Korean investors on track to pour nearly $1 bn into US, UK airports in 2019

South Korean institutional investors are on track to pour nearly $1 billion into US and UK airports in 2019, including the planned $51 million co-inve...

Korean firms invest $96 mn in AT&T headquarters in Dallas

South Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested $96.4 million in ...

Korean 3D scanning venture draws bids from KKR, Carlyle, Affinity

Medit Corp., a South Korean 3D scanner maker, has drawn preliminary bids from nine private equity firms, including KKR & Co., the Carlyle Group, A...

Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction

IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has collected C$560 million ($423 million) from South Korean financial institutions to lend for The One building, a mix...

Korean brokerages invest in Heathrow’s new runway project

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided a combined $434 million debt on the construction of Heathrow ...

German VC firm collects $6 mn directly from Korean individuals

A number of wealthy South Koreans have committed 5.5 million euros ($6.1 million) to Germany’s Earlybird Venture Capital, in the first direct investme...

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

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...

TIAA, Korean Teachers’ Credit to form 3rd JV with $510 mn capital

The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) have reached a preliminary agreement to ...

Credit Suisse-led fund buys Korean logistics centers for $104 mn

A fund led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s real estate investment arm has acquired two logistics centers in South Korea for 120 billion won ($104 ...

Sale of Korean game firm cancelled in lack of strategic buyers

The planned sale of the parent company of South Korea’s biggest online gaming firm Nexon Co. Ltd., was abruptly cancelled after it failed to narrow th...

Korean PEF provides $100 mn funding for KKR’s US buyout

South Korea’s new private equity firm Tiger Alternative Investors has provided $100 million in debt funding for KKR’s $1.32 billion acquisition of Ken...

Korean military fund invests in UK motorway service chain

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has invested 40 billion won ($34 million) to buy a minority stake in Welcome Break, the UK’s second biggest...

[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs uneasy at leverage of PE secondaries

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and two leading South Korean insurance firms have expressed unease about the excessive use of leverage...

[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs call for more hedge fund communications

Korea Post and Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd., the third-largest life insurer in South Korea, remain cautious about increasing exposure to hedge funds,...

[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye 5-8% return on alternatives

Teachers’ Pension, the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are looking to increase global...

Korean firms underwrite $298 mn debt on new US gas plant

Three South Korean financial services firms - NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., its affiliate NH Bank and Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. - ...

Korean LPs to lend $672 mn to Goldman Sachs’ credit fund

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and seven institutional investors in South Korea will provide a senior loan of 600 million euros ($672 million) to Goldman...

Anbang’s Korean arm to commit $44 mn to US real estate debt fund: report

ABL Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a South Korean arm of China’s Anbang Insurnce Group, has decided to commit 50 billion won ($44 million) to Madison Realty...

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...

MBK Partners scraps $1.5 bn IPO of Korean retail REIT

MBK Partners has cancelled an initial public offering for a retail real estate investment trust (REIT) in South Korea due to a lack of demand, which...

Two French offices draw Korean bidders in $1.2 bn deals

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is nearing a 370 billion won ($330 million) deal to buy an office complex near Paris, while a South Korean ...

Dalmore, Equitix resell $394 mn stake in UK infra fund to Korean firms

About 10 South Korean insurers, including Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested 300 million pounds ($394 million) in one of the UK’s largest i...

Korean REIT nets $31 mn from Tokyo property stake sale

JR AMC Co. Ltd., a real estate investment trust manager in South Korea, has recently disposed of its stake in a luxury office building in central Toky...

Korean firms snap up Poland office building for $162 mn

Two small South Korean financial services companies have acquired a landmark office building in central Warsaw for 183 billion won ($162 million) in t...

Korean firms in talks to buy Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf office

A consortium of South Korean financial institutions has been in exclusive talks to buy the Canary Wharf headquarters of Credit Suisse Group in a deal ...

Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance

Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...

Denver office buildings draw yield-hungry Korean funds

A consortium of Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has recently closed a $238 million acquisition of an office t...

[Survey] Korean LPs tilt to infrastructure on dull 2019 economic outlook

A majority of leading South Korean institutional investors are planning to boost overseas infrastructure investment next year with focus on developed ...

[Interview] Korean office building market set for further growth: Savills

South Korea’s office building market is poised to continue its record-breaking growth, buoyed by heavy money inflows from overseas investors and the c...