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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global fund of hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit on May 8 posted a request for proposals of multi-strategy funds of hedge funds. It will receive proposals by 5 pm, May 19...
May 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms to buy $88 mn US power plant-backed debts from US bank
Four South Korean institutional investors will acquire 100 billion won ($88 million) worth of senior debts secured on two US gas-fired power plants fr...
Apr 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea construction workers’ fund to pick two debt fund managers for $70 mn
(Corrected: The CWMA source on April 13 corrected the timetable of the planned debt manager selection to “soon”, and added that it has already begun t...
Apr 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial underwrites $75 mn senior debt for US solar power plant
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $75 million senior debts sold by a Swiss private asset manager to fund a US solar power plant acqu...
Apr 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks global private equity FoF managers for $200 mn
Korea Post’s insurance unit is planning to commit about $100 million each to two multi-strategy global funds of funds (FoFs) employing primary, second...
Apr 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC picks $400 mn global bond managers among firms with Korean subsidiaries
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has introduced new requirements to foreign bond managers that they have South Korean subsidiaries which will not be...
Apr 06, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's POBA in screening overseas PEF managers to commit $300 mn
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is screening investment proposals from overseas private equity fund managers to entrust a combined $30...
Mar 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post plans to select multi-strategy fund of hedge fund managers
Korea Post’s insurance unit is preparing to pick global fund-of-hedge-fund managers using multi-strategy and will soon determine the amount of investm...
Mar 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea’s GEPS seeks $160 mn offshore private debt fund managers
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will select two global private debt fund managers employing opportunistic strategies to inve...
Feb 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two Korean firms make $70 mn senior loans to power plants near Chicago
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KEB Hana Bank have made $35 million senior loans each to two power generation facilities near Chicago, acc...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Mirae Asset Life eyes US power plants, buildings to boost overseas investment
(This is the first in a series of interviews with CIOs of South Korea’s leading insurance companies in 2017.) Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co. Ltd., ...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jan 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, NPS agree not to hire each other’s ex-fund managers: report
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), a sovereign wealth fund, has agreed with the National Pension Service (NPS) not to employ each other’s former inve...
Jan 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana becomes first Korean debt arranger for US power plant
Hana Financial Investment’s participation in the recent $1 billion debt financing for a US gas-fired power facility as a lead arranger has made it...
Jan 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $600 mn in two US gas power plants
The recently-closed financing for two US natural gas-fired power plants under construction have attracted a group of South Korean institutional invest...
Jan 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS puts aside 2017 asset management plans after chief detained
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has indefinitely postponed a committee meeting set for Dec. 30 aimed at reviewing this year’s investment ...
Dec 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Dec 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $300 mn mandates to 3 private debt managers
Korea Post’s savings arm has awarded offshore private debt mandates worth a combined $300 million to Guggenheim Partners, Park Square Capital and Part...
Nov 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean asset manager set to buy NASA headquarters building for about $350 mn
KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been picked as the preferred buyer of the NASA headquarters building in Washington D.C. on behalf of small-sized Sou...
Oct 27, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea public officials’ fund picks $40 mn cat bond managers
Three private equity firms – LGT Capital Management, Leadenhall Capital Partners and Nephila Capital – have been chosen as the preferred managers of t...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Starwood Energy to raise $200 mn from Korea to fund $760 mn US deal: report
(Updated to clarify the fund-raising is still underway, based on a comment from a source with knowledge on the matter) KB Asset Management, a unit ...
Oct 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Aug 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks 3 management firms for overseas CLO investment
Korea Post’s savings unit announced a request for proposal on August 17 to select three asset management houses that will be in charge of setting up s...
Aug 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms complete $320 mn financing for Newark Energy Center of US
South Korean insurance firms and other institutions have committed a total of $250 million to a local fund set up to provide senior loans to Newark En...
Aug 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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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,...
Aug 02, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jul 22, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Jul 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS replaces global alternative head in internal moves of senior managers
The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed its domestic alternative division head, Sang-Hyun Yoo, as the new head of the global alternative division...
Jul 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jul 11, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[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...
Jul 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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