NPS chief-designate says to boost responsible investing in public projects

Former South Korean lawmaker Sung-joo Kim, named as chief executive and chairman of the National Pension Service (NPS) on Nov. 2, stressed the publi...

KEB Hana Bank arranges $300 mn aircraft portfolio finance for Avolon

KEB Hana Bank, a leading South Korean lender, has arranged $300 million lease financing for an aircraft portfolio of Avolon, in the first financing ar...

Korean investors fund half of HNA’s $700 mn debt financing for Gategroup deal

Shinhan Investment Corp. and a South Korean private equity firm have provided $350 million in bridge loans to finance Chinese HNA Group’s $1.5 billion...

Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Bank of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative will underwrite an aggregate $400 million of debt ...

Hana Financial joins $269 mn debt financing of two US solar power plants

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has underwritten $40 million of secured debt, part of $269 million debt financing to fund asset manager Capital Dyn...

Three Korean banks poised to lend $200 mn to Hudson Yards project

Korea Development Bank (KDB), Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank are likely to provide $200 million in syndicated loans for the Hudson Yards project in their...

Hana Financial to arrange $445 mn financing of US gas power plant

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. is tapping South Korean insurers and savings funds to arrange a 500 billion won ($445 million) financing of a new n...

NH Investment acquires $70 mn debt in aircraft finance for Qatar Airways

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has underwritten $70 million mezzanine debts of around $300 million financing to buy two aircraft operated by ...

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 funds mull $260 mn mezzanine financing for Brookfield’s IFC Seoul purchase

Brookfield Asset Management is in talks with the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and a state-run mortgage lender to secure 300 billion won ($261 ...

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...

Brookfield tipped to buy IFC Seoul for about $3 bn: CIC, NPS may join financing

Asset management firm Brookfield has made a bid “far higher than market expected” to buy a landmark in central Seoul, IFC Seoul, from the ...

[Interview] KIC CEO says seeks 10% returns from overseas project financing

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, may take part in project financing of overseas construction orders secu...

Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)

Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...

Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan

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