Alternative investments
Alternative investments
Office tower near Seoul up for sale for about $900 mn
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Tourism, aircraft take bulk of 2020 alternatives loss
South Korea's eight leading brokerage companies, including Mirae Asset Securities Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co., are estimated to have booked...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
POBA commits €80 mn to AXA's life science property fund
South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has committed €80 million ($95 million) to AXA Investment Managers' fund, which recent...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Premium OnlyPOBA commits $150 mn to Brookfield secondaries fund
South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has ventured into the real estate secondaries market, committing $150 million to Brookfield...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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F&B
Shinsegae enters alternative meat market with own brand
South Korea’s retail conglomerate Shinsegae Group’s food affiliate Shinsegae Food Inc. has entered the fast-growing alternative meat mark...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Kookmin Bank to co-finance $840 mn US solar project
Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, will provide a $100 million loan to finance a solar power project led by US-based investment firm ECP as ...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana Alternative logs over 9% return on US residential project
South Korea's Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. is estimated to have achieved an annualized return of 9.83% from the $51.5 million mezzanine loa...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS buys Australian building for $900 mn to diversify investment
South Korea’s national pension fund bought an office building in Australia for almost $900 million, which would be its largest investment in th...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Premium OnlyPOBA CIO advises against traditional asset mix, definition
Rapid technological change that is blurring the lines between industries has altered the definition of asset classes, forcing investment managers to ...
Jun 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Coupang fire may cut ROI of warehouse assets
Last week’s devastating fire at a Coupang distribution center, which reportedly burned down more than 16 million items for delivery, is expecte...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana buys Osaka logistics center for about $140 mn
South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. has beat 16 Japanese bidders to acquire a logistics center in the port of Osaka, Japan for ¥1...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana, ECP signs $300 mn infra investment partnership
South Korea's Hana Financial Investment Co. has signed a $300 million strategic partnership with US energy infrastructure-specialized firm ECP to inv...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea Post commits €80 mn to Sweden's EQT Partners
Korea Post's insurance arm has committed €80 million ($97 million) to a new flagship fund of Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners that raise...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KIC, Hyundai Heavy to co-invest $900 mn in growth firms
The sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will make co-investments worth up to 1 trillion won ($900 million) alongside the Hyundai...
Mar 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea Ratings forays into online due diligence for alternatives
South Korea’s leading credit rating and business valuation services provider, Korea Ratings, has stepped into the online due diligence service ...
Mar 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Yellow Umbrella Mutual to deploy $135 mn to blind pool funds in 2021
South Korea's Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund will commit about 120 billion to 150 billion won ($108 million-$135 million) to blind pool funds of ven...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean insurers may write down $1.1 bn in global alternatives
South Korea’s 36 insurance companies have invested a combined 70 trillion won ($63 billion) in overseas alternative investments as of the end o...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
GEPS earmarks $135 mn for first global infra investment
South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is planning to commit a combined 150 billion won ($135 million) to three global infrastruc...
Feb 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS makes first investment in timberland via UK fund
The National Pension Service has committed $150 million to London-based Stafford Capital Partners in its first investment in timberland, land availab...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean banks fund alternative deals with $540 mn loans via KIC
South Korean banks have offered a combined $540 million in syndicated loans to fund overseas alternative investments, in which Korea Investment Corpo...
Feb 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana Alternative acquires US office building for $201 mn
South Korea’s Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. has acquired an office building in Charlotte, North Carolina, for $201 million. Wells Farg...
Feb 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean LPs pick their 44 favorite alternative managers
Canada-based Brookfield was chosen as the best global asset manager for both real estate and infrastructure investments by South Korea’s pension...
Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Meritz Alternative commits $150 mn to US multifamily fund
South Korea’s Meritz Alternative Investment Management Co. has committed $150 million to a new US multifamily residential fund managed by Fairf...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Keppel looking to exit two Seoul office towers for over $200 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Investment Management is preparing to sell two office buildings in Seoul, less than two years after it acquired them for aroun...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR’s Asia real estate fund draws around $400 mn from Korea
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have committed around $400 million to KKR’s Asia real estate fun...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR’s $3.9 bn Asia infra fund raises $130 mn from Korea
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and financial services firms in South Korea have committed $130 million to KKR & Co.’s inaug...
Jan 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Brokerage firms see losses on $7 bn overseas alternatives
South Korea’s 22 brokerage firms have classified a combined 7.5 trillion won ($6.9 billion), or 15.7%, of their cumulative overseas alternativ...
Jan 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two US firms win $200 mn Korea Post infrastructure mandate
Argo Infrastructure Partners and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners were chosen as Korea Post’s new overseas infrastructure investment managers ...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
IGIS Asset, Hana buy $390 mn US Amazon logistics portfolio
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have jointly acquired three pre-completed logistics centers in the US...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean investors buy Dutch logistics center using drones and smartphones
South Korea’s Kiwoom Securities Co. has acquired a new logistics center in the Netherlands for 180 billion won ($165 million) this year, relyin...
Dec 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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