State funds give mixed views on managers
A public pension fund and two Asian sovereign wealth funds outline different approaches to third-party asset managers, but all rely on them for private markets.
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Central banker named new CIO at KIC
Choo Heung-Sik has made the jump from head of reserve management at the Bank of Korea to overseeing investments at the country's sovereign wealth fund.
KIC to build research centre amid restructure
Korea’s $72 billion state wealth fund is to set up a 20-strong unit to feed macroeconomic and industrial analysis into its allocation process. It has started a reshuffle as it realigns.
Robeco hires Mercer's Ryan Kim as Korea head
The Dutch fund house has brought in Mercer’s Korea head of investment advisory to oversee its Seoul operations amid plans to add staff in Hong Kong and Singapore.
KIC launches CIO search after Lee quits
Lee Dong-ik, the fund's first Korean CIO, has resigned with 15 months left on his three-year term. This is the second high-profile management resignation at KIC in the past few months.
KIC inks deal on cross-border PE platform
Korea Investment Corporation has signed an MoU for a co-investment platform with Russian state fund RDIF to look at forestry and infrastructure deals, among others.
