Starwood Energy to raise $200 mn from Korea to fund $760 mn US deal: report

Starwood Energy to raise $200 mn from Korea to fund $760 mn US deal: report

(Updated to clarify the fund-raising is still underway, based on a comment from a source with knowledge on the matter) KB Asset Management, a unit ...

Mirae Asset’s $270 mn property fund for State Farm complex fully subscribed

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised the planned 300 billion won ($270 million) in a public property fund in 10 days after it was launch...

Mirae Asset launches public fund for $820 mn State Farm complex deal

Mirae Asset launches public fund for $820 mn State Farm complex deal

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has purchased State Farm Insurance’s four-building office complex in Texas for 900 billion won (...

Korean firms complete $320 mn financing for Newark Energy Center of US

Korean firms complete $320 mn financing for Newark Energy Center of US

South Korean insurance firms and other institutions have committed a total of $250 million to a local fund set up to provide senior loans to Newark En...

[RFP] Korea's govt pension seeks $100 mn offshore mezzanine fund managers

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) posted a notification on July 6 that it would select two global private debt fund managers f...

[Interview] Korea scientists’ fund zooms in on Europe renewable energy, U.S. venture capital

[Interview] Korea scientists’ fund zooms in on Europe renewable energy, U.S. venture capital

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA), overseeing 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in assets, is interested in property and re...

[Interview] S.Korea military fund set to invest in offshore blind VC funds from 2017

[Interview] S.Korea military fund set to invest in offshore blind VC funds from 2017

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), South Korea’s $8 billion military savings fund, is planning to invest in offshore blind-pool venture capit...

[Interview] Korea savings fund for small business owners mulls offshore blind fund investment in 2016

[Interview] Korea savings fund for small business owners mulls offshore blind fund investment in 2016

South Korea’s Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is flexing its muscle to expand overseas alternative assets, including blind funds, in line with a rapid ...

[Editor's Note] Korea Post released four RFPs to select offshore alternative asset managers

Last week Korea Post, with 110 trillion won ($93 billion) of assets under management, announced four requests for proposal (RFPs) to choose general pa...

[RFP] Korea Post Savings seeks new single offshore hedge fund managers

- Proposed fund size at minimum $300 mln; proposal submissions due by June 7, 2016 - Funds currently in Korea Post Savings’ hedge fund pool not el...

SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai’s IONIQ 7

SK Innovation Co. is set to supply batteries for the IONIQ 7, Hyundai Motor Co.’s large electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be unveiled in...

NO EDIT, NO PUBLISHING. Trump-driven energy boom spurs Korean firms to hike US gas investments

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