AMP Capital’s infrastructure fund raises $260 mn from Korean investors

South Korea’s police and scientist funds and insurers have committed $260 million to a global infrastructure fund of Australia’s AMP Capital which rai...

Rockpoint’s core-plus, value-added fund may draw $380 mn from Korean investors

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. are likely ...

Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association and other South Korean institutional invest...

Samsung Life taps Europe, Chinese investors to sell London building

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. is sounding out potential buyers in Europe and China for the London headquarters building of Commerzbank AG, 30 Gresha...

Korea’s first Australia property fund for retail investors raises $125 mn

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised 141 billion won ($125 million) as planned from a domestic public fund launched to finance its $245 ...

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...

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...

[Exclusive]NPS invests $300 mn in TeamHealth as co-investor with Blackstone

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has agreed to buy a 10% stake in TeamHealth Holdings Inc. for about $300 million, in a joint investment i...

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...

Hyundai Marine to be anchor investor of Allianz’s new Berlin office tower: report

South Korea’s Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. will commit around 60 billion won and 70 billion won ($50~58 million) to a domestic real es...

US gas power projects lure Korean private loan investors: report

Gas-fired power plants in the pipeline in northeast U.S. states are expected to attract South Korean institutional investors in search of 5~6% annual ...

Korean investors to fund Air France’s plane lease with $34 mn mezzanine loan

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid will invest $34 million in mezzanine debt to fund Air France’s $115...

Macquarie cuts commitments from fund investors after oversubscription

Macquarie Group has closed its latest European infrastructure fund in the first round of fund-raising after attracting more than its target funding, a...

US bank loans, asset-based credit whet appetite of Korean investors

South Korean institutional investors are gearing up to raise exposure to U.S. bank loans, collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and commercial mortgage...

US govt building-lease funds lure Korean investors

ING Life Insurance, fisheries cooperatives and a college fund in South Korea will put a total of $80 million into a fund run by USAA Real Estate Compa...

Cerberus’ new Europe property fund may attract over $370 mn from Korean investors

National Pension Service (NPS), Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and a South Korean insurer are considering putting a combined $370 million into a r...

Top Korean investors to meet UK asset managers in London on July 22

Sang-Hyun Yoo, the new global alternative division head of the National Pension Service (NPS) and senior managers of other top South Korean instit...

[Editor's Note]Top Korean investors' views on Brexit

The National Pension Service, the world’s 3rd largest pension scheme, has just finished its “beauty contest” to select general partners to manage dome...

Brookfield’s infrastructure fund attracts $700 mn from major Korean investors - report

Asset management firm Brookfield has raised a combined $700 million from major South Korean institutional investors, including the Teachers’ Pension, ...

[Editor's Note] ASK 2016 Summit helps open korean investor's eyes to cat bonds

It was February, 2013 when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer surprised Silicon Valley and business world by forbidding Yahoo staff from working remotely from ho...

[Editor's Note] Korean investors gearing up to boost overseas alternative assets

“Only free lunch in finance is diversification.”Korean institutional investors, who have seen their assets under management (AUM) snowball...