Huh Jang CIO

Pension funds Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...

Pension funds Korea's NPS CIO talks with GPIF, GIC execs on asset allocation

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Seo Won-joo has visited Japan and Singapore on his first overseas busine...

Korean food KGC enters Malaysian healty functional food market

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., announced on June 13 that it sells its red ginseng brand Jung ...

Asset management Yellow Umbrella's new CIO to spur alternative investment

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a 25.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) savings arm of South Korean small business owners, has tapped an alternativ...

Asset management Korean investors turn to private credit, secondaries: CIOs

South Korean institutional investors favor private credit as interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, said speakers at the chief inv...

Pension funds POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...

Pension funds Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...

Korean food KGC hawks red ginseng at top US expo for health functional food

Jung Kwan Jang, the flagship brand of Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), has been featured at North America’s leading expo for raw ingredients of heal...

Pension funds Korea’s Teachers’ Pension names SK Securities VP as CIO

South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension has named Jeon Bum-sik, a vice president at SK Securities Co. with three decades of investment experienc...

ASK 2023 POBA to increase long-term private credit investments

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will step up its private credit and bonds until next year as it expects high interes...

Retail KGC unifies BI of red ginseng brand as JUNG KWAN JANG

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., will unify its red ginseng brand identity (BI) as JUNG KWAN JA...

Pension funds Teachers' Pension to up global alternatives to 19% of AUM by 2027

Teachers’ Pension (TP), South Korea’s major pension fund for private school employees, will accelerate investment in domestic bonds whil...

Private equity MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...

ASK 2023 Secondaries, debt attractive for portfolio stability: Korean CIOs

South Korean institutional investors find secondaries and private debt attractive amid the darkening economic outlook, chief investment officers (CI...

Steel Jang Se-joo returns as Dongkuk chairman, launches holding firm

Jang Se-joo, former chairman of South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., has returned to the top post after an eight-year hiatus as the steelmake...

Corporate strategy Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...

Pension funds NPS will intensify shareholder engagement, new CIO says

Seo Won-joo, the new chief investment officer of the National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, said on Dec. 27 that the pension fund will stren...

Pension funds NPS fund management taps former GEPS CIO Seo as new chief

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund, has tapped Seo Won-joo as the new chief investment officer, a...

Pension funds NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 896.6 trillion won ($690.5 billion) as of end-S...

ESG South Korea aims to build world’s 6th inland base in the Antarctic 

The South Korean government announced on Monday that it will build the world’s sixth inland base in the Antarctic by 2030. The Ministry o...

Pension funds NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...

ASK 2022 KFCC eyes recession-resistant sectors like healthcare, necessities

The Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) is eyeing certain sectors that create stable revenue streams such as healthcare, daily...

Pension funds Korea's NPS seeks new CIO as Ahn ends term Oct. 18

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is looking for a new chief investment officer (CIO) as former CIO Ahn Hyo-joon’s term ended...

Asset management IGIS names fixed income expert Jang as head of equity, debt

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate investment firm managing $46.5 billion in assets as of end-2021, said on Tuesday ...

Sovereign wealth funds KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...

Sovereign wealth funds KIC taps investment strategy head Lee Hoon as CIO

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is set to appoint Lee Hoon, the senior managing director and head of the investment strategy & innovation d...

Business & Politics June Huh, mathematician of Korean descent, wins 2022 Fields Medal

June Huh, a Korean American mathematician and Princeton University professor, has won this year's Fields Medal, a prestigious prize awarded to young...

Pension funds More LPs tap ex-Samsung Life professionals as CIOs

A number of financial experts who built their careers at Samsung Life Insurance Co. are in the spotlight as more South Korean pension funds and mutu...

Pension funds GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO

Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea has named Baek Joo-hyun, former alternative investment head at Samsung Life Insurance Co....

Pension funds Alternative investment market at inflection point, says Suhyup CIO

Some major institutional investors in South Korea are set to increase alternative investments this year to hedge inflation and stabilize cash flows....