The National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) are actively exploring mid-market infrastructure opportunities as they are expected to yield decent returns, offsetting volatility caused by US tariff policies.
Park Il Young, chief executive of KIC, speaks at ASK 2025 The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is zeroing in on Asia’s real estate market by region, while targeting residential facilities and data centers as key sectors, its Chief Executive Park Il Young said on Wednesday. The sovereign
Huh Jang, chief investment officer of the Public Officials Benefit Association, speaks at ASK 2025 on May 22 South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is betting big on real estate investment trusts (REITs) and senior housing in the US, while expanding real estate private
NPS' headquarters building in Jeonju South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) plans to deepen shareholder engagement with its foreign portfolio companies, signaling a more assertive stance on active ownership as its overseas equity holdings grow. According to the National Pensio
Ro Seunghwan (second from left), head of alternative investments at GEPS and Kim Hyun Wook (third from left), a senior manager at the MMAA South Korean institutional investors are increasingly interested in separately managed accounts (SMAs) that offer customized strategies, as well as explorin
Kim Tae-hyun, chairman of the National Pension Service, speaks at ASK 2025 The National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has been further diversifying its portfolio through increased exposure to direct lending and secondary deals since introducing a new bench
KIC managed $189.4 billion in assets as of the end of 2023 The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Tuesday discussed infrastructure investment opportunities and risks in the wake of the US government’s tariff hikes at its regular strategy discussion meeting with domestic pension and sav
NPS Investment Management's headquarters building South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to overhaul its investment strategy with a focus on increasing exposure to higher-risk assets to enhance returns, about a month
NPS' headquarters in Jeonju, South Korea South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is projected to nearly double its fund size to 3,500 trillion won ($2.38 trillion) by 2050, following a recent reform designed to strengthen its operational strategy and delay the fund's depletion.The go
Seoul office of the National Pension Service (File photo by Eun-Koo Kang) South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has agreed to buy a stake in Australian asset manager Metrics Credit Holdings Pty Ltd. to expand its alternative investment
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, said on Friday it posted an all-time high 15% return from its investment activities in 2024, buoyed by a US stock rally and gains from alternative investm
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) reported an annual return of 8.49% last year thanks to steady gains from equity investments led by the AI tech stock rally and projected high market volatility this year amid lingering geopolitical and global economic uncertainties. South Korea’s so
KIC manages $189.4 billion in assets as of the end of 2023 The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Monday explored investment opportunities in Europe’s middle-market private equity sector with other South Korean institutional investors and London-based asset managers at its 30th London