NPS investment report
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NPS to double proportion of overseas fixed-income investment by 2024
The National Pension Service (NPS) will more than double the proportion of overseas fixed-income investment to around 10% by the end of 2024 by when g...
Jun 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building
KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...
May 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT] NPS to allocate $2 bn to single hedge funds in 2019
The National Pension Service (NPS) will allocate $2 billion to single-manager hedge funds this year in its first direct investment in hedge funds, whi...
May 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to take bolder approach to alternative investment
The National Pension Service (NPS) will speed up alternative investment decisions and expand the investment scope to include private debt and multi-as...
May 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to up co-investment with CalSTRS, Texas pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will double co-investment with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to 880 billi...
Apr 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $300 mn in real estate mezzanine debts
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to invest around $300 million in mezzanine tranches on commercial properties in the US and other developed countries in...
Apr 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset plans $500 mn bond issue; invests in HK office debt
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to raise more than $500 million in a global bond issuance early next month to fund its global investments, after ann...
Apr 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang’s Korean arm to commit $44 mn to US real estate debt fund: report
ABL Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a South Korean arm of China’s Anbang Insurnce Group, has decided to commit 50 billion won ($44 million) to Madison Realty...
Apr 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung-Hanwha consortium tipped to invest $300 mn in Paris building
A consortium of Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is likely to invest 340 billion won ($299 million) in a Pa...
Apr 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Investment buys Prague office complex for $286 mn
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a five-building office complex in Prague for 325 billion won ($286 million), as South Korean ...
Apr 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in PE secondary funds
Korea Post’s savings arm will select two global private equity funds to invest around $200 million in private equity secondary markets, according to i...
Apr 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brookfield raises $147 mn from Korea for US office portfolio: report
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has secured $147.2 million in a mezzanine tranche from South Korea’s Kiwoom Asset Management Co. Ltd. on a US office ...
Mar 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Alternative appoints ex-NPS investment head as CEO
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd., part of a top South Korean banking group, has appointed Hee-seok Kim, a former global investment head...
Mar 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana sources $50 mn loan investment in US residential project
Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged a $50 million loan investment in the largest residential development under construction in Bos...
Mar 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] POBA to increase US property loan investment via JVs
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will continue to step up investment in US real estate loans through joint ventures (JVs) with global p...
Mar 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS posts negative return in 2018 in its worst showing
The National Pension Service (NPS) reported the poorest investment results in its 30-year history, posting its first negative average return since 200...
Feb 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, Korea Post to boost cooperation in global investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has reached a tentative agreement with Korea Post to strengthen cooperation in global investment as the sovereign w...
Feb 22, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] KTCU’s new CIO says to boost equity investments
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will aggressively seek equity-type investments such as stocks and private equities for extra returns wi...
Feb 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment launches $50 mn retail fund for Milan office purchase
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is seeking to raise 55 billion won ($49 million) from individual investors to fund its 124 billion won ($11...
Feb 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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United Partners invests $62 mn in Dallas office building mortgage
South Korea-based United Partners Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested about 70 billion won ($62 million) in a senior debt on a three-building offic...
Feb 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS launches stewardship responsible division
The National Pension Service has set up a division to fulfill its stewardship responsibilities as South Korea’s largest institutional investor after i...
Jan 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post to commit $50 mn to Adams Street’s VC fund: report
Korea Post’s insurance arm will commit $50 million to Chicago-based Adams Street Partners LLC for its first overseas venture capital investment,...
Jan 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Investments commits $250 mn to US real estate debt fund
Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has committed $250 million to a real estate debt fund of a joint venture between Related Cos, a US real estate developer ...
Dec 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan to lend $150 mn senior loan on US energy deal: report
Shinhan Investment Corp. will provide a $150 million senior loan to an energy company of Ares Management LP to finance its acquisition of a US midstre...
Dec 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan buys KPMG-leased Prague building for $58 mn: report
Shinhan Investment Corp., a brokerage arm of South Korea’s leading banking group, has bought a KPMG-leased office building in central Prague for 65 ...
Dec 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment to commit $18 mn from short-term debt to Blackstone
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., one of aggressive cross-border institutional investors in South Korea, will commit 20 billion won ($18 mil...
Dec 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ risk management head to spearhead investment strategy
The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed risk management center head Seong-Tae Park as new head of investment strategy on Dec. 8, a week...
Dec 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ investment strategy head offers to quit
Investment strategy head and No. 2 of the National Pension Service’s (NPS) Investment Management department Soo-Cheol Lee has tendered his resignation...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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GSO Capital raises $511 mn in Europe mid-market CLO fund: report
GSO Capital Partners, the credit investment arm of the Blackstone Group, has raised 450 million euros ($511 million) in a Europe mid-market collateral...
Nov 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Exclusive] Korea Investment-led fund buys two Boeing aircraft for $217 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired two Air France-leased Boeing aircraft for $217 million via a domestic fund which raised $125 m...
Nov 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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