scientists

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...

Research & Development S.Korea to offer incentives to attract foreign scientists

South Korea will offer incentives including a 50% income tax cut to attract foreign scientists to develop new growth drivers such as artificial inte...

Real estate Mirae Asset’s US real estate fund faces heavy losses

A private fund for US real estate managed by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has seen huge losses amid the tumble of the offi...

Research & Development Korean scientists publish breakthrough in high-resolution X-ray imaging

South Korean scientists led by physicist Park Yongkeun with global achievements in medical science and engineering have discovered a new X-ray imagi...

Korean chipmakers Korean research team develops AI chip to cut power use

South Korean scientists have developed a chip that needs less electricity for advanced efficiency and data processing to help the country’s se...

Bio & Pharma Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

ST Pharm Co., a South Korean drug raw material-producing subsidiary of Dong-A Socio Holdings, said on Friday that it has finished building an R&...

Pension funds SEMA to increase Asia-based infra assets, CIO says

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing retirement pension fund in South Korea, will increase inf...

ASK 2021 Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association's (SEMA) Chief Investment Officer Huh Sung-moo said on Wednesday that climate change and g...

Korea scientists fund appoints new CIO for two-year term

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has appointed Sungmoo Huh, a former alternative investment and strategy head of Seoul...

Korea scientists fund to commit $37 mn to co-investment funds; $34 mn to PDF

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to commit $37 million to co-investment funds of US-based StepStone Group and ...

Aberdeen Standard wins $120 mn SMA mandate of Korea scientists fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage its first separately managed account...

Korea scientists fund to commit $34 mn to BlueBay Asset’s Europe debt fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has committed €28 million ($34 million) to a European mid-market private debt fund of Blu...

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) is planning to allocate around $120 million to a separately managed account (SMA) of mult...

Golub and Ares win $60 mn private debt mandates from Korea scientists fund

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) has decided to make its first allocation to global private debt funds by committing $...

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won (...

Korea scientists’ fund in push for co-investments in overseas assets: report

Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) will commit about 20 billion won ($18 million) to a fund of Morgan Stanley Energy Partner...

Hanwha Life, scientist fund to put $230 mn into UK gas business bid

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and a scientists’ savings fund will commit a total of 185 million pounds ($230 million) to a project fund...

Korea scientists fund to put €25 mn into Europe infrastructure-investing FoF

A South Korean asset management firm is raising a €100 million ($110 million) fund to invest in the Pan-European Infrastructure Fund (PEIF) II of a De...

[Interview] Korea scientists’ fund zooms in on Europe renewable energy, U.S. venture capital

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA), overseeing 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in assets, is interested in property and re...