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IFM Investors
[ASK2020] Introduction to Australia’s Private Debt Market
IFM Investors was established more than 25 years ago with the aim to protect and grow the retirement savings of pension fund members. IFM manage...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tikehau Capital
[ASK2020] Trends in European Private Debt and Private Equity Post Covid19
Tikehau Capital is an asset management and investment group with €25.7 billion of assets under management and shareholder equity of €2...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors' survey
Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class
South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Korean police fund raises risk appetite for private debt
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has recently selected an opportunistic strategy fund for private debt investment as the $3 bi...
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean fried chicken brand eyes global expansion post-IPO
Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No.1 fried chicken franchise operator, will increase its number of overseas outlets by more than tenfold by 2025 ...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Global brand
Samsung overtakes Coca-Cola in brand value; highest among Asian firms
Samsung Electronics Co.’s global brand has risen to the highest ranking among Asian companies, as the South Korean tech giant overtook Coca-Cola...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyosung’s recycled yarn from PET bottles lures fashion brands
Hyosung TNC Corp. is experimenting with something that may seem strange in the eyes of some: making recycled yarn from discarded PET bottles, in a pro...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s biggest fried chicken brand aims to raise up to $61 mn in Nov. IPO
Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No. 1 fried chicken franchise operator, plans to raise up to 71.3 billion won ($61 million) in an initial public ...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Air
Korean Air seals $835 mn in-flight business sale to private equity firm
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. signed a definitive agreement on August 25 to sell its in-flight duty-free and meal service business to South Korea’s ...
Aug 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches IONIQ as standalone EV brand
The Hyundai Motor Group is launching IONIQ as a standalone brand to exclusively make electric cars as part of its efforts to gain share in the r...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ardian
Ardian looking to expand Asia private equity investment
Paris-based Ardian is looking to increase private equity investments in Asia, setting its sight on technology, media, online service and healthcare se...
Jul 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Shinsegae International acquires a 100% stake in high-end cosmetics brand Swiss Perfection
Korean fashion and beauty business Shinsegae International Co., Ltd has acquired a 100% stake in Swiss Perfection, a high-end cosmetics brand ba...
Jul 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KIC forms $400 mn joint venture with NongHyup for private equity co-investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has announced a $400 million joint venture with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to...
Jul 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth fund
KIC promotes private equity head to lead alternative investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...
Jun 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
NPS boosts private debt and venture capital investment in Q1
The National Pension Service (NPS) has beefed up investments in private debt and venture capital funds by adding Antares Capital Advisers and Insight ...
Jun 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA to commit $250 mn to US, Asia-focused private debt funds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit $250 million to five private debt funds focusing on mid-cap companies in North America...
Sep 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alcentra, BlueBay win GEPS’ $90 mn Europe private debt mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 40 million euros ($45 million) each to blind-pool private debt funds of Alcentra Ltd. and ...
Nov 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Carlyle sees huge potential in private credit: Co-CEO
The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, puts the expansion of credit business as a top priority as the private debt market...
Sep 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs see riskier private debt investment
Major South Korean institutional investors plan to raise exposure further to credit investments in search of steady cashflows and expect to see more i...
Jun 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Antares Capital raising $200 mn from Korea for private debt fund
Antares Capital LP, a leading US middle-market lender, is raising $200 million from South Korean institutional investors for a private debt fund to wh...
Feb 17, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA commits $150 mn to private debt funds of Antares, Ares and Golub
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has committed an aggregate $150 million to Antares Capital, Golub Capital and Ares Management as the t...
Jan 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA seeks US private debt fund managers for about $150 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two to three US private debt fund houses to make senior secured, direct lending of around ...
Nov 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Golub and Ares win $60 mn private debt mandates from Korea scientists fund
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to make its first allocation to global private debt funds by committing $...
Sep 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA seeks private credit SMA managers for $200 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two global private credit managers to invest around $200 million in mezzanine debt via sep...
Jun 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Direct lending, mezzanine at top of Korean LPs’ private debt strategies
South Korea’s leading asset owners are planning to expand private debt investment this year in pursuit of medium risks and medium returns, setti...
May 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye wider range of private debt
Private debt recently became one of the most favored asset classes for South Korean asset owners, alongside co-investments in overseas alternatives. ...
May 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA selects 7 global private equity fund managers for $300 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has picked seven global private equity fund houses to invest $300 million in five different strategies...
May 18, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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