infrastructure investment fund
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Startup
SK Group, Hillhouse Capital to form $850 mn fund to invest in Chinese start-ups
SK Group will set up a 1 trillion won ($850 million) fund with China’s private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group to invest in Chinese start-up...
Dec 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
[RFP] Construction workers’ fund to commit $25 mn to global infra debt fund
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) plans to commit $25 million to a global infrastructure blind-pool fund investing in senior or m...
Nov 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
AMP Capital’s $6.2 bn infrastructure fund raises $1.2 bn from Korea
Twenty-four South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union and the Public Offic...
Nov 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Transport remains top pick for Korean LPs’ 2020 infra investment
South Korean institutional investors will continue to increase their allocations to overseas infrastructure next year, and transport facilities such a...
Oct 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] NPS, KIC seek smaller GPs for niche infrastructure
The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) are seeking small and medium-sized management companies to chase smaller...
Oct 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset to offer $425 mn in equity, debt funding for US desalination plant
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. will provide $425 million in equity and debt financing for the acquisition of a desalination plant in San Dieg...
Oct 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korea Investment acquires US student housing for $250 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired five US student housing for $250 million, in the first direct investment by a South Korean fir...
Oct 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Ardian, Veritas Capital, HPS Investment win POBA’s $150 mn PEF mandates
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has picked three global private equity firms as follows to commit $50 million to their blind-pool fund...
Oct 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds shelve Japan alternative investment on sour relations
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have put on hold new alternative investments in Japan due to soured rela...
Oct 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...
Sep 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans $200 mn global housing investment
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global real estate managers to invest $200 million, or 200 million euros, in the housing market in the US...
Sep 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to form $750 mn joint property fund with Danish pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will launch a joint fund worth about 900 billion won ($753 million) with a Danish pension fund to inve...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, SK Holdings to launch $1 bn fund for global co-investment
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint fund with South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. Ltd. to make cross-border investme...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms invest $96 mn in AT&T headquarters in Dallas
South Korean financial institutions, including Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested $96.4 million in ...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] POBA to commit $250 mn to US, Asia-focused private debt funds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit $250 million to five private debt funds focusing on mid-cap companies in North America...
Sep 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR hires Macquarie Korea’s exec for infrastructure business
KKR & Co. has hired a key investment manager of Macquarie Korea in a new hire of senior staff to expand Asia infrastructure business. Keith Kim, ...
Sep 09, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has collected C$560 million ($423 million) from South Korean financial institutions to lend for The One building, a mix...
Sep 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has signed a preliminary agreement with Canadian pension scheme La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to cooper...
Sep 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEPCO unit-German fund buys Sweden’s wind project for $300 mn
Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s utility giant KEPCO, has acquired a wind power project in Sweden in a consortium with a German p...
Aug 31, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages invest in Heathrow’s new runway project
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have provided a combined $434 million debt on the construction of Heathrow ...
Aug 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kiwoom Asset sets up $56 mn retail funds to buy Amsterdam office
Kiwoom Asset Management Co. Ltd. plans to raise 50.7 million euros ($56.2 million) from individual investors in South Korea in August to buy an of...
Aug 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC appoints ex-Korea Teachers’ investment chief as CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed as chief investment officer ex-CIO of the Teachers’ Pension Dae-yang Park, the sovereign wealth fund ...
Aug 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Investment joins $134 mn funding for Swiss biotech venture
KB Investment Co. Ltd., the venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, has invested $10 million in a Swiss biotech start-up firm which recently raised...
Jul 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle’s new credit fund draws $200 mn from Korea
Ten South Korean institutional investors have committed about $200 million to the Carlyle Group’s first credit opportunities fund which recently raise...
Jul 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean VC firms invest $26 mn in India, Vietnam start-ups
South Korean venture capital firms have invested a combined $26 million in Internet-based start-up companies in India and Vietnam, betting on the rapi...
Jul 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin, CIC to set up $1 bn Korea-China cooperation fund
Hana Financial Group will set up a joint fund with China Investment Corp. (CIC) to invest in companies seeking to penetrate each other’s markets, with...
Jul 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Canyon Partners
[Interview] Distressed investing to hedge PE/PD strategies: Canyon Partners
A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...
Jul 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s 1st logistics public fund unveiled for Amazon’s Europe facilities
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has launched South Korea’s first public fund investing in logistics centers, targeting to raise up to 245 billion won (...
Jul 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Credit Suisse-led fund buys Korean logistics centers for $104 mn
A fund led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s real estate investment arm has acquired two logistics centers in South Korea for 120 billion won ($104 ...
Jul 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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MMAA commits $40 mn to Oaktree Capital’s special situations fund
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has committed $40 million to Oaktree Capital Management’s Asia-focused special situations fund which report...
Jun 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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