alternative financing
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Asset allocation
KFCC to allocate $6 bn to alternative investment blind funds for next 3 yrs
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) will allocate a total of 7 trillion won ($6 billion) to alternative investment blind-pool...
Dec 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Meritz Sec commits $425 mn to India’s housing finance platform
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has committed $425 million to a housing finance platform in India as an anchor investor, in its first foray into the countr...
Nov 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Tiger Alternative to offer $167 mn debt financing to US PEF
South Korean private equity firm Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. will offer a 150 million euro ($167 million) senior loan to Advent International...
Oct 30, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hana Alternative sees near 8% IRR on $30 mn US hotel loan
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. has provided a senior loan of $30 million on InterContinental Houston – Medical Center, in a five-ye...
Oct 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean funds shelve Japan alternative investment on sour relations
South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have put on hold new alternative investments in Japan due to soured rela...
Oct 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean rating agency warns of fast alternative asset growth, resale risk
The pace of growth in overseas alternative investments by South Korean securities companies has been “too rapid” over the past 18 months and brought t...
Sep 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
[ASK 2019 SUMMIT Panel Talks] Korean LPs eye 5-8% return on alternatives
Teachers’ Pension, the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are looking to increase global...
May 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2019 SUMMIT] KIC to boost alternatives with co-ops' assets
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will raise the proportion of alternative investments with further diversified portfolios, while seeking to manage p...
May 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to take bolder approach to alternative investment
The National Pension Service (NPS) will speed up alternative investment decisions and expand the investment scope to include private debt and multi-as...
May 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Crianza Aviation leads $600 mn aircraft finance for Etihad Airways
Crianza Aviation, a South Korean aircraft leasing firm, has completed a financing estimated at $600 million to buy three Boeing 787-9s for Etihad Airw...
Apr 09, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Alternative appoints ex-NPS investment head as CEO
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd., part of a top South Korean banking group, has appointed Hee-seok Kim, a former global investment head...
Mar 08, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance
Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Alternative to buy $366 mn London building from Blackstone
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. is set to acquire a Blackstone-owned office building in London for 285 million pounds ($366 million) to be...
Nov 24, 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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Korean brokerages provide $115 mn financing backed by rolling stock in Spain
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. have extended 99 million euros ($115 million) in a three-year loan to f...
Sep 12, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global PE head promoted to lead global alternative investment
Hyung-Don Choe, global private equity head of the National Pension Service (NPS), was promoted on August 1 to lead the pension fund’s global...
Aug 03, 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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NH Investment provides $235 mn financing to US gas power plant
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has underwritten a $200 million senior debt and a $35 million equity interest for the construction of a natura...
Jun 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to bump up alternatives proportion to 15% by end-2023
The National Pension Service (NPS) will raise the proportion of alternative investments from last year’s 10.8% to around 15% by end-2023 when its asse...
Jun 01, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2018 SUMMIT] Korea Post seeks alternative long-term assets
Korea Post’s insurance unit is looking for new alternative long-duration assets to meet demand for long-term stable yields, because the recent rush in...
May 31, 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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Hana Alternative invests $300 mn in Times Square hotel-backed debt
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. has collected $300 million from seven South Korean institutional investors to invest in mezzanine debts on...
Apr 25, 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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Ex-deputy finance minister named as Korea Investment Corp’s CEO
Heenam Choi, an executive director of the International Monetary Fund and former South Korean deputy finance minister, was appointed as chief executiv...
Mar 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea teachers fund allocates $1 bn for new global alternatives in 2018
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) plans to invest an additional 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) in overseas alternative assets in 2018, out of th...
Mar 15, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA mulls JV launch with global pension funds for alternative investment
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is considering forming project-based joint ventures with global pension funds in pursuit of high-quali...
Jan 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle offers $1.7 bn pre-arranged financing to sell ADT Korea
The Carlyle Group has offered 1.9 trillion won ($1.7 billion) in pre-arranged debt financing to potential bidders of its wholly-owned ADT Korea, in a ...
Nov 15, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEB Hana Bank arranges $300 mn aircraft portfolio finance for Avolon
KEB Hana Bank, a leading South Korean lender, has arranged $300 million lease financing for an aircraft portfolio of Avolon, in the first financing ar...
Sep 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors fund half of HNA’s $700 mn debt financing for Gategroup deal
Shinhan Investment Corp. and a South Korean private equity firm have provided $350 million in bridge loans to finance Chinese HNA Group’s $1.5 billion...
Sep 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors to provide $440 mn financing in their largest US power plant investment
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and NH Bank of South Korea’s national agricultural cooperative will underwrite an aggregate $400 million of debt ...
Sep 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)