Perspectives on South Korean Overseas Investments
Proportion of Investors
Private Equity
80%
70%
70%
66%
59%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Buyout
Venture Capital
Growth
Secondaries
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Sources: Preqin Pro
Investor Appetite
In general, Fund of Funds are not popular among South Korean investors.
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Debt deals are more popular in real estate than equity and the investment sales are typically in core properties.
37%
24%
19%
16%
Fund of Funds
Tumaround
Co-Investment
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Private equity investors shows a strong preference for potentially high return opportunities such as venture capital and growth equity.
Investors also favor buyout firms, but typically invest with the largest managers in this space.
Within private debt, direct lending and mezzanine debt are the much-preferred strategies. Investors prefer shorter dated loans that pay a
predictable income stream.
Infrastructure investors prefer to go direct to the project and typically aim to be mezzanine lenders.
Proportion of Investors
Focus Areas
Private Debt
Infrastructure
80%
100%
70%
70%
84%
87%
70%
60%
50%
50%
41%
40%
30%
20%
Proportion of Investors
80%
60%
40%
20%
10%
0%
0%
Direct
Lending
Mezzanine Distressed
Debt
Special
Situations
Primary
Debt/
Mezzanine
Fund of
Funds
12%
7%
Secondary
Proportion of Investors
0%
Real Estate
100%
87%
90%
80%
67%
70%
63%
60%
50%
46%
40%
33%
30%
26%
20%
10%
Debt
Core
Core-Plus
Value Added
Opportunistic
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