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CIO from Korea's largest SWF to open the AVCJ Forum in South Korea
- 10 Sep 2009Scott E. Kalb, Chief Investment Officer of Korea Investment Corporation, is set to deliver the opening keynote address at the sixth annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum in South Korea. KIC is the largest sovereign wealth fund in the country, and Mr. Kalb’s address in Seoul on 17 September 2009 will provide a rare and unique glimpse into the world of Korean institutional investing.
A new era of private equity has dawned in South Korea with the rise of PEFs, or private equity funds. Launched by both financial service firms and local institutional investors and government-linked entities, such as KIC and the National Pension System, PEFs are viewed by many South Korean executives as the ideal vehicle for restructuring corporate Korea. The global economic downturn has made local companies more willing to consider private equity as an option to solving their liquidity problems—whether they be chaebols selling non-core subsidiaries or family-owned SMEs facing succession issues—and, as a result, allocations to the investment class are seeing an increase in the country.
The AVCJ Forum in Seoul this year enjoys the continued support and participation from the largest independent Korea-dedicated buyout fund, Vogo Fund, as well as fellow co-sponsors KIC, Asia Mezzanine Capital Group and AON.
AVCJ Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Incisive Media, has been providing editorial coverage, quality data and intelligent analysis to Asia’s deal-making industry for more than 20 years. The Group’s stable of journals includes Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ), Private Equity Asia and Asian Venture Capital Journal (Chinese edition). AVCJ also maintains the most comprehensive database on Asian private equity and M&A transactions, and publishes a variety of annual directories, pan-Asian industry reviews and regional reports.
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