Korea's NPS selects GP investment partners
Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s fourth-largest pension fund, has chosen eight domestic private equity and venture capital GPs to manage its newest, KRW900 billion ($840 million) Pan-Asian fund, according to Money Today.
The report noted that each private equity general partner will receive KRW200 billion ($186 million), while venture partners will receive less. The GPs specifically include three private equity players:...
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