Korea’s GEPS CIO says to invest fresh $375 mn in alternatives in 2016

Korea’s GEPS CIO says to invest fresh $375 mn in alternatives in 2016

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), managing $6 billion of assets, will make an additional investment of about 430 billion won ...

[Editor’s Note] Frustrated at shrinking returns, investment money are flowing out of Korea

Unlike the U.S. Fed’s quantitative easing program that had boosted U.S. equity markets for more than six years from 2009, the Bank of Korea’s five pol...

Blackstone, Pomona win mandates for Korea GEPS’ $100 mn investment

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded $50 million mandates each to Blackstone and Pomona Capital for global secondary ...

Korea funds seek investment experts from outside; CIOs chair review committees

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has replaced the head of its investment review committee recently with the Chief Investment Officer Do...

Korea police fund to invest $87 mn in blind funds

The Police Mutual Aid Association of South Korea will post a public notice of a request for proposals this week to commit 100 billion won ($87 million...

China Minsheng Investment to invest in SK Planet

China Minsheng Investment Group, China's largest private-sector investment firm, is mulling an investment of 1.3 trillion won (US$1.13 billion) in Kor...

[Korean Money Going Abroad] Korea insurers up overseas investments, eyeing foreign asset managers

South Korean insurance companies have been raising investments in overseas investments by more than 50% since the start of this year and also consider...

[Korean Money Going Abroad] NPS to slash net increase in Korean stock investment by 95% in 2017

[Korean Money Going Abroad] NPS to slash net increase in Korean stock investment by 95% in 2017

South Korean investors, led by the National Pension Service (NPS), have been ramping up overseas investments while trimming domestic portfolios, a mov...

Korea construction workers’ fund may allot $170 mn to alternatives in 2016

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) in South Korea is looking to overseas alternative assets to invest as much as 200 billion won (...

[Interview] World Bank’s new investment head calls for review of investment period, risk limit

[Interview] World Bank’s new investment head calls for review of investment period, risk limit

Incoming World Bank’s director of the investment management division, Heung-sik Choo, said that the international financial institution, which man...

[Interview] S.Korea military fund set to invest in offshore blind VC funds from 2017

[Interview] S.Korea military fund set to invest in offshore blind VC funds from 2017

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), South Korea’s $8 billion military savings fund, is planning to invest in offshore blind-pool venture capit...

[Editor's Note] ASK 2016 Summit helps open korean investor's eyes to cat bonds

It was February, 2013 when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer surprised Silicon Valley and business world by forbidding Yahoo staff from working remotely from ho...

POBA CIO says studying catastrophe bond investment for about $25 million

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is considering investing about $17 million to $25 million in catastrophe bonds, also known a...

[Interview] Korea savings fund for small business owners mulls offshore blind fund investment in 2016

[Interview] Korea savings fund for small business owners mulls offshore blind fund investment in 2016

South Korea’s Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is flexing its muscle to expand overseas alternative assets, including blind funds, in line with a rapid ...

[Editor's Note] Korea Post released four RFPs to select offshore alternative asset managers

Last week Korea Post, with 110 trillion won ($93 billion) of assets under management, announced four requests for proposal (RFPs) to choose general pa...

POBA to pick 2 global infrastructure fund firms in June for $85 mln investment – report

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for local public officials, plans to select two offshore infrastructure inve...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks global managers for U.S., Canada real estate investment

- Deadline to submit proposal is May 30, 2016; Final selection set for July 1, 2016 Korea Post announced a request for proposal on May 23 for its u...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks fixed-income managers for U.S. corporate bond investment

- Proposal submission due by June 7, 2016; final selection set for July 2016 - To pick 2 firms for publicly-offered funds with minimum $300 mln AUM...

[Editor's Note] Korean investors gearing up to boost overseas alternative assets

“Only free lunch in finance is diversification.”Korean institutional investors, who have seen their assets under management (AUM) snowball...

[ASK 2016 SUMMIT] NPS, KIC see gradual increase in hedge fund investment

- NPS says its strict transparency requirement may deter talented GPs; to adopt flexible approach to solve the problem - KIC to make the best of he...

[ASK 2016 SUMMIT] S.Korea LPs say performance, communication as key elements for hedge fund GPs

- MMAA sees active portfolio rebalancing as key requirements for hedge funds; prefers advisory firm that can accord with MMAA strategy via communicati...

Global PEFs in bidding for GEPS’ $100 million overseas secondary fund investment

- GEPS to make 2nd commitment to global secondary PEF since 2014; investment size to triple - To pick 2 GPs by mid-June to commit $50 million, resp...

Korean TV stars tipped to reap windfall from IPOs

A series of South Korean entertainment companies' public listings will likely create windfalls of up to tens of million dollars for Korean TV stars, i...

Hyundai's first Saudi JV shipyard slated for 2023 completion

Hyundai's first Saudi JV shipyard slated for 2023 completion

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is scheduled to construct a large-scale shipyard for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and a mar...

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to 11 core tech areas

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to 11 core tech areas

The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in 11 core industrial...

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AhnLab forms joint venture with Saudi's SITE (edited)

AhnLab Inc., a leading provider of computer security solutions based in South Korea, on Monday announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) w...

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