NPS-Allianz $2.3 bn fund seeks to buy stake in Singapore tower

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...

Korea Post seeks two direct lending funds for $200 mn mandates

Korea Post seeks two direct lending funds for $200 mn mandates

Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global direct lending funds focusing on North America and Europe and commit $100 million to each ...

Korea’s KIP eyes Europe, China VC fund launches in 2021

Korea’s KIP eyes Europe, China VC fund launches in 2021

Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), South Korea’s largest venture capital firm, is aiming to launch two overseas investment funds next year &...

Shinhan, Hana fund KKR’s $5.6 bn UK deal with $63 mn in loans

Shinhan, Hana fund KKR’s $5.6 bn UK deal with $63 mn in loans

Two leading South Korean banks – Shinhan and Hana – have provided a combined 47 million pounds ($63 million) in senior loans to finance ...

S.Korea's airline restructuring hits turbulence with activist fund opposition

S.Korea's airline restructuring hits turbulence with activist fund opposition

South Korea’s airline restructuring is experiencing some turbulence after an activist group has filed an injunction threatening the proposed m...

Vestas Investment launches $272 mn Europe logistics fund

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...

Goldman Sachs’ $14 bn credit fund draws $260 mn from Korea

Goldman Sachs’ $14 bn credit fund draws $260 mn from Korea

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) and financial services firms, including Samsung Securities Co., have committed $260 million...

Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19

Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19

An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...

Home interior platform nears unicorn status via $70mn funding

Home interior platform nears unicorn status via $70mn funding

South Korea-based startup Bucketplace, an operator of home interior app OHouse, has raised $77 million in Series C funding, moving a step closer to ...

KIC joins One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund to bolster climate change efforts

KIC joins One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund to bolster climate change efforts

In a move to bolster its climate change efforts, Korea Investment Corporation has joined a group of international sovereign wealth funds in their aim ...

S. Korean COVID-19 test kit maker eyes listing next year

S. Korean COVID-19 test kit maker eyes listing next year

SD Bio Sensor, Inc., a South Korea-based manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, is pushing to go public early next year, drawing market attention as a st...

Naver, Mirae Asset bolster presence in Southeast Asia via $898 mn fund

Naver, Mirae Asset bolster presence in Southeast Asia via $898 mn fund

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp., alongside Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., has been increasing investments into promising startups in Southeast...

PE secondaries top Korean LPs' global PE funds list

PE secondaries top Korean LPs' global PE funds list

Secondary private equity deals were picked as the preferred global PE investment of South Korea’s top asset owners, followed by co-investments a...

Rising demand for underwater cables keeps LS Cable busy round the clock

Rising demand for underwater cables keeps LS Cable busy round the clock

DONGHAE, Gangwon Province -- On a winter’s day in Donghae, Gangwon Province, some 250 km northeast of Seoul, LS Cable & System Ltd. wor...

Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit

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 ...

Korea Post to commit $200 mn to global infrastructure funds

Korea Post to commit $200 mn to global infrastructure funds

Korea Post’s savings arm will select two infrastructure fund houses to invest $200 million in overseas core infrastructure assets, according to ...

Korean teachers' fund names ex-education minister as CEO

Korean teachers' fund names ex-education minister as CEO

South Korea’s Ministry of Education has chosen Kim Sang-gon, formerly deputy prime minister and education minister, as the new chief executive f...

Samsung joins Intel, Qualcomm in Israeli startup investment

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...

Construction workers' fund targets stable-income alternatives

Construction workers' fund targets stable-income alternatives

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association is chasing government-sponsored infrastructure and public private partnership (PPP) pr...

KIC, NPS to boost customized hedge fund investments

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...

NPS, KTCU commit $200 mn to US tech-focused PEF

NPS, KTCU commit $200 mn to US tech-focused PEF

The National Pension Service and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) have committed a combined $200 million to technology-focused Thoma Bra...

[ASK2020] A Case for Hedge Funds in Today’s Adverse Markets

[ASK2020] A Case for Hedge Funds in Today’s Adverse Markets

Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1.1...

NPS to ease hedge fund transparency requirements

NPS to ease hedge fund transparency requirements

The National Pension Service will loosen transparency requirements on hedge funds to increase the pool of its hedge fund management firms, in efforts ...

Korean pension funds’ CIOs look to diversify GP pool

Korean pension funds’ CIOs look to diversify GP pool

South Korean pension funds are seeking to diversify their pool of alternative asset managers to broaden real estate- and developed markets-focused por...

Kookmin Bank sells $500 mn in subordinated bonds to fund ESG projects

Kookmin Bank sells $500 mn in subordinated bonds to fund ESG projects

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank has issued $500 million in subordinated bonds as part of its efforts to expand loans for environmental, social and go...

KKR’s $3 bn Asia infra fund to raise $200 mn from Korea

KKR’s $3 bn Asia infra fund to raise $200 mn from Korea

South Korean pension funds and insurance companies will commit $200 million in aggregate to KKR’s first Asia infrastructure fund targeting to ra...

Korean police fund raises risk appetite for private debt

Korean police fund raises risk appetite for private debt

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has recently selected an opportunistic strategy fund for private debt investment as the $3 bi...

Korean insurers, Shinhan Alternative commit $130 mn in KKR CMBS fund

Korean insurers, Shinhan Alternative commit $130 mn in KKR CMBS fund

South Korea's insurers along with Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. have committed $130 million in the real estate stabilized credit (RES...

Hana to launch $38 mn retail fund for US property deal

 Hana to launch $38 mn retail fund for US property deal

Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. plans to raise 43 billion won ($38 million) from a retail fund for its investment in an office building in north...

[Q&A] KTCU sees handsome returns from equities, M&A funding

[Q&A] KTCU sees handsome returns from equities, M&A funding

The following is the full transcript of The Korea Economic Daily's interview with Korean Teachers’ Credit Union’s (KTCU) Chief Investment ...

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