Sovereign wealth funds
Asset management
South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds
Apr 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae, Koramco, Hana shortlisted for Korea Post’s core real estate fund
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. were shortlisted for the mandate...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Glenwood PE to increase blind fund to $1 bn on pension funds’ interest
South Korea’s Glenwood Private Equity Co. is set to increase a blind fund to 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) as pension funds at home and abroad,...
Apr 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korea’s WGBI inclusion moved to next April; Seoul works on policy steps
South Korea’s much-anticipated inclusion of its bonds in the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) has been postponed to April 2026 from Nove...
Apr 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea’s sovereign fund KIC logs 8.5% return in 2024
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) reported an annual return of 8.49% last year thanks to steady gains from equity investments led by the AI tech...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea to let securities firms manage $43 bn public fund investment pool
South Korea said on Wednesday it aims to boost returns on 62.1 billion won ($42.7 billion) in the public fund investment pool by entrusting some of t...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Magnachip, up for sale again, contacts Samsung, LG, LX
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. is on the market again four years after the US blocked a takeover by a Chinese private equity fi...
Feb 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korean activist investors to routinize campaigns throughout year
South Korea’s activist investors are set to routinize campaigns all year long rather than launch fresh moves only before annual general meeting...
Jan 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC to open 2nd tender for Seoul landmark building sale as bids disappoint
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to seek more proposals from bidders to sell a landm...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC to pick preferred bidder in $1.1 bn Seoul landmark building sale
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to select a preferred bidder for the sale of a land...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. and the country’s plan to require t...
Oct 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korea Investment Corp. appoints Park Il Young as its new CEO
South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) announced on Thursday that it has appointed former World Bank Group executive d...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK not to sell Korea Zinc to China after tender offer
MBK Partners Ltd. does not plan to sell Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, to China if MBK's takeover bid of up to 2 t...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Sovereign wealth fund KIC shortlists three CEO candidates
South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has shortlisted three candidates as the next chief executive officer, who will ...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Premium OnlyKIC eyes direct lending with high return potential: CEO
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclically sensitive and ge...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fin...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korea’s KIC opens Mumbai office to spur emerging market investment
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Monday it has launched its Mumbai office, establishing the state-run fund’s fi...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Kakao to replace K-pop pioneer SM execs over poor governance
Kakao Corp. is set to replace executives of SM Entertainment Co., who ousted its founder Lee Soo-man when the South Korean mobile giant acquired the ...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
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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Corporate bonds
More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes
South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interest...
Nov 28, 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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Venture capital
S.Korean startups, VC seek money, business opportunities in Japan
South Korean startups and venture capitalists battered by chilled investor sentiment amid rising interest rates and slowing economic growth at home a...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Aramco, PIF chief to meet key South Korean figures this week
Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, chairman of the world’s top oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) and governor of the kingdom’s sovereign ...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean exodus from China funds amid deepening property crisis
South Korean investors’ retreat from Chinese equity funds of nearly 10 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in total principal is accelerating amid deep...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC up 8.3% in net value of stocks, debts in H1 2023
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw the net value of its traditional assets rise 8.25% in the first half of this year, backed by the strong perfor...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC's private equity senior director Ahn to move to Mubadala
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC)’s senior director for private equity is set to move to Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based i...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC mulls expanding assets in Asian emerging markets: CEO
NEW YORK – Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is considering expanding alternative investments in Asian emerging markets,...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Super-rich Koreans eye return to stocks despite weaker economy
The super-rich in South Korea are eyeing stocks for investments despite a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy this year, expecting the lo...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business
South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & C...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has kicked off procedures to open a Mumbai-based office later this year, The Korea Economic ...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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