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

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

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...

[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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

LG CNS develops code-generative AI solution

LG CNS, South Korea's leading information technology services provider, announced on Wednesday the development of AI Coding, an innovative code-gene...

KOREA Investment Week 2023 with KB KOREA Conference

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KOREA Investment Week 2023 with KB KOREA Conference(원본)

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LG Uplus startup venture investments

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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...

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...

NO EDIT, NO PUBLISHING. Trump-driven energy boom spurs Korean firms to hike US gas investments

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