individual retirement pension
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Pension fund
Korean public employees’ pension to take more FX risk from alternatives
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) plans to abandon its principle of hedging currency exposure from investing in overseas alternatives, a...
May 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Korea local govts' pension hunts for bargains as valuation concern eased: CIO
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is shifting away from a defensive stance to put its increased cash to work as the asset price declines...
May 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Canada and Dutch pension funds to launch $1 bn Korean logistics JV with ESR
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the Netherlands’ APG and China’s logistics property developer ESR have agreed to s...
Apr 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Teachers’ Pension names ex-education ministry official as CEO
The Teachers’ Pension has named former senior education ministry official Myung-hyun Ju as its chief executive officer for a three-year term sta...
Apr 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Pension funds eye bargains in equities and bonds; alternatives on hold
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...
Mar 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Three Korean pension fund CEOs quit to run in general election
About halfway through their three-year terms, chief executives of National Pension Service (NPS), Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTUC) and Publi...
Jan 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to form $750 mn joint property fund with Danish pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will launch a joint fund worth about 900 billion won ($753 million) with a Danish pension fund to inve...
Sep 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has signed a preliminary agreement with Canadian pension scheme La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to cooper...
Sep 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Teachers’ Pension picks as CIO ex-Ascendas-Singbridge Korea head
South Korea’s Teachers Pension said on Sept. 5 that it has chosen as chief investment officer Kyuhong Lee, ex-CEO of Ascendas-Singbridge Korea, a Sing...
Sep 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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German VC firm collects $6 mn directly from Korean individuals
A number of wealthy South Koreans have committed 5.5 million euros ($6.1 million) to Germany’s Earlybird Venture Capital, in the first direct investme...
Aug 16, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC picks Teachers’ Pension CIO as new chief investment officer
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has chosen Dae-yang Park, chief investment officer of the country’s Teachers’ Pension, as new CIO among a dozen app...
Jun 12, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA to up co-investment with CalSTRS, Texas pension fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will double co-investment with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to 880 billi...
Apr 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA, US pension fund to launch $400 mn JV to co-invest in real estate debt
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and a California pension fund will inject $200 million each into a joint venture they are setting up t...
Apr 29, 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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Malaysia pension fund buys Korean logistics center for $70 mn: report
Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has closed the acquisition of a logistics center near Seoul for around 75 billion won ($67 million) in its f...
Nov 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post buys $600 mn US building jointly with California pension fund
Korea Post has signed a 680 billion won ($602 million) agreement to buy a Silicon Valley office campus used by a leading cybersecurity company in join...
Sep 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Financial to buy Japanese retail property for individual resale
Hana Financial Group, the parent company of KEB Hana Bank, will acquire a shopping center building and its surrounding land in a small Japanese city...
Sep 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Goldman taps retirement funds to resell $178 mn loan to Korea e-commerce firm
Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group (SSG), which invests in and lends to distressed companies, is in talks with South Korean retirement savings fu...
Sep 01, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Teachers’ Pension announces new overseas alternative investment head
The Korea Teachers’ Pension on April 24 named its domestic alternative investment head Young-sin Jeong as new head of overseas alternative investments...
Apr 25, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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ILS funds of funds attract Korean high net-worth individuals
Funds of funds (FoFs) investing in insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have been luring yield-hungry wealthy South Koreans, with domestic brokerag...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Teachers’ Pension to invest $75 mn in buying Australia’s office building
South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension will acquire an office building in Brisbane, Australia which the Brisbane city government has signed a con...
Jan 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC, Teachers’ Pension to invest in US warehouse fund, first since joint work agreement
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the Teachers’ Pension will invest in a U.S. warehouse portfolio fund for an undisclosed sum, in their first joi...
Nov 09, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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HPS, Crescent Capital win Korean pension fund’s $100 mn PDF mandates
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $50 million to U.S.-based HPS Investment Partners and Crescent Capital Group each for over...
Sep 12, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Teachers’ Pension to invest $100 mn in Crescent Capital mezzanine fund
The Teachers’ Pension of South Korea will commit $100 million to a North America-focused, blind mezzanine fund to be launched by U.S.-based Crescent C...
Aug 31, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea civil servants’ pension fund picks local firms for global stock, bond mandates
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has selected Daishin Asset Management and Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management as general pa...
Aug 09, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s public pension funds to explore joint overseas, alternative investment – fin ministry
South Korea’s public pension funds, including the National Pension Service (NPS) and pension schemes for government officials and military personnel, ...
Aug 02, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea pension funds seek damages from Daewoo Shipbuilding’s books rigging
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) and the Teachers’ Pension have brought a joint action against Daewoo Shipbuilding for $19 mill...
Jul 19, 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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[RFP] Korea's govt pension seeks $100 mn offshore mezzanine fund managers
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) posted a notification on July 6 that it would select two global private debt fund managers f...
Jul 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ 2015 return beats key foreign pension funds; to take passive equities strategy
The National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment return dipped to 4.57% in 2015, but its performance outstripped those of other top five pension funds ...
Jul 04, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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