Korean investors team up with French funds to buy Benelux real estate

South Korean asset managers are joining hands with French property investment firms to buy prime commercial buildings in the Netherlands and Belgium a...

CCIM to Hold International Conference Jointly with KED Real Estate Research Institutes

The Certified Commercial Investment Member, an American association of international real estate investment analysts, will jointly host the Asia Real ...

Mirae Asset weighs $433 mn global real estate fund launch

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is considering raising around 500 billion won ($433 million) in a global real estate fund, buoyed by hefty ret...

Meritz Real Estate arranges $226 mn mezzanine debt for NY building

Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has arranged South Korean asset owners’ investment of around 260 billion won ($226 million) in 10-year me...

Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $100 mn from Korea

South Korea’s institutional investors, including the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA), have committed $100 million to Goldman Sachs...

[Interview] Hana Asset bets on retail demand for overseas real estate

The asset management unit of South Korea’s Hana Financial Group is preparing to launch two new public funds investing in overseas real estate, betting...

MetLife’s real estate debt fund attracts $80 mn from two Korean savings funds

The Public Officials Benefit Association and the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association have decided to invest $50 million and $30 mill...

[Interview] ING Life Korea seeks equity investments in US, Europe core real estate

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...

Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms

The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...

Real estate exhibition Cityscape Korea 2017 to be held in August

About 300 firms from 20 countries, including the United States and China, will take part in the Cityscape Korea 2017, set for August 17 to 19, 2017 in...

NPS’ global alternative head, global public market head offer to resign

Two key fund managers of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) have offered to step down earlier this month, joining in 25 other employees ...

TIAA-CREF, Korean teachers’ savings fund to form $1 bn US real estate debt JV

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will set up a $1 billion joint venture with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America - Colle...

Korean institutions in scurry for Europe real estate away from US

South Korean institutional investors, one of aggressive cross-border buyers of US and European real estate in recent years, are quickly shifting towar...

Korea teachers’ fund eyes CLOs, PEFs as market volatility seen up in 2017: report

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the largest savings fund in South Korea, sets its eyes on offshore collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), priva...

Europe banks return to Korean brokerage market; target debt, alternative products

A growing asset size of South Korean institutional investors and soaring demand for overseas alternative assets have been prodding foreign banks, incl...

[Interview] Korea firemen’s fund eyes overseas structured bonds, office buildings in advanced markets

Korea Fire Officials Credit Union, managing $520 million in assets, will boost its exposure to structured bonds and alternative assets in developed ma...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks global managers for U.S., Canada real estate investment

- Deadline to submit proposal is May 30, 2016; Final selection set for July 1, 2016 Korea Post announced a request for proposal on May 23 for its u...

[Interview] POBA CIO says keen on brownfield infrastructure in advanced markets; eying farmland and timberland

- Plans to allot 480 billion won ($410 million) to new alternative investments in 2016: alternative investments may top 50% of total AUM - Interest...

Graphene Square eyes global market with the next ‘wonder material'

Graphene is often called a “wonder material” because of the extraordinary properties that come from its nano-scale structure. It is an exc...

Game maker's holding firms renews bets on pet food market

NXC Corp., the holding company of South Korea's game developer Nexon Co., has acquired an Italian pet food maker for 27.8 billion won ($ ) CerereAgras...

Polarization in Korean IPO markets delays PEF exits

delaying PE firms' IPOsSimone...