alternative financing

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association is chasing government-sponsored infrastructure and public private partnership (PPP) pr...

South Korea's insurers along with Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. have committed $130 million in the real estate stabilized credit (RES...

Alternative asset values have risen to burdensome levels due to strong demand, but the Teachers’ Pension in South Korea will continue to increas...

LG Chem Ltd. has developed the world's first 100% biodegradable material that can replace plastic as the company moves to take the lead in the global ...

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investo...

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting its global alternative investment conference ASK 2020 in Seoul on Oct. 28 for Korean institutional investors...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) will move forward with its participation in Vietnam’s coal-fired power plant project, after the deal came c...

KB Financial Group will no longer finance coal power projects at home and abroad, nor invest in them, said the South Korean banking group, with a set ...

Hyundai Card Co. has issued green bonds worth 450 billion won ($379 million) to fund its green car financing services, the credit card company said on...

The National Pension Service has added three real estate investment firms, two infrastructure managers and one private equity and debt investment hous...

Alternative investments became the best-performing asset class for the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) in the first half of this year, retu...

The National Pension Service eked out a 0.5% return on financial investments in the first half of this year, supported by solid gains from fixed-incom...

South Korea's parliament looks set to pass new legislation to ban financing on foreign coal power projects, putting all overseas coal-fired plant deal...

Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire a new distribution center in Texas for $247 million, now leased...

South Korean pension schemes and sovereign wealth fund KIC have recently restarted overseas alternative investments that had been suspended due to the...

Investors are paying close attention to the Korean game holding company Krafton as it is expected to be this year's hottest initial public offering. T...

South Korea's Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd has raised about $100 million from domestic retirement funds and insurance firms to invest in senior...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is preparing to launch a joint fund with NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, to invest i...

The National Pension Fund has significantly increased alternative investments in the first four months to April from a year earlier, which industry so...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...

Yong-jin Kim, who served as a vice finance minister of President Moon Jae-in’s government between mid-2017 and 2018, has been chosen as the Nati...

Capital inflows into alternative investment funds in South Korea have slowed sharply so far this year compared with a year earlier due to coronavirus,...

Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested $28 million in Shanghai-based biotechnology startup JW Therapeutics, about a quarter of $100 million financin...

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) plans to abandon its principle of hedging currency exposure from investing in overseas alternatives, a...

The National Pension Service has invested at least one billion dollars in aggregate in a Portuguese toll road operator and a property redevelopment pr...

Mire Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has no problem with financing a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 luxury hotels from Anbang Insurance Group and is...

A number of South Korean pension funds are looking to hunt for bargains in the battered equity and bond markets, while postponing investment in infras...

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. is likely to lose $5 million related to its aircraft financing deal after its Hong Kong-based employee transferred the mon...

The National Pension Service (NPS) achieved its strongest investment return of 11.31% in 2019, led by hefty gains from equities and overseas fixed-inc...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has abolished Korea-focused teams under the three investment divisions of private equity, real estate and infrastru...