Korean Investors

More global investors are turning to the private debt market as bank loans are getting tougher under stricter lending regulations. Among a range of s...

Global private equity firm Affirma Capital has promoted Seoul-based Managing Director Min Hyun (Thomas) Shim to partner, investment banking sources t...

The sale of Seoul-based Samsung SDS Co. headquarters, which is likely to become South Korea's largest real estate market deal of 2023, is predicted t...

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) selected Apollo Global Management, Warburg Pincus and Sweden-based EQT Partners as it...

South Korea’s Woori Global Asset Management Co. and ABL Life Insurance Co. have committed a sizeable amount of capital to a first closing of a ...

Global investors injected more than $1 trillion into energy transition for the first time last year. South Korea poured in some $19 billion, becoming...

Affinity Equity Partners’ Seoul office head Sam Lee has left the global investment firm, sources familiar with the matter told The Korea Econom...

The global real estate market is under significant pressure due to increased interest rates and banks' tighter loan standards in 2023. Commercial rea...

Teachers’ Pension (TP), South Korea’s major pension fund for private school employees, will accelerate investment in domestic bonds while...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest public pension fund, plans to raise the ratio of its alternative ...

National Pension Service (NPS) in South Korea achieved a 6.4% return on investment during the first quarter of this year, recovering some 73% of the ...

A private fund for US real estate managed by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has seen huge losses amid the tumble of the offic...

Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s f...

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demograph...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 939 trillion won ($713 billion) in assets as of end-...

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...

Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office se...

Increased rates will impact global real estate deals and slash property values, according to major institutional investors in South Korea. The US off...

Investors will spur capital injection in global residential real estate and emerging infrastructure segments such as data centers and energy transiti...

South Korean institutional investors find secondaries and private debt attractive amid the darkening economic outlook, chief investment officers (CIO...

Global investors will find opportunities to increase positions in private debt markets amid high interest rates this year and need to strengthen their...

National Pension Service (NPS) in South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, saw its returns on alternative investments last year und...

South Korean institutional investors, including the world’s third-largest pension fund National Pension Service (NPS), and global asset manager...

Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as ...

South Korean institutional investors are poised to ramp up investments in global infrastructure, hedging against inflationary pressure, a survey found...

NEW YORK – Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is considering expanding alternative investments in Asian emerging markets,...

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in glo...

Direct lending, which has topped South Korean institutional investors’ private debt strategies for years, has become even more popular amid risi...

Healthcare continued to be the preferred sector for South Korean institutional investors this year as it was last year, a survey found. Meanwhile, the...