Samsung Life Savills
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Hana Fin, Lotte Non-life lend $85 mn for US midstream project
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Lotte Non-life Insurance Co. Ltd. have lent $85 million in a mezzanine loan on Salt Creek Midstream LLC in Texa...
Jul 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jun 09, 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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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....
Dec 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korean office building market set for further growth: Savills
South Korea’s office building market is poised to continue its record-breaking growth, buoyed by heavy money inflows from overseas investors and the c...
Oct 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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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&...
Jul 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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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% ...
Jul 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Jun 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jun 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang Life-backed fund buys Seoul building for $225 mn
A fund led by a South Korean unit of China’s Anbang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a prime office building in Seoul for 240 billion won ($22...
Dec 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Oct 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Sep 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jun 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Apr 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Shinhan Life eyes low-volatility investments ahead of new accounting rule
The life insurance arm of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group will allocate more than 90% of its assets under management to loans and bonds to...
Mar 29, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate
ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd. sees core office buildings and infrastructure in the US and Europe remaining as attractive targets even in the periods o...
Mar 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Mar 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] NongHyup Life eyes hedge fund, private equity secondary investments
NongHyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s agricultural cooperative, will commit an additional 700 billion won ($620 mn) to overseas al...
Feb 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Hanwha Life targets senior secured debt; sees $1 bn net growth in 2017 alternative asset
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., which manages 100 trillion won ($87 billion) of assets, will chase senior secured debts of commercial buildings in dev...
Feb 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Mirae Asset Life eyes US power plants, buildings to boost overseas investment
(This is the first in a series of interviews with CIOs of South Korea’s leading insurance companies in 2017.) Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co. Ltd., ...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Jan 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Court Dismisses Arrest Warrant for Samsung's Lee
The court has dismissed the request by the prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant to Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong. This will be a bi...
Jan 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chronology: Korea’s sprawling political scandal hits NPS over Samsung units’ merger
The following are key events in relation to Samsung C&T Corporation’s takeover of affiliate Cheil Industries Inc. in 2015, and prosecutors’ invest...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Q&A: NPS embroiled in Korea’s political scandal over Samsung units’ merger
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension scheme with $460 billion in assets under management, is engulfed in on...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Life, scientist fund to put $230 mn into UK gas business bid
South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and a scientists’ savings fund will commit a total of 185 million pounds ($230 million) to a project fund...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung’s investment firm to set up $270 mn US property mezzanine fund
A property investment arm of the Samsung Group will raise 300 billion won ($270 million) from South Korean insurance companies and pension funds in a ...
Sep 14, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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TPG picks son of ex-Samsung vice chairman to lead Korea investment
TPG named Sanghoon Lee, an ex-Morgan Stanley executive and elder son of a former Samsung Electronics vice chairman and CEO, as the head of its South K...
Aug 25, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung consortium to buy Commerzbank head office in Frankfurt
Samsung Securities and Samsung SRA Asset Management will acquire Commerzbank Tower, the headquarters of Commerzbank and the landmark of Frankfurt, at ...
Aug 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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