KIC to form alternatives joint fund with Korea’s NongHyup

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is preparing to launch a joint fund with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to invest i...

JPMorgan tops Korea’s H1 M&A advisor list with Prudential deal

Prudential Financial Inc.’s 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) sale of its South Korean unit dominated the country’s M&A advisory market ...

Korea's first neurosurgery robot to debut; to seek FDA approval

Koh Young Technology Inc., a 3D inspection device maker in South Korea, has commercialized a neurosurgical robotics system for the second time in the ...

Export-Import Bank of Korea ups Aussie bond sale size to $460 mn on demand

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...

[Interview] Korea local govts' pension hunts for bargains as valuation concern eased: CIO

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is shifting away from a defensive stance to put its increased cash to work as the asset price declines...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks PE secondary funds for $200 mn mandate

Korea Post’s insurance arm plans to select two global private equity funds to invest up to $200 million in private equity secondary markets in 2...

Morgan Stanley PE cashes in on coronavirus spread in Korea

Morgan Stanley Private Equity has pocketed around 19 billion won ($16 million) in gains by cashing out a portion of its shares in a South Korean mask ...

[Dealmaker] Unison Capital shines in Korea’s niche sectors

Middle market-focused Unison Capital Inc. stood out in South Korea’s buyout market in 2019 with two lucrative exits and two startup acquisitions...

KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds

KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...

[Dealmaker] Credit Suisse leads Korea's M&A advisory market

Credit Suisse arranged five buyout deals worth 5.2 trillion won ($4.4 billion) for SK Group’s units in 2019, which represented half of its M&...

Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third

South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...

NPS abolishes Korea-focused alternatives teams for global push

The National Pension Service (NPS) has abolished Korea-focused teams under the three investment divisions of private equity, real estate and infrastru...

Hana Fin, Korea Investment acquire $162 mn Finland wind farms

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have acquired the entire equity interest of three wind farms in Finl...

Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment

US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...

Korea’s first Europe-focused REIT eyes $200 mn IPO in 2020

South Korea’s first Europe-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is poised to go public on the domestic stock market in early 2020 to rais...

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...

Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn

Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...

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...

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&...

[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...

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, ...

Teachers’ Pension picks as CIO ex-Ascendas-Singbridge Korea head

South Korea’s Teachers Pension said on Sept. 5 that it has chosen as chief investment officer Kyuhong Lee, ex-CEO of Ascendas-Singbridge Korea, a Sing...

US gas stations deal secures $130 mn debt from Korea: report

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. committed $130 million to a subordinated debt on a portfolio of 190 gas stations in the US Midwest last wee...

Nuveen Real Estate buys Korea’s last-mile logistics facility

Nuveen Real Estate, the investment arm of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, has acquired a last-mile logistics center near Se...

Korea, China banks offer $120 mn loan on Chile LNG terminal stake deal

The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) and two Chinese banks have extended a syndicated loan of $120 million to fund a stake purchase in a liquefied natur...

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 ...

CVC to buy Korea’s No.2 hotel booking app in $300 mn deal

CVC Capital Partners is set to buy a controlling stake in South Korea’s No. 2 accommodation booking app operator and in separate talks with minority s...

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...

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...

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 (...