StepStone collects $90 mn from Korean LPs for PDF, co-investment

StepStone collects $90 mn from Korean LPs for PDF, co-investment

New York-based StepStone Group has raised $90 million in commitments from three South Korean institutional investors since the start of this year, inc...

NPS likely to name ex-head of Barings’ Korean unit as CIO this week

NPS likely to name ex-head of Barings’ Korean unit as CIO this week

Thae Khwarg, a former head of Barings’ South Korean asset management arm, is highly likely to be named as chief investment officer of the National P...

Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports

Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports

Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...

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...

Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO

Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO

MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives, which manages $50 billion of assets, named Sang-hun Kim, a former managing director and head of...

Korean building materials firm seals 4th US hotel purchase for $87 mn

Korean building materials firm seals 4th US hotel purchase for $87 mn

South Korea’s construction materials company, Aju Group, closed a $87 million acquisition of a hotel near Seattle from Marriott International Inc. las...

POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator

POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator

South Korean retirement funds and insurance companies, including the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), are set to buy a 20% stake in th...

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

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...

Korean REIT buys Vienna office building for $71 mn

Korean REIT buys Vienna office building for $71 mn

JR AMC Co. Ltd., a South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT), has acquired an office building used as the headquarters of Porr AG, a European c...

GIC, M&G Real Estate in $400 mn bid for POBA-owned Korean building

GIC, M&G Real Estate in $400 mn bid for POBA-owned Korean building

Singapore’s GIC and M&G Real Estate of London-based Prudential Plc. are in the bidding for a new office building in South Korea, wholly owned by t...

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

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 $...

Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG raise over $100 mn from network-hungry Korean firms

Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG raise over $100 mn from network-hungry Korean firms

Three global private equity firms – Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG – have gathered an aggregate $113 million in commitments from South Korean institution...

Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report

Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report

Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye PPP and greenfield infrastructure

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye PPP and greenfield infrastructure

South Korean retirement funds and insurance firms will look to public private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in the UK and other developed ...

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

[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...

Deutsche Bank resells $60 mn Transtelco debt to Korean credit cooperative

Deutsche Bank resells $60 mn Transtelco debt to Korean credit cooperative

Deutsche Bank has resold $60 million in senior secured debt of Transtelco Inc., a fiber optic services provider in the US and Mexico, to MG Korean Fed...

Korean investors buy $75 mn debt of Warburg Pincus-backed Hanoi hotel

Korean investors buy $75 mn debt of Warburg Pincus-backed Hanoi hotel

A pool of South Korean pension and retirement funds have invested around 85 billion won ($75 million) in debt of a Warburg Pincus-backed, five-star ...

Korean institutions to invest $53 mn to buy Tesco-leased UK warehouse

A consortium of South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) and MG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd. will invest 60 billion won ($53...

Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report

Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report

Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...

Macquarie may resell Endeavour Energy stake to Korean investors for $176 mn

Macquarie may resell Endeavour Energy stake to Korean investors for $176 mn

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is reselling part of stakes in Endeavour Energy, one of Australia’s biggest public energy compan...

Scientists fund, other Korean investors in $665 mn Japan solar power plant deal

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won (...

Korean investors fund half of HNA’s $700 mn debt financing for Gategroup deal

Korean investors fund half of HNA’s $700 mn debt financing for Gategroup deal

Shinhan Investment Corp. and a South Korean private equity firm have provided $350 million in bridge loans to finance Chinese HNA Group’s $1.5 billion...

Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment

Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Bank of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative will underwrite an aggregate $400 million of debt ...

KTB Asset’s real estate senior debt fund raises $106 mn from three Korean firms

KTB Asset’s real estate senior debt fund raises $106 mn from three Korean firms

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has raised 120 billion won ($106 million) from three South Korean financial services firms for a blind-pool fund to inve...

Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt

Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt

Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...

Korean investors may own half of UK high-speed railway after UK firms’ resale

Korean investors may own half of UK high-speed railway after UK firms’ resale

After the National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to buy a 30% stake in Britain’s High Speed 1 (HS1) for around 400 billion won ($355 million) in July, ...

Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property

Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property

A group of South Korean insurance firms have invested 180 billion won ($160 million) in mezzanine debt secured on two interconnected buildings in New ...

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...

Australia archive facility’s 29-yr debt attracts $60 mn from Korean insurers

Australia archive facility’s 29-yr debt attracts $60 mn from Korean insurers

A group of South Korean insurers will invest 69 billion won ($60 million) in 29-year senior debt secured on Australia’s National Archives Preservati...

Korean savings fund and insurer to buy college building in Sydney at $56 mn

Korean savings fund and insurer to buy college building in Sydney at $56 mn

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) will acquire a language center building of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydne...

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