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Two French offices draw Korean bidders in $1.2 bn deals
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is nearing a 370 billion won ($330 million) deal to buy an office complex near Paris, while a South Korean ...
Feb 26, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment launches $50 mn retail fund for Milan office purchase
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is seeking to raise 55 billion won ($49 million) from individual investors to fund its 124 billion won ($11...
Feb 20, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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United Partners invests $62 mn in Dallas office building mortgage
South Korea-based United Partners Asset Management Co. Ltd. has invested about 70 billion won ($62 million) in a senior debt on a three-building offic...
Feb 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC reaps $48 mn from London office building sale
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has secured 37 million pounds ($48 million) in proceeds from the recent 107 million-pound sale of a London office b...
Jan 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean firms snap up Poland office building for $162 mn
Two small South Korean financial services companies have acquired a landmark office building in central Warsaw for 183 billion won ($162 million) in t...
Dec 18, 2018 (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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Korean firms in talks to buy Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf office
A consortium of South Korean financial institutions has been in exclusive talks to buy the Canary Wharf headquarters of Credit Suisse Group in a deal ...
Nov 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Sec nets $42 mn from uncompleted Zalando office sale
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has reaped 37 million euros ($42 million) in proceeds from a recent sale of a new headquarters of German online retailer Za...
Nov 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Denver office buildings draw yield-hungry Korean funds
A consortium of Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd. has recently closed a $238 million acquisition of an office t...
Oct 31, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korean office building market set for further growth: Savills
South Korea’s office building market is poised to continue its record-breaking growth, buoyed by heavy money inflows from overseas investors and the c...
Oct 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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IGIS Asset closes $110 mn purchase of Nestle's Spanish head office
IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has acquired an office building in Barcelona used as Nestle Corporation's Spanish headquarters for 95.6 million euros (...
Oct 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Microsoft UK’s head office sold to Korean investors for $130 mn
A consortium of London-based Valesco Group and South Korea’s AIP Asset Management has acquired Microsoft’s headquarter office in Britain for 100 milli...
Oct 05, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan Alternative invests $300 mn in debt on Brooklyn office complex
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. has invested $300 million in mezzanine debts against Dumbo Heights, an office campus in Brooklyn, on be...
Sep 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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ADIA seeks to exit Seoul office building as new supply fuels competition
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will put a 14-story office building in Seoul up for sale, in a deal expected to fetch between 550 billion and 60...
Aug 15, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB completes $160 mn office building purchase at Brussels Airport
KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has bought a new office building within the Brussels Airport complex for around 180 billion won ($160 million...
Aug 07, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ domestic alternatives head and NY office head offer to quit
Domestic alternative investment head and New York office head of the National Pension Service (NPS) have recently expressed intentions to resign, the ...
Jul 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS says in bidding for Goldman Sachs’ new London head office
The National Pension Service (NPS) confirmed its bid for Goldman Sachs’ new headquarters in London, after media reports said that the South Korean pen...
Jul 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Temasek’s Mapletree in $700 mn auction for Samsung Town office
The Blackstone Group and Temasek-backed Mapletree Investments are competing with South Korean asset managers and brokerage firms in the auction for Sa...
Jun 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Investment buys US office buildings of eBay and GSK for $260 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has bought a Silicon Valley campus of eBay Inc. for 140 billion won ($130 million), shortly after closing t...
Jun 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] NPS to boost direct alternative investment via overseas offices: CEO
The National Pension Service (NPS) will improve the role of its overseas offices in New York, London and Singapore to increase direct investment in al...
May 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset to acquire Blackstone’s London office building for $460 mn
Mirae Asset Financial Group is set to acquire a prime office building in the City of London from the Blackstone Group for £340 million ($461 million...
May 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR consortium poised to buy $1 bn Seoul office tower
A consortium of KKR & Co. and South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. on March 30 was selected as a preferred buyer of twin office towers in ...
Apr 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Korea Post among bidders for $1 bn new office tower in Seoul
Twin office towers under construction in Seoul, worth an estimated 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion), have attracted Blackstone Group, Korea Post and five...
Mar 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset’s unit buys Morgan Stanley’s new Scotland head office building
Multi Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., wholly owned by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., has acquired Morgan Stanley’s new head...
Jan 16, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean REIT buys Vienna office building for $71 mn
JR AMC Co. Ltd., a South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT), has acquired an office building used as the headquarters of Porr AG, a European c...
Dec 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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IFM Investors opens Seoul office; upbeat on renewable energy
Australia’s IFM Investors opened its eighth global office in Seoul on Nov. 30, at a time when key South Korean asset owners stressed the importance of...
Dec 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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PAG buys Seoul office building from POBA-led fund for $270 mn
Asia-based investment firm Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) has bought an office building in southern Seoul from a fund led by the Public Officials Bene...
Oct 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle to consolidate Seoul office, putting ADT Korea back up for sale
The Carlyle Group will consolidate its South Korean operations divided into buyout and growth capital units by combining them, after the three-men gro...
Jul 18, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean teachers’ fund co-invests $45 mn in senior loan for London office portfolio
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has invested 51.9 billion won ($45 million) in senior loans secured on a London office portfolio in co-invest...
Jul 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC to open Singapore office to boost Asian alternative investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will open its third overseas office in Singapore as early as August in its push for alternative investments in Asia...
Jun 22, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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