K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'

K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'

Meta fashion, a combination of fashion, metaverse, and NFT, is becoming a global trend. The MZ generation, as those in their 20s and 30s are ca...

POBA, CalSTRS invest $40 mn in California multifamily assets

POBA, CalSTRS invest $40 mn in California multifamily assets

South Korea’s pension fund Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and US retirement fund The California State Teachers’ Retiremen...

Moody's sees low risk of burst in S.Korean property bubble

Moody's sees low risk of burst in S.Korean property bubble

South Korea's real estate prices have risen at a rapid pace over the past two years, but that would not indicate an increased risk of loan defaults ...

Former KIC real estate head to serve as ADQ's chief investment officer

Former KIC real estate head to serve as ADQ's chief investment officer

Cha Hoon, the former head of real estate investment at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is moving to Abu Dhabi’s state holding firm Abu Dhab...

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and global real estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management Inc. have agreed to acquir...

Korea lawmakers approve record $515 bn budget for 2022

Korea lawmakers approve record $515 bn budget for 2022

South Korea’s parliament on Dec. 3 approved a record $515 billion spending for 2022 to support a recovery in Asia’s fourth-largest econo...

NPS picks Hillhouse Capital for private equity investment in Q3

NPS picks Hillhouse Capital for private equity investment in Q3

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) selected private equity giant Hillhouse Capital Group in the third quarter of this year for its...

NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3

NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3

The National Pension Service added New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC to its pool of 58 global real estate investment manager...

Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund

Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund

Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said its savings arm will select two asset managers of an open-end commingled blind poo...

SEMA to increase Asia-based infra assets, CIO says

SEMA to increase Asia-based infra assets, CIO says

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing retirement pension fund in South Korea, will increase inf...

IGIS beats Blackstone, Brookfield in Asian real estate AUM

IGIS beats Blackstone, Brookfield in Asian real estate AUM

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, was ranked as the world’s second-largest asset management ...

S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization

S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization

Two decades after the onset of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) is finally set to privat...

Lotte joins Korea’s UAM race as Hyundai closes ranks with others

Lotte joins Korea’s UAM race as Hyundai closes ranks with others

South Korean conglomerate Lotte said on Tuesday it is joining hands with three other partners to enter the country’s urban air mobility (UAM) ...

NPS, Tishman form $1.5 bn JV to invest in US housing

NPS, Tishman form $1.5 bn JV to invest in US housing

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, and New York-based global real estate investment ...

Real estate investment head resigns from KIC

Real estate investment head resigns from KIC

The head of real estate investment at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has resigned from the South Korean sovereign wealth fund. Cha Hoon, appoint...

Teachers' Pension to sharply up direct global stock investment

Teachers' Pension to sharply up direct global stock investment

The Teachers' Pension in South Korea has started direct investment in overseas stock markets this year and will further increase direct management t...

[ASK 2021] Infra Debt Key Market Trends in a Post-Covid Environment

[ASK 2021] Infra Debt Key Market Trends in a Post-Covid Environment

Infra Debt Key Market Trends in a Post-Covid Environment Climate impact investing and digital infra Benefits of integrating ESG i...

[ASK 2021] The European Private Debt Market: Tips and Guidance

[ASK 2021] The European Private Debt Market: Tips and Guidance

Created in 2004, CAPZA is an established European private investment platform offering custom made financing solutions to small and m...

[ASK 2021] The Investment Case for Asia Real Estate

[ASK 2021] The Investment Case for Asia Real Estate

Actis is a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure. Actis has raised US $24bn since inception and operates with sustain...

[ASK 2021] Real Estate Debt Investing in 2022

[ASK 2021] Real Estate Debt Investing in 2022

Real Estate Debt Investing in 2022 Lessons Learnt, Opportunities and Key Risk Considerations M&G Investments is a globa...

[ASK 2021] Opportunistic Strategies in Private Credit & Snapshot Examples

[ASK 2021] Opportunistic Strategies in Private Credit & Snapshot Examples

Crestline Investors, Inc., founded in 1997 and based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, is an institutional alternative investment management...

[ASK 2021] Private Debt Opportunities in Asia Pacific

[ASK 2021] Private Debt Opportunities in Asia Pacific

Orion Capital Asia, established in 2013, is a Singapore based private debt investment manager with strong investment track record of over US$1 b...

Samsung Heavy raises $1.1 bn in rights issue as planned

Samsung Heavy raises $1.1 bn in rights issue as planned

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. last week raised 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in a rights issue to existing shareholders as planned, a...

Korea mulls allowing banks to adopt Toss' super-app strategy

Korea mulls allowing banks to adopt Toss' super-app strategy

South Korea's top financial regulator is considering allowing banks to provide basically all financial services in single apps, emulating fintech pl...

NPS makes new commitments worth $17 bn in private sector every year

NPS makes new commitments worth $17 bn in private sector every year

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) plans to keep increasing private equity investment for mid- to-long term asset allocation, Choe Hyung D...

Korea Post advises more GPs set up Korean offices for better partnerships

Korea Post advises more GPs set up Korean offices for better partnerships

Korea Post looks to expand asset classes that can hedge inflation and earn benefits from rising interest rates despite concerns of stagflation and c...

NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions

NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions

The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...

What to do with office buildings is biggest concern: POBA CIO

What to do with office buildings is biggest concern: POBA CIO

South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association CIO Jang Dong-hun said on Wednesday that in the pandemic situation, POBA's real estate investment...

Hanwha Life CIO says interested in infrastructure debts

Hanwha Life CIO says interested in infrastructure debts

Chief Investment Officer of South Korea's Hanwha Life Insurance Shin Minsik said on Wednesday that the company is selectively looking for equities i...

Top Korean LPs to discuss post-pandemic investments

Top Korean LPs to discuss post-pandemic investments

The Korea Economic Daily is hosting Asia's biggest alternative investment forum in Seoul on Oct. 27, where chief executives of the National Pension ...

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