Macquarie Infrastructure Real Assets
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Interview
SEMA to favor PEF and PDF investments over real estate
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing mutual aid associations in South Korea, plans to favor invest...
Oct 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Brookfield set to raise $610 mn for new infrastructure debt fund: report
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will collect around 700 billion won ($610 million) from South Korean institutional investors for its second infrastru...
Oct 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Multi asset funds
Yellow Umbrella Mutual to invest $500 mn in global multi-asset funds
The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, has entrusted two Korean asset managers ...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyosung to accelerate asset sales, IPOs to spur growth in hydrogen, data businesses
Hyosung Group, a South Korean textile and chemicals conglomerate, is accelerating efforts to sell assets and list major subsidiaries on the local bour...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Outbound investments
South Korea's real estate FDI climbs 7.3% in Q2
South Korea's outbound direct investment in real estate continued to grow in the second quarter, up 7.3% year on year, despite sharp falls in the...
Sep 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vechicle
Urgent need to expand Korea's EV charging infrastructure: lobby group
It is critical that the South Korean government and carmakers swiftly move to increase local charging stations for electric vehicles and secure raw ma...
Sep 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
KOTAM to raise $800 million for global infrastructure credit investment
Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) is set to raise $800 million in a global infrastructure credit fund, which US-based I Squared Capital (I...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Mirae Asset named preferred negotiator for 3 Amazon-leased logistics centers in US
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has been named the preferred negotiator to acquire three logistics centers in the US leased to American retail gian...
Sep 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Mirae Asset to launch $252 mn Europe infrastructure fund
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is preparing to launch a 300 billion won ($252 million) vehicle to invest in a European infrastructure fund.Accordi...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Goldman, Keppel Infrastructure, SK Eng vying for top Korean waste disposal firm
South Korea’s largest waste treatment company EMC Holdings Co. Ltd. has drawn binding bids from Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) Gr...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
NPS creates active management team for overseas traditional assets
The National Pension Service will set up teams in its overseas offices to directly handle active investments in traditional assets such as equiti...
Aug 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFP
[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in real estate mezzanine debt
Korea Post’s insurance arm is looking for one or two real estate debt managers to invest $200 million in mezzanine debt, for which it is plannin...
Jul 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean travel platform My Real Trip raises $36 million amid sluggish travel industry
My Real Trip, Korea’s leading online travel platform, has received 43.2 billion won ($36 million) in funding from domestic and overseas investor...
Jul 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
[Survey] Korean investors upbeat on infrastructure, aircraft leasing in 2017
Major South Korean pension funds and insurers are planning to expand offshore infrastructure portfolios next year, and zooming in on aircraft finance ...
Jul 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Shinhan Financial in search to acquire traditional asset manager
Shinhan Financial Group, one of Korea's largest financial holding firms, has reached out to asset management companies that are well-versed ...
Jul 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Mirae Asset co-leads $100 mn financing for China’s biotech startup
Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested $28 million in Shanghai-based biotechnology startup JW Therapeutics, about a quarter of $100 million financin...
Jun 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Keppel Infrastructure and MBK join bid for Korean sewage treatment firm
Singapore’s Keppel Infrastructure and MBK Partners are among 15-odd preliminary bidders for South Korea’s largest wastewater treatment com...
Jun 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Real estate funds may bear brunt of Covid 19 in Q4: military fund
The coronavirus impact will likely spill over to the commercial real estate market around the fourth quarter of this year, with a spike in office vaca...
May 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Teachers’ Pension picks infrastructure, daily necessities sectors
South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension will chase infrastructure facilities and industrial park properties in developed countries for overseas al...
May 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Air
Korean Air to raise $817 mn in rights issue; in talks with PEFs on asset sales
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. unveiled its largest rights offering plan on May 13 to raise 1 trillion won ($817 million) for debt repayment, after it open...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Midas Asset acquires German logistics portfolio for $217 mn
Seoul-based Midas Asset Management has acquired three logistics assets in Germany, including an Amazon-leased facility, for 200 million euros ($217 mi...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang Insurance
Mirae Asset scraps $5.8 bn US hotels deal with China’s Anbang
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. notified Anbang Insurance Group on May 3 of its decision to cancel a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury ...
May 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Mirae Asset says no financing problem with closing $5.8 bn hotels deal
Mire Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has no problem with financing a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 luxury hotels from Anbang Insurance Group and is...
Apr 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air may sell core assets estimated at $2.4 bn to ease cash crunch
Hanjin Group, parent of Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., is considering selling three core businesses of the carrier -- in-flight meal service, mileage prog...
Apr 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
IMM enters China’s infrastructure market with $40 mn investment
IMM Investment Corp. has acquired a minority stake in China’s private water supplier for $40 million, in the first investment by a South Korean ...
Apr 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
POBA eyes distressed assets; reduces office buildings exposure
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will aggressively chase distressed assets to take advantage of the recent market downturn, while scali...
Apr 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Mirae Assets logs 150% return from German biotech startup exit
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has earned a 150% return on a $15 million investment in German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE in nine months, securing $22...
Apr 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset leads $23 mn funding for Indian food delivery startup
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has led a $23 million investment in Indian food delivery platform Swiggy by South Korean companies in their first investme...
Apr 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Outbound real estate funds hit by first capital outflow in over 4 years
South Korea’s real estate funds for outbound investment saw their first net capital outflows in four and a half years in March, hit by delays in...
Apr 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Mirae Asset may lose $5 mn to email fraud on aircraft finance
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. is likely to lose $5 million related to its aircraft financing deal after its Hong Kong-based employee transferred the mon...
Mar 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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