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Pension funds NPS yet to schedule external manager selection; PE firms’ fundraising woes deepen

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has yet to decide on a plan to select local extern...

Korean stock market NPS pours $3.9 bn to buttress Korean stock market

South Korea’s National Pension Service, the country’s largest institutional investor, has come to the rescue of the domestic stock marke...

Pension funds NPS gears up for investment overhaul with boost in risk assets

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to overhaul its investment strategy w...

Private equity Glenwood PE to increase blind fund to $1 bn on pension funds’ interest

South Korea’s Glenwood Private Equity Co. is set to increase a blind fund to 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) as pension funds at home and abroad...

Pension funds S.Korea’s NPS to double pension fund size by 2050, hike risky assets

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is projected to nearly double its fund size to 3,500 trillion won ($2.38 trillion) by 2050, follo...

Pension funds Korea’s pension fund NPS rules out investing in MBK’s hostile M&A deals

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) said on Monday it will not participate in investments related to hostile mergers and acquisitions...

Pension funds NPS to buy stake in Australia’s Metrics to expand alternative investments

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has agreed to buy a stake in Australian asset mana...

Pension funds KB, Samsung SRA, Capstone named NPS’ core property fund operators

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected three asset managers to oversee its domestic core real estate platform fund — ...

Pension funds NPS to mull responsible investment system for alternative investments

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is poised to consider expanding its responsible in...

Pension funds S.Korea’s pension fund NPS to overhaul alternative investment strategy

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, plans to intr...

Pension funds South Korea’s pension fund NPS risks massive loss from Homeplus fiasco

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the nation’s biggest institutional investor, could lose more than 1 trillion won ($692 mil...

Foreign exchange South Korea’s forex reserves dip to nearly 5-year low in February

South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves diminished to the lowest level in nearly five years last month, largely due to the expanded forex swap...

Pension funds S.Korea’s pension fund NPS posts record return in 2024 on US stock rally

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, said on ...

Travel & Leisure J-R AMC, BlueCove bid on $70 million sale of Mirae Asset, NPS’ Shilla Stay

The sale of Shilla Stay Dongtan, a premium business hotel operated by South Korea’s Hotel Shilla Co., has attracted four bidders, underscoring...

Real estate NPS closes $1.6 bn Korean office deal; scientists pension eyes NCSOFT building

The National Pension Service (NPS) has completed the purchase of One Grove for 2.3 trillion won ($1.6 billion), its largest single real estate inves...

Real estate NPS commits $800 mn to Almanac for strategic partnership

The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has committed $800 million to Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment arm of Neuber...

Foreign exchange NPS initiates strategic currency hedging to unleash up to $48.2 billion

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to beg...

Pension funds NPS to invest record $1.4 billion in Korean property market in 2025

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) plans to invest 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in the domestic real estate market next year to gai...

Corporate restructuring NPS steps back from Doosan Robotics' Bobcat merger

The National Pension Service (NPS) appears to be stalling on a vote for Doosan Robotics Inc.'s merger with Doosan Bobcat Inc., with major proxy advi...

Foreign exchange NPS incurs $500 million in missed gains due to improper forex hedging

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, has likely in...

Pension funds NPS enjoys 9.2% return as of Q3 on bullish US stocks

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, reported a preliminary 9.18% return from investments, equiva...

Pension funds NPS expects Korea’s WGBI inclusion to attract $56 billion in foreign funds

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, expects some ...

Pension funds NPS commits $436 mn to Koramco, Hana Alternative for real estate lending

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, has selected Koramco Asset Management Co. and Hana Alternati...

Real estate Koramco to open office next to NPS for property investment partnership

Koramco Asset Management Co. will open a liaison office next to South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) to bolster cooperation with the w...

ASK 2024 NPS bullish on real estate in low interest era: chairman

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to residential housing and data centers to take advantage of lower interest r...

Pension funds S.Korea’s NPS investment arm suffers from chronic understaffing

South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), managing 1,150 trillion won ($870.6 billion) in assets, stru...

Tech, Media & Telecom Hyundai Motor Group becomes KT's largest shareholder

Hyundai Motor Group has officially become the largest shareholder of South Korea's major telecommunications company KT Corp., following a public int...

Pension funds S.Korea's NPS opens fourth overseas office in Silicon Valley

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, opened an office in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, on Septembe...

Pension funds NPS logs 9.71% return in H1 led by US tech stocks

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 9.71% investment return for the first half of ...

Pension funds NPS to veto SK Innovation’s merger with LNG affiliate

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, said on Thursday it is set to ve...