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NPS names ex-equity division head as new CIO
The National Pension Service (NPS) appointed Hyo-Joon Ahn, former head of global public market and domestic equity divisions of the $565 billion pensi...
Oct 08, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund CIO reappointed for second term: report
Police Mutual Aid Association’s (PMAA) chief investment officer Doyoon Lee was reappointed for another two-year term to become the first CIO to serve ...
Sep 14, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS sees 2 deputy CIO job creations in investment dept reorganization
The National Pension Service (NPS) is considering creating two positions of deputy chief investment officers, one of whom will lead domestic and globa...
Jul 26, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Radio wave research head picked as Korea Post’s savings unit CIO
A career bureaucrat and former administrator of South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency was appointed as chief investment officer of Korea Post’s...
Jul 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS appoints investment strategy head as new acting CIO
National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment strategy head Soo-Cheol Lee has assumed the role of acting chief investment officer of the $561 billion pe...
Jul 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS acting CIO offers to step down
National Pension Service’s acting chief investment officer In-Sik Cho tendered a resignation on July 4, according to an NPS source, which may leave fo...
Jul 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS says to restart CIO selection process soon
The National Pension Service (NPS) said on June 27 that it found “no qualified candidate” for its chief investment officer position during a four-mon...
Jun 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS tipped to restart CIO selection process in hunt for new candidates
The National Pension Service (NPS) has failed to choose a chief investment officer from 16 applicants and is likely to restart the selection process f...
Jun 25, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS likely to name ex-head of Barings’ Korean unit as CIO this week
Thae Khwarg, a former head of Barings’ South Korean asset management arm, is highly likely to be named as chief investment officer of the National P...
Apr 25, 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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NPS’ 2017 investment return at 7-yr high; to wrap up CIO selection in April
The National Pension Service (NPS) chalked up an average investment return of 7.26% in 2017, which was its strongest performance in seven years, while...
Mar 27, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS kicks off CIO search process; no strong candidate yet
The National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension scheme, began the process of searching its new chief investment officer this wee...
Feb 20, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2017 SUMMIT] KIC CIO shrugs off high valuation talk; seeks new approach
Korea Investment Corporation’s (KIC) Chief Investment Officer Shinwoo Kang said the sovereign wealth fund is seeking transformative ideas to make them...
Oct 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC CIO to speak in global real estate, infrastructure summit in Seoul
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) Chief Investment Officer Shinwoo Kang will give a keynote speech in a global real estate and infrastructure summit ...
Oct 12, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS in emergency system under acting CIO, global alternatives head
The National Pension Service (NPS) has begun running an emergency inspection system for its investment management department with the appointment of...
Jul 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS says CIO offers to step down before his term ends
National Pension Service’s (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Myoun-Wook Kang tendered his resignation on July 17 seven months before his two-year term en...
Jul 17, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS names CIO’s ex-colleague as global alternative head
Jae-Sang Kim, who had worked with National Pension Service’s (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Myoun-Wook Kang in asset management firms for several ye...
May 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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GEPS names ex-head of Prudential’s former Korean unit as CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea on April 24 appointed Chang-hoon Lee, a former head of US Prudential Financial’s previo...
Apr 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund names equity head as financial division CIO
The Military Mutual Aid Association’s (MMAA) former equity head Jae Dong Kim was installed this month as its first chief investment officer chosen fro...
Apr 11, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean military fund to pick new CIO from within for first time
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will find a successor of the retiring Chief Investment Officer, Sang-ho Lee, inside its organizat...
Mar 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS to bump up senior investment staff's pay, create deputy CIO posts
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will almost double the basic salary of its investment division heads by stages to 324 million won ($286,7...
Mar 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS concerned over loss of trust; CIO calls for going back to basics
The ongoing investigations into the National Pension Service (NPS) by special prosecutors have crippled the South Korean fund’s operations, and its ch...
Jan 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS sees alternative divisions regrouped by asset class, creating deputy CIO roles
The National Pension Service (NPS) is seeking to reclassify its alternative investment divisions, currently divided into domestic and global assets, i...
Nov 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will chase equity stakes in foreign companies running power, harbor and road projects, as it is seeking t...
Oct 24, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO
South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion savings fund, is interested in sovereign debt of emerging economies, and will put eff...
Oct 17, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea police fund picks CIO from outside; gives $90 mn mandates to 6 firms
South Korea’s police savings fund has appointed a former fixed-income head of Samsung Asset Management as its first chief investment officer fro...
Sep 20, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC sees regulation change to qualify KIC, Korean pension funds managers for CIO job
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has recently asked the finance ministry to revise part of regulations governing the sovereign wealth fund in order ...
Jul 15, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS CIO says to invest fresh $375 mn in alternatives in 2016
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), managing $6 billion of assets, will make an additional investment of about 430 billion won ...
Jul 04, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea funds seek investment experts from outside; CIOs chair review committees
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has replaced the head of its investment review committee recently with the Chief Investment Officer Do...
Jun 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Editor's Note] Moves: KIC greets new CIO; NPS lets three senior managers go, ahead of office relocation
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund managing $96 billion foreign exchange reserves, has recently named Kang Shin-w...
Jun 16, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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