Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report

Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association and other South Korean institutional invest...

Korean military fund names equity head as financial division CIO

Korean military fund names equity head as financial division CIO

The Military Mutual Aid Association’s (MMAA) former equity head Jae Dong Kim was installed this month as its first chief investment officer chosen fro...

Korean insurers invest $102 mn in senior debts of Manhattan building

Korean insurers invest $102 mn in senior debts of Manhattan building

Three South Korean insurance firms have invested 115 billion won ($102 million) in senior secured debts of a building in Manhattan, New York which is ...

KIC picks $400 mn global bond managers among firms with Korean subsidiaries

KIC picks $400 mn global bond managers among firms with Korean subsidiaries

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has introduced new requirements to foreign bond managers that they have South Korean subsidiaries which will not be...

MetLife’s real estate debt fund attracts $80 mn from two Korean savings funds

MetLife’s real estate debt fund attracts $80 mn from two Korean savings funds

The Public Officials Benefit Association and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association have decided to invest $50 million and $30 mill...

Korean asset firms strive to fund property deals as institutions step back

Korean asset firms strive to fund property deals as institutions step back

South Korean investment firms, which have recently snapped up prime office buildings and warehouses in the US and Europe, are struggling to raise capi...

Five private debt firms win $120 mn mandates from Korean govt employee fund

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a South Korean savings fund for government employees, has wrapped up its selection of five overseas p...

ILS funds of funds attract Korean high net-worth individuals

ILS funds of funds attract Korean high net-worth individuals

Funds of funds (FoFs) investing in insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have been luring yield-hungry wealthy South Koreans, with domestic brokerag...

Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report

Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...

Korean firms invest $87 mn in mezzanine debt for Amazon office building in Seattle

Korean firms invest $87 mn in mezzanine debt for Amazon office building in Seattle

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and other South Korean institutions have invested 100 billion won ($87 million) in mezzanine debts backed by an Amazon-o...

Korean institutions to invest $83 mn in mezzanine debt for Apple’s office campus

Korean institutions to invest $83 mn in mezzanine debt for Apple’s office campus

Four South Korean institutional investors, including KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd., will invest $83 million in m...

Korean military fund to pick new CIO from within for first time

Korean military fund to pick new CIO from within for first time

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will find a successor of the retiring Chief Investment Officer, Sang-ho Lee, inside its organizat...

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...

Korean banks flex muscles for alternative assets; Kookmin, Shinhan may invest in KKR’s fund

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank are consdering investing 30 billion won ($26 million) each to a private equity buyout fund which KKR &...

MBK beats TPG to buy Korean industrial gas supplier for $1.7 bn

MBK beats TPG to buy Korean industrial gas supplier for $1.7 bn

MBK Partners, Asia’s biggest private equity firm, has offered close to 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) to buy South Korea’s second-largest industrial ga...

Korean firms to buy stake in UK gas business for $356 mn in secondary investment

Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd., Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. and other South Korean institutional investors will jointly acquire a 4.7%...

Two Korean firms make $70 mn senior loans to power plants near Chicago

Two Korean firms make $70 mn senior loans to power plants near Chicago

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KEB Hana Bank have made $35 million senior loans each to two power generation facilities near Chicago, acc...

Korean insurers take bold steps toward buyout, hedge funds

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. has recently committed €50 million ($53 million) to a €7 billion buyout fund which British private equity...

Korean investors mull investing in Ares Management’s $2.5 bn US private debt fund

Korean investors mull investing in Ares Management’s $2.5 bn US private debt fund

South Korean institutional investors, including the Korean Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association, Nonghyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Lotte...

Korean insurers arrange $550 mn debt refinancing of Brookfield’s NY building

Korean insurers arrange $550 mn debt refinancing of Brookfield’s NY building

The two insurance arms of South Korea’s agricultural cooperative, Nonghyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd and Nonghyup Property & Casualty Insurance Co. L...

Hana becomes first Korean debt arranger for US power plant

Hana Financial Investment’s participation in the recent $1 billion debt financing for a US gas-fired power facility as a lead arranger has made it...

TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV

TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint venture with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America - Colle...

Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants

Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants

The recently-closed financing for two US natural gas-fired power plants under construction have attracted a group of South Korean institutional invest...

Blackstone in $1 bn mezzanine debt fundraising; Korean govt officials’ fund to invest $50 mn   

Blackstone Group has attracted New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS), US insurer MIRAS and a South Korean government employees’ fund to ...

Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US

Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US

South Korean institutional investors, one of aggressive cross-border buyers of US and European real estate in recent years, are quickly shifting towar...

Korean brokerages to unveil public funds for US, Europe property deals

South Korean brokerage firms, on the buying spree of US and European real estate, will roll out public real estate funds in the coming months to sell ...

Korean insurers to acquire L’Oréal’s office building near Paris for $500 mn

Korean insurers to acquire L’Oréal’s office building near Paris for $500 mn

South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. Ltd. was selected as a preferred buyer of an office building of L’Oréal near Paris late last month, and...

Korean insurers invest $100 mn in Google-leased Silicon Valley building

Korean insurers invest $100 mn in Google-leased Silicon Valley building

South Korean insurance firms have invested about 120 billion won ($100 million) in senior loans secured by an office tower in Silicon Valley leased to...

US gas power projects lure Korean private loan investors: report

US gas power projects lure Korean private loan investors: report

Gas-fired power plants in the pipeline in northeast U.S. states are expected to attract South Korean institutional investors in search of 5~6% annual ...

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