[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Debt, Europe remain at top of Korean LPs’ property deals

Top South Korean institutional investors will remain focused on property-backed debt and Europe for real estate investment in 2018 because of valuatio...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] KIC CIO shrugs off high valuation talk; seeks new approach

Korea Investment Corporation’s (KIC) Chief Investment Officer Shinwoo Kang said the sovereign wealth fund is seeking transformative ideas to make them...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs into mezzanine; wary of secondary

National Pension Service (NPS), Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and Korea Post are piling into mezzanine debt tranches in search of higher yields, ...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] KIC may pick small hedge fund managers

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking at small and medium-sized hedge fund managers to take a bigger chunk of a deal, and the sovereign wealth...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean insurers seek co-investment, top-tier GPs

South Korean insurance companies are looking for co-investment in overseas alternatives with general partners, and leaning towards larger GPs in the i...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye wider range of private debt

Private debt recently became one of the most favored asset classes for South Korean asset owners, alongside co-investments in overseas alternatives. ...

NH Investment drops talks to buy L’Oréal building near Paris

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has pulled out of negotiations to buy an office building under construction in a suburb of Paris after a due d...

US rate hike talk alters Korean fund’s US property investment strategy

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to withdraw $70 million from a U.S. real estate fund that makes bets on property price ris...

Baring PEA in talks with CVC, Affinity to sell Korean parcel delivery firm

Baring Private Equity Asia (PEA) has resumed the sale process of South Korea’s No. 4 package delivery company, and authorized two private equity firms...

Kakao

카카오가 새로운 리더십 구축에 나선다. 사회적 책임 경영을 강화하고 혁신 기업으로 도약하기 위해서다.여민수·류영준 체제로 개편카카오는 25일 이사회를 열고 여민수 카카오 대표와 류영준 카카오페이 대표를 공동대표 내정자로 보고했다고 밝혔다. 두 대표 내정자는...

Kakao Games

Kakao GamesOperating profit soared by 72% to 114.3 billion won from a year earlier.Sales more than doubled to 1.0 trillion won over the same period.Mo...

Ferrari, Stellantis head Elkann to visit Samsung for biz talks

John Elkann, chairman of both Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. is set...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Expected to Meet Putin in Russia

WASHINGTON—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to travel to Russia soon to meet with President Vladimir Putin, U.S. off...