Lee Jaewook (second from left), head of infrastructure investment division at NPS and Kim Wonbin (third from left), a senior director of KIC The National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) are actively exploring mid-market infrastructure opportunities as they are expected to
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
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
The global alternative investment conference ASK 2024 was held on Oct. 16-17, 2024 in Seoul South Korean pension funds and insurance companies are raising their bets on real estate as they diversify their US and Europe-focused portfolios into Australia and Asia, while increasing their appetite
Kim Tae-hyun, chairman of the National Pension Service South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to residential housing and data centers to take advantage of lower interest rates, which bodes well for the commercial property market, its chairman Kim Tae-hyun said on
People meeting to discuss investment strategies (Courtesy of Getty Images) There is potential distress in the U.S. multifamily housing sector today. we believe there is a window of opportunity over the next 12-18 months for well-capitalized investors to take advantage of select distress o
Gwak Bum-kook, senior executive managing director for mutual aid funding at KBIZ, speaks at ASK 2023 on May 18 Investors will spur capital injection in global residential real estate and emerging infrastructure segments such as data centers and energy transition, keynote speakers said on Thursd
Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as the preferred tranche.The Korea Economic Daily conducted a survey earlier this year of 22 major Korea institutional investors, including pension
The Foundry, Alexandria, Virginia (Courtesy of Perseus TDC) IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, has purchased a multifamily asset in Alexandria, Virginia, through US asset management firm Timberline Real Estate Ventures LLC. The deal amounts to $2
The Buchanan in Midtown Manhattan (Courtesy of The Buchanan website) Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of Korea and The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) have jointly invested $235 million in two multifamily assets in the US, an official from Koramco Asset M