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Korea Post to commit $50 mn to Adams Street’s VC fund: report
Korea Post’s insurance arm will commit $50 million to Chicago-based Adams Street Partners LLC for its first overseas venture capital investment,...
Jan 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan to lend $150 mn senior loan on US energy deal: report
Shinhan Investment Corp. will provide a $150 million senior loan to an energy company of Ares Management LP to finance its acquisition of a US midstre...
Dec 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan buys KPMG-leased Prague building for $58 mn: report
Shinhan Investment Corp., a brokerage arm of South Korea’s leading banking group, has bought a KPMG-leased office building in central Prague for 65 ...
Dec 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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GSO Capital raises $511 mn in Europe mid-market CLO fund: report
GSO Capital Partners, the credit investment arm of the Blackstone Group, has raised 450 million euros ($511 million) in a Europe mid-market collateral...
Nov 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone’s $18 bn fund may cut back each commitment: report
Blackstone Group is on track to raise above-target 20 trillion won ($18 billion) for its new global real estate fund and may cut back commitment from ...
Nov 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund CIO reappointed for second term: report
Police Mutual Aid Association’s (PMAA) chief investment officer Doyoon Lee was reappointed for another two-year term to become the first CIO to serve ...
Sep 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean consortium to provide $142 mn UK solar refinancing: report
A consortium led by Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will provide UK-based Octopus Investments with 160 billion won ($142 million) solar por...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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EQT to raise $70 mn from two Korean funds for $2.3 bn credit fund: report
Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is gathering €60 million ($70 million) from two South Korean retirement funds and seeking to raise an additio...
Aug 02, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to re-up for Europe property SMA with $224 mn: report
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit an additional 250 billion won ($224 million) for core-plus and value-add property investme...
Aug 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTCU, Mirae Asset to invest $143 mn in debt on Blackstone's power plant: report
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and three units of Mirae Asset Financial Group will invest a combined 160 billion won ($143 million) in senio...
Aug 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds invest $62 mn to buy Philadelphia building: report
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and other South Korean institutional investors have invested 70 billion won ($62 million) to bu...
Jul 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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TPG, Coller Capital, Ardian win POBA’s $150 mn PEF mandates: report
The Public Officials Benefit Association has awarded $150 million private equity mandates to TPG Capital (for buyout/growth strategy), London-based Co...
Jul 18, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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HNA sells US property to Samsung, tapping Korean buyers for US asset: report
HNA Group has sold a Minneapolis office tower to Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. for $320 million and is now tapping South Korean institutional ...
Jun 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks extend $130 mn loans for Asian aircraft financing: reports
Three South Korean lenders – KDB Bank, Woori Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) - have recently provided a combined $130 million in direct loan...
Apr 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund seeks loan funds and infrastructure projects: report
The Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion retirement fund for South Korea’ polices officers, will ramp up investment in loan funds and in...
Mar 21, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post invests $60 mn in senior debt on US gas power plants: report
Korea Post has invested $60 million in a seven-year private debt fund to provide a senior loan secured on four US gas-fired power plants, but the inve...
Dec 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report
Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Three Korean investors to buy $87 mn debt backed by US resorts: report
Three South Korean institutional investors will buy 100 billion won ($87 million) worth of mezzanine debt secured on a portfolio of 15 water park reso...
Oct 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirova infrastructure fund may raise $266 mn from Korea: report
Mirova, part of France’s Natixis Asset Management, is likely to collect 200 billion won to 300 billion won ($177 million to $266 million) from South K...
Sep 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korea seen to spend $1.4 tn on infrastructure by 2040: report
South Korea is expected to largely meet its infrastructure investment needs by 2040, spending $1.4 trillion on infrastructure by the year, according t...
Aug 08, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone, Kuwait fund among bidders for NPS’ Sony Center in Berlin: report
Blackstone, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) and three property investment firms are vying for Sony Center in Berlin which South Korea’s National Pen...
Jul 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NongHyup Financial raising $264 mn infrastructure blind fund: report
NongHyup Financial Group Inc., a holding company of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative, is raising a 300 billion won ($264 million) blind...
May 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...
Apr 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ per employee AUM rises to $2.1 bn in 2016: report
Each investment management staff at South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) oversaw 2.4 trillion won ($2.1 billion) in assets in 2016 on average,...
Apr 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association and other South Korean institutional invest...
Apr 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset poised to buy German building for €300 mn: report
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. was recently named as a preferred buyer of an office tower in Frankfurt’s banking district, Taunusanlage 8 (T8...
Apr 14, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions partake in US fund’s buyout deal as financial investors: report
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and a federation of credit cooperative in South Korea have extended about 50 billion won ($44 million) of loan...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, NPS agree not to hire each other’s ex-fund managers: report
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), a sovereign wealth fund, has agreed with the National Pension Service (NPS) not to employ each other’s former inve...
Jan 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Asset to launch $500 mn global infrastructure debt fund with IFM: report
Samsung Asset Management Co. Ltd. will launch a $500 million blind-pool fund investing in infrastructure-backed debt in developed countries, and joint...
Jan 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post’s savings arm targets 2-3% medium-risk assets; keen on CMBS, CLO: report
Korea Post’s Savings Bureau has been shifting overseas investment focus into relatively low-risk assets such as fixed-income assets since last year to...
Jan 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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