Asian pension funds and insurers are looking to expand beyond commercial foreign real estate, which would impact global property markets, says Brookfield Financial.
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South Korea's sovereign wealth fund expects to double its AUM to $100 billion in five years. It has also added significantly to its staff this year.
South Korean institutions say they will increase their allocation to emerging-market equities, particularly Chinese stocks.
South Korean institutions are increasingly investing overseas in a bid to resolve their asset-liability mismatches.
The Korean central bank has chosen a group of transition management providers as asset owners push for greater transparency on transition costs.
They are urged to court sovereign wealth funds in frontier markets as established players increase in-house expertise. All the same, SWF volumes have tripled in five years.
Hong Taeg-ki leaves Bank of Korea for Korea Investment Corporation.
Korea Investment Corporation promotes one of its own, Don Lee, its head of alternative investments. He succeeds Scott Kalb, with the appointment effective this week.
Scott Kalb caps his three-year term at Korea Investment Corporation with a $200 million China QFII quota. He can expect to win a good role in Asia if he wants to stay in the region.
The $45 billion sovereign wealth fund surprises the market with a pick from the private sector with ties to Allianz Global Investors, Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank.
Four sovereign wealth funds held direct talks in Moscow over their participation in a government-backed Russia investment fund, AsianInvestor has learned.
The Korea Investment Corporation is looking for more deals in private equity, real estate and hedge funds as its seeding is set to grow.