The emergence of new foreign investors (institutional investors and management companies) to the Korean market has been a hot topic at SPI over the past year. In March 2022, the top alternative investment management company in the world, Blackstone, finally opened an office in Korea. Along with Brookfield, who entered Korea with the Yeouido IFC acquisition in 2016, both leading global alternative investment management companies have established a base in Korea. Blackrock has similar roots as Blackstone, and has been focusing on infrastructure investment in Korea, but now has formed a real estate team to expand into real estate investment. Goldman Sachs also created a new Korean real estate investment […]