Korean fund to put $42 mn in two aircraft funds; $900 mn aviation fund in final stage of fundraising

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to invest $42 million in mezzanine debt of two aircraft funds which will buy use...

MBK Partners closes $4.1 bn fund, above funding target; NPS opts out

Asia’s biggest private equity firm, MBK Partners, has raised $4.1 billion for its fourth fund, exceeding the target of $3.5 billion and more than ...

Korean funds cut 2017 return targets; keen on infrastructure, mezzanine debt: report

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) and three other major South Korean savings funds have trimmed the...

Police fund, 4 other Korean firms to put $100 mn in Emirates aircraft fund

The Police Mutual Aid Association and four other South Korean institutional investors will underwrite $100 million of mezzanine tranches in an aircraf...

KIC, Korean fund to invest $130 mn in US hotels-backed mezzanine debt: report

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the country's Local Finance Association will invest a total of 153 billion won ($130 million) in U.S. mezzanine...

Hanwha Life, scientist fund to put $230 mn into UK gas business bid

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and a scientists’ savings fund will commit a total of 185 million pounds ($230 million) to a project fund...

Korean funds to invest $295 mn in Asian warehouse developer e-Shang: report

South Korean institutional investors will buy about 350 billion won ($295 million) worth of senior loans secured by distribution centers of Warburg Pi...

KIC, Teachers’ Pension to invest in US warehouse fund, first since joint work agreement

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the Teachers’ Pension will invest in a U.S. warehouse portfolio fund for an undisclosed sum, in their first joi...

Mizuho, Korea's Mertiz to launch $900 mn fund to buy 20 aircraft portfolio from GE

Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. and South Korea’s Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. will set up a fund of about $900 million to acquire a 20 aircraft portfolio fr...

Korean institutions to fund Qantas Airway’s aircraft lease with $20 mn mezzanine loan

A South Korean brokerage firm is raising $20 million in mezzanine debt from two to three domestic institutional investors to finance Australia’s Qanta...

Korean funds mull $260 mn mezzanine financing for Brookfield’s IFC Seoul purchase

Brookfield Asset Management is in talks with the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and a state-run mortgage lender to secure 300 billion won ($261 ...

Korean investors to fund Air France’s plane lease with $34 mn mezzanine loan

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid will invest $34 million in mezzanine debt to fund Air France’s $115...

Korea scientists fund to put €25 mn into Europe infrastructure-investing FoF

A South Korean asset management firm is raising a €100 million ($110 million) fund to invest in the Pan-European Infrastructure Fund (PEIF) II of a De...

Three US firms win $120 mn mezzanine fund mandates from Korea fund

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has selected Crescent Capital Group, Falcon Private Equity and GoldPoint Partners to invest a total of...

Korea public officials’ fund picks $40 mn cat bond managers

Three private equity firms – LGT Capital Management, Leadenhall Capital Partners and Nephila Capital – have been chosen as the preferred managers of t...

[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion savings fund, is interested in sovereign debt of emerging economies, and will put eff...

Korea savings fund to buy $51 mn equity in property funds: report

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) will acquire 57 billion won ($51 million) worth of equity stakes in two domestic fund...

Korea public officials’ fund to be anchor LP of PAG-led property debt fund

Asia-based alternative investment firm Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) is teaming up with a South Korean brokerage company to launch about a 200 billion ...

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 ...

NPS to invest $100 mn in consumer-focused L Catterton’s $2.5 bn fund

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will commit $100 million to a new fund that L Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity firm, is curre...

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...

Apollo secures $72 mn from Korean funds for German property refinancing

Apollo Global Management has attracted 80 billion won ($72 million) from a couple of South Korean pension funds to refinance part of bank loans it had...

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 (...

NPS, CIC joint fund invests in A$9.7 bn Australian port deal

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has invested A$500 million in a deal of securing a 50-year-lease on Australia’s biggest container and car...

Korea police fund picks CIO from outside; gives $90 mn mandates to 6 firms

South Korea’s police savings fund has appointed a former fixed-income head of Samsung Asset Management as its first chief investment officer fro...

Macquarie cuts commitments from fund investors after oversubscription

Macquarie Group has closed its latest European infrastructure fund in the first round of fund-raising after attracting more than its target funding, a...

Samsung’s investment firm to set up $270 mn US property mezzanine fund

A property investment arm of the Samsung Group will raise 300 billion won ($270 million) from South Korean insurance companies and pension funds in a ...

US rate hike talk alters Korean fund’s US property investment strategy

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to withdraw $70 million from a U.S. real estate fund that makes bets on property price ris...

Korean public officials’ fund to invest $40 mn in cat bonds

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for South Korean public officials, will select about two management firms to commit $4...

Brookfield may raise $90 mn from Korea for property mezzanine fund

A real estate mezzanine fund of Brookfield Asset Management, for which the private investment firm is aiming to raise $2 billion globally, is expected...