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 ...

KTCU, Meritz Fire invest $100 mn in debt of US hotel-focused REIT

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. have invested $100 million in a mezzanine loan secured by 92 ...

[Interview] GEPS to boost PE secondary investment: CIO

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will ramp up global private equity secondary investment and focus real estate investment on easy-to-tr...

NPS to double proportion of overseas fixed-income investment by 2024

The National Pension Service (NPS) will more than double the proportion of overseas fixed-income investment to around 10% by the end of 2024 by when g...

KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building

KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...

NPS to take bolder approach to alternative investment

The National Pension Service (NPS) will speed up alternative investment decisions and expand the investment scope to include private debt and multi-as...

POBA to up co-investment with CalSTRS, Texas pension fund

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will double co-investment with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to 880 billi...

[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...

Mirae Asset plans $500 mn bond issue; invests in HK office debt

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to raise more than $500 million in a global bond issuance early next month to fund its global investments, after ann...

Samsung-Hanwha consortium tipped to invest $300 mn in Paris building

A consortium of Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is likely to invest 340 billion won ($299 million) in a Pa...

Hanwha Investment buys Prague office complex for $286 mn

Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a five-building office complex in Prague for 325 billion won ($286 million), as South Korean ...

[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...

Hana Alternative appoints ex-NPS investment head as CEO

Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd., part of a top South Korean banking group, has appointed Hee-seok Kim, a former global investment head...

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...

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...

[Interview] KTCU’s new CIO says to boost equity investments

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will aggressively seek equity-type investments such as stocks and private equities for extra returns wi...

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...

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...

Hyundai Investments commits $250 mn to US real estate debt fund

Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has committed $250 million to a real estate debt fund of a joint venture between Related Cos, a US real estate developer ...

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...

NPS’ risk management head to spearhead investment strategy

The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed risk management center head Seong-Tae Park as new head of investment strategy on Dec. 8, a week...

NPS’ investment strategy head offers to quit

Investment strategy head and No. 2 of the National Pension Service’s (NPS) Investment Management department Soo-Cheol Lee has tendered his resignation...

[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...

Midas Asset invests $100 mn in US hotel portfolio-backed debt

Midas Asset Management, a small-sized South Korean fund manager, has invested $100 million in a mezzanine debt secured on 53 hotels across the United ...

KB Financial units invest $103 mn in Spain hotel portfolio-backed debt

KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. and other units of South Korea’s top banking group KB Financial Group co-invested 90 million euros ($103 million) in a se...

[Interview] UK senior facilities likely to offer strong return: Octopus Investments

The UK retirement property market will create investment opportunities of up to $70 billion over the next 10 years and may yield double-digit return...

KKR, NPS to invest $700 mn in $1.9 bn Seoul real estate project

Private equity firm KKR & Co and South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make an equity investment of 800 billion won ($704 million) in ...

NPS co-invests in Morgan Stanley fund’s US energy firm purchase

The National Pension Service (NPS) has poured around $100 million into a co-investment led by a Morgan Stanley fund to acquire units of a US shale gas...

Shinhan Alternative invests $300 mn in debt on Brooklyn office complex

Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. has invested $300 million in mezzanine debts against Dumbo Heights, an office campus in Brooklyn, on be...