Hyundai Investments raises $162 mn for US debt securitization fund

Hyundai Investments raises $162 mn for US debt securitization fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has collected $162 million from five South Korean institutional investors to invest in a $2 billion US real estate debt s...

Brookfield, NH Investment co-invest $100 mn in CBs of US LNG terminal

Brookfield, NH Investment co-invest $100 mn in CBs of US LNG terminal

Brookfield Asset Management and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have bought $100 million of convertible bonds (CBs) backed by a liquefied natu...

Korea Investment to buy US government-leased building for $185 mn

Korea Investment to buy US government-leased building for $185 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will acquire a mid-sized office building in Washington D.C. for around 200 billion won ($185 million) next ...

[RFP] POBA seeks US private debt fund managers for about $150 mn

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two to three US private debt fund houses to make senior secured, direct lending of around ...

Gaw Capital raising half of $360 mn US value-add fund from Korea

Gaw Capital raising half of $360 mn US value-add fund from Korea

Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm Gaw Capital Partners is on track to raising 200 billion won ($180 million) for its 400 billion won ($360 m...

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...

Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report

Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report

Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...

Korea Post buys $600 mn US building jointly with California pension fund

Korea Post buys $600 mn US building jointly with California pension fund

Korea Post has signed a 680 billion won ($602 million) agreement to buy a Silicon Valley office campus used by a leading cybersecurity company in join...

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...

Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment

Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Bank of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative will underwrite an aggregate $400 million of debt ...

Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt

Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt

Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...

US Golub Capital’s $2 bn debt fund may raise over $40 mn from Korea

US Golub Capital’s $2 bn debt fund may raise over $40 mn from Korea

South Korean brokerage firm Shinhan Investment Corp. and a retirement savings fund have decided to commit $20 million each to a $2 billion private deb...

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

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...

Hana Financial to arrange $445 mn financing of US gas power plant

Hana Financial to arrange $445 mn financing of US gas power plant

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. is tapping South Korean insurers and savings funds to arrange a 500 billion won ($445 million) financing of a new n...

Korean firms invest $52.5 mn in debt refinancing of US building

Korean firms invest $52.5 mn in debt refinancing of US building

Two South Korean financial institutions have invested $52.5 million in mezzanine debt backed by an office building in Manhattan, which was issued to r...

Korean military fund to commit $30 mn to two US venture capital FoFs

Korean military fund to commit $30 mn to two US venture capital FoFs

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will commit $30 million in aggregate to two US venture capital funds of funds in its first investment in a ...

Korean regulator moves to scrutinize savings funds’ financial health

Korean regulator moves to scrutinize savings funds’ financial health

South Korea’s savings funds may come under direct supervision of the country’s top financial watchdog as the Financial Services Commission (FSC) is se...

Korean firms to buy $88 mn US power plant-backed debts from US bank

Korean firms to buy $88 mn US power plant-backed debts from US bank

Four South Korean institutional investors will acquire 100 billion won ($88 million) worth of senior debts secured on two US gas-fired power plants fr...

Hana Financial underwrites $75 mn senior debt for US solar power plant

Hana Financial underwrites $75 mn senior debt for US solar power plant

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $75 million senior debts sold by a Swiss private asset manager to fund a US solar power plant acqu...

[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate

[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...

Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report

Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...

Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms

Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms

The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...

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...

[Interview] Lotte’s insurance arm eyes US infrastructure, private debts for low-risk alternatives

[Interview] Lotte’s insurance arm eyes US infrastructure, private debts for low-risk alternatives

Lotte Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group, is looking to US infrastructure and private debt markets in Europ...

[Interview] Mirae Asset Life eyes US power plants, buildings to boost overseas investment

[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., ...

Korean investors mull investing in Ares Management’s $2.5 bn US private debt fund

Korean investors mull investing in Ares Management’s $2.5 bn US private debt fund

South Korean institutional investors, including the Korean Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association, Nonghyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Lotte...

Hana becomes first Korean debt arranger for US power plant

Hana Financial Investment’s participation in the recent $1 billion debt financing for a US gas-fired power facility as a lead arranger has made it...

TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV

TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint venture with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America - Colle...

Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants

Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants

The recently-closed financing for two US natural gas-fired power plants under construction have attracted a group of South Korean institutional invest...

Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US

Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US

South Korean institutional investors, one of aggressive cross-border buyers of US and European real estate in recent years, are quickly shifting towar...

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