[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs lean toward non-dollar assets

South Korean asset owners are increasingly turning to non-dollar assets because the weakening US dollar erodes expected returns after currency hedging...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs seek riskier private debt investment

Major South Korean institutional investors plan to raise exposure further to credit investments in search of steady cashflows and expect to see more i...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eying Asia and secondaries PE deals

The Teachers’ Pension and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are turning to the Asian private equity market with focus on growth sectors such ...

Korean fund set to log double-digit return from sale of German tower

South Korean institutional investors, including the Teachers’ Pension and insurance companies, are set to reap a profit of more than €106 million ($12...

Korean asset firm backs Hyundai reform plan; NPS remains indecisive

An independent South Korean investment firm has become the first institutional shareholder in Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. publicly supporting the Hyundai M...

KIC may cancel $50 mn contract with Elliott over US fund’s disputes with Korean govt

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking into whether Elliott Management’s recent move against the South Korean government constitutes a conflict...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’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

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

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 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

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 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 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

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

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