NPS overseas stocks

The National Pension Service has shelved a plan to introduce negative screening on coal mines and relevant businesses in an aim to build a low-carbo...

The South Korean government’s plan to vaccinate 36 million people, or about 70% of its population, by the third quarter of 2021 is heating up ...

The National Pension Service has offered an attractive on-the-job training package, including education programs to aid new hires in getting an MBA ...

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. is moving forward with its global expansion plans by entering the Singapore market. The New York ...

The National Pension Service has bowed to pressure from retail investors to raise the upper limit for domestic stock purchases, after it was blamed ...

South Korean companies, having raised 30 trillion won ($27 billion) in both equity and bond issues in the first quarter of this year, are on course ...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) came under fire over its expected rule change aimed at raising the upper limit for domestic stock...

Over the past three months, domestic value stock funds in South Korea saw net outflows of 921.4 billion won ($814 million), with the benchmark Kospi...

The National Pension Service has made an investment in BC Partners by acquiring a stake in the UK private equity firm through a Blackstone fund, acc...

A growing number of South Koreans in their 20s are further increasing risk tolerance to stocks, crowding into over-the-counter (OTC) markets, in ant...

The National Pension Service has committed $500 million to Blackstone's new life science real estate fund that is expected to raise over $12 billion...

South Korea-based SK Bioscience Co. has successfully concluded the bookbuilding for its initial public offering, attracting institutional investors ...

The National Pension Service boosted investments in private equity deals involving high-growth internet and software companies last year, while dive...

The National Pension Service remains overexposed to South Korean stocks even after its 42-day consecutive net selling, and the world's third-largest...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has entrusted funds to three overseas alternative investment firms newly hired in the fourth quarter of last year...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has begun a process to initiate multi-asset investment as part of an effort to create higher retu...

Kakao Corp. will split its stock on a five-for-one basis in April, which the South Korean mobile messaging app giant said would make the stock more ...

The National Pension Service (NPS) signed new contracts worth around 23 trillion won ($20.1 billion) abroad in alternative investments last year, de...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has reported a provisional return rate of 9.7 percent in 2020, marking the second time for the South Korean pensi...

The National Pension Service has committed $150 million to London-based Stafford Capital Partners in its first investment in timberland, land availa...

Initial public offerings in South Korea are expected to top 20 trillion won ($18 billion) in value this year, the largest amount for a single year i...

Coupang Corp., 37% owned by SoftBank Group, is set to become the first Korean company to list directly on the New York Stock Exchange, with its valu...

For retail investors of Samsung Electronics Co., the stock’s recent drop is reminiscent of the 2018 crash, when individuals who snapped up the...

South Korea’s financial regulator has decided to allow the short selling of large-cap stocks from May 3 despite opposition from retail investo...

With an aim to bolster its alternative portfolio, the National Pension Service has taken bold new steps over the past few years, including launching...

The National Pension Service has decided to invest in a $20 billion technology fund that Silicon Valley-based Silver Lake Partners recently closed, ...

South Korea’s central bank governor has warned of an abrupt stock market correction, asking investors to refrain from excessive borrowing amid...

Hyundai Motor Co. has signed a contract to build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as the South Korean company aims to en...

The National Pension Service has divided up its global public market division into Global Equity and Global Fixed Income divisions as part of a plan...