Goldman Sachs’ $14 bn credit fund draws $260 mn from Korea

Goldman Sachs’ $14 bn credit fund draws $260 mn from Korea

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) and financial services firms, including Samsung Securities Co., have committed $260 million...

Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers

Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has mandated Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co. to handle its initial public offe...

Naver, Mirae Asset bolster presence in Southeast Asia via $898 mn fund

Naver, Mirae Asset bolster presence in Southeast Asia via $898 mn fund

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp., alongside Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., has been increasing investments into promising startups in Southeast...

Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit

Market rally double-edged sword for fund managers as investors exit

The South Korean stock market’s recent rally is both a blessing and a curse for fund managers as investors are increasingly exiting their funds ...

Korean teachers' fund names ex-education minister as CEO

Korean teachers' fund names ex-education minister as CEO

South Korea’s Ministry of Education has chosen Kim Sang-gon, formerly deputy prime minister and education minister, as the new chief executive f...

NPS to manage FX exposure via derivatives

 NPS to manage FX exposure via derivatives

The National Pension Service will begin to manage foreign currency risk through derivatives trading, as the $690 billion pension fund is aiming to boo...

[ASK2020] The US middle market private credit opportunity

[ASK2020] The US middle market private credit opportunity

Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 Ju...

[ASK2020] Allocate to ideas, not asset classes

[ASK2020] Allocate to ideas, not asset classes

Aberdeen Standard Investments is dedicated to helping investors around the world reach their investment goals and broaden their financial horizo...

[ASK2020] Direct Lending (or Private Credit) in Asia

[ASK2020] Direct Lending (or Private Credit) in Asia

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating integrated businesses across Credit, Privat...

Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China

Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China

As the United States and China fight like proverbial whales in the ocean, middle power dolphins like South Korea must strategize to avoid being crushe...

Transparency, GP commitment key in Korea LPs' manager selection

Transparency, GP commitment key in Korea LPs' manager selection

South Korea’s leading institutional investors, including the National Pension Service (NPS), rated general partners’ (GP) commitment and f...

[ASK2020] Direct Lending in Northern Europe through the credit cycle

[ASK2020] Direct Lending in Northern Europe through the credit cycle

CORDET is an alternative credit specialist focused on direct lending to smaller mid-market companies across Northern Europe. We seek to lend &eu...

[ASK2020] Evolution of corporate credit markets and how this recession is different than the GFC

[ASK2020] Evolution of corporate credit markets and how this recession is different than the GFC

PIMCO is one of the world’s premier investment managers. Since our launch in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO has grown to 17 offi...

Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class

Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class

South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...

Firms vie to become Krafton's $883 mn IPO manager

Firms vie to become Krafton's $883 mn IPO manager

A competitive lineup of securities firms gathered at game developer Krafton Inc.'s office building in Pangyo, Gyeonggi province on Oct. 21 to pitch fo...

KED to host alternative investment summit for Korean, global asset managers

KED to host alternative investment summit for Korean, global asset managers

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investo...

Credit Suisse says Korean stocks remain cheap

Credit Suisse says Korean stocks remain cheap

South Korean bourses may have been Asia’s top performers since global stock markets hit troughs in March, but the country remains Credit Suisse'...

KED to host alternative investment summit for Korean, global asset managers

KED to host alternative investment summit for Korean, global asset managers

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investors...

Yellow Umbrella Mutual to invest $500 mn in global multi-asset funds

Yellow Umbrella Mutual to invest $500 mn in global multi-asset funds

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, has entrusted two Korean asset managers ...

Credit Suisse lead-manages Doosan Group’s restructuring deals

Credit Suisse lead-manages Doosan Group’s restructuring deals

Credit Suisse handled three restructuring deals worth a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) for South Korea’s Doosan Group and 1.5 trillion w...

Hyosung to accelerate asset sales, IPOs to spur growth in hydrogen, data businesses

Hyosung to accelerate asset sales, IPOs to spur growth in hydrogen, data businesses

Hyosung Group, a South Korean textile and chemicals conglomerate, is accelerating efforts to sell assets and list major subsidiaries on the local bour...

NPS to cease paying management fees for Korean PEF project funds

NPS to cease paying management fees for Korean PEF project funds

The National Pension Service has decided to stop paying management fees for project funds to be launched by South Korean private equity firms, after r...

KOTAM to raise $800 million for global infrastructure credit investment

KOTAM to raise $800 million for global infrastructure credit investment

Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) is set to raise $800 million in a global infrastructure credit fund, which US-based I Squared Capital (I...

Mirae Asset named preferred negotiator for 3 Amazon-leased logistics centers in US

Mirae Asset named preferred negotiator for 3 Amazon-leased logistics centers in US

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has been named the preferred negotiator to acquire three logistics centers in the US leased to American retail gian...

Mirae Asset to launch $252 mn Europe infrastructure fund

Mirae Asset to launch $252 mn Europe infrastructure fund

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is preparing to launch a 300 billion won ($252 million) vehicle to invest in a European infrastructure fund.Accordi...

NPS adds six global alternative investment managers in Q2

NPS adds six global alternative investment managers in Q2

The National Pension Service has added three real estate investment firms, two infrastructure managers and one private equity and debt investment hous...

KKR to expand Korea waste management portfolio to sewage treatment

KKR to expand Korea waste management portfolio to sewage treatment

KKR & Co. is set to acquire a non-controlling stake in a South Korean sewage management company in a deal worth up to 200 billion won ($170 millio...

Korea's largest tiremaker mired in family feud over management control

Korea's largest tiremaker mired in family feud over management control

South Korea’s largest tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology Co. is in the crosshairs as the family feud over management control o...

KKR wraps up $739 mn purchase of Korean waste management firms

KKR wraps up $739 mn purchase of Korean waste management firms

KKR & Co. of the US has finalized the 875 billion won ($739 million) purchase of two South Korean waste treatment companies after completing its f...

CJ Logistics seeks to sell construction business; Credit Suisse named as advisor

CJ Logistics seeks to sell construction business; Credit Suisse named as advisor

CJ Logistics Corp. is seeking to sell its profit-making construction business as part of its parent group’s restructuring scheme.The logistics s...

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