2023 global real estate
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[Deal Broker] Ex-ATM vendor behind Korean investors’ global real estate push
Union Station in Washington D.C., InterContinental Boston and luxury hotel Grosvenor House in London are among the landmark commercial buildings that ...
Aug 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global PE head promoted to lead global alternative investment
Hyung-Don Choe, global private equity head of the National Pension Service (NPS), was promoted on August 1 to lead the pension fund’s global...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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World’s first real estate blockchain expo to take place in Seoul
Real Estate Blockchain Expo 2018 (RBE 2018), the world’s first real estate blockchain expo, will be held in Seoul this coming September. The exp...
Jul 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS to commit $88 mn to global ESG equity fund
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 100 billion won ($88.4 million) to a global equity fund integrating environmental, social ...
Jul 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Meritz Real picks US retail assets, shorter-term property loans
US commercial buildings with global brand shops or fresh food stores are likely to generate strong returns enough to offset higher dollar hedging cost...
Jul 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real arranges $45 mn debt investment in Carlyle’s LA studio
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has completed a $45 million investment in a three-year senior debt on the Carlyle Group-owned Manhattan B...
Jun 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to bump up alternatives proportion to 15% by end-2023
The National Pension Service (NPS) will raise the proportion of alternative investments from last year’s 10.8% to around 15% by end-2023 when its asse...
Jun 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post to allocate $200 mn to global buyout PE funds in 2018
Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to commit $200 million to around three blind-pool private equity funds for buyout strategy in 2018 to invest in the ...
May 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA to allocate $150 mn to global blind-pool PEF managers
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit up to $150 million to global blind-pool private equity funds for three types of strate...
May 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $650 mn in loan from Korea
Goldman Sachs’ latest real estate credit investment vehicle has raised $650 million in senior loans from a pool of South Korean institutional investor...
May 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&G Real Estate to buy $1 bn Seoul building as KKR backs down
M&G Real Estate of London-based Prudential Plc. will sign an agreement soon to buy new twin office towers in Seoul for around 1.1 trillion won ($1...
May 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA, US pension fund to launch $400 mn JV to co-invest in real estate debt
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and a California pension fund will inject $200 million each into a joint venture they are setting up t...
Apr 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global infrastructure fund houses for $500 mn
Korea Post plans to commit up to $500 million to global infrastructure blind-pool funds to make equity investments in core infrastructure assets, acco...
Apr 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU invests $71 mn in TH Real Estate-led purchase of China outlet malls
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has invested 77 billion won ($71 million) in a fund of TH Real Estate which acquired two premier outlet malls...
Mar 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers fund allocates $1 bn for new global alternatives in 2018
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) plans to invest an additional 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) in overseas alternative assets in 2018, out of th...
Mar 15, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks two global PEF managers for $200 mn co-investment
Korea Post plans to allocate a total of $200 million to two global private equity fund managers employing co-investment strategies. It will receive p...
Mar 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA mulls JV launch with global pension funds for alternative investment
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is considering forming project-based joint ventures with global pension funds in pursuit of high-quali...
Jan 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate arranges $122 mn investment in US, Italy property debts
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd., part of a South Korean financial services group, has recently arranged 120 billion won ($112 million) in...
Jan 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real Estate underwrites $53 mn debt on luxury high rise in Manhattan
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has underwritten five-year senior debt of 57.5 billion won ($53 million) secured on a super-luxury, 131-s...
Dec 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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GIC, M&G Real Estate in $400 mn bid for POBA-owned Korean building
Singapore’s GIC and M&G Real Estate of London-based Prudential Plc. are in the bidding for a new office building in South Korea, wholly owned by t...
Dec 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC CIO to speak in global real estate, infrastructure summit in Seoul
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) Chief Investment Officer Shinwoo Kang will give a keynote speech in a global real estate and infrastructure summit ...
Oct 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Asset’s real estate senior debt fund raises $106 mn from three Korean firms
KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has raised 120 billion won ($106 million) from three South Korean financial services firms for a blind-pool fund to inve...
Sep 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ex-NPS global alternatives heads move to Korean law firms as advisors
Two former global alternative investment heads of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) moved to the country’s top law firms to advise on alter...
Aug 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund to focus on stability in real estate investment
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), with $9 billion in assets under management, will focus real estate investments on stability by pursuing fu...
Aug 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks six global equity fund houses
Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two global stock managers for exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment around the end of September, and four ot...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS in emergency system under acting CIO, global alternatives head
The National Pension Service (NPS) has begun running an emergency inspection system for its investment management department with the appointment of...
Jul 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors team up with French funds to buy Benelux real estate
South Korean asset managers are joining hands with French property investment firms to buy prime commercial buildings in the Netherlands and Belgium a...
Jul 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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CCIM to Hold International Conference Jointly with KED Real Estate Research Institutes
The Certified Commercial Investment Member, an American association of international real estate investment analysts, will jointly host the Asia Real ...
Jul 18, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS secures hefty return from first exit of global infrastructure co-investment
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has pocketed more than €100 million ($114 million) from the recent sale of a 5% stake in Spain’s leading ...
Jul 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS cancels global alternative head appointment on CV inaccuracy
The National Pension Service (NPS) has withdrawn the appointment of its new global alternative investment head due to an inaccurate statement on his r...
Jul 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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