South Korea’s Vogo raises $350m for Fund II
Vogo Investment has raised $350 million for its second South Korea-focused fund. A final close is expected early in 2014 once final negotiations on terms with a few LPs, including domestic heavyweight the National Pension Service, are completed.
The fund has been in the market for over year, having reached a first close in August 2012. The original target was $650 million. While there are a couple of foreign institutional investors, the vast...
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