private debt inveestment
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Korean Investors
92% of Korean LPs won't increase real estate exposure
Institutional investors of South Korea aim to increase their alternative assets, focusing on expanding private debt, according to a recent survey of...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Thoma Bravo may attract $200 mn from NPS, KTCU
National Pension Service (NPS), Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and other institutional investors of South Korea are likely to contribute...
Feb 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
HMM returns to annual profit in a decade as stake sale looms
HMM Co., South Korea’s largest container line, returned to an annual profit for the first time in a decade, boosted by higher freight rates an...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean bank profits at record-high as borrowers struggle under debt
South Korea’s major banks posted record earnings last year, boosted by higher interest income amid the central bank’s easing monetary bi...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Antin hires Michelle Maeng for Korean fund investor relations
Global infrastructure investment firm Antin Infrastructure Partners SA said on Jan. 25 it has appointed Michelle (Min Kyung) Maeng as its new Invest...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Bain Capital seals 3rd beauty M&A deal in S.Korea
Bain Capital on Thursday agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korea's medical aesthetic device manufacturer Classys Inc. for 670 billion won ($56...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Samho Heavy says no delay to 2022 IPO
South Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. this week reaffirmed its plan to go public by the end of this year, as agreed with its pre-IPO inve...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Bank of Korea may hike rates this week to curb inflation, household debt
South Korea’s central bank is almost certain to raise interest rates on Friday to curb inflation and household debt as the US Federal Reserve ...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean investors inject $1.2 bn in Australian PPP
Korean investors have injected around A$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) with a 32-year maturity through senior loans for A$11.1 billion ($8 billion) in t...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
E-Land sells Shanghai warehouse for $2.2 bn to lower debt ratio
Retail conglomerate E-Land Group completed selling its first overseas logistics center in Shanghai for about 1.4 billion Chinese yuan ($2.2 billion)...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Dubai sovereign fund injects $52 mn in debt-laden Ssangyong E&C
Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. has raised 62.1 billion won ($51.6 million) in a rights issue from its largest shareholder Investment C...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle buys $510 mn stake in Hyundai Glovis
US private equity juggernaut The Carlyle Group Inc. has bought a 10% stake in Hyundai Glovis Co., worth approximately 611 billion won ($510 million)...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
NH, KB ranked top S.Korean equity, debt underwriters
Fundraising via initial public offerings and rights issues in South Korea more than doubled to 27.2 trillion won ($23 billion) in 2021 from a year a...
Dec 29, 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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Economy
Korea lawmakers approve record $515 bn budget for 2022
South Korea’s parliament on Dec. 3 approved a record $515 billion spending for 2022 to support a recovery in Asia’s fourth-largest econo...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS picks Hillhouse Capital for private equity investment in Q3
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) selected private equity giant Hillhouse Capital Group in the third quarter of this year for its...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3
The National Pension Service added New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC to its pool of 58 global real estate investment manager...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization
Two decades after the onset of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) is finally set to privat...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Lotte joins Korea’s UAM race as Hyundai closes ranks with others
South Korean conglomerate Lotte said on Tuesday it is joining hands with three other partners to enter the country’s urban air mobility (UAM) ...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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BNP Paribas Asset Management
[ASK 2021] Infra Debt Key Market Trends in a Post-Covid Environment
Infra Debt Key Market Trends in a Post-Covid Environment Climate impact investing and digital infra Benefits of integrating ESG i...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CAPZA
[ASK 2021] The European Private Debt Market: Tips and Guidance
Created in 2004, CAPZA is an established European private investment platform offering custom made financing solutions to small and m...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
[ASK 2021] Real Estate Debt Investing in 2022
Real Estate Debt Investing in 2022 Lessons Learnt, Opportunities and Key Risk Considerations M&G Investments is a globa...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Crestline Investors
[ASK 2021] Opportunistic Strategies in Private Credit & Snapshot Examples
Crestline Investors, Inc., founded in 1997 and based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, is an institutional alternative investment management...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Orion Capital Asia
[ASK 2021] Private Debt Opportunities in Asia Pacific
Orion Capital Asia, established in 2013, is a Singapore based private debt investment manager with strong investment track record of over US$1 b...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy raises $1.1 bn in rights issue as planned
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. last week raised 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in a rights issue to existing shareholders as planned, a...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
NPS makes new commitments worth $17 bn in private sector every year
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) plans to keep increasing private equity investment for mid- to-long term asset allocation, Choe Hyung D...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
Korea Post advises more GPs set up Korean offices for better partnerships
Korea Post looks to expand asset classes that can hedge inflation and earn benefits from rising interest rates despite concerns of stagflation and c...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions
The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
Hanwha Life CIO says interested in infrastructure debts
Chief Investment Officer of South Korea's Hanwha Life Insurance Shin Minsik said on Wednesday that the company is selectively looking for equities i...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
CalSTRS, POBA co-invest $317 mn in US debts in 2021
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) have invested a combi...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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