Hana sources $50 mn loan investment in US residential project

Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged a $50 million loan investment in the largest residential development under construction in Bos...

[Interview] POBA to increase US property loan investment via JVs

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will continue to step up investment in US real estate loans through joint ventures (JVs) with global p...

Mirae Asset to underwrite $300 mn debt on US shale oil project

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd., the brokerage arm of a leading South Korean asset manager, will underwrite a $300 million debt on a US shale oil pipeline...

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...

Hyundai Investments commits $250 mn to US real estate debt fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has committed $250 million to a real estate debt fund of a joint venture between Related Cos, a US real estate developer ...

Shinhan to lend $150 mn senior loan on US energy deal: report

Shinhan Investment Corp. will provide a $150 million senior loan to an energy company of Ares Management LP to finance its acquisition of a US midstre...

Midas Asset invests $100 mn in US hotel portfolio-backed debt

Midas Asset Management, a small-sized South Korean fund manager, has invested $100 million in a mezzanine debt secured on 53 hotels across the United ...

[Interview] Ares Management picks commercial mortgage, 2nd-tier US cities

Senior commercial real estate debts and select second-tier cities are likely to offer greater investment opportunities to global investors still keen ...

NPS co-invests in Morgan Stanley fund’s US energy firm purchase

The National Pension Service (NPS) has poured around $100 million into a co-investment led by a Morgan Stanley fund to acquire units of a US shale gas...

GS EPS-Mirae Asset consortium buys 10% stake in US gas power plant

A consortium of South Korean power producer GS EPS Co. Ltd. and Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy a 10% stake in a New Jersey-based gas po...

Hana Financial buys US REIT’s preferred stocks for $125 mn

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has bought new preferred shares issued by a US real estate investment trust company for $125 million, ahead of the ...

Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea

Ares Management LP has raised a total of $300 million in credit facilities from South Korean institutional investors, including Hana Financial Investm...

[Interview] Meritz Real picks US retail assets, shorter-term property loans

US commercial buildings with global brand shops or fresh food stores are likely to generate strong returns enough to offset higher dollar hedging cost...

NH Investment provides $235 mn financing to US gas power plant

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has underwritten a $200 million senior debt and a $35 million equity interest for the construction of a natura...

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 ...

Korea Investment buys US office buildings of eBay and GSK for $260 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has bought a Silicon Valley campus of eBay Inc. for 140 billion won ($130 million), shortly after closing t...

KIC may cancel $50 mn contract with Elliott over US fund’s disputes with Korean govt

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking into whether Elliott Management’s recent move against the South Korean government constitutes a conflict...

POBA, US pension fund to launch $400 mn JV to co-invest in real estate debt

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and a California pension fund will inject $200 million each into a joint venture they are setting up t...

Korean building materials firm seals 4th US hotel purchase for $87 mn

South Korea’s construction materials company, Aju Group, closed a $87 million acquisition of a hotel near Seattle from Marriott International Inc. las...

Shinhan sources $100 mn debt investment in US hotel portfolio

Shinhan Financial Group’s alternative investment arm has sourced a $100 million investment by three South Korean insurers in a mezzanine debt on US ho...

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...

[RFP] Korea construction workers’ fund seeks $40 mn US PDF manager

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to allocate about $40 million to a US blind-pool fund house of direct lending and senior-...

Meritz Real Estate arranges $122 mn investment in US, Italy property debts

Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd., part of a South Korean financial services group, has recently arranged 120 billion won ($112 million) in...

Korea Post invests $60 mn in senior debt on US gas power plants: report

Korea Post has invested $60 million in a seven-year private debt fund to provide a senior loan secured on four US gas-fired power plants, but the inve...

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 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 & 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

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

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...