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E-commerce
Shinsegae to raise $2 bn in secured loan for eBay Korea
South Korea's Shinsegae and Lotte groups, the two final contenders for eBay Korea, are hurrying to securitize their assets, even offering core real ...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean LPs commit over $200 mn to UK real estate fund
A UK-focused real estate debt fund, managed by New York-based BentallGreenOak, has received a combined £170 million ($241 million) in commitme...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stake investments
Samsung Life buys 25% stake in Savills IM for $90 mn
Samsung Life Insurance Co. has agreed to buy a 25% stake in Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) for £63.75 million ($90 million) from U...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
[ASK 2021] Sculptor Capital: Non-Traditional Real Estate
Sculptor Capital Management is a leading alternative asset manager with capabilities across multi-strategy, credit and real estate. Sculptor has...
May 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021 Interview
Sculptor Capital bets on non-traditional real estate
Non-traditional real estate assets such as cell towers, parking lots and marinas will likely provide significant investment opportunities to debt in...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
Korean pension funds eye non-core global real estate
South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) ar...
May 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's global real estate fund investors brace for losses
The combined balance of overseas real estate investment funds sold in South Korea saw a drop in their net asset value below the original value by 40...
Mar 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KKR’s Asia real estate fund draws around $400 mn from Korea
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have committed around $400 million to KKR’s Asia real estate f...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS mandates Russell to invest $1 bn in listed real estate
The National Pension Service has mandated Russell Investments to invest $1 billion in listed real estate companies or real estate investment trusts ...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Joint venture
NPS, Hines set up $1.5 bn build-to-core strategy JV
The National Pension Service has set up a $1.5 billion joint venture with the US-based real estate investment firm Hines for a build-to-core portf...
Dec 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen
[ASK2020] Is now the right time to invest in UK real estate debt?
Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 J...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiera Capital
[ASK 2020] Real Estate Investing in these unprecedented times
Fiera Capital is an independent global asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach, with over USD125 billion in assets under management ...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
SEMA to favor PEF and PDF investments over real estate
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing mutual aid associations in South Korea, plans to favor invest...
Oct 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Outbound investments
South Korea's real estate FDI climbs 7.3% in Q2
South Korea's outbound direct investment in real estate continued to grow in the second quarter, up 7.3% year on year, despite sharp falls in the...
Sep 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFP
[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $200 mn in real estate mezzanine debt
Korea Post’s insurance arm is looking for one or two real estate debt managers to invest $200 million in mezzanine debt, for which it is plannin...
Jul 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean travel platform My Real Trip raises $36 million amid sluggish travel industry
My Real Trip, Korea’s leading online travel platform, has received 43.2 billion won ($36 million) in funding from domestic and overseas investor...
Jul 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[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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Real estate
Outbound real estate funds hit by first capital outflow in over 4 years
South Korea’s real estate funds for outbound investment saw their first net capital outflows in four and a half years in March, hit by delays in...
Apr 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Nuveen Real Estate buys Korea’s last-mile logistics facility
Nuveen Real Estate, the investment arm of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, has acquired a last-mile logistics center near Se...
Aug 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[RFP] Korea Post plans to invest $300 mn in real estate mezzanine debts
Korea Post’s savings arm plans to invest around $300 million in mezzanine tranches on commercial properties in the US and other developed countries in...
Apr 23, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang’s Korean arm to commit $44 mn to US real estate debt fund: report
ABL Life Insurance Co. Ltd., a South Korean arm of China’s Anbang Insurnce Group, has decided to commit 50 billion won ($44 million) to Madison Realty...
Apr 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Investments commits $250 mn to US real estate debt fund
Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. has committed $250 million to a real estate debt fund of a joint venture between Related Cos, a US real estate developer ...
Dec 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] KIC eyes emerging markets, real estate debts
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will look to a broader range of emerging markets and consider investing in real estate debts to further diversify...
Oct 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR, NPS to invest $700 mn in $1.9 bn Seoul real estate project
Private equity firm KKR & Co and South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make an equity investment of 800 billion won ($704 million) in ...
Oct 10, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real provides $65.6 mn loan on Adidas’ Soho store
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ld. has provided a $65.6 million loan secured against Adidas’ flagship store in Soho in New York City, underwr...
Aug 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Deal Broker] Ex-ATM vendor behind Korean investors’ global real estate push
Union Station in Washington D.C., InterContinental Boston and luxury hotel Grosvenor House in London are among the landmark commercial buildings that ...
Aug 13, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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World’s first real estate blockchain expo to take place in Seoul
Real Estate Blockchain Expo 2018 (RBE 2018), the world’s first real estate blockchain expo, will be held in Seoul this coming September. The exp...
Jul 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Meritz Real picks US retail assets, shorter-term property loans
US commercial buildings with global brand shops or fresh food stores are likely to generate strong returns enough to offset higher dollar hedging cost...
Jul 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Real arranges $45 mn debt investment in Carlyle’s LA studio
Meritz Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd. has completed a $45 million investment in a three-year senior debt on the Carlyle Group-owned Manhattan B...
Jun 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $650 mn in loan from Korea
Goldman Sachs’ latest real estate credit investment vehicle has raised $650 million in senior loans from a pool of South Korean institutional investor...
May 11, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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