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Investment banking
Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Monday that it has appointed Ahn Jae-hoon, former managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as country co-head and the investment banking business chief in South Korea.Ahn, who was most recently SK Bioscienc
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Samsung likely to buy The Asset office tower for more than $724 mn
Samsung Group is poised to acquire the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. headquarters building in Seoul for more than 1 trillion won ($724.4 m...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit
South Korea is considering tripling the maximum amount of dollars the National Pension Service (NPS) can buy from the domestic foreign exchange mark...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has hired four investment firms – MBK Partne...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Samsung, SK Hynix lead value increase in Korea NPS' local shares in Q2
The second-quarter rally of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. shares drove a value increase in the domestic stock asset held by South Korea&...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS overweight in beauty, food; chases APR, Samwha higher
The National Pension Service (NPS) has raised its bets on South Korean beauty and food companies in the second quarter of this year on expectations ...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE funds shrink in 2023 for first time in 7 years
South Korean private equity investments declined last year for the first time since 2016 due to interest rate hikes, high inflation and the Korean w...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS CIO talks with GPIF, GIC execs on asset allocation
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Seo Won-joo has visited Japan and Singapore on his first overseas busine...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea FX authorities, NPS raise currency swap limit to $50 bn
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has agreed with foreign exchange...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings
Affirma Capital, a Singapore-based buyout private equity firm, is seeking to sell its entire stake in both South Korean steel tube maker SeAH FS and...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie eyes its 1st Korean data center valued around $722 mn
Macquarie Group’s South Korean infrastructure investment arm is set to buy its first domestic data center, valued at up to 1 trillion won ($72...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Tcha Partners mulls largest-ever sale of Korean bus operators
Seoul-based private equity firm Tcha Partners Asset Management Co., which owns 17 domestic quasi-public bus operators via four funds that closed at ...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Japan golf courses, Korean investors’ new target assets
South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts to buy amid the weak yen, rising demand for golf courses in Japan, and relatively low p...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building
South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is likely to join the race for the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Yellow Umbrella's new CIO to spur alternative investment
The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a 25.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) savings arm of South Korean small business owners, has tapped an alternativ...
Jun 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July
The capital commitments of state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) have widened the gap for South Korean venture capital firms in fundraising over ...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office
A 370-billion-won ($270 million) real estate fund managed by IGIS Asset Management Co. faces a heavy loss from its investment in Trianon, a landmark...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 5.82% investment return for the first quarter ...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Premium OnlyRisk management is more important than ever, GPs say
Risk management and investment firms' operational capabilities have become more important than ever amid economic uncertainties, said speakers at th...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Premium OnlyNiche real asset creates new opportunities, Korean investors say
The scope of real assets is expanding with new businesses such as infrastructure operating services and supply chain management, creating niche oppo...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Premium OnlyKorean investors turn to private credit, secondaries: CIOs
South Korean institutional investors favor private credit as interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, said speakers at the chief inv...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Premium OnlyPOBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Premium OnlyKIC eyes direct lending with high return potential: CEO
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclically sensitive and g...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Premium OnlyNPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equity (PE) investments ...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member
A corporate governance committee of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has named a Seoul Na...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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