IGIS Asset Management
Native name | 이지스자산운용 |
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Formerly | PS Asset Management |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Private equity real estate |
Founded | 2010 |
Founder | Kim Dai Young |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Key people | Lee Kyu Sung (Joseph) (Co-CEO) Kang Young Goo (Andie) (Co-CEO) |
AUM | US$45.6 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | 189 |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4] |
IGIS Asset Management (also IGIS; short for Integrated Global Investment Solution) is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. In 2022, IREI ranked IGIS as the second largest real estate manager in Asia based on assets under management.[5]
Background
The firm was founded in 2010 as PS Asset Management by Kim Dai Young.[1][2] In 2012, the firm was rebranded to IGIS Asset Management.[1]
In 2015, Kim stepped down from managing duties of the firm and was succeeded by Cho Kab Joo and Andie Kang who would become Co-CEOs of the firm.[3][4] Later on Joseph Lee also became an additional Co-CEO of the firm.[2][4]
In 2018, the firm filed for an initial public offering on the Korea Exchange but the process was stopped after the death of Kim in October.[2] There was a change in ownership of the firm where 45.5% of its shares were transferred to Kim's wife while their son and daughter will inherit none of the shares and would not be involved with management of the firm.[2]
The firm established IGIS Private Equity in 2018. In 2021, it was acquired by Blackrock.[6][7]
The firm has a venture capital arm named IGIS Investment Partners.[8]
Properties
References
- ^ a b c "History". IGIS Asset Management.
- ^ a b c d e "IGIS Asset Management in process to seek Korea's first asset fund IPO - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea". pulsenews.co.kr (in Korean).
- ^ a b "EXCLUSIVE: NPS' Kang to join Korea's IGIS | PERE". 17 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-17.
- ^ a b c "Andie Kang: Out of the public glare | PERE". 1 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Institutional Real Estate, Inc. – Global Investment Managers 2022" (PDF). October 15, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ Global, K. E. D. "BlackRock in talks to acquire Korea's ESG-focused IGIS Private Equity". KED Global. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "BlackRock Real Assets acquires IGIS Private Equity". koreatimes. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "IGIS Investment in final stage to buy meat wholesaler OK Meat at $102.5 mn - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea". pulsenews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ Jun, Esther Fung and Kwanwoo. "South Korean Investors Pile Into U.S. Commercial Property Debt". WSJ. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ Burgos, Jonathan. "Singapore Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng's City Developments To Sell Seoul Hilton For $934 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ Global, K. E. D. "Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada's supertall construction". KED Global. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "NorthStar Realty Europe Sells Frankfurt's Trianon Tower". Commercial Property Executive. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2022-10-30.