Korean VC firms invest $26 mn in India, Vietnam start-ups

Korean VC firms invest $26 mn in India, Vietnam start-ups

South Korean venture capital firms have invested a combined $26 million in Internet-based start-up companies in India and Vietnam, betting on the rapi...

Korean brokerage firms acquire Hilton Vienna for $375 mn

Korean brokerage firms acquire Hilton Vienna for $375 mn

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has led a South Korean brokerage consortium to buy the largest hotel in Austria, Hilton Vienna, for $375 million which is e...

Three Korean brokerages lend $330 mn on US hotels, resort

Three Korean brokerages lend $330 mn on US hotels, resort

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has extended a senior loan of $229 million on two new hotels in Nashville, which marked the third biggest construction loan...

POBA earmarks $175 mn for Japan housing; picks Europe debt funds

POBA earmarks $175 mn for Japan housing; picks Europe debt funds

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has allocated 200 billion won ($175 million) for initial investments in Japan’s multifamily residentia...

[RFP] Korea Post Savings seeks infra fund houses for $200 mn mandates

Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two blind-pool infrastructure funds with focus on developed countries to invest up to $200 million, accordin...

Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain

Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...

[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...

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

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...

Brokerage firm Shinhan sources and lends $175 mn loan on Chicago building

Brokerage firm Shinhan sources and lends $175 mn  loan on Chicago building

Shinhan Investment Corp. has extended a $175 million loan on a prime office tower in Chicago, a rare case in which a South Korean brokerage house sour...

Korean hedge fund house co-invests in $40 mn Florida building purchase

Korean hedge fund house co-invests in $40 mn Florida building purchase

South Korea’s small hedge fund company Anda Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $8 million in a $40 million joint acquisition of a four-story offic...

Mirae Asset mulls committing up to $26 mn to AIIB-backed India infra fund

Mirae Asset mulls committing up to $26 mn to AIIB-backed India infra fund

Mirae Asset Financial Group is likely to commit 20 billion won to 30 billion won ($18 million to $26 million) to a $750 million infrastructure fund fo...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks six global equity fund houses

Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two global stock managers for exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment around the end of September, and four ot...

Korean brokerage firms buy two UK logistics centers for $240 mn

Korean brokerage firms buy two UK logistics centers for $240 mn

Two South Korean brokerage firms – KB Securities Co. Ltd. and Kiwoom Securities Co. Ltd. – have teamed up to buy a logistics center for 167 billion wo...

[RFP] Korea Post to select two Europe equity fund houses in July

Korea Post’s insurance unit is looking for two active-type Europe stock investment houses for a two-year investment period, according to its request f...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks single offshore commingled hedge fund houses

Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 12 announced a plan to select global fund managers running single offshore commingled hedge funds by July, and will...

Korean brokerages to unveil public funds for US, Europe property deals

South Korean brokerage firms, on the buying spree of US and European real estate, will roll out public real estate funds in the coming months to sell ...

Europe banks return to Korean brokerage market; target debt, alternative products

Europe banks return to Korean brokerage market; target debt, alternative products

A growing asset size of South Korean institutional investors and soaring demand for overseas alternative assets have been prodding foreign banks, incl...

Korean brokerage firm to buy Novartis campus in Paris for $454 mn: report

Korean brokerage firm to buy Novartis campus in Paris for $454 mn: report

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is set to buy an office building of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis under construction in Paris for 5...

NPS seeks higher pay raise for in-house fund managers ahead of office relocation

The National Pension Service (NPS) is pushing forward a plan to raise the basic pay for in-house fund management staff by about 9% on average in 2016,...

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cas...

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cash ...

US visa quotas hamstring Korean manufacturers’ US expansion

US visa quotas hamstring Korean manufacturers’ US expansion

South Korean manufacturing companies have tripled investments in building plants in the US over the past three years, but labor shortages are slammi...

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