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Private equity
IMM PE to sell Hollys Coffee to Korean chemical-to-steel group
Seoul-based IMM Private Equity is in the final stages of talks to sell South Korea’s Hollys Coffee to the country’s chemical- to steel-foc...
Sep 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
KTCU bumps up global PE investment by 90% since end-2018
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has pushed up overseas private equity investments by 90% to 1.9 trillion won ($1.6 billion) over the pa...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean PE IGIS unwillingly drops residential project amid political pressure
Korea-based IGIS Asset Management has announced plans to drop its renovation project of an 11-story apartment, an unwilling decision triggered by...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PE Asia poised to sell Korean parcel delivery firm for $250 mn
Baring Private Equity Asia is in the final stages of talks with a South Korean private equity firm to sell the country’s No. 4 parcel delivery c...
Jun 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
[RFP] Korea Post seeks PE secondary funds for $200 mn mandate
Korea Post’s insurance arm plans to select two global private equity funds to invest up to $200 million in private equity secondary markets in 2...
Apr 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Morgan Stanley PE cashes in on coronavirus spread in Korea
Morgan Stanley Private Equity has pocketed around 19 billion won ($16 million) in gains by cashing out a portion of its shares in a South Korean mask ...
Feb 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] GEPS to consider ESG factors for $100 mn PE secondaries
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will introduce environment, social and governance (ESG) factors as additional evaluation criteria fo...
Aug 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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PE consortium exits from Coffee Bean in six years
A consortium of private equity firms led by the US-based Advent International Corp. has exited its investment in The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for a ...
Jul 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Canyon Partners
[Interview] Distressed investing to hedge PE/PD strategies: Canyon Partners
A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...
Jul 12, 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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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs uneasy at leverage of PE secondaries
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and two leading South Korean insurance firms have expressed unease about the excessive use of leverage...
May 24, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cosmetics firm tops list of Korea’s profitable PE deals
The 300-billion-won ($263 million) equity investment in a South Korean cosmetics firm by a consortium of Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs in 2016 was th...
Apr 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in PE secondary funds
Korea Post’s savings arm will select two global private equity funds to invest around $200 million in private equity secondary markets, according to i...
Apr 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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French PE Ardian opens 4th Asian office in Seoul
Paris-based private equity house Ardian has opened a Seoul office as its fourth Asian base, as South Korean institutional investors such as pension fu...
Dec 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global PE head promoted to lead global alternative investment
Hyung-Don Choe, global private equity head of the National Pension Service (NPS), was promoted on August 1 to lead the pension fund’s global...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] NPS keen on mid-cap PE; KIC eyes non-sponsored deals
The National Pension Service (NPS) plans to commit fresh capital to about four additional mid-cap private equity funds this year, focusing on the mana...
Jun 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eying Asia and secondaries PE deals
The Teachers’ Pension and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are turning to the Asian private equity market with focus on growth sectors such ...
Jun 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post to allocate $200 mn to global buyout PE funds in 2018
Korea Post’s insurance unit plans to commit $200 million to around three blind-pool private equity funds for buyout strategy in 2018 to invest in the ...
May 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] KIC targets SME lending and Asian PE deals
Korea Investment Cooperation (KIC) is zooming in on lending to small to medium-sized companies and targets Asian private equity deals in pursuit of mi...
May 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Woori PE plans to launch $280 mn Southeast Asia-focused PDF
Woori Private Equity Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Woori PE) plans to raise 300 billion won ($280 million) in a global private debt fund jointly with a H...
May 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ $600 mn RFP for local PE/VC funds receives tepid response
National Pension Service’s (NPS) recent invitation for investment proposals to domestic private equity and venture capital funds, which amounts to 650...
Oct 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean opportunistic properties attract Morgan Stanley, StanChart PE funds
Global investment firms such as Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered Private Equity and Angelo, Gordon & Co. have joined bids for two South Korean...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS fund division's 2nd in command offers to quit; tapped as NH Investment’s PE head
The National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment strategy head, Young-Sig Yang, has recently tendered a resignation and was appointed as the private eq...
Dec 14, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Glenwood PE puts Korean dishwasher maker up for auction
A consortium of South Korea-based Glenwood Private Equity and NH PE have sent teaser letters to potential buyers of Tong Yang Magic, in a shift from i...
Jun 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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LX Int’; buys Hanglass for $500 mn from Glenwood PE
랜우드PE의 밸류업에 초점을 맞춰서 써주시면Glenwood carries out three-stage customized post-merger integration in the first year of acquisition to transform the once non...
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