Korea Post awards $300 mn mandates to 3 private debt managers

Korea Post’s savings arm has awarded offshore private debt mandates worth a combined $300 million to Guggenheim Partners, Park Square Capital and Part...

[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will chase equity stakes in foreign companies running power, harbor and road projects, as it is seeking t...

Korea savings fund to buy $51 mn equity in property funds: report

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) will acquire 57 billion won ($51 million) worth of equity stakes in two domestic fund...

Ex-NPS investment strategy head to lead non-equity portfolios of Korean asset firm

A former investment strategy head of the National Pension Service (NPS), Yoon-pyo Lee, will move to South Korea’s Truston Asset Management Co. Ltd. ne...

[RFP] Korea fund for small firm owners solicits bids for $88 mn equity mandates

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is looking for stock management firms to invest a total of about 100 billion won ($88 million) and pick up to four fund...

[Editor's Note] Korea funds warm up to private debts

Private debt products such as senior secured loans, collateralized loan obligation and mezzanine debt in the U.S. and European markets have become one...

NPS’ 2015 return beats key foreign pension funds; to take passive equities strategy

The National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment return dipped to 4.57% in 2015, but its performance outstripped those of other top five pension funds ...

China Minsheng Investment to invest in SK Planet

China Minsheng Investment Group, China's largest private-sector investment firm, is mulling an investment of 1.3 trillion won (US$1.13 billion) in Kor...

[Interview] Korea teachers’ fund CIO: interested in equity stake in asset managers’ holding firms

Korea Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), which manages 22 trillion won (about $18 billion) of assets, is considering an equity investment in holding compa...

NPS to boost overseas equities by 2021; trimming portion of domestic portfolios

- Overseas portfolios seen to climb to over 35% by 2021 vs. 24.3% at end-2015 - Domestic portfolios seen to drop to 65% or below vs. 75.7% at end-2...

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SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai’s IONIQ 7

SK Innovation Co. is set to supply batteries for the IONIQ 7, Hyundai Motor Co.’s large electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be unveiled in...

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SK Hynix introduces Gauss Labs-developed AI solution to semicon process (edited)

SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it has started to improve production efficiency and yield by introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to...

SK Hynix raises $1.5 bn in foreign bonds amid high demand

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has raised $1.5 billion in foreign currency bonds, with the debt offering four tim...

NO EDIT, NO PUBLISHING. Trump-driven energy boom spurs Korean firms to hike US gas investments

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