Korean fund set to log double-digit return from sale of German tower

South Korean institutional investors, including the Teachers’ Pension and insurance companies, are set to reap a profit of more than €106 million ($12...

[RFP] POBA to allocate $150 mn to global blind-pool PEF managers

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit up to $150 million to global blind-pool private equity funds for three types of strate...

KIC may cancel $50 mn contract with Elliott over US fund’s disputes with Korean govt

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking into whether Elliott Management’s recent move against the South Korean government constitutes a conflict...

Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $650 mn in loan from Korea

Goldman Sachs’ latest real estate credit investment vehicle has raised $650 million in senior loans from a pool of South Korean institutional investor...

POBA, US pension fund to launch $400 mn JV to co-invest in real estate debt

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and a California pension fund will inject $200 million each into a joint venture they are setting up t...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks global infrastructure fund houses for $500 mn

Korea Post plans to commit up to $500 million to global infrastructure blind-pool funds to make equity investments in core infrastructure assets, acco...

Hyundai Investments raises $222 mn for 3i Europe PPP fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has raised a total of €180 million ($222 million) in commitments to invest in 3i European Operational Projects Fund from ...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks offshore commingled hedge fund managers

Korea Post’s insurance unit on April 9 announced a plan to select global fund managers for single offshore commingled hedge funds. It will receive pr...

Mirae Asset seeks to launch $940 mn Asia start-up fund with Korea’s Naver

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and South Korea’s top internet portal Naver Corp. are looking to invest as much as 1 trillion won ($940 million) in Asia...

Korean fund, brokerage firm buy UK solar power plant portfolio for $36 mn

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have invested around 38 billion won ($36 million...

Korea police fund seeks loan funds and infrastructure projects: report

The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion retirement fund for South Korea’ polices officers, will ramp up investment in loan funds and in...

Starwood Capital raises $530 mn from Korea for $7.6 bn fund

Starwood Capital Group, a US real estate investment firm, has raised around $530 million from South Korean institutional investors for its largest fun...

Construction workers’ fund, insurer in $123 mn deal to buy Denver building

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and a South Korean insurance firm have invested 60 billion won ($56 million) in a 132 billion w...

Korea teachers fund allocates $1 bn for new global alternatives in 2018

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) plans to invest an additional 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) in overseas alternative assets in 2018, out of th...

Korea scientists fund to commit $37 mn to co-investment funds; $34 mn to PDF

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to commit $37 million to co-investment funds of US-based StepStone Group and ...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks two global PEF managers for $200 mn co-investment

Korea Post plans to allocate a total of $200 million to two global private equity fund managers employing co-investment strategies. It will receive p...

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...

Antares Capital raising $200 mn from Korea for private debt fund

Antares Capital LP, a leading US middle-market lender, is raising $200 million from South Korean institutional investors for a private debt fund to wh...

Korean Teachers’ fund commits $50 mn to Neuberger Berman’s unit

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has recently committed $50 million to a new fund of Dyal Capital Partners, part of US-based investment firm N...

[RFP] Korea construction workers’ fund seeks $40 mn US PDF manager

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to allocate about $40 million to a US blind-pool fund house of direct lending and senior-...

POBA mulls JV launch with global pension funds for alternative investment

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is considering forming project-based joint ventures with global pension funds in pursuit of high-quali...

POBA commits $150 mn to private debt funds of Antares, Ares and Golub

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has committed an aggregate $150 million to Antares Capital, Golub Capital and Ares Management as the t...

Aberdeen Standard wins $120 mn SMA mandate of Korea scientists fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage its first separately managed account...

Korea scientists fund to commit $34 mn to BlueBay Asset’s Europe debt fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has committed €28 million ($34 million) to a European mid-market private debt fund of Blu...

Dalmore Capital to raise $200 mn from Korea for infrastructure fund

Dalmore Capital Limited, a UK-focused infrastructure investment firm, is set to raise £150 million ($203 million) from four to five South Korean insti...

Anbang Life-backed fund buys Seoul building for $225 mn

A fund led by a South Korean unit of China’s Anbang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a prime office building in Seoul for 240 billion won ($22...

Hyundai Investments raises $162 mn for US debt securitization fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has collected $162 million from five South Korean institutional investors to invest in a $2 billion US real estate debt s...

Korea Investment to buy US government-leased building for $185 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will acquire a mid-sized office building in Washington D.C. for around 200 billion won ($185 million) next ...

LaSalle’s Europe debt fund collects $110 mn from three Korean investors

The Military Mutual Aid Association, the Employment Insurance Fund and an unidentified South Korean institutional investor have committed a total of $...

[RFP] POBA seeks US private debt fund managers for about $150 mn

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two to three US private debt fund houses to make senior secured, direct lending of around ...