Korean funds, NH insurers to invest $215 mn in mezzanine debt of Google NY building
Two South Korean savings funds are set to invest 100 billion won ($85 million) in junior mezzanine debt secured by a Manhattan office building leased ...
Korean fund to put $42 mn in two aircraft funds; $900 mn aviation fund in final stage of fundraising
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to invest $42 million in mezzanine debt of two aircraft funds which will buy use...
Korean asset firm underwrites $61.5 mn mezzanine loan of LA office building
A South Korean handbag maker’s fund management unit has invested $61.5 million in mezzanine debt of a prime office building in Los Angeles, jointly wi...
Two Korean firms on NASA building deal as local rival steps aside: report
A consortium of Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. was recently picked as a new preferred negotiator of the...
Korean funds cut 2017 return targets; keen on infrastructure, mezzanine debt: report
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) and three other major South Korean savings funds have trimmed the...
Police fund, 4 other Korean firms to put $100 mn in Emirates aircraft fund
The Police Mutual Aid Association and four other South Korean institutional investors will underwrite $100 million of mezzanine tranches in an aircraf...
KIC, Korean fund to invest $130 mn in US hotels-backed mezzanine debt: report
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the country's Local Finance Association will invest a total of 153 billion won ($130 million) in U.S. mezzanine...
Korean asset firm raises $79 mn to invest in Blackstone-owned Las Vegas hotel
A small-sized South Korean asset management firm, Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd., has raised a real estate fund to invest 93 billion won ($79 million) i...
Korean funds to invest $295 mn in Asian warehouse developer e-Shang: report
South Korean institutional investors will buy about 350 billion won ($295 million) worth of senior loans secured by distribution centers of Warburg Pi...
Korean firm holds off on buying NASA building after Trump election shock
A South Korean asset manager has temporarily put on hold an acquisition of the NASA headquarters building in Washington D.C., after rising interest ra...
Korean insurers tapped for Google NY building-backed $130 mn mezzanine loans
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. is tapping domestic insurance companies to sell mezzanine loans of about 150 billion won ($130 million) s...
Korean insurers to invest $240 mn in senior loans for US FBI building
South Korean life and non-life insurance firms will provide about $240 million worth of senior financing for a historic 10-story office building in Wa...
Korean institutions to fund Qantas Airway’s aircraft lease with $20 mn mezzanine loan
A South Korean brokerage firm is raising $20 million in mezzanine debt from two to three domestic institutional investors to finance Australia’s Qanta...
Korean funds mull $260 mn mezzanine financing for Brookfield’s IFC Seoul purchase
Brookfield Asset Management is in talks with the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and a state-run mortgage lender to secure 300 billion won ($261 ...
Carlyle seeks new strategic partner to bid for McDonald’s Korean unit
The Carlyle Group has been left as the sole bidder for the South Korean operations of McDonald’s, after a local dairy which had teamed up with the U.S...
Korean asset manager set to buy NASA headquarters building for about $350 mn
KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been picked as the preferred buyer of the NASA headquarters building in Washington D.C. on behalf of small-sized Sou...
Korean investors to fund Air France’s plane lease with $34 mn mezzanine loan
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid will invest $34 million in mezzanine debt to fund Air France’s $115...
Korean VC firms invest in UK drug developer, first after Brexit
Celleron Therapeutics Ltd., a cancer treatment developer founded by Oxford University professors, is poised to attract $26 million from South Korean a...
Europe banks return to Korean brokerage market; target debt, alternative products
A growing asset size of South Korean institutional investors and soaring demand for overseas alternative assets have been prodding foreign banks, incl...
Korean brokerage firm to buy Novartis campus in Paris for $454 mn: report
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is set to buy an office building of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis under construction in Paris for 5...
Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing
Apollo Global Management has attracted 80 billion won ($72 million) from a couple of South Korean pension funds to refinance part of bank loans it had...
CVC set to buy Korean parcel delivery firm for about $300 mn
Baring Private Equity Asia has named CVC Capital Partners as the preferred buyer of South Korea’s No.4 parcel delivery company, which the Carlyle Grou...
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...
Korean public officials’ fund to invest $40 mn in cat bonds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for South Korean public officials, will select about two management firms to commit $4...
HPS, Crescent Capital win Korean pension fund’s $100 mn PDF mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $50 million to U.S.-based HPS Investment Partners and Crescent Capital Group each for over...
Carlyle teams up with Korean dairy to buy McDonald’s local unit
The Carlyle Group has joined forces with a local dairy to bid for the South Korean operations of McDonald’s in a deal reportedly worth 600 billion won...
US bank loans, asset-based credit whet appetite of Korean investors
South Korean institutional investors are gearing up to raise exposure to U.S. bank loans, collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and commercial mortgage...
Korean firms complete $320 mn financing for Newark Energy Center of US
South Korean insurance firms and other institutions have committed a total of $250 million to a local fund set up to provide senior loans to Newark En...
US govt building-lease funds lure Korean investors
ING Life Insurance, fisheries cooperatives and a college fund in South Korea will put a total of $80 million into a fund run by USAA Real Estate Compa...
Cerberus’ new Europe property fund may attract over $370 mn from Korean investors
National Pension Service (NPS), Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and a South Korean insurer are considering putting a combined $370 million into a r...
