PEF managers to commit $300 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is screening investment proposals from overseas private equity fund managers to entrust a combined $30...
Mar 30, 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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Apollo Global, Cerberus win GEPS’ $160 mn private debt fund mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded overseas private debt fund mandates for opportunistic strategies to Apollo Global Manageme...
Mar 27, 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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Five private debt firms win $120 mn mandates from Korean govt employee fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a South Korean savings fund for government employees, has wrapped up its selection of five overseas p...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s first Australia property fund for retail investors raises $125 mn
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised 141 billion won ($125 million) as planned from a domestic public fund launched to finance its $245 ...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms
The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...
Mar 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aircraft funds in Korea quadruple in 4 yrs; overheating concern sets in
Aviation finance funds are expected to attract another billions of dollars from South Korean investors this year to a cumulative $3.9 billion, driven ...
Mar 15, 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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[Interview] CVC keen on e-commerce, healthcare, consumer brands in Korea
CVC Capital Partners is interested in electronic commerce, healthcare and services sectors in South Korea because of their growth potential, and willi...
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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