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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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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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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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Shinhan sources $100 mn debt investment in US hotel portfolio
Shinhan Financial Group’s alternative investment arm has sourced a $100 million investment by three South Korean insurers in a mezzanine debt on US ho...
Mar 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinhan GIB underwrites $190 mn mezzanine debt on Manhattan building
Shinhan Financial Group’s newly-launched investment banking division has underwritten $190 million of 10-year mezzanine debt on One Worldwide Plaza, a...
Dec 27, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brokerage firm Shinhan sources and lends $175 mn loan on Chicago building
Shinhan Investment Corp. has extended a $175 million loan on a prime office tower in Chicago, a rare case in which a South Korean brokerage house sour...
Dec 04, 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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[Interview] Shinhan Life eyes low-volatility investments ahead of new accounting rule
The life insurance arm of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group will allocate more than 90% of its assets under management to loans and bonds to...
Mar 29, 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 banks flex muscles for alternative assets; Kookmin, Shinhan may invest in KKR’s fund
South Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank are consdering investing 30 billion won ($26 million) each to a private equity buyout fund which KKR &...
Feb 23, 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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Korean insurers to acquire L’Oréal’s office building near Paris for $500 mn
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. Ltd. was selected as a preferred buyer of an office building of L’Oréal near Paris late last month, and...
Jan 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $100 mn in Google-leased Silicon Valley building
South Korean insurance firms have invested about 120 billion won ($100 million) in senior loans secured by an office tower in Silicon Valley leased to...
Dec 26, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean funds, NH insurers to invest $215 mn in mezzanine debt of Google NY building
Two South Korean savings funds are set to invest 100 billion won ($85 million) in junior mezzanine debt secured by a Manhattan office building leased ...
Dec 13, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers tapped for Google NY building-backed $130 mn mezzanine loans
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. is tapping domestic insurance companies to sell mezzanine loans of about 150 billion won ($130 million) s...
Nov 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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