KB Insurance eyes debt and PE, scales back on stocks

KB Insurance and other Korean insurers are increasingly eyeing private equity and debt investments rather than equities due to market and regulatory changes. Han Seung-chul, KB Asset Management “Instead of listed equity we are looking for private equity or alternative types of equity,” Han Seung-chul, senior executive managing director at KB Asset Management’s LDI (liability-driven investment) division, told delegates at AsianInvestor’s 15th Institutional Investment Fo…