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S.Korea’s sovereign fund KIC logs 8.5% return in 2024
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KIC explores Europe middle-market private equity opportunities
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Monday explored investment opportunities in Europe’s middle-market private equity sector with other S...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyKorean pension funds to up private equity exposure in 2025
South Korea's major pension and savings funds see no drastic reshuffle to their portfolios tilted to private debts next year. But they are looking to...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyKIC bets on AI-driven value creation: CEO
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will aggressively explore early investment opportunities in sectors undergoing AI-driven inn...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) posted a 7.12% return on total asset investments in the first eight months of this year, recouping about 40% of last yea...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korean VCs go global for breakthrough
South Korean venture capitalists are actively discovering attractive investment assets overseas to find a breakthrough amid a prolonged local VC drou...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KIC heavily relies on foreigners for alternative investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) entrusted most of its money for investments in alternative assets such as real estate and private equity to foreig...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to visit S.Korea on June 5
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is set to visit Seoul on June 5 and discuss South Korea’s overseas investments with execu...
May 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to complete process for stock market fund in mid-Oct
South Korea is set to complete the process for a stock market stabilization fund of 10 trillion won ($7 billion) by the middle of this month, to be a...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC posts 8.83% return on alternative assets since inception
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, posted a 9.13% annualized return on total assets and $205 billion on ass...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, PE firm WWG to invest $450 mn in equipment maker Duravant
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, and private equity firm White Whale Group (WWG) are slated to jointly inv...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyInfrastructure shines amid rising inflation, Korean LPs say
Major institutional investors in South Korea have a largely positive outlook on infrastructure amid the macroeconomic risks, such as inflation and r...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyKorean LPs seek different strategies for private equity, debt
Key asset owners of South Korea will keep their mid- to long-term plans for alternative asset management despite the current macroeconomic risks, as ...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyKIC to up alternative assets to 25% of AUM by 2025
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to expand alternative investments while strengthening its asset management skills by increasing dir...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Yoon admin to expand KIC's fund management base
South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office on Tuesday, is set to push the expansion of sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corpora...
May 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC boosts hedge fund investing with Seoul Guarantee Insurance
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) signed an agreement on Feb. 24 with Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company (SGI) to co-invest in overseas hedge funds,...
Feb 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC buys $1.9 mn worth of shares in crypto platform Coinbase
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), managing $205 billion in assets as of the end-2021, has invested in US cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyKIC eyes tech, healthcare, telecoms via PE and VC
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) aims to increase alternative investment to 25% of its total investment by 2025 as well as rank among the world's 1...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyFormer KIC real estate head to serve as ADQ's chief investment officer
Cha Hoon, the former head of real estate investment at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is moving to Abu Dhabi’s state holding firm Abu Dhabi...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, NongHyup, Suhyup to co-invest $300 mn in overseas hedge funds
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is slated to jointly invest a combined $300 million in overseas hedge funds with Korea’s National Agricultur...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate investment head resigns from KIC
The head of real estate investment at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has resigned from the South Korean sovereign wealth fund. Cha Hoon, appointe...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyKIC to expand long-term investment in Asia
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) focused on strengthening venture capital (VC) strategies and expanding co-investments with general partners (GPs) this y...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) plans to increase alternative investments to a quarter of its portfolio by 2027 from the current 16%, its CEO Jin Seoung...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Top Korean LPs to discuss post-pandemic investments
The Korea Economic Daily is hosting Asia's biggest alternative investment forum in Seoul on Oct. 27, where chief executives of the National Pension S...
Oct 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC says traditional assets dwarf alternatives in 2019-20
The strong performance of traditional assets such as equities has resulted in a decrease in the proportion of alternative assets at Korea Investment ...
Oct 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC says to boost VC deals to lift long-term returns
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will step up venture capital investments in North America to lift its long-term returns, the sovereign wealth ...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC advised to invest in Europe's residential market
Europe's residential real estate market has stronger growth potential than the US housing facilities, given the growing preference among millennials ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC replaces infrastructure, real estate heads
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Tuesday replaced its infrastructure and real estate investment heads, in a senior management reshuffle foll...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC aims to boost alternatives to 25% by 2027
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will gradually increase alternative investments such as venture capital, private equity and debt, and infrastr...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NPS, KIC commit $600 mn to N.America logistics fund
The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) have committed $600 million in aggregate to GLP Capital Partners' North...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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