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KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has pushed up overseas private equity investments by 90% to 1.9 trillion won ($1.6 billion) over the pa...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is seeking to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into domestic equity and bond investm...

The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has resumed the ongoing sale process of its 17.25% stake in Woori Financial Group in four years. It will offe...

The Carlyle Group has been growing its presence in South Korea after sealing a string of investment and business deals with top Korean financial servi...

Affinity Equity Partners and Baring Private Equity Asia will likely invest a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) in new shares of Shinhan Financial...

The National Pension Service has added three real estate investment firms, two infrastructure managers and one private equity and debt investment hous...

Shares of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., a South Korean power plant builder, jumped to their highest level in more than two year...

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. has committed 110.4 billion won ($93 million) to two Europe-focused startup funds since late l...

Alternative investments became the best-performing asset class for the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) in the first half of this year, retu...

State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...

The South Korean government, which recently decided to allow holding companies of conglomerates to run corporate venture capital (CVC) units, needs to...

SK Corp. is investing $300 million (360 billion won) in Chinese data center operator ChinData Group as the South Korean company seeks to benefit from ...

A consortium led by NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has been named as a preferred buyer for infrastructure assets worth $400 million in Austra...

Naver, a Korean online platform giant, has invested 100 billion won ($83.8 million) in SM Entertainment's subsidiaries SMEJ Plus and Mystic Story in a...

The National Pension Service plans to carry out about a fivefold increase in overseas staffing by 2024 which will help to reduce external management f...

Silence over the tenure of incumbent chief investment officer (CIO) at the National Pension Service is stirring up talk within the global asset manage...

Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd has invested in an energy storage system development project as an underwriter for senior loans worth $117 million....

Korea Post’s insurance arm is looking for one or two real estate debt managers to invest $200 million in mezzanine debt, for which it is plannin...

Local institutional investors have injected $500 million (600 billion won) into a special purpose company to invest in diverse funds managed by privat...

Korea’s platform giant Naver is in talks with SM Entertainment, Korea’s largest entertainment company, to acquire shares worth approximate...

Shinhan Financial Group, one of Korea's largest financial holding firms, has reached out to asset management companies that are well-versed ...

South Korean pension schemes and sovereign wealth fund KIC have recently restarted overseas alternative investments that had been suspended due to the...

Paris-based Ardian is looking to increase private equity investments in Asia, setting its sight on technology, media, online service and healthcare se...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has announced a $400 million joint venture with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to...

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has purchased a $77 million mezzanine loan backed by a six-story space in the 101-story, 30 Hudson Yards, the third...

South Korea's Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd has raised about $100 million from domestic retirement funds and insurance firms to invest in senior...

The National Pension Fund has significantly increased alternative investments in the first four months to April from a year earlier, which industry so...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will invest about 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) gas pipeli...