Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has named the former head of Hanwha Asset Management as its new chief investment officer to run the sovereign wealth fund’s $96 billion of assets, according…
It was February, 2013 when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer surprised Silicon Valley and business world by forbidding Yahoo staff from working remotely from home. “Some of the best decisions and…
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is considering investing about $17 million to $25 million in catastrophe bonds, also known as cat bonds, in what would be its first…
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Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, may take part in project financing of overseas construction orders secured by domestic companies, only when the prospective investment delivers an…
- On June 1, 2016, Korea Post’s insurance asset management bureau posts a request for proposal to invest in dollar-denominated sovereign bonds of emerging economies. - Proposed fund (publicly-offered) required…
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South Korea’s Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid is flexing its muscle to expand overseas alternative assets, including blind funds, in line with a rapid asset growth and sets its sight on…
Korea Post acquired a stake worth about $250 million of the office building in New York leased by online retailer Amazon, and expects the transaction to yield an annual return…
Last week Korea Post, with 110 trillion won ($93 billion) of assets under management, announced four requests for proposal (RFPs) to choose general partners (GPs) of its planned commitments to…
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Korea Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), which manages 22 trillion won (about $18 billion) of assets, is considering an equity investment in holding companies of investment firms which may be modelled…
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a savings fund for local public officials, plans to select two offshore infrastructure investment companies in June to commit 100 billion won (about…
