Korean Investors

- Proposed fund size at minimum $300 mln; proposal submissions due by June 7, 2016 - Funds currently in Korea Post Savings’ hedge fund pool not el...

- Proposal submission due by June 7, 2016; final selection set for July 2016 - To pick 2 firms for publicly-offered funds with minimum $300 mln AUM...

Korea Post will focus on post-sales management capability of domestic placement agents when it assesses proposals from global general partners (GPs) f...

“Only free lunch in finance is diversification.”Korean institutional investors, who have seen their assets under management (AUM) snowball...

- NPS says its strict transparency requirement may deter talented GPs; to adopt flexible approach to solve the problem - KIC to make the best of he...

- MMAA sees active portfolio rebalancing as key requirements for hedge funds; prefers advisory firm that can accord with MMAA strategy via communicati...

- Sluggish equities and bond markets, firmer dollar dent 2015 returns - Traditional assets outperform benchmark offered by finance ministry and BOK...

- BlackRock, Blackstone, Grosvenor & UBS are on the shortlist - Hedge funds with big market share & established systems to be chosen prefer...

- Plans additional 1.5 trln won allocation after 1 trln won commitment to funds of funds in H1 - To diversify alternative asset classes to distress...

- GEPS to make 2nd commitment to global secondary PEF since 2014; investment size to triple - To pick 2 GPs by mid-June to commit $50 million, resp...

- Overseas portfolios seen to climb to over 35% by 2021 vs. 24.3% at end-2015 - Domestic portfolios seen to drop to 65% or below vs. 75.7% at end-2...

- To select 2~3 local asset managers or securities firms as GPs - If fails to bring in local GPs, it will open the door to foreign asset managers ...

- Plans to allot 480 billion won ($410 million) to new alternative investments in 2016: alternative investments may top 50% of total AUM - Interest...

- Planned investment in foreign blind PEFs in 2016 double last year’s allocation - To pick one asset manager in May to invest $220 million in Europ...

By Gyung-Bong Koh Korea Post will acquire the IZD (Internationales Zentrum Donaustadt) Tower, a landmark building in Vienna, Austria, at the cost o...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., the world’s biggest shipbuilderThe shipbuilding group, touted as the strongest candidate, formed a consor...

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