NPS closes $1.6 bn Korean office deal; scientists pension eyes NCSOFT building

The National Pension Service (NPS) has completed the purchase of One Grove for 2.3 trillion won ($1.6 billion), its largest single real estate inves...

S.Korea to offer incentives to attract foreign scientists

South Korea will offer incentives including a 50% income tax cut to attract foreign scientists to develop new growth drivers such as artificial inte...

Mirae Asset’s US real estate fund faces heavy losses

A private fund for US real estate managed by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has seen huge losses amid the tumble of the offi...

Korean scientists publish breakthrough in high-resolution X-ray imaging

South Korean scientists led by physicist Park Yongkeun with global achievements in medical science and engineering have discovered a new X-ray imagi...

Korean research team develops AI chip to cut power use

South Korean scientists have developed a chip that needs less electricity for advanced efficiency and data processing to help the country’s se...

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

ST Pharm Co., a South Korean drug raw material-producing subsidiary of Dong-A Socio Holdings, said on Friday that it has finished building an R&...

SEMA to increase Asia-based infra assets, CIO says

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing retirement pension fund in South Korea, will increase inf...

Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association's (SEMA) Chief Investment Officer Huh Sung-moo said on Wednesday that climate change and g...

Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has appointed Sungmoo Huh, a former alternative investment and strategy head of Seoul...

Korea scientists fund to commit $37 mn to co-investment funds; $34 mn to PDF

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to commit $37 million to co-investment funds of US-based StepStone Group and ...

Aberdeen Standard wins $120 mn SMA mandate of Korea scientists fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage its first separately managed account...

Korea scientists fund to commit $34 mn to BlueBay Asset’s Europe debt fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has committed €28 million ($34 million) to a European mid-market private debt fund of Blu...

[RFP] Korea scientists fund to pick $120 mn multi-asset SMA manager

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) is planning to allocate around $120 million to a separately managed account (SMA) of mult...

Golub and Ares win $60 mn private debt mandates from Korea scientists fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to make its first allocation to global private debt funds by committing $...

Scientists fund, other Korean investors in $665 mn Japan solar power plant deal

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won (...

Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...

Hanwha Life, scientist fund to put $230 mn into UK gas business bid

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and a scientists’ savings fund will commit a total of 185 million pounds ($230 million) to a project fund...

Korea scientists fund to put €25 mn into Europe infrastructure-investing FoF

A South Korean asset management firm is raising a €100 million ($110 million) fund to invest in the Pan-European Infrastructure Fund (PEIF) II of a De...

[Interview] Korea scientists’ fund zooms in on Europe renewable energy, U.S. venture capital

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA), overseeing 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in assets, is interested in property and re...