
Korea Post (Insurance)
Korea Post is the national postal service agency of South Korea. Its insurance bureau manages 58 trillion won in assets as of end-2022, with exposure to alternative investments at 14.5%. About 65% of the alternative assets are based overseas. It aims for 8% of target returns on alternative investments.
- Overview
- Private Equity
- Private Debt
- Real Estate
- Infrastructure
- Absolute Return Strategies
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Total AUM
₩58 tn
Increase
Hold
Decrease
Alternative asset
N/A
Total AUM
N/A
Overseas asset (amount)
₩5.5 tn
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Overseas asset (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
N/A
Total
8%
Overseas
9%
Domestic
6%
Highly overvalued |
Overvalued | Fairly valued | Undervalued | Highly undervalued |
|
Private Equity | O | O | O | O | O |
Private Debt | O | O | O | O | O |
Real Estate | O | O | O | O | O |
Infrastructure | O | O | O | O | O |
(Multiple choices, up to two)
Manager Selection
Asset under management
If important, minumum AUM?₩Number
Size of the fund being raised
If important, minimum size?₩Number
Track record (Years of experience ·Execution capability ·Past performance)
If important, minimum size?N/A
Risk management (Performance during 2001 bubble bust and 2008 GFC)
Co-investment opportunity
GP commitment
Transparency - Underlying asset and portfolio
Knowledge transfer (Portfolio∙Investment∙advisory∙Training opportunity)
Fee level
Presence of Seoul office
Other LPs in the fund
Speed of capital deployment
Deal pipeline
Clawback clause
Presence of Korean IR
Service of Korean IR
Value you expect from in-house IR (Mutiple choices)
understanding
the organization
skill
shoes of LPs
trust
Presence of local FoF manager
Quality of local FoF manager
Value you expect from local FoF (Mutiple choices)
understanding
shoes of LPs
skill
in the strategy
structure
Quality of placement agent
Value you expect from a placement agent (Mutiple choices)
pipeline
understanding
skill
skill
(etc)
Currency hedge needed when investing in a fund?
Yes
No
It depends
Able to invest in first-time fund?
Yes
No
It depends
Able to invest in emerging market fund?
Yes
No
It depends
How many months needed to decide on commitment?
Less than 1 M
1M ~ 2M
2M ~ 3M
More than 3M
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Total AUM
₩61.0 tn
Increase
Hold
Decrease
Alternative asset
₩8.2 tn
Total AUM
₩66.0 tn
Overseas asset (amount)
₩4.5 tn
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Overseas asset (amount)
₩5.0 tn
Alternative asset
₩8.2 tn
Total
7.0%
Overseas
7.0%
Domestic
7.0%
Highly overvalued |
Overvalued | Fairly valued | Undervalued | Highly undervalued |
|
Private Equity | O | O | O | O | O |
Private Debt | O | O | O | O | O |
Real Estate | O | O | O | O | O |
Infrastructure | O | O | O | O | O |
(Multiple choices, up to two)
Manager Selection
Asset under management
If important, minumum AUM?₩Number
Size of the fund being raised
If important, minimum size?₩Number
Track record (Years of experience ·Execution capability ·Past performance)
If important, minimum size?N/A
Risk management (Performance during 2001 bubble bust and 2008 GFC)
Co-investment opportunity
GP commitment
Transparency - Underlying asset and portfolio
Knowledge transfer (Portfolio∙Investment∙advisory∙Training opportunity)
Fee level
Presence of Seoul office
Other LPs in the fund
Speed of capital deployment
Deal pipeline
Clawback clause
Presence of Korean IR
Service of Korean IR
Value you expect from in-house IR (Mutiple choices)
understanding
the organization
skill
shoes of LPs
trust
Presence of local FoF manager
Quality of local FoF manager
Value you expect from local FoF (Mutiple choices)
understanding
shoes of LPs
skill
in the strategy
structure
Quality of placement agent
Value you expect from a placement agent (Mutiple choices)
pipeline
understanding
skill
skill
(etc)
Currency hedge needed when investing in a fund?
Yes
No
It depends
Able to invest in first-time fund?
Yes
No
It depends
Able to invest in emerging market fund?
Yes
No
It depends
How many months needed to decide on commitment?
Less than 1 M
1M ~ 2M
2M ~ 3M
More than 3M
Overseas PE (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Increase
Hold
Decrease
Overseas PE (amount)
N/A
Overseas alternative asset
N/A
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Buyout (management participation) |
O | O | O |
Buyout (minority stake) |
O | O | O |
Growth capital | O | O | O |
Distressed·Special situation·Opportunistic | O | O | O |
(FoF) Primary | O | O | O |
Secondary | O | O | O |
Co-investment | O | O | O |
Venture capital | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Industrial | O | O | O |
Consumer·Retail | O | O | O |
Tech | O | O | O |
Healthcare | O | O | O |
Financial service | O | O | O |
Business service | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
(Multiple choice)
Number of PE funds you currently commit to
15
Number of PE managers you currently entrust to
10
Three PE managers you invest through the most
-
Three PE managers you most recently entrusted to
-
PE investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙side car∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas PE (amount)
₩1.3 tn
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Increase
Hold
Decrease
Overseas PE (amount)
₩1.6 tn
Overseas alternative asset
₩4.4 tn
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Buyout (management participation) |
O | O | O |
Buyout (minority stake) |
O | O | O |
Growth capital | O | O | O |
Distressed·Special situation·Opportunistic | O | O | O |
(FoF) Primary | O | O | O |
Secondary | O | O | O |
Co-investment | O | O | O |
Venture capital | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Industrial | O | O | O |
Consumer·Retail | O | O | O |
Tech | O | O | O |
Healthcare | O | O | O |
Financial service | O | O | O |
Business service | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
(Multiple choices)
Number of PE funds you currently commit to
Number of PE managers you currently entrust to
Three PE managers you invest through the most
Three PE managers you most recently entrusted to
PE investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙side car∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas PD (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Increase
Hold
Decrease
Overseas PD (amount)
N/A
Overseas alternative asset
N/A
Diversification
Stable cashflow
Fixed income substitute
(Multiple choices)
Blind Fund
Separate Account
Joint Venture
Direct Investment
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Direct lending | O | O | O |
Distressed debt | O | O | O |
Mezzanine debt | O | O | O |
Infra debt | O | O | O |
Real estate debt | O | O | O |
Special situation∙Opportunistic | O | O | O |
Senior secured | O | O | O |
Unitranche | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
Number of PD funds you currently commit to
9
Number of PD managers you currently entrust to
6
Three PD managers you invest through the most
-
Three PD managers you most recently entrusted to
-
PD investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙side car∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas PD (amount)
₩450 bn
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Increase
Hold
Decrease
Overseas PD (amount)
₩450 bn
Overseas alternative asset
₩4.4 tn
Diversification
Stable cashflow
Fixed income substitute
(Multiple choices)
Blind Fund
Separate Account
Joint Venture
Direct Investment
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Direct lending | O | O | O |
Distressed debt | O | O | O |
Mezzanine debt | O | O | O |
Infra debt | O | O | O |
Real estate debt | O | O | O |
Special situation∙Opportunistic | O | O | O |
Senior secured | O | O | O |
Unitranche | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
Number of PD funds you currently commit to
20
Number of PD managers you currently entrust to
14
Three PD managers you invest through the most
Three PD managers you most recently entrusted to
PD investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙side car∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas RE (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Increase
No change
Decrease
Overseas RE (amount)
N/A
Overseas alternative asset
N/A
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Core | O | O | O |
Core+ | O | O | O |
Value-add | O | O | O |
Opportunistic∙ Distressed |
O | O | O |
Development | O | O | O |
Secondary | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Office | O | O | O |
Hotel | O | O | O |
Residential | O | O | O |
Retail | O | O | O |
Industrial | O | O | O |
Logistics | O | O | O |
Multifamily | O | O | O |
Mixed use | O | O | O |
Others (i.e senior housing, data center) |
O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Senior secured loan | O | O | O |
Mezzanine | O | O | O |
Subordinate | O | O | O |
Equity | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Global | O | O | O |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
OECD | O | O | O |
All | O | O | O |
(multiple choices)
Direct investment
Joint venture
Separate account
Closed-end fund
Open-end fund
Number of RE funds you currently commit to
18
Number of RE managers you currently entrusted to
11
Three RE managers you invest through the most
N/A
Three RE managers you most recently entrusted to
N/A
RE investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙sidecar∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas RE (amount)
₩1.5 tn
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Increase
No change
Decrease
Overseas RE (amount)
₩1.6 tn
Overseas alternative asset
₩4.4 tn
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Core | O | O | O |
Core+ | O | O | O |
Value-add | O | O | O |
Opportunistic∙ Distressed |
O | O | O |
Development | O | O | O |
Secondary | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Office | O | O | O |
Hotel | O | O | O |
Residential | O | O | O |
Retail | O | O | O |
Industrial | O | O | O |
Logistics | O | O | O |
Multifamily | O | O | O |
Mixed use | O | O | O |
Others (i.e senior housing, data center) |
O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Senior secured loan | O | O | O |
Mezzanine | O | O | O |
Subordinate | O | O | O |
Equity | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Global | O | O | O |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
OECD | O | O | O |
All | O | O | O |
(multiple choices)
Direct investment
Joint venture
Separate account
Closed-end fund
Open-end fund
Number of RE funds you currently commit to
N/A
Number of RE managers you currently entrust to
N/A
Three RE managers you invest through the most
N/A
N/A
N/A
Three RE managers you most recently entrust to
N/A
N/A
N/A
RE investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙sidecar∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas Infra (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Increase
No change
Decrease
Overseas Infra (amount)
N/A
Overseas alternative asset
N/A
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Core | O | O | O |
Core+ | O | O | O |
Value-add | O | O | O |
Opportunistic | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Renewable energy (water∙wind∙solar) |
O | O | O |
Traditional energy (Upstream∙Midstream∙Downstream) |
O | O | O |
Real asset (Aviation∙Ship∙Train) |
O | O | O |
Transportation (Port∙Airport∙Railroad∙Toll road) |
O | O | O |
Utilities (power grid∙water & sewage∙telecom) |
O | O | O |
Power plant | O | O | O |
PPP | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Primary | O | O | O |
Debt/Mezzanine | O | O | O |
Fund of funds | O | O | O |
Secondaries | O | O | O |
Project fund | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Global | O | O | O |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
OECD | O | O | O |
All | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Greenfield | O | O | O |
Brownfield | O | O | O |
Secondary stage | O | O | O |
Number of infrastructure funds you currently commit to
13
Number of infrastructure managers you currently entrust to
8
Three infrastructure managers you invest through the most
N/A
Three infrastructure managers you most recently entrust to
N/A
Infrastructure investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙sidecar∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas Infra (amount)
₩700 bn
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Increase
No change
Decrease
Overseas Infra (amount)
₩900 bn
Overseas alternative asset
₩4.4 tn
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Core | O | O | O |
Core+ | O | O | O |
Value-add | O | O | O |
Opportunistic | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Renewable energy (water∙wind∙solar) |
O | O | O |
Traditional energy (Upstream∙Midstream∙Downstream) |
O | O | O |
Real asset (Aviation∙Ship∙Train) |
O | O | O |
Transportation (Port∙Airport∙Railroad∙Toll road) |
O | O | O |
Utilities (power grid∙water & sewage∙telecom) |
O | O | O |
Power plant | O | O | O |
PPP | O | O | O |
Others | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Primary | O | O | O |
Debt/Mezzanine | O | O | O |
Fund of funds | O | O | O |
Secondaries | O | O | O |
Project fund | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Global | O | O | O |
North America | O | O | O |
Europe | O | O | O |
Asia | O | O | O |
OECD | O | O | O |
All | O | O | O |
overinvested | as targeted | underinvested | |
Greenfield | O | O | O |
Brownfield | O | O | O |
Secondary stage | O | O | O |
Number of infrastructure funds you currently commit to
N/A
Number of infrastructure managers you currently entrust to
N/A
Three infrastructure managers you invest through the most
N/A
N/A
N/A
Three infrastructure managers you most recently entrust to
N/A
N/A
N/A
Infrastructure investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙sidecar∙collaboration
(acquisition financing)
Very important
Important
Less important
Not important
Not at all
Overseas ARS (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
₩8.5 tn
Increase
No change
Decrease
Overseas ARS (amount)
N/A
Overseas alternative asset
N/A
Diversification
(Moderate Return)
Equity Substitute
(High Return)
Substitute for Fixed-income
(Stable Return)
All
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Equity L/S | O | O | O |
Event-driven | O | O | O |
Relative value | O | O | O |
Macro | O | O | O |
Multi-Asset | O | O | O |
Fundamental
O
Market Neutral
-
Sector/Region Specialist
-
Distressed
-
Special Situation
O
Merger Arbitrage
-
Fixed Income Arbitrage
-
CB Arbitrage
-
Structured Credit
O
CTA
-
Discretionary
O
Risk Parity
O
GTAA
-
Risk Premia
-
FoFs
O
Multi Strategy Single Fund
-
Single Fund
-
ARS fund investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙sidecar∙collaboration (acquisition financing)
Very important | Important | Less important | Not important | Not at all | |
Liquidity | O | O | O | O | O |
Reasonable Fee Level | O | O | O | O | O |
Co-investment opportunity | O | O | O | O | O |
Separately Managed Account | O | O | O | O | O |
Knowledge Transfer | O | O | O | O | O |
Overseas ARS (amount)
N/A
Alternative asset
₩7.0 tn
Increase
No change
Decrease
Overseas ARS (amount)
Overseas alternative asset
Diversification
(Moderate Return)
Equity Substitute
(High Return)
Substitute for Fixed-income
(Stable Return)
All
overinvested (need to decrease) |
as targeted (no change needed) |
underinvested (need to increase) |
|
Equity L/S | O | O | O |
Event-driven | O | O | O |
Relative value | O | O | O |
Macro | O | O | O |
Multi-Asset | O | O | O |
Fundamental
-
Market Neutral
-
Sector/Region Specialist
-
Distressed
-
Special Situation
-
Merger Arbitrage
-
Fixed Income Arbitrage
-
CB Arbitrage
-
Structured Credit
-
CTA
-
Discretionary
-
Risk Parity
-
GTAA
-
Risk Premia
-
FoFs
-
Multi Strategy Single Fund
-
Single Fund
-
ARS fund investment plan in coming 12 months
one fund
two funds
three funds
more than four funds
Importance of co-investment∙sidecar∙collaboration (acquisition financing)
Very important | Important | Less important | Not important | Not at all | |
Liquidity | O | O | O | O | O |
Reasonable Fee Level | O | O | O | O | O |
Co-investment opportunity | O | O | O | O | O |
Separately Managed Account | O | O | O | O | O |
Knowledge Transfer | O | O | O | O | O |
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