[Interview] IFM Investors upbeat on renewables; wary of power generators

Renewable energy sectors in North America, western Europe and Australia will continue to create attractive investment opportunities, whereas regulator...

[Deal Broker] Ex-ATM vendor behind Korean investors’ global real estate push

Union Station in Washington D.C., InterContinental Boston and luxury hotel Grosvenor House in London are among the landmark commercial buildings that ...

[Interview] IFM Investors eyes Europe’s energy projects, debt refinancing

Energy projects and debt refinancing and secondary market deals are expected to create new investment opportunities in Europe, said an executive of Au...

IFM Investors opens Seoul office; upbeat on renewable energy

Australia’s IFM Investors opened its eighth global office in Seoul on Nov. 30, at a time when key South Korean asset owners stressed the importance of...

LaSalle’s Europe debt fund collects $110 mn from three Korean investors

The Military Mutual Aid Association, the Employment Insurance Fund and an unidentified South Korean institutional investor have committed a total of $...

Hana Asset to raise $105 mn from retail investors to buy DreamWorks campus

Hana Asset Management Co. Ltd. plans to raise 117.5 billion won ($105 million) in a public fund from South Korean individual investors to fund its 350...

Samsung, Kyobo Life to buy $129 mn debt of US toll road from IFM Investors

Two of South Korea’s top three life insurers – Samsung and Kyobo – will buy $129 million debt backed by revenues of the Indiana Toll Road Concession C...

Korean investors buy $75 mn debt of Warburg Pincus-backed Hanoi hotel

A pool of South Korean pension and retirement funds have invested around 85 billion won ($75 million) in debt of a Warburg Pincus-backed, five-star ...

Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report

Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...

Macquarie may resell Endeavour Energy stake to Korean investors for $176 mn

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is reselling part of stakes in Endeavour Energy, one of Australia’s biggest public energy compan...

Scientists fund, other Korean investors in $665 mn Japan solar power plant deal

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won (...

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 ...

Korean investors may own half of UK high-speed railway after UK firms’ resale

After the National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to buy a 30% stake in Britain’s High Speed 1 (HS1) for around 400 billion won ($355 million) in July, ...

Pennsylvania gas power plant to secure $140 mn loans from Korean investors

South Korean banks and institutional investors will provide $140 million in syndicated loans to a US gas-fired plant project in Pennsylvania, part of ...

Korean investors team up with French funds to buy Benelux real estate

South Korean asset managers are joining hands with French property investment firms to buy prime commercial buildings in the Netherlands and Belgium a...

Two Korean investors buy Canberra building for $54 mn

Two South Korean institutional investors have recently completed a 60 billion won ($54 million) acquisition of an office building in Canberra which th...

AMP Capital’s infrastructure fund raises $260 mn from Korean investors

South Korea’s police and scientist funds and insurers have committed $260 million to a global infrastructure fund of Australia’s AMP Capital which rai...

Rockpoint’s core-plus, value-added fund may draw $380 mn from Korean investors

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. are likely ...

Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association and other South Korean institutional invest...

Samsung Life taps Europe, Chinese investors to sell London building

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. is sounding out potential buyers in Europe and China for the London headquarters building of Commerzbank AG, 30 Gresha...

Korea’s first Australia property fund for retail investors raises $125 mn

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised 141 billion won ($125 million) as planned from a domestic public fund launched to finance its $245 ...

Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...

[Exclusive]NPS invests $300 mn in TeamHealth as co-investor with Blackstone

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has agreed to buy a 10% stake in TeamHealth Holdings Inc. for about $300 million, in a joint investment i...

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...

Hyundai Marine to be anchor investor of Allianz’s new Berlin office tower: report

South Korea’s Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. will commit around 60 billion won and 70 billion won ($50~58 million) to a domestic real es...

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 investors to fund Air France’s plane lease with $34 mn mezzanine loan

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid will invest $34 million in mezzanine debt to fund Air France’s $115...

[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will chase equity stakes in foreign companies running power, harbor and road projects, as it is seeking t...