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Alternatives
Millennium Managers eyes Korea onshore business
As South Korea prepares for its first generation of onshore hedge funds, a number of global firms are understood to be preparing to apply for licences.
By Dr Insup Lee | 17 January 2012
Markets
New MSCI office highlights Korea’s rising importance
The head of MSCI, Henry Fernandez, outlines Korea’s potential to the investment industry, and rival index providers echo his view.
By Joe Marsh | 11 January 2012
Asset Owners
Korea’s NPS sets targets after winning QFII permit
The $300 billion pension fund is hopeful it will receive a quota by the second half of this year to begin investing in mainland Chinese securities and is busy preparing internally.
By Dr Insup Lee, Leigh Powell | 10 January 2012
Markets
Bank of Korea seeks CIO and bond investment head
South Korea's central bank is reorganising its reserve management team as it awaits the outcome of an application for a QFII quota of up to $300 million.
By Dr Insup Lee | 21 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
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
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
Markets
Korea welcomes cooling move after ETF trading triples
The government moves to calm a surge in trading for leveraged ETFs this month by banning credit lending temporarily. Market consensus is in favour.
By Dr Insup Lee | 30 August 2011
Asset Owners
Korea military fund to boost overseas exposure
The Military Mutual Aid Association is shifting to emerging-market equities as it diversifies away from heavy positions in real estate.
By Dr Insup Lee | 8 July 2011
Markets
Senior figures mull implications of MSCI reclassification
MSCI is set to announce if it will upgrade Korea and Taiwan to developed-market status. We discuss the likely impact of the move with active managers, heads of ETF businesses ...
By Leigh Powell | 20 June 2011
Alternatives
Korean watchdog advances plans for onshore hedge funds
A capital law revision by the Financial Services Commission, which it says will foster a domestic hedge fund sector, could be launched as early as the end of this year.
By Yvonne Chan | 8 June 2011
Markets
Korea ETFs outperform active funds
The exchange-traded funds market in Korea is growing in terms of product type, asset size and trading volume.
By Dr Insup Lee | 28 April 2011
Distribution
Korea fund houses betting on pensions for salvation
Despite a bright outlook for Korean equities, it might take the expansion of corporate pensions to return assets to pre-crisis levels, says SEI’s Thae Khwarg.
By Dr Insup Lee | 8 March 2011
Markets
Korean companies cheap and cash-rich, says Allianz GI
The asset manager’s Asia-Pacific chief investment officer sets out his case for investing in Kospi 200 stocks.
By Dr Insup Lee | 19 January 2011
Alternatives
Korea's NPS targets growth in outsourced assets
The National Pension Service is seeking a 36% increase in outsourced assets by the end of 2011, most notably in alternative investments.
By Dr Insup Lee | 13 January 2011
Commentary
BarCap predicts another 'currency war' and more Korean turmoil
The UK bank’s head of emerging Asia research, Peter Redward, looks forward to another tricky year for investors and forecasts an Asian bond sell-off.
By Joe Marsh | 20 December 2010
Markets
Passive bond ETFs unlikely to take off, says Singapore CIO
Fixed-income exchange-traded funds must be actively managed to provide returns to rival equity ETFs, says Lim Heong-Chye of APS Komaba Asset Management.
By Joe Marsh | 9 November 2010
Alternatives
Neuberger eyes Asian hedge fund stakes, Korea expansion
The chairman and CEO of US asset manager Neuberger Berman sees opportunities arising from Basel III and the Volcker Rule and outlines his plans for Asia.
By Joe Marsh | 27 October 2010
Markets
Korea will catch on to diversity, says Cho Jaemin
KB Asset Management is one of the few firms in Korea to combine strategic investment styles under one roof. Its chief, Cho Jaemin, thinks locals will soon come to realise the ...
By Dr Insup Lee | 25 October 2010
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US dollar
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Chinese renminbi
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