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KIC appoints ex-Korea Teachers’ investment chief as CIO

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 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 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

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 (...

Blackstone, Principal Asset win Korea Post’s $150 mn mandates

Korea Post has awarded two real estate debt investment mandates worth $150 million to the Blackstone Group and Principal Asset Management, its savings...

Korea Investment to buy 99-yr ownership of Brussels building

Korea Investment to buy 99-yr ownership of Brussels building

Korea Investment Management Co. will acquire a 99-year ownership of an office building in Brussels for 146 million euros ($165 million) in its second ...

Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term

Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has appointed Sungmoo Huh, a former alternative investment and strategy head of Seoul...

[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $300 mn in real estate mezzanine debts

Korea Post’s savings arm plans to invest around $300 million in mezzanine tranches on commercial properties in the US and other developed countries in...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks direct lending debt managers for $200 mn mandate

Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to select two global private debt managers to invest $200 million in direct loans, it announced on April 15. Qualif...

Cosmetics firm tops list of Korea’s profitable PE deals

Cosmetics firm tops list of Korea’s profitable PE deals

The 300-billion-won ($263 million) equity investment in a South Korean cosmetics firm by a consortium of Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs in 2016 was th...

[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in PE secondary funds

Korea Post’s savings arm will select two global private equity funds to invest around $200 million in private equity secondary markets, according to i...

Corsair Infrastructure funds raise $231 mn from South Korea

Corsair Infrastructure funds raise $231 mn from South Korea

Corsair Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised a total of 263 billion won ($231 million) from South Korean institutional investors in new funds laun...

Brookfield raises $147 mn from Korea for US office portfolio: report

Brookfield raises $147 mn from Korea for US office portfolio: report

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has secured $147.2 million in a mezzanine tranche from South Korea’s Kiwoom Asset Management Co. Ltd. on a US office ...

KIC, Korea Post to boost cooperation in global investment

KIC, Korea Post to boost cooperation in global investment

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has reached a tentative agreement with Korea Post to strengthen cooperation in global investment as the sovereign w...

[RFP] Korea Post plans to commit $200 mn to two distressed debt funds

Korea Post plans to allocate $200 million to two distressed commingled funds for target returns of 8% or above, according to its request for proposal ...

Korea Investment launches $50 mn retail fund for Milan office purchase

Korea Investment launches $50 mn retail fund for Milan office purchase

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is seeking to raise 55 billion won ($49 million) from individual investors to fund its 124 billion won ($11...

Blackstone to buy stake in Korea’s largest shopping mall

Blackstone to buy stake in Korea’s largest shopping mall

The Blackstone Group has agreed to buy a 31.85% stake in South Korea’s largest shopping mall from the US developer Taubman Centers Inc. which is selli...

[RFP] Korea Post Savings seeks infra fund houses for $200 mn mandates

Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two blind-pool infrastructure funds with focus on developed countries to invest up to $200 million, accordin...

Invesco to build $186 mn modern logistics center in Korea

Invesco to build $186 mn modern logistics center in Korea

Invesco will put 208 billion won ($186 million) into a modern logistics center development near Seoul, betting on the fast-growing online delivery mar...

Korea Post to commit $50 mn to Adams Street’s VC fund: report

Korea Post to commit $50 mn to Adams Street’s VC fund: report

Korea Post’s insurance arm will commit $50 million to Chicago-based Adams Street Partners LLC for its first overseas venture capital investment,...

Morgan Stanley tops 2018 Korea’s M&A advisory firm list

Morgan Stanley tops 2018 Korea’s M&A advisory firm list

Morgan Stanley led South Korea’s merger advisory services market in 2018, accounting for 8.6 trillion won ($7.7 billion) worth of takeover deals, ...

Korea Investment to commit $18 mn from short-term debt to Blackstone

Korea Investment to commit $18 mn from short-term debt to Blackstone

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., one of aggressive cross-border institutional investors in South Korea, will commit 20 billion won ($18 mil...

[Exclusive] Korea Investment-led fund buys two Boeing aircraft for $217 mn

[Exclusive] Korea Investment-led fund buys two Boeing aircraft for $217 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired two Air France-leased Boeing aircraft for $217 million via a domestic fund which raised $125 m...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] Korea Post to pick two energy infra funds within year

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] Korea Post to pick two energy infra funds within year

Korea Post is planning to select about two energy infrastructure funds within the year as it is seeking to raise exposure to global infrastructure a...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korea teachers funds to boost Asia portfolios

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korea teachers funds to boost Asia portfolios

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and the Korea Teachers’ Pension will step up real estate and infrastructure investments in Asia and other eme...

[Interview] Korea military fund aims to cash in $700 mn bad assets within 3 yrs

[Interview] Korea military fund aims to cash in $700 mn bad assets within 3 yrs

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will liquidate half of its 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of non-performing assets by early 2021 and...

Korea police fund CIO reappointed for second term: report

Police Mutual Aid Association’s (PMAA) chief investment officer Doyoon Lee was reappointed for another two-year term to become the first CIO to serve ...

Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea

Ares Management secures $300 mn in US gas project debt from Korea

Ares Management LP has raised a total of $300 million in credit facilities from South Korean institutional investors, including Hana Financial Investm...

Radio wave research head picked as Korea Post’s savings unit CIO

Radio wave research head picked as Korea Post’s savings unit CIO

A career bureaucrat and former administrator of South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency was appointed as chief investment officer of Korea Post’s...

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