Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing

Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing

Apollo Global Management has attracted 80 billion won ($72 million) from a couple of South Korean pension funds to refinance part of bank loans it had...

Mirae Asset launches public fund for $820 mn State Farm complex deal

Mirae Asset launches public fund for $820 mn State Farm complex deal

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has purchased State Farm Insurance’s four-building office complex in Texas for 900 billion won (...

NPS, CIC joint fund invests in A$9.7 bn Australian port deal

NPS, CIC joint fund invests in A$9.7 bn Australian port deal

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has invested A$500 million in a deal of securing a 50-year-lease on Australia’s biggest container and car...

Korea police fund picks CIO from outside; gives $90 mn mandates to 6 firms

Korea police fund picks CIO from outside; gives $90 mn mandates to 6 firms

South Korea’s police savings fund has appointed a former fixed-income head of Samsung Asset Management as its first chief investment officer fro...

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...

Samsung’s investment firm to set up $270 mn US property mezzanine fund

Samsung’s investment firm to set up $270 mn US property mezzanine fund

A property investment arm of the Samsung Group will raise 300 billion won ($270 million) from South Korean insurance companies and pension funds in a ...

US rate hike talk alters Korean fund’s US property investment strategy

US rate hike talk alters Korean fund’s US property investment strategy

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to withdraw $70 million from a U.S. real estate fund that makes bets on property price ris...

Korean public officials’ fund to invest $40 mn in cat bonds

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for South Korean public officials, will select about two management firms to commit $4...

Brookfield may raise $90 mn from Korea for property mezzanine fund

A real estate mezzanine fund of Brookfield Asset Management, for which the private investment firm is aiming to raise $2 billion globally, is expected...

HPS, Crescent Capital win Korean pension fund’s $100 mn PDF mandates

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $50 million to U.S.-based HPS Investment Partners and Crescent Capital Group each for over...

Korea Teachers’ Pension to invest $100 mn in Crescent Capital mezzanine fund

Korea Teachers’ Pension to invest $100 mn in Crescent Capital mezzanine fund

The Teachers’ Pension of South Korea will commit $100 million to a North America-focused, blind mezzanine fund to be launched by U.S.-based Crescent C...

KEPCO taps NPS-led fund to buy US solar power plant for $35 mn

KEPCO taps NPS-led fund to buy US solar power plant for $35 mn

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has signed an agreement to buy a U.S. solar power plant from private equity firm Carlyle Group for $35 million, in ...

Blackstone’s property loan fund raises $900 mn in Korea, beating funding target

Blackstone’s property loan fund raises $900 mn in Korea, beating funding target

Blackstone, the world’s largest real estate investment firm, has attracted 1 trillion won ($900 million) from South Korean institutional investors for...

NPS to put €250 mn in Macquarie Europe fund; drops Nice airport stake buy plan

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to commit €250 million to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5) that is aiming to ...

Korea military fund to put €40 mn into Macquarie’s Europe infrastructure fund

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will invest €40 million in Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5) that is aiming to rai...

US govt building-lease funds lure Korean investors

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

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...

Korean public officials’ fund picks mezzanine fund firms in closed bids

Korean public officials’ fund picks mezzanine fund firms in closed bids

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has preliminarily chosen three U.S.-based asset management firms of mezzanine funds in limit...

Korea civil servants’ pension fund picks local firms for global stock, bond mandates

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has selected Daishin Asset Management and Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management as general pa...

NPS seeks higher pay raise for in-house fund managers ahead of office relocation

The National Pension Service (NPS) is pushing forward a plan to raise the basic pay for in-house fund management staff by about 9% on average in 2016,...

Korea’s public pension funds to explore joint overseas, alternative investment – fin ministry

Korea’s public pension funds to explore joint overseas, alternative investment – fin ministry

South Korea’s public pension funds, including the National Pension Service (NPS) and pension schemes for government officials and military personnel, ...

Korean public officials’ fund to commit A$60 mn to Macquarie infrastructure fund

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea has decided to commit 60 million Australian dollars to a Macquarie infrastructure fund ...

[RFP] Korea fund for small firm owners solicits bids for $88 mn equity mandates

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is looking for stock management firms to invest a total of about 100 billion won ($88 million) and pick up to four fund...

What makes Korean asset owners hesitate to invest in hedge funds?

What makes Korean asset owners hesitate to invest in hedge funds?

The National Pension Service (NPS) has kicked off its first investment in hedge funds by choosing two fund of funds managers to entrust a total of $1 ...

Korea pension funds seek damages from Daewoo Shipbuilding’s books rigging

Korea pension funds seek damages from Daewoo Shipbuilding’s books rigging

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and the Teachers’ Pension have brought a joint action against Daewoo Shipbuilding for $19 mill...

KIC sees regulation change to qualify KIC, Korean pension funds managers for CIO job

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has recently asked the finance ministry to revise part of regulations governing the sovereign wealth fund in order ...

Knowledge transfer was key factor of NPS’ $1 bn fund of fund GP selection – sources

Knowledge transfer was key factor of NPS’ $1 bn fund of fund GP selection – sources

The National Pension Service (NPS) put top priority on “knowledge transfer,” along with the performance of funds when it picked BlackRock Financial Ma...

BlackRock, Grosvenor picked as NPS’ fund of hedge fund managers

BlackRock, Grosvenor picked as NPS’ fund of hedge fund managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) finally selected BlackRock Alternative Advisors and Grosvenor Capital Management on July 11 as the general partners...

NPS to put $440 mn in Blackstone’s $5 bn core fund

NPS to put $440 mn in Blackstone’s $5 bn core fund

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea will commit 500 billion won ($436 million) to a $5 billion private equity fund that Blackstone Group...

[RFP] Korea's govt pension seeks $100 mn offshore mezzanine fund managers

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) posted a notification on July 6 that it would select two global private debt fund managers f...

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