Korea's Overseas PE Loan Exposure Reaches 55.9 Trillion Won as Authorities Call Risks Manageable
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Updated · 매일경제 · May 26
Korea's Overseas PE Loan Exposure Reaches 55.9 Trillion Won as Authorities Call Risks Manageable
1 articles · Updated · 매일경제 · May 26
55.9 trillion won of overseas private-equity loan exposure was held by Korea's financial sector, pension funds and mutual aid groups at end-February, up 37.2% from end-2023.
30.5 trillion won sat in the financial sector and 25.4 trillion won in pension and mutual-aid investors, though financial-sector exposure edged down from 30.8 trillion won at end-2025 as U.S. market concerns slowed new deals and prompted some recoveries.
20.6 trillion won—67.4% of financial-sector holdings—was concentrated in insurers, while securities firms held 2.8 trillion won and banks 2 trillion won.
0.42% of total assets was the financial sector's average exposure ratio, and open-end structures that could face redemption requests accounted for just 9.8%, supporting the government's view that liquidity risk is limited.
58.4% of financial-sector investments were in the U.S. and 30.7% in Europe, but IT exposure was only 14.8%, below the 41% global market share, which authorities said helps keep concentration risk manageable.
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