MBK Partners to Increase Investment Next Year

MBK Partners, the largest private equity fund (PEF) in Northeast Asia with an asset under management (AUM) of more than 30 trillion won, held a conference with institutional investors on Nov. 15. At the conference in Seoul, the PEF that it would increase investment next year. It focuses on investments in China, Japan and South Korea.

The conference was attended by MBK Partners founder and chairman Kim Byung-ju and more than 150 persons from the institutional investors, including the National Pension Service.

The PEF is planning to launch a new fund next year with its eight trillion won financial resources on hand. It launched a US$6.5 billion blind fund in 2020 and a US$1.8 billion special situations fund last year.