KIC sees regulation change to qualify KIC, Korean pension funds managers for CIO job

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has recently asked the finance ministry to revise part of regulations governing the sovereign wealth fund in order ...

NPS replaces global alternative head in internal moves of senior managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed its domestic alternative division head, Sang-Hyun Yoo, as the new head of the global alternative division...

BlackRock, Grosvenor picked as NPS’ fund of hedge fund managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) finally selected BlackRock Alternative Advisors and Grosvenor Capital Management on July 11 as the general partners...

[RFP] Korea's govt pension seeks $100 mn offshore mezzanine fund managers

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) posted a notification on July 6 that it would select two global private debt fund managers f...

[RFP] Korea’s GEPS seeks $170 mn fund of funds managers of global stocks, bonds

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) posted a notification on July 1 to invite bids for a 100 billion won ($87 million) mandate f...

Korea’s GEPS CIO says to invest fresh $375 mn in alternatives in 2016

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), managing $6 billion of assets, will make an additional investment of about 430 billion won ...

[Editor’s Note] Frustrated at shrinking returns, investment money are flowing out of Korea

Unlike the U.S. Fed’s quantitative easing program that had boosted U.S. equity markets for more than six years from 2009, the Bank of Korea’s five pol...

Blackstone, Pomona win mandates for Korea GEPS’ $100 mn investment

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded $50 million mandates each to Blackstone and Pomona Capital for global secondary ...

Korea funds seek investment experts from outside; CIOs chair review committees

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has replaced the head of its investment review committee recently with the Chief Investment Officer Do...

Korea police fund to invest $87 mn in blind funds

The Police Mutual Aid Association of South Korea will post a public notice of a request for proposals this week to commit 100 billion won ($87 million...

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...

[Korean Money Going Abroad] Korea insurers up overseas investments, eyeing foreign asset managers

South Korean insurance companies have been raising investments in overseas investments by more than 50% since the start of this year and also consider...

[Korean Money Going Abroad] NPS to slash net increase in Korean stock investment by 95% in 2017

South Korean investors, led by the National Pension Service (NPS), have been ramping up overseas investments while trimming domestic portfolios, a mov...

[Editor's Note] Moves: KIC greets new CIO; NPS lets three senior managers go, ahead of office relocation

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund managing $96 billion foreign exchange reserves, has recently named Kang Shin-w...

[Interview] World Bank’s new investment head calls for review of investment period, risk limit

Incoming World Bank’s director of the investment management division, Heung-sik Choo, said that the international financial institution, which man...

[Interview] S.Korea military fund set to invest in offshore blind VC funds from 2017

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), South Korea’s $8 billion military savings fund, is planning to invest in offshore blind-pool venture capit...

KIC names former local asset management head as new CIO

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has named the former head of Hanwha Asset Management as its new chief investment officer to run the sovereign wealt...

POBA CIO says studying catastrophe bond investment for about $25 million

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is considering investing about $17 million to $25 million in catastrophe bonds, also known a...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks overseas fixed-income managers for emerging sovereign bond fund

- On June 1, 2016, Korea Post’s insurance asset management bureau posts a request for proposal to invest in dollar-denominated sovereign bonds of emer...

[Interview] Korea savings fund for small business owners mulls offshore blind fund investment in 2016

South Korea’s Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is flexing its muscle to expand overseas alternative assets, including blind funds, in line with a rapid ...

[Editor's Note] Korea Post released four RFPs to select offshore alternative asset managers

Last week Korea Post, with 110 trillion won ($93 billion) of assets under management, announced four requests for proposal (RFPs) to choose general pa...

[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...

POBA to pick 2 global infrastructure fund firms in June for $85 mln investment – report

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for local public officials, plans to select two offshore infrastructure inve...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks overseas PDF managers for up to $300 mln commitment

- On May 26, Korea Post says plans to commit about $100 mln to 1 to 3 funds, respectively - Investment to be focused in North America or Europe thr...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks global managers for U.S., Canada real estate investment

- Deadline to submit proposal is May 30, 2016; Final selection set for July 1, 2016 Korea Post announced a request for proposal on May 23 for its u...

[RFP] Korea Post Savings seeks new single offshore hedge fund managers

- Proposed fund size at minimum $300 mln; proposal submissions due by June 7, 2016 - Funds currently in Korea Post Savings’ hedge fund pool not el...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks fixed-income managers for U.S. corporate bond investment

- Proposal submission due by June 7, 2016; final selection set for July 2016 - To pick 2 firms for publicly-offered funds with minimum $300 mln AUM...

[ASK 2016 SUMMIT] NPS, KIC see gradual increase in hedge fund investment

- NPS says its strict transparency requirement may deter talented GPs; to adopt flexible approach to solve the problem - KIC to make the best of he...

Global PEFs in bidding for GEPS’ $100 million overseas secondary fund investment

- GEPS to make 2nd commitment to global secondary PEF since 2014; investment size to triple - To pick 2 GPs by mid-June to commit $50 million, resp...

KIC aims to pick domestic GPs to manage $2 billion overseas infrastructure fund

- To select 2~3 local asset managers or securities firms as GPs - If fails to bring in local GPs, it will open the door to foreign asset managers ...