NPS sets up $860 mn Vietnam investment fund with SK Group

NPS sets up $860 mn Vietnam investment fund with SK Group

The National Pension Service (NPS) has launched a 1 trillion won ($860 million) fund with SK Group to invest in Vietnamese companies, through which th...

Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie’s South Korean unit signed a definitive agreement on Dec. 6 to buy a non-controlling stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd., an IT services arm of L...

SK Group, Hillhouse Capital to form $850 mn fund to invest in Chinese start-ups

SK Group, Hillhouse Capital to form $850 mn fund to invest in Chinese start-ups

SK Group will set up a 1 trillion won ($850 million) fund with China’s private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group to invest in Chinese start-up...

Samsung Sec buys Amazon logistics center in Czech for $160 mn: report

Samsung Sec buys Amazon logistics center in Czech for $160 mn: report

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has bought Amazon’s only logistics center in Czech Republic for 186 billion won ($160 million), in its fourth acquis...

Hanwha Group units underwrite $240 mn debt on US car park operator

Hanwha Group units underwrite $240 mn debt on US car park operator

Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and two other financial arms of South Korea’s Hanwha Group have underwritten $240 million of a 30-year deb...

Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn

Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...

Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals

Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has signed a preliminary agreement with Canadian pension scheme La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to cooper...

Samsung Sec buys Amazon warehouse in Germany for $215 mn: report

Samsung Sec buys Amazon warehouse in Germany for $215 mn: report

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of Amazon’s new logistics center in Germany for 260 billion won ($215 million), in an ...

Hanwha General eying 2020 IPO; Samsung may cash in $800 mn stock

Hanwha General eying 2020 IPO; Samsung may cash in $800 mn stock

Hanwha General Chemical Co. Ltd. is aiming to list on the Korea Stock Exchange next year, which may lead to Samsung Group’s two arms disposing of rema...

Samsung Sec to buy French office complex for $778 mn

Samsung Sec to buy French office complex for $778 mn

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. is set to acquire an office building west of Paris for 691 million euros ($778 million), following a string of recent prop...

Samsung-Hanwha consortium tipped to invest $300 mn in Paris building

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...

Keppel Group unit set to net $250 mn from value-add deals in Seoul

Keppel Group unit set to net $250 mn from value-add deals in Seoul

Alpha Investment Partners, part of Singapore-based Keppel Capital, is set to secure over $250 million from selling two Seoul office buildings for arou...

Hana Fin-led group poised to buy $185 mn Prague office complex

Hana Fin-led group poised to buy $185 mn Prague office complex

A consortium led by Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been chosen as the preferred buyer for a thr...

Mirae Asset-Amundi group may buy France skyscraper for almost $1 bn

Mirae Asset-Amundi group may buy France skyscraper for almost $1 bn

A consortium of Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and French asset manager Amundi was picked as the preferred buyer for Tour Majunga, a landmark building in...

Affinity Equity-led group to exercise put option on $1.8 bn Kyobo Life shares

Affinity Equity-led group to exercise put option on $1.8 bn Kyobo Life shares

A consortium led by Affinity Equity Partners will push ahead with exercising their right to sell shares in South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd....

Samsung Life sells Commerzbank’s London headquarters for $590 mn

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has completed the sale of Commerzbank AG’s London headquarters to Singapore’s property investment firm Wing Tai Holdin...

NH Investment-backed REIT likely to buy Samsung Town building

NH Investment-backed REIT likely to buy Samsung Town building

A South Korean real estate investment trust firm sponsored by NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. was picked as a preferred buyer of Samsung C&...

Samsung Sec-led group to buy $760 mn stake in Dunkirk LNG terminal

Samsung Sec-led group to buy $760 mn stake in Dunkirk LNG terminal

A consortium of three South Korean brokerage companies led by Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. will pay around 850 billion won ($758 million) for a 39.24% ...

HNA sells US property to Samsung, tapping Korean buyers for US asset: report

HNA sells US property to Samsung, tapping Korean buyers for US asset: report

HNA Group has sold a Minneapolis office tower to Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. for $320 million and is now tapping South Korean institutional ...

Blackstone, Temasek’s Mapletree in $700 mn auction for Samsung Town office

Blackstone, Temasek’s Mapletree in $700 mn auction for Samsung Town office

The Blackstone Group and Temasek-backed Mapletree Investments are competing with South Korean asset managers and brokerage firms in the auction for Sa...

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...

Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps

Brookfield, GIC join CVC-led group in final bidding for Korea’s ADT Caps

CVC Capital Partners has formed a consortium with Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to make a final bid for South ...

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...

Samsung Sec debuts in US solar farm debt deal with $67 mn underwriting

Samsung Sec debuts in US solar farm debt deal with $67 mn underwriting

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd., a top South Korean brokerage company, has underwritten $66.7 million in senior debt to fund a solar power plant acquisiti...

Samsung Group units in forming $443 mn fund to buy OECD building in Paris

Samsung Group units in forming $443 mn fund to buy OECD building in Paris

An investment firm of South Korea’s Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd is forming a blind-pool real estate fund worth around 500 billion won ($443 milli...

Samsung Life taps Europe, Chinese investors to sell London building

Samsung Life taps Europe, Chinese investors to sell London building

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. is sounding out potential buyers in Europe and China for the London headquarters building of Commerzbank AG, 30 Gresha...

Samsung property fund invests $100 mn in mezzanine debt of US building

Samsung property fund invests $100 mn in mezzanine debt of US building

A $270 million real estate fund of Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $100 million in mezzanine debts backed by a prime office build...

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Korean institutions to invest in Partners Group’s infra fund; POBA commits €40 mn

Partners Group, a Switzerland-based investment firm, is looking to raise a further €655 million ($689 million) in March for the final close of it...

Samsung Asset to launch $500 mn global infrastructure debt fund with IFM: report

Samsung Asset to launch $500 mn global infrastructure debt fund with IFM: report

Samsung Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch a $500 million blind-pool fund investing in infrastructure-backed debt in developed countries, and joint...

Samsung’s property fund reaps $84 mn profit from sale of London office building

Samsung’s property fund reaps $84 mn profit from sale of London office building

A real estate fund of South Korea’s Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. has secured 100 billion won ($84 million) in capital gains from the sale of ...

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