Hana sources $50 mn loan investment in US residential project

Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged a $50 million loan investment in the largest residential development under construction in Bos...

[Interview] POBA to increase US property loan investment via JVs

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will continue to step up investment in US real estate loans through joint ventures (JVs) with global p...

United Partners invests $62 mn in Dallas office building mortgage

South Korea-based United Partners Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested about 70 billion won ($62 million) in a senior debt on a three-building offic...

Mirae Asset underwrites $375 mn loan on Times Square development

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has extended a $375 million loan for the Times Square redevelopment in New York City, or one third of the $1.13 billion se...

Hana Fin to fund Emirates' A380 jet lease with $250 mn loan

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. will provide a subordinated loan of 280 billion won ($250 million) on four A380 superjumbos long-term leased by Dub...

Shinhan to lend $150 mn senior loan on US energy deal: report

Shinhan Investment Corp. will provide a $150 million senior loan to an energy company of Ares Management LP to finance its acquisition of a US midstre...

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...

[Interview] DRC plans to launch Europe whole loan fund in 2019

DRC Capital, a London-based debt investment advisor, plans to launch a European whole loan fund by mid-2019, in a follow-up to its UK whole loan fund ...

[Interview] Ares Management picks commercial mortgage, 2nd-tier US cities

Senior commercial real estate debts and select second-tier cities are likely to offer greater investment opportunities to global investors still keen ...

Meritz Real provides $65.6 mn loan on Adidas’ Soho store

Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ld. has provided a $65.6 million loan secured against Adidas’ flagship store in Soho in New York City, underwr...

Kiwoom Asset provides $45 mn senior loan on Britain’s care homes

Kiwoom Asset Management Co. Ltd. has offered a £35 million ($45 million) senior loan secured against a portfolio of 110 care homes of Britain’s larges...

[Interview] Meritz Real picks US retail assets, shorter-term property loans

US commercial buildings with global brand shops or fresh food stores are likely to generate strong returns enough to offset higher dollar hedging cost...

KTB Asset invests in refinanced loan on Union Station

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested an undisclosed amount in a debt secured on Union Station in Washington D.C. on behalf of three South Korean...

Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $650 mn in loan from Korea

Goldman Sachs’ latest real estate credit investment vehicle has raised $650 million in senior loans from a pool of South Korean institutional investor...

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...

KEB Hana arranges $280 mn loan to Ritz-Carlton New York’s top owner

KEB Hana Bank has arranged a $280 million syndicated loan to the biggest owner of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Manhattan from a pool of South Korean fi...

Korea police fund seeks loan funds and infrastructure projects: report

The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion retirement fund for South Korea’ polices officers, will ramp up investment in loan funds and in...

Brokerage firm Shinhan sources and lends $175 mn loan on Chicago building

Shinhan Investment Corp. has extended a $175 million loan on a prime office tower in Chicago, a rare case in which a South Korean brokerage house sour...

Goldman taps retirement funds to resell $178 mn loan to Korea e-commerce firm

Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group (SSG), which invests in and lends to distressed companies, is in talks with South Korean retirement savings fu...

Pennsylvania gas power plant to secure $140 mn loans from Korean investors

South Korean banks and institutional investors will provide $140 million in syndicated loans to a US gas-fired plant project in Pennsylvania, part of ...

Korean teachers’ fund co-invests $45 mn in senior loan for London office portfolio

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has invested 51.9 billion won ($45 million) in senior loans secured on a London office portfolio in co-invest...

Two Korean firms make $70 mn senior loans to power plants near Chicago

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KEB Hana Bank have made $35 million senior loans each to two power generation facilities near Chicago, acc...

US gas power projects lure Korean private loan investors: report

Gas-fired power plants in the pipeline in northeast U.S. states are expected to attract South Korean institutional investors in search of 5~6% annual ...

Korea teachers’ fund to invest $52 mn in Europe bank loans-buying fund

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has decided to commit €50 million ($52.4 million) to a $1.5 billion~$2 billion fund which will take over senior s...

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 insurers tapped for Google NY building-backed $130 mn mezzanine loans

South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. is tapping domestic insurance companies to sell mezzanine loans of about 150 billion won ($130 million) s...

Korean insurers to invest $240 mn in senior loans for US FBI building

South Korean life and non-life insurance firms will provide about $240 million worth of senior financing for a historic 10-story office building in Wa...

Korean institutions to fund Qantas Airway’s aircraft lease with $20 mn mezzanine loan

A South Korean brokerage firm is raising $20 million in mezzanine debt from two to three domestic institutional investors to finance Australia’s Qanta...

Korean investors to fund Air France’s plane lease with $34 mn mezzanine loan

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid will invest $34 million in mezzanine debt to fund Air France’s $115...

Korea insurer buys shares in Lending Club, sees P2P loans as new alternative

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a 4.1% stake in U.S. Lending Club Corp., the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, for ar...