Korean Investors

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting a global financial conference for Korean investors in the heart of New York City in October, where top Wal...

South Korea may keep the National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, from increasing its power for shareholder deriva...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a retirement fund for South Korean teachers and employees, and the California State Teachers' Retire...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set for its new Chairman Kim Tae-hyun, a former CEO of state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp....

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea had an 8% negative return during the first half of 2022, its investment management arm announced on Au...

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, has committed capital to Blackstone Credit’s Sustainable Resources Platform to enhance the ...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...

The Carlyle Group was the most preferred fund manager hired by South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) as of end-2021, according to NPS&r...

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea committed 204.4 trillion won ($156.7 billion) to alternative investment as of end-2021, up 32.7% f...

South Korea’s small and mid-sized private equity firms are increasingly postponing fundraising schedules for their project-based funds to the ...

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. is set to kick off direct investment in overseas real estate via its subsidiary in the US, according t...

The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...

South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. has created a 300 billion won ($231.2 million) blind pool fund for Europe-based logistics cente...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is set to appoint Lee Hoon, the senior managing director and head of the investment strategy & innovation d...

DigitalBridge Group Inc., a US digital infrastructure investment firm, announced on July 19 it has appointed South Korean Tae E. Ahn as managing d...

A consortium led by South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. and US private equity giant KKR & Co. is set to acquire Shinhan Investment Cor...

South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...

South Korea’s GRE Partners Asset Management Co. a real estate investment firm, has recently suspended the selling process for Pfizer Pharmaceu...

The commercial real estate market in Seoul slowed this year, according to a report by South Korean online property platform RSquare. The sum of the ...

South Korean corporates are increasingly eyeing alternative assets seeking downside protection amid interest rate hikes and equity and bond price dr...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea sees as many as 14 professionals of its investment management arm resign by end-June of this year, acc...

Some major retirement funds in South Korea are raising interest rates on their members’ savings accounts in line with global central banks&rsq...

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has decided to raise the interest rates of the members’ savings products by 25 to 4...

Amid escalating market uncertainties, M&As are not just a growth tactic but survival tools for businesses, Euan Rellie, co-founder and managing ...

A number of financial experts who built their careers at Samsung Life Insurance Co. are in the spotlight as more South Korean pension funds and mutu...

Some major securities firms in South Korea are having difficulties with overseas alternative assets they have yet to sell down. The brokerage firm...

A few key institutional investors in South Korea are set to commit up to $300 million to a $3.5 billion private credit fund by US private debt man...