Mirae Asset, NH Investment seek to resell $94 mn stake in London building

Mirae Asset, NH Investment seek to resell $94 mn stake in London building

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., which closed the £242 million ($340 million) joint acquisition of an London o...

Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO

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...

Construction workers’ fund, insurer in $123 mn deal to buy Denver building

Construction workers’ fund, insurer in $123 mn deal to buy Denver building

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and a South Korean insurance firm have invested 60 billion won ($56 million) in a 132 billion w...

KTB Asset sources $80 mn mezzanine debt deal on London hotel

KTB Asset sources $80 mn mezzanine debt deal on London hotel

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has sourced its first Europe real estate debt investment for South Korean institutional investors with a £56.9 million (...

POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator

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...

Mirae Asset close to buying Carrefour-leased new logistics center in Poland

Mirae Asset close to buying Carrefour-leased new logistics center in Poland

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., a leading South Korean asset manager, is close to acquiring a new logistics center in Poland for an estimated...

Hangang Asset invests $47 mn in debt on Blackstone-owned Orlando hotels

Hangang Asset invests $47 mn in debt on Blackstone-owned Orlando hotels

Hangang Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in a mezzanine debt on two luxury hotels in Orlando, Florida, on behalf of...

Korea scientists fund to commit $34 mn to BlueBay Asset’s Europe debt fund

Korea scientists fund to commit $34 mn to BlueBay Asset’s Europe debt fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has committed €28 million ($34 million) to a European mid-market private debt fund of Blu...

Mirae Asset’s unit buys Morgan Stanley’s new Scotland head office building

Mirae Asset’s unit buys Morgan Stanley’s new Scotland head office building

Multi Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., wholly owned by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., has acquired Morgan Stanley’s new head...

Mirae Asset buys $95 mn debt on Blackstone-owned Cosmopolitan hotel

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd., the brokerage arm of South Korea’s leading mutual fund house, has bought a $95 million mezzanine debt on the Cosmopolitan...

Anbang Life-backed fund buys Seoul building for $225 mn

Anbang Life-backed fund buys Seoul building for $225 mn

A fund led by a South Korean unit of China’s Anbang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a prime office building in Seoul for 240 billion won ($22...

Hana Asset to raise $105 mn from retail investors to buy DreamWorks campus

Hana Asset to raise $105 mn from retail investors to buy DreamWorks campus

Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. plans to raise 117.5 billion won ($105 million) in a public fund from South Korean individual investors to fund its 350...

KB Asset raises €165 million to invest in €1 bn Mirova infrastructure fund

KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has closed a domestic fund at around €165 million to invest in a €1 billion infrastructure fund of Mirova, an investment ...

[RFP] Korea scientists fund to pick $120 mn multi-asset SMA manager

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) is planning to allocate around $120 million to a separately managed account (SMA) of mult...

Samsung, Kyobo Life to buy $129 mn debt of US toll road from IFM Investors

Samsung, Kyobo Life to buy $129 mn debt of US toll road from IFM Investors

Two of South Korea’s top three life insurers – Samsung and Kyobo – will buy $129 million debt backed by revenues of the Indiana Toll Road Concession C...

Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund

Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund

Two insurance units of South Korea’s Dongbu Group will commit 45 billion won ($40 million) to a timberland and farmland fund managed by Boston-based...

Mirae Asset buys $48 mn mezzanine debt backed by FedEx-leased warehouses

Mirae Asset buys $48 mn mezzanine debt backed by FedEx-leased warehouses

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. invested 54 billion won ($48 million) last week in mezzanine debt secured on two warehouses leased to FedEx Co...

KTB Asset’s real estate senior debt fund raises $106 mn from three Korean firms

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...

Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt

Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt

Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...

Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property

Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property

A group of South Korean insurance firms have invested 180 billion won ($160 million) in mezzanine debt secured on two interconnected buildings in New ...

Korea Post names ex-regulatory official as insurance unit head

Korea Post names ex-regulatory official as insurance unit head

Korea Post has appointed a former regulator of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to lead its insurance bureau which manages $44 billion in asset...

Australia archive facility’s 29-yr debt attracts $60 mn from Korean insurers

Australia archive facility’s 29-yr debt attracts $60 mn from Korean insurers

A group of South Korean insurers will invest 69 billion won ($60 million) in 29-year senior debt secured on Australia’s National Archives Preservati...

Korean savings fund and insurer to buy college building in Sydney at $56 mn

Korean savings fund and insurer to buy college building in Sydney at $56 mn

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) will acquire a language center building of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydne...

Mirae Asset mulls committing up to $26 mn to AIIB-backed India infra fund

Mirae Asset mulls committing up to $26 mn to AIIB-backed India infra fund

Mirae Asset Financial Group is likely to commit 20 billion won to 30 billion won ($18 million to $26 million) to a $750 million infrastructure fund fo...

Mirae Asset weighs $433 mn global real estate fund launch

Mirae Asset weighs $433 mn global real estate fund launch

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is considering raising around 500 billion won ($433 million) in a global real estate fund, buoyed by hefty ret...

Hanwha Asset to raise $1 bn from insurance arms to launch global funds

Hanwha Asset to raise $1 bn from insurance arms to launch global funds

South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch three global funds for infrastructure, real estate and private equity investments, with $1 ...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean insurers seek co-investment, top-tier GPs

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean insurers seek co-investment, top-tier GPs

South Korean insurance companies are looking for co-investment in overseas alternatives with general partners, and leaning towards larger GPs in the i...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] KIC eyes Asia, small firms for undervalued assets

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] KIC eyes Asia, small firms for undervalued assets

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking to diversify its portfolio into emerging markets, in particular Asia, and will chase smaller-sized firms...

Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report

Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...

Heungkuk Asset raises $114 mn to invest in senior debt of Emirates Airline’s aircraft

Heungkuk Asset Management Co. Ltd. , a unit of South Korea’s textile, financial services and media group, closed a 130 billion won ($114 million) fund...

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