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The prolonged coronavirus era is pushing South Korean asset owners, including the Teachers’ Pension and insurance firms, to tighten contracts fo...

South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), and the National Pension Service are looking to boost hedge fund investment through...

Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No. 1 fried chicken franchise operator, wrapped up a successful bookbuilding for institutional investors with bid...

The National Pension Service and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) have committed a combined $200 million to technology-focused Thoma Bra...

Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1.1...

The National Pension Service will loosen transparency requirements on hedge funds to increase the pool of its hedge fund management firms, in efforts ...

South Korean pension funds are seeking to diversify their pool of alternative asset managers to broaden real estate- and developed markets-focused por...

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank has issued $500 million in subordinated bonds as part of its efforts to expand loans for environmental, social and go...

Hyprsense, a facial motion capture software developer, has been acquired by Epic Games, the creator of international blockbuster game Fortnite, accord...

South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...

South Korean pension funds and insurance companies will commit $200 million in aggregate to KKR’s first Asia infrastructure fund targeting to ra...

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has recently selected an opportunistic strategy fund for private debt investment as the $3 bi...

South Korea’s economy returned to growth in the third quarter on strong exports, marking the first quarterly expansion since the outbreak of the...

South Korea's insurers along with Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. have committed $130 million in the real estate stabilized credit (RES...

Kyochon F&B, South Korea’s No.1 fried chicken franchise operator, will increase its number of overseas outlets by more than tenfold by 2025 ...

The South Korean won is riding high against the dollar amid expectations of a new US stimulus package, as presidential candidate Joe Biden’s lik...

Sberbank of Russia, the country's No.1 bank, unveiled its cutting-edge automated teller machine (ATM) last month in a virtual event. The newly reveale...

South Korea’s M&A market may reconsider leveraged buyouts due to the Supreme Court’s remanding of the case involving Sun Jong-koo, the...

KKR & Co. has purchased a combined 440.8 billion won ($386 million) worth of shares in TSK Corp., a leading South Korean sewage and wastewater tre...

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investo...

Big Hit Entertainment Co., the South Korean entertainment agency behind global sensation BTS, saw its shares drop by as much as 22% on Oct.16, the sec...

South Korean bourses may have been Asia’s top performers since global stock markets hit troughs in March, but the country remains Credit Suisse'...

IMM Private Equity has put a majority stake in South Korea’s Taihan Electric Wire Co. up for sale to exit its investment of close to $300 mill...

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investors...

Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. plans to raise 43 billion won ($38 million) from a retail fund for its investment in an office building in north...

The following is the full transcript of The Korea Economic Daily's interview with Korean Teachers’ Credit Union’s (KTCU) Chief Investment ...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a $29 billion savings fund, will increase its exposure to equities markets and M&A financing deals...

South Korean mobile game developer Com2uS Corp. has acquired a German gaming rival in its first cross-over buyout, in a move to bolster its sports gam...

The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) has secured returns nearly four times its $37.6 million investment in the US cloud-based platform provider El...

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will collect around 700 billion won ($610 million) from South Korean institutional investors for its second credit ...