South Korea's NPS seeks $5bn more from investors

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SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor, said it's in talks to attract a further US$5bn in foreign capital to invest in domestic assets following similar investments.

Park Hae Choon, the fund's president, told lawmakers in an annual parliamentary audit in Seoul earlier this week that potential investments may come from Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the Netherland...

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