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South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. and logistics and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group have signed a 600 billion won ($531 mill...

South Korea’s LG Display Co. and US-based StudioLAB have entered a three-year partnership that will combine the local display maker's innovative...

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investo...

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investors...

POSCO, South Korea’s largest steel producer, will collaborate with US-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) t...

One Equity Partners (OEP), a New York based private equity firm, unloaded its remaining shares in Celltrion Healthcare valued at approximately 31...

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is looking to launch its second special situations fund in the second half of this year to capital...

Anchor Equity Partners has invested 209.8 billion won ($170 million) in South Korea’s content and entertainment company Kakao M Corp., just afte...

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) are seeking small and medium-sized management companies to chase smaller...

Major South Korean institutional investors have cooled their interest in overseas real estate assets sourced by domestic brokerage firms because of he...

A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and two leading South Korean insurance firms have expressed unease about the excessive use of leverage...

Korea Post and Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd., the third-largest life insurer in South Korea, remain cautious about increasing exposure to hedge funds,...

Teachers’ Pension, the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are looking to increase global...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will raise the proportion of alternative investments with further diversified portfolios, while seeking to manage p...

The National Pension Service (NPS) will allocate $2 billion to single-manager hedge funds this year in its first direct investment in hedge funds, whi...

MBK Partners has cancelled an initial public offering for a retail real estate investment trust (REIT) in South Korea due to a lack of demand, which...

South Korea-based United Partners Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested about 70 billion won ($62 million) in a senior debt on a three-building offic...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will look to a broader range of emerging markets and consider investing in real estate debts to further diversify...

Korea Post is planning to select about two energy infrastructure funds within the year as it is seeking to raise exposure to global infrastructure a...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and the Korea Teachers’ Pension will step up real estate and infrastructure investments in Asia and other eme...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is building regionally diversified portfolios in pursuit of both profitability and stability, said its chief execut...

South Korean asset owners are increasingly turning to non-dollar assets because the weakening US dollar erodes expected returns after currency hedging...

The National Pension Service (NPS) plans to commit fresh capital to about four additional mid-cap private equity funds this year, focusing on the mana...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is studying investing in a single hedge fund and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will switch towards small-s...

Major South Korean institutional investors plan to raise exposure further to credit investments in search of steady cashflows and expect to see more i...

The Teachers’ Pension and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are turning to the Asian private equity market with focus on growth sectors such ...

Korea Post’s insurance unit is looking for new alternative long-duration assets to meet demand for long-term stable yields, because the recent rush in...

Korea Investment Cooperation (KIC) is zooming in on lending to small to medium-sized companies and targets Asian private equity deals in pursuit of mi...

The National Pension Service (NPS) will improve the role of its overseas offices in New York, London and Singapore to increase direct investment in al...