private equity firms

Antares Capital LP, a leading US middle-market lender, is raising $200 million from South Korean institutional investors for a private debt fund to wh...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has committed an aggregate $150 million to Antares Capital, Golub Capital and Ares Management as the t...

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...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two to three US private debt fund houses to make senior secured, direct lending of around ...

Three global private equity firms – Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG – have gathered an aggregate $113 million in commitments from South Korean institution...

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to make its first allocation to global private debt funds by committing $...

KTB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has raised 120 billion won ($106 million) from three South Korean financial services firms for a blind-pool fund to inve...

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

After the National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to buy a 30% stake in Britain’s High Speed 1 (HS1) for around 400 billion won ($355 million) in July, ...

Two former global alternative investment heads of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) moved to the country’s top law firms to advise on alter...

Korea Post’s savings unit plans to select two global stock managers for exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment around the end of September, and four ot...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select two global private credit managers to invest around $200 million in mezzanine debt via sep...

Two South Korean brokerage firms – KB Securities Co. Ltd. and Kiwoom Securities Co. Ltd. – have teamed up to buy a logistics center for 167 billion wo...

Two South Korean financial institutions have invested $52.5 million in mezzanine debt backed by an office building in Manhattan, which was issued to r...

Korea Post’s insurance unit is looking for two active-type Europe stock investment houses for a two-year investment period, according to its request f...

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

Private debt recently became one of the most favored asset classes for South Korean asset owners, alongside co-investments in overseas alternatives. ...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has picked seven global private equity fund houses to invest $300 million in five different strategies...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is considering introducing a benchmark for private debt in which it plans to increase investment, as the South Kore...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking to diversify its portfolio into emerging markets, in particular Asia, and will chase smaller-sized firms...

Korea Post's savings unit announced a plan on May 17 to invest up to $300 million in overseas private debt funds focusing on mezzanine and distresse...

Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, South Korea’s savings fund for small-sized business owners, will likely allocate 300 billion won ($265 million)...

Four South Korean institutional investors will acquire 100 billion won ($88 million) worth of senior debts secured on two US gas-fired power plants fr...

The investment firm of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has raised €44.2 million ($47 million) mostly from domestic life insurers through a private ...

The Military Mutual Aid Association’s (MMAA) former equity head Jae Dong Kim was installed this month as its first chief investment officer chosen fro...

Korea Post’s insurance unit is planning to commit about $100 million each to two multi-strategy global funds of funds (FoFs) employing primary, second...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has introduced new requirements to foreign bond managers that they have South Korean subsidiaries which will not be...

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded overseas private debt fund mandates for opportunistic strategies to Apollo Global Manageme...

HI Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., an affiliate of South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., has established an offshore aircr...

ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd. sees core office buildings and infrastructure in the US and Europe remaining as attractive targets even in the periods o...