Government Employees Pension Service headquarters on Jeju Island, South Korea (Courtesy of GEPS) South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has shortlisted four global investment firms, Blackstone, KKR & Co., Goldman Sachs and Starwood Capital Group, for its overseas re
(Courtesy of Geo-Young) Blackstone Inc. has embarked on the process of selling South Korea’s largest medicine wholesaler Geo-Young Corp., a deal estimated at up to $1.4 billion, in what would be the US investment firm’s first exit from a South Korean asset, according to people with
Ahn Hyo-joon, CIO of the National Pension Service of Korea The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, has committed capital to Blackstone Credit’s Sustainable Resources Platform to enhance the pension fund’s ESG strategies, the world's third-largest pension fund said on Thur
Samsung Life Insurance headquarters in Seoul South Korea’s Samsung Life Insurance Co. and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. have committed to a $650 million injection in some alternative assets of Blackstone Inc., a New York-based global investment giant. It will m
Ha Yung-Ku (left) was named chairman of Blackstone's Korean office and Chris Kim (right) was tapped as real estate head of Blackstone Korea The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inves