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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs uneasy at leverage of PE secondaries
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and two leading South Korean insurance firms have expressed unease about the excessive use of leverage by private equity secondary funds which they blamed for a capital call delay and cash yield decline
May 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to exit from German building in two years for strong gain
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. is set to exit from an office building in Frankfurt with handsome gains, just two years after acquiring the 17...
May 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium Only[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs call for more hedge fund communications
Korea Post and Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd., the third-largest life insurer in South Korea, remain cautious about increasing exposure to hedge funds,...
May 21, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium Only[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye 5-8% return on alternatives
Teachers’ Pension, the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are looking to increase global...
May 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building
KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...
May 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT] KIC to boost alternatives with co-ops' assets
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will raise the proportion of alternative investments with further diversified portfolios, while seeking to manage p...
May 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT] NPS to allocate $2 bn to single hedge funds in 2019
The National Pension Service (NPS) will allocate $2 billion to single-manager hedge funds this year in its first direct investment in hedge funds, whi...
May 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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GEPS picks insurance asset management veteran as CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has picked Won-joo Seo, a former chief investment officer of PCA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (currently, M...
May 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms underwrite $298 mn debt on new US gas plant
Three South Korean financial services firms - NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., its affiliate NH Bank and Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. - ...
May 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean LPs to lend $672 mn to Goldman Sachs’ credit fund
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and seven institutional investors in South Korea will provide a senior loan of 600 million euros ($672 million) to Goldman...
May 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to take bolder approach to alternative investment
The National Pension Service (NPS) will speed up alternative investment decisions and expand the investment scope to include private debt and multi-as...
May 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daishin Asset unveils $68 mn public fund for Tokyo office purchase
Daishin Asset Management Co. Ltd. has launched a public fund to raise up to 80 billion won ($68 million) to fund its $180 million purchase of a Tokyo ...
May 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term
The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has appointed Sungmoo Huh, a former alternative investment and strategy head of Seoul...
May 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana likely to acquire Tour CBX on France office buying spree
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. is likely to continue its buying spree for French office buildings by adding Tour CBX, worth around 400 million eur...
Apr 30, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to up co-investment with CalSTRS, Texas pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will double co-investment with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to 880 billi...
Apr 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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PGIM to secure $60 mn from Seoul office sale to Keppel
PGIM Inc., the asset management arm of US-based Prudential Financial Inc., is set to pocket about 70 billion won ($60 million) in capital gains from i...
Apr 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana resells $50 mn equity in Paris office; to lend on France asset
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has recently completed the resale of its 58 billion-won ($50 million) equity investment in a Paris office building ...
Apr 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin to buy stake in French car park company from Ardian
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy a 15% stake in France’s leading car park operator Indigo Group from Ardian through a co-investmen...
Apr 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $300 mn in real estate mezzanine debts
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to invest around $300 million in mezzanine tranches on commercial properties in the US and other developed countries in...
Apr 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset plans $500 mn bond issue; invests in HK office debt
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. plans to raise more than $500 million in a global bond issuance early next month to fund its global investments, after ann...
Apr 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang’s Korean arm to commit $44 mn to US real estate debt fund: report
ABL Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a South Korean arm of China’s Anbang Insurnce Group, has decided to commit 50 billion won ($44 million) to Madison Realty...
Apr 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks direct lending debt managers for $200 mn mandate
Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to select two global private debt managers to invest $200 million in direct loans, it announced on April 15. Qualif...
Apr 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean brokerages lend $330 mn on US hotels, resort
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has extended a senior loan of $229 million on two new hotels in Nashville, which marked the third biggest construction loan...
Apr 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cosmetics firm tops list of Korea’s profitable PE deals
The 300-billion-won ($263 million) equity investment in a South Korean cosmetics firm by a consortium of Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs in 2016 was th...
Apr 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA earmarks $175 mn for Japan housing; picks Europe debt funds
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has allocated 200 billion won ($175 million) for initial investments in Japan’s multifamily residentia...
Apr 10, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Crianza Aviation leads $600 mn aircraft finance for Etihad Airways
Crianza Aviation, a South Korean aircraft leasing firm, has completed a financing estimated at $600 million to buy three Boeing 787-9s for Etihad Airw...
Apr 09, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha, Hana extend mezzanine loans on US properties
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has provided a 140 billion won ($123 million) mezzanine loan on an office complex in Silicon Valley leased...
Apr 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung-Hanwha consortium tipped to invest $300 mn in Paris building
A consortium of Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is likely to invest 340 billion won ($299 million) in a Pa...
Apr 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Investment buys Prague office complex for $286 mn
Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired a five-building office complex in Prague for 325 billion won ($286 million), as South Korean ...
Apr 02, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in PE secondary funds
Korea Post’s savings arm will select two global private equity funds to invest around $200 million in private equity secondary markets, according to i...
Apr 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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