NPS San Francisco office
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Korean stock market
KRX opens German office to promote EU certification of Korean indices
The Korea Exchange said that it opened its third overseas office in Frankfurt, Germany, and would promote the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) certifi...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries establishes chief AI officer post
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has created the position of chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer (CAIO) to propel a major busines...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Blockchain co. Reality Reflection's board to discuss mangement reshuffle
The South Korean blockchain ecosystem is facing a string of management disputes, hit by worsening conditions of the global cryptocurrency market.&nb...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 896.6 trillion won ($690.5 billion) as of end-S...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
First joint law office with overseas firm to open in Korea
The first South Korea-overseas joint law firm is set to start operations in Seoul.The joint firm of Korean law firm Hwahyun and UK’s Ashurst h...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Nexon named preferred bidder for 50% of office tower from KTCU
Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to acquire a 50% stake in the Autoway Tower, an office building in Seoul's Gangnam business district, from the Korean ...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul more expensive than Tokyo for expats due to high real estate costs
TOKYO — The monthly rent of a commercial building in Seoul has surpassed that of Tokyo for the first time.The rent for an office building in t...
Nov 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
NPS increases exposure to secondaries, direct lending
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will expand investments via secondaries and direct lending, its Head of Strategic Alternative Inv...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
BOK to ease Legoland developer default-led credit crunch
South Korea’s central bank joined rescue moves to improve liquidity in the local bond market and alleviate the fallout from a debt default by ...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
NPS considers new investment in global real estate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships
US investment firm Principal Global Investors LLC has recently opened a Seoul office to strengthen the firm’s existing client relationships in...
Oct 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman taps TPG Korea's Lee as Seoul office PE head
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to hire Lee Seung-june, managing director at US investment firm TPG's Seoul office, as Goldman Sachs' private equity...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency
The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS seeks new CIO as Ahn ends term Oct. 18
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is looking for a new chief investment officer (CIO) as former CIO Ahn Hyo-joon’s term ended...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea rejects patent claims for AI-invented products
South Korea’s intellectual property office has rejected patent applications that claimed an artificial intelligence system as their inventor, ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea FX authorities, NPS agree on currency swap; won flat
South Korea’s foreign exchange authorities and the state-run National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to open a currency swap line for the first ...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief signals another big step as Fed hike haunts won
South Korea’s central bank on Thursday signaled another 50-basis-point policy interest rate hike as the won currency weakened past the psychol...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
NPS, KIC, other Korean LPs commit $551 mn to Cinven's fund
Global private equity firm Cinven Ltd. has attracted €550 million ($551.3 million) from South Korean institutional investors for its eighth fla...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Direct lending, middle market offer resilience: NYLIM
There is no doubt that headwinds to economic and market growth are picking up. Globally, supply chain and energy disruptions have contributed to hig...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Gucci to hold Alessandro Michele-directed show at Korean royal palace
Italian luxury fashion house Gucci will hold a fashion show choreographed by its famous creative director Alessandro Michele at a South Korean royal...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea may limit NPS power on shareholder derivative suits
South Korea may keep the National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, from increasing its power for shareholder deriva...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao joins race to become private 5G network provider
Kakao Enterprise Corp. is poised to become a private 5G network provider, for use within the parent company Kakao Corp. and for serving outside clie...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG eye niche sectors to boost tablet sales
South Korea’s electronics companies are launching tablet PCs with niche targets as the global tablet market has shrunk for four consecutive qu...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS' new chairman Kim Tae-hyun to start 3-year term
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set for its new Chairman Kim Tae-hyun, a former CEO of state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp....
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Business magnates' startup investment fraternity V-Society going strong
Back in August 2000, a fraternity of domestic business magnates’ children and startup entrepreneurs named V-Society was founded. The frat...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS posts 8% loss from investment in H1 2022
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea had an 8% negative return during the first half of 2022, its investment management arm announced on Au...
Aug 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS commits to Blackstone's ESG credit platform
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, has committed capital to Blackstone Credit’s Sustainable Resources Platform to enhance the ...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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