DigitalBridge Investment Management Singapore
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Satellite communications
Hanwha Systems to invest $30 mn in US communications firm Kymeta
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense industry arm of Hanwha Group, has decided to invest 33.2 billion won ($30 million) in Kymeta Corp., a US satellite c...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korea’s cloud management firm Bespin Global considers Nasdaq listing
Bespin Global, a South Korean cloud technology consulting and management company, is considering listing its shares on the US tech-heavy Nasdaq mark...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS set to post 7% return on investment for 2020 amid pandemic
South Korea’s state pension fund is expected to post a 7% return on investment this year on the back of rebounding stock markets amid the COVI...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Ontario Teachers invests in Korean fried chicken brand valued at $1.7 bn
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has agreed to invest 300 billion won ($275 million) in South Korea’s leading fried chicken brand B...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture Capital
KB Investment, RM Global to form $100 mn bio VC fund
KB Investment Co. will join forces with US-based RM Global Partners to launch a $100 million life science fund to invest in early stage startups in ...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS-Allianz $2.3 bn fund seeks to buy stake in Singapore tower
The National Pension Service and Germany’s Allianz SE are in negotiations to jointly buy a 50% stake in OUE Bayfront, a Grade A office t...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Drug development
SK injects $200 mn into Roivant partnership for new drug development
SK Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has become the first Korean company to foray into the targeted protein d...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
POBA seeks new global REIT manager for $100 mn mandate
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select a new global real estate investment trust (REIT) management firm to inve...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Venture capital investments hit all-time high in S.Korea
Venture capital investments in South Korea are seeing a speedy recovery after facing a setback earlier this year due to the COVID-19 crisis. Over th...
Dec 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC CEO to meet GIC, Temasek execs during Singapore trip
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) Chief Executive Choi Heenam will make his first overseas business trip in 11 months to visit Singapore this month...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK buys $228 mn stake in China’s No. 1 car rental firm
MBK Partners has now become the second-largest shareholder in both of China’s two biggest rental car companies after purchasing a 20.86% stake...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Vestas Investment launches $272 mn Europe logistics fund
South Korea’s boutique asset manager Vestas Investment Management Co. has pooled 300 billion won ($272 million) from four pension and retireme...
Nov 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NPS adds KKR, two global alternatives managers in Q3
The National Pension Service has added KKR and Sydney-based Scape Australia Management to its pool of 54 global real estate investment managers in...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Techstars to invest in 30 Korean startups by 2022
Global startup accelerator Techstars plans to invest in 30 startups in South Korea, which has a more mature and open-minded venture capital market c...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea to tighten grip on brokerages’ alternative investments
South Korean brokerage firms' alternative investments worth over $50 billion will come under tight control, after reckless investment in overseas real...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has mandated Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co. to handle its initial public offe...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korean LPs favor direct lending for private debt investment
More than half of South Korea’s key asset owners, led by the National Pension Service, are inclined to expand overseas private debt investment i...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Anchor Equity, TPG invest $500 mn in Korean mobile banking app
Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity Partners has agreed to invest 250 billion won ($226 million) to buy new shares in South Korea’s KakaoBank, shortly...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit
The South Korean stock market’s recent rally is both a blessing and a curse for fund managers as investors are increasingly exiting their funds ...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Kyobo Life looks to invest in ESG bonds; calls for easing rules
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is planning to invest several hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental, social and governance (ES...
Nov 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, SP Group to expand EV battery business in Singapore
Hyundai Motor Co. is seeking to expand its electrice vehicle battery business in Southeast Asia in cooperation with Singapore’s state-run utilit...
Nov 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung joins Intel, Qualcomm in Israeli startup investment
Samsung Electronics Co., alongside global technology giants Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., has invested in an Israeli tech startup to boost venture ca...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
NongHyup looks to expand KIC co-investment beyond PE
South Korea’s National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF), or NongHyup Bank, is willing to expand its co-investment partnership with Kor...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Macquarie (MIRA)
[ASK2020] Sustainable Infrastructure Investment
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers. For more than twenty-five years,...
Nov 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2020
KIC, NPS to boost customized hedge fund investments
South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), and the National Pension Service are looking to boost hedge fund investment through...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Forex management
NPS to manage FX exposure via derivatives
The National Pension Service will begin to manage foreign currency risk through derivatives trading, as the $690 billion pension fund is aiming to boo...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen
[ASK2020] Is now the right time to invest in UK real estate debt?
Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 J...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiera Capital
[ASK2020] Investing in Global Mid-Market Infrastructure
Fiera Capital is an independent global asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach, with over USD125 billion in assets under management...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Michael Breen on Korean Peninsula
Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China
As the United States and China fight like proverbial whales in the ocean, middle power dolphins like South Korea must strategize to avoid being crushe...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Transparency, GP commitment key in Korea LPs' manager selection
South Korea’s leading institutional investors, including the National Pension Service (NPS), rated general partners’ (GP) commitment and f...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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