KIC alternative assets
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Corporate strategy
Hankook Tire seeks to evolve beyond tires, auto parts
Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., will ramp up battery production for energy storage systems and ...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS puts office tower, 2 nearby hotels on market in bundled sale
Prime office complex AP Tower and two adjacent hospitality properties in Seoul’s Gangnam Business District have been put up for sale in a bu...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to buy stake in Australia’s Metrics to expand alternative investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has agreed to buy a stake in Australian asset mana...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KB, Samsung SRA, Capstone named NPS’ core property fund operators
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected three asset managers to oversee its domestic core real estate platform fund — ...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
BNK's planned acquisition of Hyundai Motor Securities building falters
BNK Asset Management Co.'s bid to acquire the Hyundai Motor Securities building in central Seoul has hit a stumbling block as the main tenant, Hyund...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to mull responsible investment system for alternative investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is poised to consider expanding its responsible in...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s pension fund NPS to overhaul alternative investment strategy
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, plans to intr...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s IGIS Asset puts top Seoul tourist area hotel on market
IGIS Asset Management Co., one of Asia's largest real estate investment firms, is set to sell a four-star hotel in Myeong-dong, a popular spot for f...
Mar 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market
IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Mirae Asset launches world’s 1st passive target-date ETF
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to introduce the world’s first passive target-date exchange-traded fund (ETF) this month to attract ...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s Nextrade stock exchange debuts; YG Entertainment tops 1st day
South Korea’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade (NXT) started trading on Tuesday, challenging the Korea Exchange’s (KRX) long-st...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June
Lotte Group, grappling with a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical industry, plans to take Lotte Global Logistics Co. public by the end of June a...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s pension fund NPS posts record return in 2024 on US stock rally
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, said on ...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea’s sovereign fund KIC logs 8.5% return in 2024
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) reported an annual return of 8.49% last year thanks to steady gains from equity investments led by the AI tec...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s top property asset manager IGIS Asset’s controlling stake up for sale
South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co. plans to sell a controlling stake owned by the heirs of the comp...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
S.Korean investors name their 33 favorite alternative asset managers
Blackstone and HarbourVest Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ preferred private equity firms, according to a survey by Korea I...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KIC explores Europe middle-market private equity opportunities
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Monday explored investment opportunities in Europe’s middle-market private equity sector with other ...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
J-R AMC, BlueCove bid on $70 million sale of Mirae Asset, NPS’ Shilla Stay
The sale of Shilla Stay Dongtan, a premium business hotel operated by South Korea’s Hotel Shilla Co., has attracted four bidders, underscoring...
Feb 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Macquarie to sell Seoul hotel to KB Asset for $119 million
Macquarie Asset Management is poised to sell a four-star hotel in Seoul for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset M...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Mirae Asset prepares bitcoin covered call ETF launch: chairman
Mirae Asset Financial Group is preparing to launch a bitcoin covered call exchange traded fund (ETF) for global investors to foray into the cryptocu...
Feb 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US Capital Group raises stake in South Korea’s LS Electric
Capital Group Companies Inc. has increased its stake in LS Electric Co., a South Korean supplier to Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp., as the US asset ma...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Alternative stock exchange Nextrade to launch on March 4
Nextrade, South Korea’s first alternative stock exchange, enabling trading of stocks listed on the Kospi and the Kosdaq for 12 hours a day is ...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
South Korea’s alternative data pioneer KED Aicel in full force
South Korea’s leading alternative data service provider Hankyung Aicel Inc. is poised to transform companies' and investors’ business an...
Feb 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Koramco REITS chosen preferred buyer of Crescendo Building in Seoul
Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co., a leading South Korean real estate firm, has been chosen as the preferred negotiator to buy the Crescendo ...
Jan 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korea seeks tighter control over digital coins, mulls mandatory disclosures
South Korea plans to tighten its controls over cryptocurrency trade in the country by mandating information disclosures for listed virtual assets an...
Jan 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Mirae Asset invests $200 mn in LS Group affiliate in US
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Sunday it invested $200 million in Essex Solutions, a US magnet wire manufacturing affiliate un...
Jan 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC drops Seoul landmark building sale on Korea’s political woes
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, dropped the sale of a landmark building in Seoul due to t...
Dec 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset rises to 12th-largest ETF manager with $141 billion in assets
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has emerged as the world’s 12th-largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manag...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LX Pantos IPO delayed as Mirae Asset sells stake
South Korea’s leading brokerage firm Mirae Asset Securities Co. is poised to sell its stake in LX Pantos Co., adding to expectations of more d...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's foreign reserves amount to $415.4 bn in Nov
South Korea's official foreign reserves at the end of November amounted to $415.4 billion.According to the Bank Of Korea (BOK) on Wednesday, the nat...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet