Dalmore, Equitix resell $394 mn stake in UK infra fund to Korean firms

About 10 South Korean insurers, including Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., have invested 300 million pounds ($394 million) in one of the UK’s largest i...

Korean REIT nets $31 mn from Tokyo property stake sale

JR AMC Co. Ltd., a real estate investment trust manager in South Korea, has recently disposed of its stake in a luxury office building in central Toky...

Korean firms snap up Poland office building for $162 mn

Two small South Korean financial services companies have acquired a landmark office building in central Warsaw for 183 billion won ($162 million) in t...

Korean firms in talks to buy Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf office

A consortium of South Korean financial institutions has been in exclusive talks to buy the Canary Wharf headquarters of Credit Suisse Group in a deal ...

Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance

Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...

Denver office buildings draw yield-hungry Korean funds

A consortium of Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has recently closed a $238 million acquisition of an office t...

[Survey] Korean LPs tilt to infrastructure on dull 2019 economic outlook

A majority of leading South Korean institutional investors are planning to boost overseas infrastructure investment next year with focus on developed ...

[Interview] Korean office building market set for further growth: Savills

South Korea’s office building market is poised to continue its record-breaking growth, buoyed by heavy money inflows from overseas investors and the c...

Microsoft UK’s head office sold to Korean investors for $130 mn

A consortium of London-based Valesco Group and South Korea’s AIP Asset Management has acquired Microsoft’s headquarter office in Britain for 100 milli...

Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...

NPS, POBA to set up $314 mn Korean logistics fund

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will form a 350 billion won ($314 million) blind-pool fund to i...

[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 ...

Korean consortium to provide $142 mn UK solar refinancing: report

A consortium led by Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will provide UK-based Octopus Investments with 160 billion won ($142 million) solar por...

EQT to raise $70 mn from two Korean funds for $2.3 bn credit fund: report

Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is gathering €60 million ($70 million) from two South Korean retirement funds and seeking to raise an additio...

Korean funds invest $62 mn to buy Philadelphia building: report

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and other South Korean institutional investors have invested 70 billion won ($62 million) to bu...

HNA sells US property to Samsung, tapping Korean buyers for US asset: report

HNA Group has sold a Minneapolis office tower to Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. for $320 million and is now tapping South Korean institutional ...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs lean toward non-dollar assets

South Korean asset owners are increasingly turning to non-dollar assets because the weakening US dollar erodes expected returns after currency hedging...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs seek riskier private debt investment

Major South Korean institutional investors plan to raise exposure further to credit investments in search of steady cashflows and expect to see more i...

[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eying Asia and secondaries PE deals

The Teachers’ Pension and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are turning to the Asian private equity market with focus on growth sectors such ...

Korean fund set to log double-digit return from sale of German tower

South Korean institutional investors, including the Teachers’ Pension and insurance companies, are set to reap a profit of more than €106 million ($12...

Korean asset firm backs Hyundai reform plan; NPS remains indecisive

An independent South Korean investment firm has become the first institutional shareholder in Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. publicly supporting the Hyundai M...

KIC may cancel $50 mn contract with Elliott over US fund’s disputes with Korean govt

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking into whether Elliott Management’s recent move against the South Korean government constitutes a conflict...

StepStone collects $90 mn from Korean LPs for PDF, co-investment

New York-based StepStone Group has raised $90 million in commitments from three South Korean institutional investors since the start of this year, inc...

NPS likely to name ex-head of Barings’ Korean unit as CIO this week

Thae Khwarg, a former head of Barings’ South Korean asset management arm, is highly likely to be named as chief investment officer of the National P...

Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports

Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...

Korean fund, brokerage firm buy UK solar power plant portfolio for $36 mn

The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have invested around 38 billion won ($36 million...

Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO

MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives, which manages $50 billion of assets, named Sang-hun Kim, a former managing director and head of...

Korean building materials firm seals 4th US hotel purchase for $87 mn

South Korea’s construction materials company, Aju Group, closed a $87 million acquisition of a hotel near Seattle from Marriott International Inc. las...

POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator

South Korean retirement funds and insurance companies, including the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), are set to buy a 20% stake in th...

Korean Teachers’ fund commits $50 mn to Neuberger Berman’s unit

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has recently committed $50 million to a new fund of Dyal Capital Partners, part of US-based investment firm N...