KB Securities buys Amazon’s Edinburgh logistics center for $86.5 mn: report

KB Securities Co. has reportedly acquired Amazon’s logistics center in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 102.5 billion won ($86.5 million), which the onl...

Tiger Alternative near closing $247 mn Home Depot logistics center deal: report

Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire a new distribution center in Texas for $247 million, now leased...

[Updated RFP] Korea Post seeks two global debt fund houses for $170 mn mandate

(On August 25, Korea Post extended the deadline for submitting proposals for its global debt investment mandate to August 31, 2020 from August 19, 202...

Korean logistics centers see high demand from untact businesses amid global pandemic

Logistics center operations in Korea have remained strong amid the global pandemic on account of e-commerce and third-party logistics' ...

Hyundai, Hankook Tire may rebuild relations with new test-driving center

Hyundai Motor Group has reached a tentative agreement to build the country’s biggest test-driving center at a new tire testing facility of Hanko...

Two Europe-focused REITs seek $600 mn IPOs in Seoul

Two real estate investment trusts (REITs) backed by office buildings in Belgium and France are planning to raise a combined $600 million through initi...

KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds

KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...

Shinhan backs AMP Capital’s $763 mn US data center acquisition

Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided 194.1 billion won ($162 million) in financing for AMP Capital’s 911 billion-won ($763 million) acquisition...

Elliott sells off over $1 bn shares in Hyundai Motor, two affiliates in two yrs

Elliott Management Corp. has disposed of all its shares in three key units of the Hyundai Motor Group, currently worth $1.5 billion, after its nearly ...

Korean biotech fund reaps triple-digit return on two Nasdaq-listed firms

South Korea’s $25 million biotechnology-themed fund, launched by Meritz Securities Co. Ltd., has earned triple-digit returns on its 2.7 billion ...

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...

Mirae Asset in exclusive talks to buy Anbang’s US hotels

Mirae Asset Financial Group has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a portfolio of 15 US luxury hotels owned by Anbang Insurance Group, val...

Credit Suisse-led fund buys Korean logistics centers for $104 mn

A fund led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s real estate investment arm has acquired two logistics centers in South Korea for 120 billion won ($104 ...

Mirae Asset to exit from German building in two years for strong gain

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is set to exit from an office building in Frankfurt with handsome gains, just two years after acquiring the 17...

Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has appointed Sungmoo Huh, a former alternative investment and strategy head of Seoul...

Kookmin Bank commits $20 mn to two aircraft junior debt funds

Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s biggest lender, has committed $20 million to two aviation funds to provide junior and mezzanine loans for Airbus and Boein...

Two French offices draw Korean bidders in $1.2 bn deals

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is nearing a 370 billion won ($330 million) deal to buy an office complex near Paris, while a South Korean ...

[RFP] Korea Post plans to commit $200 mn to two distressed debt funds

Korea Post plans to allocate $200 million to two distressed commingled funds for target returns of 8% or above, according to its request for proposal ...

Invesco to build $186 mn modern logistics center in Korea

Invesco will put 208 billion won ($186 million) into a modern logistics center development near Seoul, betting on the fast-growing online delivery mar...

Mirae Asset buys Amazon-leased US distribution center for $78 mn

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has closed a $78 million acquisition of an Amazon-occupied new distribution center near Atlanta, funded partly by a senior...

[Exclusive] Korea Investment-led fund buys two Boeing aircraft for $217 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired two Air France-leased Boeing aircraft for $217 million via a domestic fund which raised $125 m...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] Korea Post to pick two energy infra funds within year

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...

Daishin Securities to invest $110 mn to buy two Manhattan buildings

Daishin Securities Co. Ltd., a small-sized South Korean brokerage firm, is set to buy two buildings in Manhattan with an equity investment of 122.7 bi...

EQT to raise $70 mn from two Korean funds for $2.3 bn credit fund: report

Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is gathering €60 million ($70 million) from two South Korean retirement funds and seeking to raise an additio...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks two global PEF managers for $200 mn co-investment

Korea Post plans to allocate a total of $200 million to two global private equity fund managers employing co-investment strategies. It will receive p...

Mirae Asset close to buying Carrefour-leased new logistics center in Poland

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., a leading South Korean asset manager, is close to acquiring a new logistics center in Poland for an estimated...

Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report

Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...

Hana Financial joins $269 mn debt financing of two US solar power plants

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $40 million of secured debt, part of $269 million debt financing to fund asset manager Capital Dyn...

Blackstone, Kuwait fund among bidders for NPS’ Sony Center in Berlin: report

Blackstone, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) and three property investment firms are vying for Sony Center in Berlin which South Korea’s National Pen...

Korean brokerage firms buy two UK logistics centers for $240 mn

Two South Korean brokerage firms – KB Securities Co. Ltd. and Kiwoom Securities Co. Ltd. – have teamed up to buy a logistics center for 167 billion wo...