Monday, August 12th, 2013
SEOUL, KOREA- In a 150-billion-won capital increase deal to acquire a U.S. hospital by Cha Medical Group, the Korea Finance Corp. and major domestic pension funds will join in as partners. According to investment banking sources on August 11, the state-run Korea Finance Corp. and private/public pension funds will create a $100-billion-won project fund with the remaining $50 billion won put up by the Korea Finance Corp. and Mirae Asset Global Investments' growth fund.
The state-run financial corporation will be the lead partner by investing 30 billion won, with others such as the Blackstone Group, a U.S. private equity fund firm, and Korean pension funds participating as secondary investors. Mirae Asset Global Investments will take the responsibility of fund management.