GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) on Wednesday appointed Sohn Young-jin, former head of risk management at KB Asset Ma...

S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), one of South Korea’s top three public pension programs, will commit up to 200 billion won ($1...

Blackstone, KKR join race for Korean pension fund's real estate debt

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has shortlisted four global investment firms, Blackstone, KKR & Co., Goldman Sac...

GEPS taps Apollo, EQT, Warburg for buyout, growth equity

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) selected Apollo Global Management, Warburg Pincus and Sweden-based EQT Partners as i...

Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...

S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) had a 4.4% loss on investment last year, seeing its assets under management (AUM) dr...

NPS fund management taps former GEPS CIO Seo as new chief

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund, has tapped Seo Won-joo as the new chief investment officer, a...

Jobis&Villains selected as beneficiary of UK venture support program GEP

South Korea's Jobis & Villains Corp., which operates the tax return service "3o3," announced on Thursday that it has been officially registered ...

NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 896.6 trillion won ($690.5 billion) as of end-S...

NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...

GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO

Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea has named Baek Joo-hyun, former alternative investment head at Samsung Life Insurance Co....

GEPS posts 19.4% return from alternative investment in 2021

Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea posted a 8.61% rate of return in 2021, the pension fund announced on March 15. It has ear...

NPS and six Korean LPs commit $730 mn to Ardian's infra secondaries

Seven South Korean limited partners have committed $730 million to Paris-headquartered alternative asset manager Ardian SA’s secondaries fund ...

Govt pension fund eyes real estate in non-core areas

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is setting its sights on overseas office buildings not only in core regions but in its per...

Govt pension fund makes first foray into overseas infrastructure

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded a combined $105 million mandates to Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Paris-based A...

Govt pension fund to ease due diligence to revive global deals

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has abandoned its onsite only due diligence requirements on alternative deals in an effort...

Korean govt pension to commit $105 mn to 3 global infra funds

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $105 million to three global infrastructure funds this year, targeting a net i...

GEPS earmarks $135 mn for first global infra investment

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is planning to commit a combined 150 billion won ($135 million) to three global infrastr...

[RFP] GEPS to consider ESG factors for $100 mn PE secondaries

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will introduce environment, social and governance (ESG) factors as additional evaluation criteria fo...

[Interview] GEPS to boost PE secondary investment: CIO

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will ramp up global private equity secondary investment and focus real estate investment on easy-to-tr...

GEPS picks insurance asset management veteran as CIO

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has picked Won-joo Seo, a former chief investment officer of PCA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (currently, M...

Alcentra, BlueBay win GEPS’ $90 mn Europe private debt mandates

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 40 million euros ($45 million) each to blind-pool private debt funds of Alcentra Ltd. and ...

Korea’s GEPS to commit $88 mn to global ESG equity fund

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 100 billion won ($88.4 million) to a global equity fund integrating environmental, social ...

GEPS to invest $20 mn in dollar-denominated structured notes

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will allocate $20 million to US dollar-denominated structured notes based on South Korean credit defau...

GEPS names ex-head of Prudential’s former Korean unit as CIO

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea on April 24 appointed Chang-hoon Lee, a former head of US Prudential Financial’s previo...

Apollo Global, Cerberus win GEPS’ $160 mn private debt fund mandates

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded overseas private debt fund mandates for opportunistic strategies to Apollo Global Manageme...

Korea’s GEPS hires ex-NPS’ NY office head to lead global investment division

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has named a former senior investment manager of the National Pension Service (NPS), who had ...

[RFP] Korea’s GEPS seeks $160 mn offshore private debt fund managers

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will select two global private debt fund managers employing opportunistic strategies to inve...

[RFP] Korea’s GEPS seeks $170 mn fund of funds managers of global stocks, bonds

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) posted a notification on July 1 to invite bids for a 100 billion won ($87 million) mandate f...

Korea’s GEPS CIO says to invest fresh $375 mn in alternatives in 2016

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), managing $6 billion of assets, will make an additional investment of about 430 billion won ...