GEPS turns to hedge funds as global risks rise

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Ernest Chan

Jun 27, 2018

Korean pension funds wary of the growing market instability and potential economic downturn as early as next year are increasingly turning to hedge funds and other alternatives.

Left to right: Richard Morrow of AsianInvestor; Lee Chang-hoon of the Government Employees Pension Service and Shin Hyun-jang of the Police Mutual Aid Association

Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service GEPS is preparing to make investments into hedge funds having steered clear of the asset class in the past few years, joining other...

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