KB Insurance
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Private equity
Prudential to sell Korean unit to KB Financial for $1.9 bn
Prudential Financial Inc. has decided to sell its South Korean insurance arm to KB Financial Group for about 2.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) and will ...
Apr 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. have acquired an office building in Dallas for $370 million, which represente...
Feb 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Prudential Financial
Prudential seeks to sell Korean insurance arm in estimated $2 bn deal
Prudential Financial Inc. has put its South Korean life insurance arm on the market, as the US insurance giant is seeking to shed part of overseas ass...
Dec 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Investment joins $134 mn funding for Swiss biotech venture
KB Investment Co. Ltd., the venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, has invested $10 million in a Swiss biotech start-up firm which recently raised...
Jul 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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GEPS picks insurance asset management veteran as CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has picked Won-joo Seo, a former chief investment officer of PCA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (currently, M...
May 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Financial units invest $103 mn in Spain hotel portfolio-backed debt
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. and other units of South Korea’s top banking group KB Financial Group co-invested 90 million euros ($103 million) in a se...
Nov 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Asset to extend $30 mn credit on Peru power transmission line
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has participated in a $170 million refinancing package of a power transmission line in Peru by providing a $30 million se...
Aug 16, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha insurance arms net $75 mn from City of London property sale
Two insurance units of South Korea’s Hanwha Group have earned about £57.4 million ($75 million) in capital gains from its £159.2 million investment in...
Jun 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Securities acquires $140 mn Facebook-leased Dublin building
KB Securities Co. Ltd., a unit of a top South Korean banking group, has bought a building used as Facebook Inc.'s second Dublin office for around 150 ...
Jun 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives, which manages $50 billion of assets, named Sang-hun Kim, a former managing director and head of...
Mar 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction workers’ fund, insurer in $123 mn deal to buy Denver building
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and a South Korean insurance firm have invested 60 billion won ($56 million) in a 132 billion w...
Mar 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator
South Korean retirement funds and insurance companies, including the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), are set to buy a 20% stake in th...
Mar 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Asset raises €165 million to invest in €1 bn Mirova infrastructure fund
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has closed a domestic fund at around €165 million to invest in a €1 billion infrastructure fund of Mirova, an investment ...
Oct 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund
Two insurance units of South Korea’s Dongbu Group will commit 45 billion won ($40 million) to a timberland and farmland fund managed by Boston-based...
Oct 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt
Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...
Sep 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property
A group of South Korean insurance firms have invested 180 billion won ($160 million) in mezzanine debt secured on two interconnected buildings in New ...
Aug 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post names ex-regulatory official as insurance unit head
Korea Post has appointed a former regulator of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to lead its insurance bureau which manages $44 billion in asset...
Aug 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Australia archive facility’s 29-yr debt attracts $60 mn from Korean insurers
A group of South Korean insurers will invest 69 billion won ($60 million) in 29-year senior debt secured on Australia’s National Archives Preservati...
Aug 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean savings fund and insurer to buy college building in Sydney at $56 mn
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) will acquire a language center building of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydne...
Aug 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Asset to raise $1 bn from insurance arms to launch global funds
South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch three global funds for infrastructure, real estate and private equity investments, with $1 ...
Jun 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean insurers seek co-investment, top-tier GPs
South Korean insurance companies are looking for co-investment in overseas alternatives with general partners, and leaning towards larger GPs in the i...
May 23, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $102 mn in senior debts of Manhattan building
Three South Korean insurance firms have invested 115 billion won ($102 million) in senior secured debts of a building in Manhattan, New York which is ...
Apr 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Securities to launch public fund to buy $224 mn Hawaii hotel from KKR
The brokerage arm of KB Financial Group, a top South Korean banking group, is planning to raise around 60 billion won ($54 million) from individual in...
Mar 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to ease capital reserve rules for insurers’ overseas infrastructure assets
South Korea’s top financial regulator will cut reserve requirements by half for insurance firms’ cross-border infrastructure assets from as early as J...
Mar 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Dongbu Insurance shifts eyes to Europe, Australia; farmlands in focus
Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd. is aiming to diversify its US-focused overseas alternative investments into Europe and Australia because of higher US intere...
Mar 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post seeks to invest about $90 mn in offshore insurance-linked securities
Korea Post’s savings unit has decided to commit about 100 billion won ($87 mn) to investment firms managing or marketing offshore insurance-linked sec...
Mar 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Lotte’s insurance arm eyes US infrastructure, private debts for low-risk alternatives
Lotte Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a unit of South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group, is looking to US infrastructure and private debt markets in Europ...
Mar 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers take bold steps toward buyout, hedge funds
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. has recently committed €50 million ($53 million) to a €7 billion buyout fund which British private equity...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers arrange $550 mn debt refinancing of Brookfield’s NY building
The two insurance arms of South Korea’s agricultural cooperative, Nonghyup Life Insurance Co. Ltd and Nonghyup Property & Casualty Insurance Co. L...
Jan 30, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to ease rules on insurers’ currency hedging of offshore investment
South Korea will loosen regulations in relation to the currency hedging of insurance companies’ cross-border investments, which have been blamed to in...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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