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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC posts 8.83% return on alternative assets since inception
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, posted a 9.13% annualized return on total assets and $205 billion on a...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Alternative investment market at inflection point, says Suhyup CIO
Some major institutional investors in South Korea are set to increase alternative investments this year to hedge inflation and stabilize cash flows....
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. of South Korea is seeking investment opportunities for distressed and special situation strategies with a se...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Teachers' Pension eyes direct lending, PE with low leverage
Teachers’ Pension (TP) of South Korea will increase exposure to its overseas alternative assets, its Chief Investment Officer Lee Kyu-hong sai...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KIC to up alternative assets to 25% of AUM by 2025
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to expand alternative investments while strengthening its asset management skills by increasing d...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Global experts to discuss alternative investment at ASK 2022
The Korea Economic Daily will host ASK 2022, or Alternative Investment Summit Korea 2022, at the Conrad Seoul hotel on May 18. More than 800 alterna...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
E-Mart to join buyout of Korean meat importer
E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc.’s supermarket chain, is slated to participate in IGIS Investment Partner’s ...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
GEPS posts 19.4% return from alternative investment in 2021
Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea posted a 8.61% rate of return in 2021, the pension fund announced on March 15. It has ear...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Morgan Stanley to sell Jeonju Paper for around $803 mn
New York-based Morgan Stanley Private Equity is slated to sell its entire stake in Jeonju Paper Corp., South Korea's top newsprint producer, and its...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean LPs name their 36 favorite alternative asset managers
KKR was chosen as the best private equity firm by South Korean institutional investors, a survey shows. Blackstone, Macquarie Asset Management and Are...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 24% return from alternative investment in 2021
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea posted a 10.86% rate of return in 2021, according to a preliminary data report by its investment man...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to invest in overseas data centers and warehouses
Korea Post will increase its alternative investment from 13.6 trillion won ($11.3 billion) at the end-2021 to 16.7 trillion won ($13.9 billion) in 2...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Teachers' Pension posts record-high 12% return in 2021
Korea Teachers’ Pension (KTP) has said the rate of return from its investment management in 2021 reached 12%, the highest ever since its inc...
Feb 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana jointly acquires Boston-based multifamily for $262 mn
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. and a US asset manager acquired a tower of luxury multifamily housing assets in Seaport Boulevard, Bost...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC eyes tech, healthcare, telecoms via PE and VC
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) aims to increase alternative investment to 25% of its total investment by 2025 as well as rank among the world's ...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hana Alternative to sell NASA HQ acquired in 2017
Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. is looking for a buyer of Two Independence Square in Washington D.C., the NASA headquarters. Hana has selecte...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 7.6% return as of October 2021
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) posted a 7.6% rate of return as of October 2021, according to a preliminary data report by its in...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KFCC to increase alternative assets to 40% in three years
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) will gradually increase its alternative investment proportion from the current early 30...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative Investments
Tiger Alternative liquidates its structured fund with over 15% IRR
South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. has liquidated its structured fund backed by shares of US-based business development companies...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KIC sees 11 alternative investment managers resign by November
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw as many as 10 professionals of its alternative investment division resign from the South Korean sovereign wea...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund
South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Music copyright trading platform Musicow revitalizes Korea’s startup scene
“Music becomes Cashcow” is the slogan for Korea’s hottest startup of the year, Musicow, Inc., and cash cow it has been. Indus...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KTCU values working-level opinions for alternative investment
“The South Korean stock markets have barely risen since early this year, while the markets in Japan and Taiwan are hitting highs. I believe Ko...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative Investments
Korea's major LPs to focus on core assets in US and Europe
The chief investment officers of 10 South Korean major limited partners (LPs), including pension funds, mutual aid associations and life insurance c...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Pulmuone to expand alternative meat business in the US
South Korea’s major food company Pulmuone. Co. is slated to expand sales of its in-house developed meat alternatives in the US market. The foo...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Google allows alternate in-app payment options in South Korea, though familiar fees remain
SEOUL—Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to continue charging South Korean app developers a service fee for in-app purchases, even as users fo...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Teachers' Pension to sharply up direct global stock investment
The Teachers' Pension in South Korea has started direct investment in overseas stock markets this year and will further increase direct management t...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management
[ASK 2021] The Growing Opportunity of Sports, Media and Entertainment in Alternatives
The Growing Opportunity of Sports, Media and Entertainment in Alternatives Why is this industry attractive and where are you...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
Goldman picks three key factors for alternative investment
A number of clear trends will play out for alternatives in the future, notably digitization, customization, and values-based investing, Goldman Sach...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) plans to increase alternative investments to a quarter of its portfolio by 2027 from the current 16%, its CEO Jin Seoun...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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