Korean Investors

[Interview] DRC plans to launch Europe whole loan fund in 2019
DRC Capital, a London-based debt investment advisor, plans to launch a European whole loan fund by mid-2019, in a follow-up to its UK whole loan fund which reportedly raised 700 million pounds ($900 million) at a final close recently. Whole loan str
Nov 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alcentra, BlueBay win GEPS’ $90 mn Europe private debt mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 40 million euros ($45 million) each to blind-pool private debt funds of Alcentra Ltd. and ...
Nov 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Midas Asset invests $100 mn in US hotel portfolio-backed debt
Midas Asset Management, a small-sized South Korean fund manager, has invested $100 million in a mezzanine debt secured on 53 hotels across the United ...
Nov 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Financial units invest $103 mn in Spain hotel portfolio-backed debt
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. and other units of South Korea’s top banking group KB Financial Group co-invested 90 million euros ($103 million) in a se...
Nov 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] UK senior facilities likely to offer strong return: Octopus Investments
The UK retirement property market will create investment opportunities of up to $70 billion over the next 10 years and may yield double-digit return...
Nov 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Denver office buildings draw yield-hungry Korean funds
A consortium of Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has recently closed a $238 million acquisition of an office t...
Oct 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Korean LPs tilt to infrastructure on dull 2019 economic outlook
A majority of leading South Korean institutional investors are planning to boost overseas infrastructure investment next year with focus on developed ...
Oct 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] KIC eyes emerging markets, real estate debts
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will look to a broader range of emerging markets and consider investing in real estate debts to further diversify...
Oct 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] Korea Post to pick two energy infra funds within year
Korea Post is planning to select about two energy infrastructure funds within the year as it is seeking to raise exposure to global infrastructure a...
Oct 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korea teachers funds to boost Asia portfolios
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and the Korea Teachers’ Pension will step up real estate and infrastructure investments in Asia and other eme...
Oct 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] NPS seeks regionally diversified portfolio: CEO
The National Pension Service (NPS) is building regionally diversified portfolios in pursuit of both profitability and stability, said its chief execut...
Oct 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korean office building market set for further growth: Savills
South Korea’s office building market is poised to continue its record-breaking growth, buoyed by heavy money inflows from overseas investors and the c...
Oct 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR to buy stake in Shinhan Fin; to raise joint funds of up to $4.4 bn
KKR & Co., a private equity giant, has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a minority stake in South Korea’s No.2 banking group Shinhan Financi...
Oct 15, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Ares Management picks commercial mortgage, 2nd-tier US cities
Senior commercial real estate debts and select second-tier cities are likely to offer greater investment opportunities to global investors still keen ...
Oct 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset, SK Sec buy German property in share deal
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and SK Securities Co. Ltd. have recently closed a purchase of an office building leased to a department of the German fede...
Oct 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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IGIS Asset closes $110 mn purchase of Nestle's Spanish head office
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has acquired an office building in Barcelona used as Nestle Corporation's Spanish headquarters for 95.6 million euros (...
Oct 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, NPS to invest $700 mn in $1.9 bn Seoul real estate project
Private equity firm KKR & Co and South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make an equity investment of 800 billion won ($704 million) in ...
Oct 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korea military fund aims to cash in $700 mn bad assets within 3 yrs
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will liquidate half of its 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of non-performing assets by early 2021 and...
Oct 09, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS names ex-equity division head as new CIO
The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed Hyo-Joon Ahn, former head of global public market and domestic equity divisions of the $565 billion pensi...
Oct 08, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Microsoft UK’s head office sold to Korean investors for $130 mn
A consortium of London-based Valesco Group and South Korea’s AIP Asset Management has acquired Microsoft’s headquarter office in Britain for 100 milli...
Oct 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] IFM Investors upbeat on renewables; wary of power generators
Renewable energy sectors in North America, western Europe and Australia will continue to create attractive investment opportunities, whereas regulator...
Oct 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS co-invests in Morgan Stanley fund’s US energy firm purchase
The National Pension Service (NPS) has poured around $100 million into a co-investment led by a Morgan Stanley fund to acquire units of a US shale gas...
Sep 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund CIO reappointed for second term: report
Police Mutual Aid Association’s (PMAA) chief investment officer Doyoon Lee was reappointed for another two-year term to become the first CIO to serve ...
Sep 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan Alternative invests $300 mn in debt on Brooklyn office complex
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. has invested $300 million in mezzanine debts against Dumbo Heights, an office campus in Brooklyn, on be...
Sep 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NH Investment named as preferred buyer of Seoul Square in $873 mn deal
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. was chosen as the preferred buyer for a landmark Seoul office building, according to the South Korean brokerag...
Sep 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...
Sep 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Carlyle sees huge potential in private credit: Co-CEO
The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, puts the expansion of credit business as a top priority as the private debt market...
Sep 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daishin Securities to invest $110 mn to buy two Manhattan buildings
Daishin Securities Co. Ltd., a small-sized South Korean brokerage firm, is set to buy two buildings in Manhattan with an equity investment of 122.7 bi...
Sep 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS, POBA to set up $314 mn Korean logistics fund
The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will form a 350 billion won ($314 million) blind-pool fund to i...
Sep 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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GS EPS-Mirae Asset consortium buys 10% stake in US gas power plant
A consortium of South Korean power producer GS EPS Co. Ltd. and Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy a 10% stake in a New Jersey-based gas po...
Aug 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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