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Best Asset Managers by Korean Investors 2020

Korean LPs pick their 44 favorite alternative managers

Canada-based Brookfield was chosen as the best global asset manager for both real estate and infrastructure investments by South Korea’s pension...

Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

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Korean investors’ survey

PE secondaries top Korean LPs' global PE funds list

Secondary private equity deals were picked as the preferred global PE investment of South Korea’s top asset owners, followed by co-investments a...

Nov 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Korean investors’ survey

Korean LPs favor direct lending for private debt investment

More than half of South Korea’s key asset owners, led by the National Pension Service, are inclined to expand overseas private debt investment i...

Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Interview

Kyobo Life looks to invest in ESG bonds; calls for easing rules

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is planning to invest several hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental, social and governance (ES...

Nov 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Interview

Construction workers' fund targets stable-income alternatives

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association is chasing government-sponsored infrastructure and public private partnership (PPP) pr...

Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Interview

NongHyup looks to expand KIC co-investment beyond PE

South Korea’s National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF), or NongHyup Bank, is willing to expand its co-investment partnership with Kor...

Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Interview

Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid to bolster global PE, VC portfolios

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, will diversify its fixed income-heavy po...

Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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ASK Summit 2020

KIC, NPS to boost customized hedge fund investments

South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), and the National Pension Service are looking to boost hedge fund investment through...

Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Forex management

NPS to manage FX exposure via derivatives

The National Pension Service will begin to manage foreign currency risk through derivatives trading, as the $690 billion pension fund is aiming to boo...

Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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National Pension Service

NPS to ease hedge fund transparency requirements

The National Pension Service will loosen transparency requirements on hedge funds to increase the pool of its hedge fund management firms, in efforts ...

Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Korean Investors' Survey

Transparency, GP commitment key in Korea LPs' manager selection

South Korea’s leading institutional investors, including the National Pension Service (NPS), rated general partners’ (GP) commitment and f...

Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Korean investors' survey

Korean investors pick private debt as preferred asset class

South Korea’s institutional investors, including pension funds, mutual aid associations and insurers, plan to increase the private debt portion ...

Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Survey

[Survey] Korean investors upbeat on infrastructure, aircraft leasing in 2017

Major South Korean pension funds and insurers are planning to expand offshore infrastructure portfolios next year, and zooming in on aircraft finance ...

Jul 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Logistics

Korean logistics centers see high demand from untact businesses amid global pandemic

Logistics center operations in Korea have remained strong amid the global pandemic on account of e-commerce and third-party logistics' (3PL) leasing a...

Jul 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Pension fund

[Interview] Real estate funds may bear brunt of Covid 19 in Q4: military fund

The coronavirus impact will likely spill over to the commercial real estate market around the fourth quarter of this year, with a spike in office vaca...

May 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Pension fund

[Interview] Teachers’ Pension picks infrastructure, daily necessities sectors

South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension will chase infrastructure facilities and industrial park properties in developed countries for overseas al...

May 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Pension fund

[Interview] Korea local govts' pension hunts for bargains as valuation concern eased: CIO

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is shifting away from a defensive stance to put its increased cash to work as the asset price declines...

May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)

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Infrastructure

[Survey] Transport remains top pick for Korean LPs’ 2020 infra investment

South Korean institutional investors will continue to increase their allocations to overseas infrastructure next year, and transport facilities such a...

Oct 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)

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Infrastructure

[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] NPS, KIC seek smaller GPs for niche infrastructure

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) are seeking small and medium-sized management companies to chase smaller...

Oct 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)

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Real estate

[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs lukewarm on sell-down properties

Major South Korean institutional investors have cooled their interest in overseas real estate assets sourced by domestic brokerage firms because of he...

Oct 25, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)

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Pension fund

[Interview] GEPS to boost PE secondary investment: CIO

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will ramp up global private equity secondary investment and focus real estate investment on easy-to-tr...

Jun 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)

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