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Dec 2020 - Jan 2021

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Korea construction workers’ pension seeks 18 managers for two equity mandates
Pensions: Domestic equity mandate is benchmarked against the Korea Composite Stock Price Index
By Hui Ching-hoo   
January 14, 2021
Korea’s Yellow Umbrella opens tender for 600 billion won bond mandate
Government Funds: This is Yellow Umbrella’s second foreign bond mandate
By Hui Ching-hoo   
January 11, 2021
Korea’s KIC names new heads of alternative investment, private equity
Going Places: Mr. Park and Mr. Huh succeed James Kim and Hoon Lee, who were named deputy CIO in June
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 31, 2020
Korea Post hires US firms for US$200 million infrastructure mandate, report says
Government Funds: Korea Post opened the tender on November 10
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 30, 2020
Korea’s NPS hires Russell Investments for US$1 billion global real estate mandate
Pensions: NPS says the mandate allows the fund to capture price discrepancies between public and private real estate markets.
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 29, 2020
Korea’s Kiwoom lists ETF tracking Nasdaq dividend stocks
Market Access: The underlying benchmark selects US securities that have grown dividends for at least ten years
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 28, 2020
Korea’s Shinhan BNP opens tender for 100 billion won bond mandate
Market Access: Shinhan BNP requires applicants to have a minimum five-year track record in Asia dollar-denominated bond investments
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 23, 2020
Korea’s NPS, US firm form US$1.5 billion property joint venture
Market Access: Hines’s partnership with NPS began in 2010 when it advised on a property deal in Germany
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 14, 2020
Korea’s POBA seeks manager for US$100 million global REIT
Governments Funds: This is POBA’s third tender this year after a global bond mandate and a China mandate
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 9, 2020
Korea fund managers’ third-quarter assets up on fees, commissions
Market Presence: FSS says 238 of the 324 asset managers in South Korea reported profits in the third quarter
By Hui Ching-hoo   
December 8, 2020
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