Singapore’s GIC once again led all sovereign wealth and pension funds with $40.3 billion deployed in 2022, a “very challenging” year in which the state-owned investor segment shrank in terms of asset value for the first time ever, according to… Read More>>
LaSalle China Logistics Fund Gets $80M Boost From Texas, Sacramento
LaSalle Investment Management has secured $80 million worth of fresh capital commitments from two US public institutions in support of the LaSalle China Logistics Venture fund.
The Texas Permanent School Fund, a sovereign wealth fund that provides education revenue in… Read More>>
KIC Sets Up Future Strategy Group, Announces Senior Promotions
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) announced a senior management shuffle this week, accompanied by the establishment of a future strategy group to boost its strategic planning processes.
Among the leadership changes, Joseph Cha was named head of KIC’s real estate group,… Read More>>
Korea Investment Corporation Names Dae-yang Park As CIO
Korea Investment Corporation has appointed Dae-yang Park as its chief investment officer, according to an announcement by the sovereign wealth fund.
Park joins the South Korean sovereign wealth fund from the Korea Teachers Pension, where he had served as the… Read More>>
GIC Takes 25% Stake in €2B European Hotel Group CitizenM
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC announced last week that it had secured a 25 percent stake in the €2 billion ($2.25 billion) European hotel owner-operator citizenM.
The investment makes GIC the third prong in a trio of shareholders now in… Read More>>
Goldman Said to Pick Korea’s NPS as Preferred Buyer for £1.5B London HQ
Goldman Sachs is said to have picked Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) as the preferred buyer of its soon-to-be-completed European headquarters in London, according to a report in the Korean press, with the UK office building expected to change hands… Read More>>
CIC Exits 11-Year Blackstone Investment After Learning to Love Alternative Assets
Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC) has exited its investment in Blackstone 11 years after taking a stake in the US alternative investment giant. During that stretch, the guardian of China’s foreign exchange reserves and the world’s biggest landlord… Read More>>
Korea Investment Corp Opens Singapore Office
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has opened an office in Singapore, as the $122 billion sovereign wealth fund continues to expand its alternative investments beyond its east Asian home base.
KIC will manage assets locally through the Singapore office, while building… Read More>>
Real Estate Investments Help CIC Jump to 6.2% Return in 2016
Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC) returned to profitability in 2016 after a dismal showing the previous year, as the mainland’s leading investor in overseas real estate ramps up its exposure to property and other alternative assets. The world’s… Read More>>
GIC Bets on a Bigger Swamp with $1.1 Bil DC Office Deal
Donald Trump may have promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington, but the number crunchers at Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund are willing to make a $1 billion bet that there will be more lobbying business and strategic advisors crowding around… Read More>>