tactical currency hedging

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) signed an agreement on Feb. 24 with Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company (SGI) to co-invest in overseas hedge fund...

South Korea is set to reform the local currency market as the country aims to reach MSCI Inc.’s developed market status for its domestic stock...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) will launch real-life, offline tests for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project on Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy ...

November’s inflation print, while mostly in line with market expectations, was staggeringly high. Headline inflation increased ...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea selected Toronto-based Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. as a new mandate of hedge fund managers in t...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is slated to jointly invest a combined $300 million in overseas hedge funds with Korea’s National Agricultu...

SK Chemicals Co., the top shareholder of South Korea's SK Bioscience Co., is not considering reducing its stake in the vaccine maker in the immediat...

South Korean companies have built up their dollar holdings to record levels, following record-breaking shipment growth this year, as rising raw mate...

South Korea and Turkey have signed a $2 billion currency swap agreement to boost bilateral trade and strengthen cooperation in the financial sector,...

Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...

Kakao Corp.’s blockchain arm Ground X was selected as a simulator for the Bank of Korea-led central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, beat...

Korea Investment & Securities Co. raised $600 million in its first foreign currency bonds at lower-than-planned interest rates on strong demand....

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) and Hyundai Motor Co.’s Turkish unit sold foreign currency corporate bonds at narrower spreads than their initial targ...

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. is taking the leap into the digital currency platform market with its plans to participate in the Ban...

US-based hedge fund Whitebox Advisors LLC plans to vote against the proposed spin-off of South Korea’s LG Corp. at the upcoming general meetin...

Hana Bank has become South Korea’s first commercial bank to issue foreign currency bonds at a negative yield, raising 500 million euros ($606 ...

Whitebox Advisors LLC, a US-based hedge fund, opposes a planned spin-off by South Korea’s LG Corp., saying the plan sacrifices minority shareh...

Foreign currency deposits in South Korea have swelled to a record high in November on the back of a weaker dollar, boosting local banks' holdings to $...

South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), and the National Pension Service are looking to boost hedge fund investment through...

Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1.1...

The National Pension Service will loosen transparency requirements on hedge funds to increase the pool of its hedge fund management firms, in efforts ...

Shares of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. are rising despite the rising trend in the value of the Korean won versus the dollar, which usually w...

The South Korean government has issued euro-denominated bonds worth 700 million euros ($827 million) at a negative interest rate, becoming the first n...

New York-based Select Equity Group joined the roster of the National Pension Service’s (NPS) global alternative investment companies as a single...

A US hedge fund with a stake in Korea Airport Service Co. Ltd. (KAS), a majority owned by Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., is calling on the carrier to sell...

The National Pension Service committed about 1 trillion won ($810 million) to four global hedge fund houses in 2019, in its first investment in single...

A distressed allocation can complement private equity and private debt strategies in the later stage of credit growth cycles as a record-high percenta...

Korea Post and Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd., the third-largest life insurer in South Korea, remain cautious about increasing exposure to hedge funds,...

The National Pension Service (NPS) will allocate $2 billion to single-manager hedge funds this year in its first direct investment in hedge funds, whi...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is studying investing in a single hedge fund and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will switch towards small-s...