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AsianInvestor Korea Awards 2012: Nominations open
We are accepting nominations for our second annual Korea Awards for investment management and service providers to the buy-side.
By The Editors | 16 December 2011
Alternatives
Korean hedge funds face challenges attracting assets
The country’s financial regulator has approved 13 firms to run hedge funds, but the current environment is hardly ideal for raising capital.
By Dr Insup Lee | 14 December 2011
Alternatives
Cosmo AM expands reach to Korea’s retail investors
The Seoul-based manager is readying a mutual fund launch and plans to offer products from parent Sparx.
By Yvonne Chan | 28 November 2011
Asset Owners
Korea’s BOK names head of reserve management group
The central bank has opted for an internal promotion, contrary to initial indications about an external hire. Choo Heung Sik may start in this new role as early as this month.
By Dr Insup Lee | 22 November 2011
Alternatives
Why prime broking ambitions may cost Korea's big five
Pending regulation will allow the biggest securities firms to reinvent themselves as investment banks and engage in securities financing and other prime services – but ...
By Dr Insup Lee | 14 November 2011
Markets
Move by Korea’s FSC to lift short-selling ban gets mixed reaction
Some market participants say the regulator should have waited for greater calm amid eurozone fears, but brokerages planning hedge fund launches are happy.
By Dr Insup Lee | 11 November 2011
Alternatives
Carlyle adds Sanghyun Lee as managing director in Seoul
Sanghyun Lee joins Carlyle from Affinity Equity to head its Korean investment business.
By Simon Osborne | 1 November 2011
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Carlyle adds Sanghyun Lee as managing director in Seoul
Sanghyun Lee joins Carlyle from Affinity Equity to head its Korean investment business.
By Simon Osborne | 1 November 2011
Alternatives
Korea Post seeks secondary PE funds
The $50 billion savings fund requests pitches in by October 31 to allocate a minimum of $30 million to a secondary private-equity fund.
By Dr Insup Lee | 24 October 2011
Asset Owners
A new general for Korea's military pension fund
Three-star general Kim Jin-hoon takes charge of South Korea’s $7 billion Military Mutual Aid Association.
By Dr Insup Lee | 19 October 2011
Asset Owners
Korea Teachers Pension Fund names new chairman
The KTPF, which this year was chosen by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance as the best-performing Korean pension fund, appoints education veteran Byun Chang-Yull as chairman ...
By Dr Insup Lee | 30 September 2011
Alternatives
Korean private equity steps in to help heirless tycoons
It's not raining men in Korea, but private equity financiers can step in to help when a family bloodline looks like faltering due to a lack of a male heir.
By Simon Osborne | 29 September 2011
Business Moves
Mercer targets Korea build-out after licences approved
The firm looks to a new growth phase after receiving AM and advisory licences in Seoul and eyes a tie-up in Japan. It is also upping marketing of its wealth management offering.
By Leigh Powell | 27 September 2011
People Moves
Korean pension fund unveils new chairman
Ahn Yang Ho takes up a three-year term with the Government Employees Pension Service and vows to improve communication to inspire confidence in the fund.
By Dr Insup Lee | 26 September 2011
Asset Owners
Bank of Korea to hire reserves management head
The central bank of the Republic of Korea, with $312 billion in reserves, has decided to make its first senior investment hire from the market.
By Jame DiBiasio, Dr Insup Lee | 15 September 2011
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