[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in PE secondary funds

Korea Post’s savings arm will select two global private equity funds to invest around $200 million in private equity secondary markets, according to i...

Corsair Infrastructure funds raise $231 mn from South Korea

Corsair Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised a total of 263 billion won ($231 million) from South Korean institutional investors in new funds laun...

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...

Hyundai Asset seeks retail funding for $76 mn Scotland property deal

Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has rolled out its first public real estate fund to close the 58.2-million-pound ($76 million) acquisition of a Scot...

[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 ...

Korea Investment launches $50 mn retail fund for Milan office purchase

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is seeking to raise 55 billion won ($49 million) from individual investors to fund its 124 billion won ($11...

[RFP] Korea Post Savings seeks infra fund houses for $200 mn mandates

Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two blind-pool infrastructure funds with focus on developed countries to invest up to $200 million, accordin...

Dalmore, Equitix resell $394 mn stake in UK infra fund to Korean firms

About 10 South Korean insurers, including Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested 300 million pounds ($394 million) in one of the UK’s largest i...

Hana Fin to fund Emirates' A380 jet lease with $250 mn loan

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. will provide a subordinated loan of 280 billion won ($250 million) on four A380 superjumbos long-term leased by Dub...

Korea Post to commit $50 mn to Adams Street’s VC fund: report

Korea Post’s insurance arm will commit $50 million to Chicago-based Adams Street Partners LLC for its first overseas venture capital investment,...

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 ...

Ascendas buys $69 mn Seoul hotel from KTCU-backed fund

Singapore’s Ascendas Hospitality Trust has acquired a hotel in downtown Seoul for 77.5 billion won ($69 million) from a South Korean real estate fund ...

GSO Capital raises $511 mn in Europe mid-market CLO fund: report

GSO Capital Partners, the credit investment arm of the Blackstone Group, has raised 450 million euros ($511 million) in a Europe mid-market collateral...

[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...

Blackstone’s $18 bn fund may cut back each commitment: report

Blackstone Group is on track to raise above-target 20 trillion won ($18 billion) for its new global real estate fund and may cut back commitment from ...

[Interview] DRC plans to launch Europe whole loan fund in 2019

DRC Capital, a London-based debt investment advisor, plans to launch a European whole loan fund by mid-2019, in a follow-up to its UK whole loan fund ...

Denver office buildings draw yield-hungry Korean funds

A consortium of Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has recently closed a $238 million acquisition of an office t...

[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...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korea teachers funds to boost Asia portfolios

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

KKR to buy stake in Shinhan Fin; to raise joint funds of up to $4.4 bn

KKR & Co., a private equity giant, has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a minority stake in South Korea’s No.2 banking group Shinhan Financi...

[Interview] Korea military fund aims to cash in $700 mn bad assets within 3 yrs

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will liquidate half of its 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of non-performing assets by early 2021 and...

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...

Korea police fund CIO reappointed for second term: report

Police Mutual Aid Association’s (PMAA) chief investment officer Doyoon Lee was reappointed for another two-year term to become the first CIO to serve ...

NPS, POBA to set up $314 mn Korean logistics fund

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will form a 350 billion won ($314 million) blind-pool fund to i...

Meritz extends $325 mn credit to fund $2.25 bn Australia coal mine deal

Meritz Financial Group, a non-banking financial services firm in South Korea, has offered a $325 million subordinated loan to finance the $2.25 bill...

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...

Korea’s GEPS to commit $88 mn to global ESG equity fund

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 100 billion won ($88.4 million) to a global equity fund integrating environmental, social ...

Korean funds invest $62 mn to buy Philadelphia building: report

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and other South Korean institutional investors have invested 70 billion won ($62 million) to bu...

POBA to commit $200 mn to Square Mile’s $825 mn debt fund

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit $200 million to a real estate debt fund of Square Mile Capital, a US investment company, w...

Naver to participate as LP in VC funds of Sequoia, SoftBank-TPG

South Korea’s biggest internet portal Naver Corp. will commit undisclosed amounts of capital to two new start-up funds of Sequoia Capital, a US ventur...