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Private equity
Morgan Stanley PE cashes in on coronavirus spread in Korea
Morgan Stanley Private Equity has pocketed around 19 billion won ($16 million) in gains by cashing out a portion of its shares in a South Korean mask ...
Feb 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
[Dealmaker] Unison Capital shines in Korea’s niche sectors
Middle market-focused Unison Capital Inc. stood out in South Korea’s buyout market in 2019 with two lucrative exits and two startup acquisitions...
Feb 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds
KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...
Feb 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
[Dealmaker] Credit Suisse leads Korea's M&A advisory market
Credit Suisse arranged five buyout deals worth 5.2 trillion won ($4.4 billion) for SK Group’s units in 2019, which represented half of its M&...
Jan 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Elliott sells off over $1 bn shares in Hyundai Motor, two affiliates in two yrs
Elliott Management Corp. has disposed of all its shares in three key units of the Hyundai Motor Group, currently worth $1.5 billion, after its nearly ...
Jan 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private Equity
Korean biotech fund reaps triple-digit return on two Nasdaq-listed firms
South Korea’s $25 million biotechnology-themed fund, launched by Meritz Securities Co. Ltd., has earned triple-digit returns on its 2.7 billion ...
Jan 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third
South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...
Jan 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS abolishes Korea-focused alternatives teams for global push
The National Pension Service (NPS) has abolished Korea-focused teams under the three investment divisions of private equity, real estate and infrastru...
Jan 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Hana Fin, Korea Investment acquire $162 mn Finland wind farms
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have acquired the entire equity interest of three wind farms in Finl...
Jan 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post
Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment
US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...
Dec 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Korea’s first Europe-focused REIT eyes $200 mn IPO in 2020
South Korea’s first Europe-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is poised to go public on the domestic stock market in early 2020 to rais...
Nov 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
AMP Capital’s $6.2 bn infrastructure fund raises $1.2 bn from Korea
Twenty-four South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union and the Public Offic...
Nov 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn
Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...
Nov 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korea Investment acquires US student housing for $250 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired five US student housing for $250 million, in the first direct investment by a South Korean fir...
Oct 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...
Sep 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans $200 mn global housing investment
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global real estate managers to invest $200 million, or 200 million euros, in the housing market in the US...
Sep 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR hires Macquarie Korea’s exec for infrastructure business
KKR & Co. has hired a key investment manager of Macquarie Korea in a new hire of senior staff to expand Asia infrastructure business. Keith Kim, ...
Sep 09, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Teachers’ Pension picks as CIO ex-Ascendas-Singbridge Korea head
South Korea’s Teachers Pension said on Sept. 5 that it has chosen as chief investment officer Kyuhong Lee, ex-CEO of Ascendas-Singbridge Korea, a Sing...
Sep 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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US gas stations deal secures $130 mn debt from Korea: report
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. committed $130 million to a subordinated debt on a portfolio of 190 gas stations in the US Midwest last wee...
Sep 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen Real Estate buys Korea’s last-mile logistics facility
Nuveen Real Estate, the investment arm of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, has acquired a last-mile logistics center near Se...
Aug 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea, China banks offer $120 mn loan on Chile LNG terminal stake deal
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) and two Chinese banks have extended a syndicated loan of $120 million to fund a stake purchase in a liquefied natur...
Aug 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC appoints ex-Korea Teachers’ investment chief as CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed as chief investment officer ex-CIO of the Teachers’ Pension Dae-yang Park, the sovereign wealth fund ...
Aug 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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CVC to buy Korea’s No.2 hotel booking app in $300 mn deal
CVC Capital Partners is set to buy a controlling stake in South Korea’s No. 2 accommodation booking app operator and in separate talks with minority s...
Aug 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle’s new credit fund draws $200 mn from Korea
Ten South Korean institutional investors have committed about $200 million to the Carlyle Group’s first credit opportunities fund which recently raise...
Jul 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin, CIC to set up $1 bn Korea-China cooperation fund
Hana Financial Group will set up a joint fund with China Investment Corp. (CIC) to invest in companies seeking to penetrate each other’s markets, with...
Jul 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s 1st logistics public fund unveiled for Amazon’s Europe facilities
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has launched South Korea’s first public fund investing in logistics centers, targeting to raise up to 245 billion won (...
Jul 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Principal Asset win Korea Post’s $150 mn mandates
Korea Post has awarded two real estate debt investment mandates worth $150 million to the Blackstone Group and Principal Asset Management, its savings...
Jul 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment to buy 99-yr ownership of Brussels building
Korea Investment Management Co. will acquire a 99-year ownership of an office building in Brussels for 146 million euros ($165 million) in its second ...
Jun 11, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to exit from German building in two years for strong gain
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is set to exit from an office building in Frankfurt with handsome gains, just two years after acquiring the 17...
May 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term
The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has appointed Sungmoo Huh, a former alternative investment and strategy head of Seoul...
May 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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