Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...

Golf equipment maker Taylormade to refinance $222 mn of debt

One of the South Korean owners of Taylormade Golf Co., a leading global golf equipment maker, is set to refinance its 300 billion won ($221.7 millio...

S.Korean lenders in New York luxury hotel likely to see losses

Some South Korean institutional investors may see significant losses on their investment in a hotel in the heart of New York as the developer has de...

Germany's real estate mezzanine market to shine in 2023: Lenwood Capital

The global real estate market is under significant pressure due to increased interest rates and banks' tighter loan standards in 2023. Commercial re...

Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023

Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...

LB Private Equity posts 65% return via secondary, mezzanine

LB Private Equity Inc., a South Korean PE firm specializing in secondary and buyout investments, has liquidated its 120 billion won ($93.4 million) ...

Affirma taps NPS executive as private credit head

Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has founded an affiliate for private credit management and tapped Kim Seong-mok, a former execut...

Hana Alternative logs over 9% return on US residential project

South Korea's Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. is estimated to have achieved an annualized return of 9.83% from the $51.5 million mezzanine lo...

Meritz arranges $60 mn mezzanine loans on LA skyscraper

South Korea's Meritz Alternative Investment Management Co. has arranged 72 billion won, or slightly over $60 million, worth of mezzanine financing f...

[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in real estate mezzanine debt

Korea Post’s insurance arm is looking for one or two real estate debt managers to invest $200 million in mezzanine debt, for which it is plannin...

Hana Financial purchases $77 mn mezzanine loan on 30 Hudson Yards NYC

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has purchased a $77 million mezzanine loan backed by a six-story space in the 101-story, 30 Hudson Yards, the third...

Shinhan provides $100 mn mezzanine loan on Brookfield’s US hotel

Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided a $100 million mezzanine loan on Brookfield’s resort hotel in Florida which recently secured $560 million ...

[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...

Hanwha, Hana extend mezzanine loans on US properties

Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has provided a 140 billion won ($123 million) mezzanine loan on an office complex in Silicon Valley leased...

Hanwha Asset invests $44 mn in Tokyo hotel-backed mezzanine debt

Hanwha Asset Management Co. Ltd. has made its first direct investment in Japan’s commercial property market by underwriting 49.8 billion won ($44 mill...

KTB Asset invests $90 mn in mezzanine debt on InterContinental Boston

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $90 million in a mezzanine debt on InterContinental Boston, participating in a $265 million refinancing pac...

KTB Asset sources $80 mn mezzanine debt deal on London hotel

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has sourced its first Europe real estate debt investment for South Korean institutional investors with a £56.9 million (...

Shinhan GIB underwrites $190 mn mezzanine debt on Manhattan building

Shinhan Financial Group’s newly-launched investment banking division has underwritten $190 million of 10-year mezzanine debt on One Worldwide Plaza, a...

Mirae Asset buys $48 mn mezzanine debt backed by FedEx-leased warehouses

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. invested 54 billion won ($48 million) last week in mezzanine debt secured on two warehouses leased to FedEx Co...

Goldman and KKR mezzanine funds seen to raise up to $1.14 bn from Korea

Goldman Sachs’s new mezzanine fund, which aims to raise $10 billion, is expected to gather an aggregate $800 million to $1 billion from South Korean i...

Meritz Real Estate arranges $226 mn mezzanine debt for NY building

Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged South Korean asset owners’ investment of around 260 billion won ($226 million) in 10-year me...

[Survey] Direct lending, mezzanine at top of Korean LPs’ private debt strategies

South Korea’s leading asset owners are planning to expand private debt investment this year in pursuit of medium risks and medium returns, setti...

[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs into mezzanine; wary of secondary

National Pension Service (NPS), Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and Korea Post are piling into mezzanine debt tranches in search of higher yields, ...

Korean firms invest $87 mn in mezzanine debt for Amazon office building in Seattle

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and other South Korean institutions have invested 100 billion won ($87 million) in mezzanine debts backed by an Amazon-o...

Korean institutions to invest $83 mn in mezzanine debt for Apple’s office campus

Four South Korean institutional investors, including KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd., will invest $83 million in m...

Samsung property fund invests $100 mn in mezzanine debt of US building

A $270 million real estate fund of Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested $100 million in mezzanine debts backed by a prime office build...

Blackstone in $1 bn mezzanine debt fundraising; Korean govt officials’ fund to invest $50 mn   

Blackstone Group has attracted New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS), US insurer MIRAS and a South Korean government employees’ fund to ...

Korean funds, NH insurers to invest $215 mn in mezzanine debt of Google NY building

Two South Korean savings funds are set to invest 100 billion won ($85 million) in junior mezzanine debt secured by a Manhattan office building leased ...

Korean asset firm underwrites $61.5 mn mezzanine loan of LA office building

A South Korean handbag maker’s fund management unit has invested $61.5 million in mezzanine debt of a prime office building in Los Angeles, jointly wi...

Korean funds cut 2017 return targets; keen on infrastructure, mezzanine debt: report

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) and three other major South Korean savings funds have trimmed the...