Meritz backs half of ex-manager’s $210 mn hedge fund

Meritz Financial Group Inc., one of South Korea’s most aggressive alternative asset managers, has committed 150 billion won ($105 million) to ...

Seoul to lift curbs on banks' investment in kimchi bonds

South Korea will lift restrictions on banks' purchase of domestically issued foreign currency bonds, dubbed “kimchi bonds," as part of policy ...

NPS initiates strategic currency hedging to unleash up to $48.2 billion

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to beg...

NPS incurs $500 million in missed gains due to improper forex hedging

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, has likely in...

Activist Palliser Pushes for Change at AI Chip Investor SK Square

Activist investor Palliser Capital has built a stake in the holding company of highflying artificial-intelligence chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and is pu...

Korea challenges PCA ruling in favor of Mason Capital over Samsung case

South Korea is seeking to revoke an international tribunal’s ruling in April that its government must pay US-based Mason Capital Management LL...

Mirae Asset's US dividend premium fund surpasses $72 mn in net assets

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Tuesday that the net assets of its Mirae Asset US Dividend Premium Fund, which invests...

2024 an intriguing year for Japan: Savills IM

The Japanese real estate market holds a prominent status in the global investment landscape, buoyed by robust fundamentals that have made it a sough...

S.Korean investors name their 42 favorite alternative asset managers

Apollo Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and Lexington Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ most preferred private equity firm...

S.Korea files to revoke PCA ruling in favor of Elliott

South Korea has decided to challenge an international arbitration tribunal’s decision a month ago ordering the Korean government to compensate...

Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop

Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...

Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...

Inflation casts shadow over S.Korea NPS' hedging strategies

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), with 920.4 trillion won ($694.6 billion) in assets as of November 2022, faces growing concerns o...

Korean NPS opens up forex hedging limit to maximum of 10%

South Korea’s mighty state pension fund will hedge foreign exchange risks for up to 10% of its overseas investment for a limited period. ...

KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate

The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) bet on value-added and senior loans in global real estate investment this year, the institutional investors&rsqu...

KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...

NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency

The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...

Hedge funds’ speculative trade blamed for won’s drop: Dealers

Global hedge funds’ bet on further weakness in the won is blamed for the accelerated decline in the South Korean currency value against the do...

Korea webtoon startup Kenaz acquired by hedge fund

South Korea’s leading webtoon production startup Kenaz was taken over by a domestic hedge fund as it aims to reduce dependence on major platfo...

KIC posts 8.83% return on alternative assets since inception

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, posted a 9.13% annualized return on total assets and $205 billion on a...

US hedge fund urges SK to focus on share buybacks

US hedge fund Dalton Investments LLC has urged SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, to focus more on share buybacks and can...

NPS hires Millennium, Starboard, Systematica for hedge fund investing

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Feb. 28 it selected Millennium Management LLC, Starboard Value LP and Systematica Investment...

KIC boosts hedge fund investing with Seoul Guarantee Insurance

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

[Discussion] Think twice before heavy inflation hedge: NYLIM

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

Polar Asset joins NPS' hedge fund managers in Q3

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...

KIC, NongHyup, Suhyup to co-invest $300 mn in overseas hedge funds

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

SK Chem says no immediate plan to sell SK Bioscience stake

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...

S.Korean companies stockpile record-level dollar holdings

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

US hedge fund Whitebox Advisors says to vote against LG’s planned spin-off

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...

US hedge fund Whitebox Advisors opposes LG’s planned spin-off

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...