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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Debt, Europe remain at top of Korean LPs’ property deals
Top South Korean institutional investors will remain focused on property-backed debt and Europe for real estate investment in 2018 because of valuatio...
Oct 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec debuts in US solar farm debt deal with $67 mn underwriting
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd., a top South Korean brokerage company, has underwritten $66.7 million in senior debt to fund a solar power plant acquisiti...
Sep 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Scientists fund, other Korean investors in $665 mn Japan solar power plant deal
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won (...
Sep 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors fund half of HNA’s $700 mn debt financing for Gategroup deal
Shinhan Investment Corp. and a South Korean private equity firm have provided $350 million in bridge loans to finance Chinese HNA Group’s $1.5 billion...
Sep 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR makes pre-IPO investment in Korean car parts makers in $940 mn deal
Private equity firm KKR & Co. has signed an agreement to buy a stake in a South Korean automotive parts maker and acquire a copper foil unit to be...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA completes $300 mn Europe property deals via SMA, shy of target
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has completed three office building purchases for around 330 billion won ($293 million) in Europe thro...
May 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset firms strive to fund property deals as institutions step back
South Korean investment firms, which have recently snapped up prime office buildings and warehouses in the US and Europe, are struggling to raise capi...
Mar 22, 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 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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NPS to empower overseas offices to speed up cross-border deals
The National Pension Service (NPS) has announced a plan to give its foreign offices more authority so that they can propose investment ideas directly ...
Jan 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages to unveil public funds for US, Europe property deals
South Korean brokerage firms, on the buying spree of US and European real estate, will roll out public real estate funds in the coming months to sell ...
Jan 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund sees 3-4 Europe property buys after $101 mn German deal
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has signed a final agreement to acquire a 10-story office building in the southern part of Hamburg, Ge...
Dec 20, 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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[ASK 2016 SUMMIT] KIC seeks club deals via GPs; to quicken response to deal proposal
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the $96 billion sovereign wealth fund of South Korea, will continue to secure deals through specialized partners a...
Oct 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Starwood Energy to raise $200 mn from Korea to fund $760 mn US deal: report
(Updated to clarify the fund-raising is still underway, based on a comment from a source with knowledge on the matter) KB Asset Management, a unit ...
Oct 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset launches public fund for $820 mn State Farm complex deal
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has purchased State Farm Insurance’s four-building office complex in Texas for 900 billion won (...
Sep 21, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS, CIC joint fund invests in A$9.7 bn Australian port deal
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has invested A$500 million in a deal of securing a 50-year-lease on Australia’s biggest container and car...
Sep 20, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea firms hold off UK property deals; demand seen reviving after price drops – reports
Three to four South Korean institutions, including asset management firm Hyundai Investments, have put on hold a planned joint purchase of an office b...
Jul 09, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB seeks to sell $2.3 bn CBs in HMM to lay groundwork for stake sale
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is seeking to sell 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in perpetual convertible bonds issued by HMM Co., the co...
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Co.’s acquisition of smaller local rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust body raised the hurdle f...
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Co.’s acquisition of smaller local rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust body raised the hurdle f...
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)
Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...
1 MINUTES AGO
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