[RFP] Korea Post seeks global fund of hedge fund managers

Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 8 posted a request for proposals of multi-strategy funds of hedge funds. It will receive proposals by 5 pm, May 19...

Korea construction crews’ fund gives $70 mn mandates to Park Square, Goldman

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) has selected Park Square Capital for 40 billion won ($35 million) private debt inves...

Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...

Korea construction workers’ fund to pick two debt fund managers for $70 mn

(Corrected: The CWMA source on April 13 corrected the timetable of the planned debt manager selection to “soon”, and added that it has already begun t...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private equity FoF managers for $200 mn

Korea Post’s insurance unit is planning to commit about $100 million each to two multi-strategy global funds of funds (FoFs) employing primary, second...

Korea public officials fund set to buy Belgium building for $117 mn

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has been recently named as a preferred buyer of an office complex in Brussels, Belgium, in a 130 billi...

Korea's POBA in screening overseas PEF managers to commit $300 mn

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is screening investment proposals from overseas private equity fund managers to entrust a combined $30...

Korea to ease capital reserve rules for insurers’ overseas infrastructure assets

South Korea’s top financial regulator will cut reserve requirements by half for insurance firms’ cross-border infrastructure assets from as early as J...

[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate

ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd. sees core office buildings and infrastructure in the US and Europe remaining as attractive targets even in the periods o...

Korea’s first Australia property fund for retail investors raises $125 mn

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised 141 billion won ($125 million) as planned from a domestic public fund launched to finance its $245 ...

Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms

The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...

Aircraft funds in Korea quadruple in 4 yrs; overheating concern sets in

Aviation finance funds are expected to attract another billions of dollars from South Korean investors this year to a cumulative $3.9 billion, driven ...

[Interview] CVC keen on e-commerce, healthcare, consumer brands in Korea

CVC Capital Partners is interested in electronic commerce, healthcare and services sectors in South Korea because of their growth potential, and willi...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks to invest about $90 mn in offshore insurance-linked securities

Korea Post’s savings unit has decided to commit about 100 billion won ($87 mn) to investment firms managing or marketing offshore insurance-linked sec...

Korea’s GEPS hires ex-NPS’ NY office head to lead global investment division

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has named a former senior investment manager of the National Pension Service (NPS), who had ...

Korea Post plans to select multi-strategy fund of hedge fund managers

Korea Post’s insurance unit is preparing to pick global fund-of-hedge-fund managers using multi-strategy and will soon determine the amount of investm...

NPS rejects $177 mn debt for Carlyle’s refinancing of ADT Korea

The National Pension Service’s (NPS) rejection last week of 200 billion won ($177 million) investment in ADT Korea, owned by the Carlyle Group, has ca...

[RFP] Korea’s GEPS seeks $160 mn offshore private debt fund managers

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will select two global private debt fund managers employing opportunistic strategies to inve...

Real estate exhibition Cityscape Korea 2017 to be held in August

About 300 firms from 20 countries, including the United States and China, will take part in the Cityscape Korea 2017, set for August 17 to 19, 2017 in...

Korea public officials' fund sees $200 mn allocation to cat bonds, private debt funds in H2

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is most likely to select global asset managers to invest about $200 million on aggregate in ...

Korea public officials’ fund says interested in Australia infrastructure, offshore debt funds

(Corrected: Numbers in the first and third paragraphs were corrected to $500 to $600 million, and $880 million, respectively) The Public Officials ...

AMP Capital’s Australia infrastructure fund tipped to raise $76 mn from Korea

An infrastructure fund managed by Australia-based AMP Capital is expected to attract about 87 billion won ($76 million) from South Korean investors, i...

Korea to ease rules on insurers’ currency hedging of offshore investment

South Korea will loosen regulations in relation to the currency hedging of insurance companies’ cross-border investments, which have been blamed to in...

Korea Teachers’ Pension to invest $75 mn in buying Australia’s office building

South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension will acquire an office building in Brisbane, Australia which the Brisbane city government has signed a con...

Korea Post’s savings arm targets 2-3% medium-risk assets; keen on CMBS, CLO: report

Korea Post’s Savings Bureau has been shifting overseas investment focus into relatively low-risk assets such as fixed-income assets since last year to...

Korea Investment-led firms to buy EU parliament building for $224 mn

A consortium of Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. are tapping domestic institutional investors to acquire ...

Korea’s JB Asset to buy Comcast’s new office building in Denver for $72 mn

JB Asset Management Co. Ltd., a unit of a South Korean provincial bank, has been named as a preferred buyer of a new office building in Denver which C...

Korea military fund mulls investing in PDF, NPL fund in 2017: report

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), South Korea’s $8 billion savings fund, is studying investing in offshore private debt funds (PDFs) and non...

Korea public officials’ fund sees 3-4 Europe property buys after $101 mn German deal

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has signed a final agreement to acquire a 10-story office building in the southern part of Hamburg, Ge...

Korea teachers’ fund to invest $52 mn in Europe bank loans-buying fund

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has decided to commit €50 million ($52.4 million) to a $1.5 billion~$2 billion fund which will take over senior s...