
Partners Group gets $100 million KIC real estate mandate
Korea Investment Corporation, the SWF that manages some $27 billion of assets for the Korean government and the Bank of Korea, has mandated around $100 million to Swiss-based private equity firm Partners Group to seek investment opportunities in the private real estate market.
Under the terms of the mandate, Partners Group will buy into private equity portfolios on the secondary market. "With this mandate, KIC aims to profit from current dislocations in the secondary market,...
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