Creating global opportunities for Korean capital

The 7th annual PDI Seoul Forum is back in June 2025. Connect and accelerate your fundraising alongside over 200 of Korea’s leading investors and global fund managers.

Understand the latest trends shaping investor allocation preferences, as well as the key solutions shaping private credit in Korea.

Part of the PDI Japan Korea Week

The Seoul Forum is part of the PDI Japan Korea Week taking place in June 2025. Connect with over 400 attendees during a week of unrivalled networking opportunities across two regions.

Learn more on how you can grow your investor network during the week here.

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Why attend the Seoul Forum?


Meet Korea’s investor community

Connect with top investors, including KIC, POBA, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance to foster strong relationships.


Gain a strategic edge in private credit

Understand investors’ changing needs and appetite shift towards different strategies in the evolving private debt market.


Build lasting relationships

Catch with Korean investors and global private credit leaders to discuss future allocations.

What our delegates say

Qianru Yang

Keppel Capital

It provides good insight into how Korean LPs think about this asset class.

Ryoko Katayam

Topaz Capital

Very well organized and structured. Great access to the asset class’ leading players and insights.

Juno, Hee Kyoung Yoon

Schroders

Founding members gave us insightful sharing and perspectives from regional LP are inspiring.

Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for allocators and institutional investors to join the event.

Complimentary passes are limited to foundations, endowments, insurance companies, single-family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you.

Apply now

Registration questions 

Luca Greene
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Sponsorship
enquiries 

Beth Piercy
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Speaking  opportunities

David Stent
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2024 Speakers included:

Contact producer, David Stent at david.stent@pei.group if you’re interested in speaking at the conference.

Johnny Adji

Alternatives Investment Leader, Asia, Mercer

Zeba Ahmad

Senior Strategist Private debt and Credit Alternatives - ILS, Schroders Capital

Youngsik Bae

Chief of Asset Management Department, Mirae Asset Life

Fabrizio Bocciardi

Head of Credit Investments, Mubadala

JaeHyuk Choi

Team Head/ Director, AI/ Infrastructure Team, IGIS Asset Management

Mieun Chung

Director, Samsung Securities

Mikyung Chung

General Manager, Shinhan Life Insurance

Sam Y Chung

Director of Korea Alternative Investment Research Institute & Member of the Investment Policy Committee, Korea National Pension Services

Dan Cohn-Sfetcu

Managing Director, FS Investments

Jennifer Eum

Director, bfinance

Marianna Fassinotti

Head of Private Credit, The D. E. Shaw Group

Tas Hasan

Managing Partner, Deerpath Capital Management

Inseon Hwang

Pro, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance

Dong Hun Jang

Senior Advisor, Yulchon

Hyojin Ji

Executive Director, Head of Global Research Team, Mastern Investment Management

Seung-ki Jeong

Head of Team, Kiwoom Asset Management

Jun-Hyung Jon

Head of Overseas Business Division/ Director, KDB Infrastructure Investments Asset Management (KIAMCO)

Mattias Karnell

Director, Teneo Partners Japan

Celine Jeeyoun Kim

Senior Manager, Alternative Investment Team, Lotte Non-Life Insurance

Grace Kim

Senior Director, Capital market, CBRE

Jungsu Kim

Director, Eaton Partners

Rachel Kim

Portfolio Manager, AIA Life Insurance

Daniel Leger

Managing Director, MGG Investment Group

Seop Lim

CIO, Construction Guarantee Cooperative

Alex Lynn

Hong Kong Bureau Chief, PEI Group

Karun Marwah

Founding Partner, Endue

Jon McKeown

Managing Director, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics, Northleaf Capital Partners

Seonghun Min

Professor, The Department of Urban Planning and Real Estate, The University of Suwon (Investment Committee Member, NPS, GEPS and HUF)

Yunju Park

Head of Global Business Development, Kyobo AXA Asset Management

Klaus Petersen

Founding Partner, Apera Asset Management

Julien Rigon

Partner and Head of France, Kartesia

Daniel Roddick

Founder, Ely Place Partners

Robert Scheer

Co-Head Private Credit Origination, M&G Investments

Jungchul Shin

Principal, Hamilton Lane

Eunseok (Eugene) So

Managing Director / Head of Global Alternative Investment Team, Sangsangin Investment & Securities

Kwangmoon So

Head of Alternative Investment Team III, Daol Asset Management

Mei-Li da Silva Vint

Chief Commercial Officer, Brevet Capital

Rahman Vahabzadeh

Co-Head of Originated Debt, Audax Private Debt

Andrew Wolff

Director, PEI Group

Don Yoon

Senior Managing Director, Institutional Client Team, LS Securities

Chin Yuen

Research Manager, Asia, PEI Group

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March, 2024
Singapore

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Discover latest event information

Discover trending topics at the Seoul Forum

 

Download the agenda today to discover trending topics shaping Korean investor allocations.

Want to join our industry-leading speaking faculty? Contact our producer, David Stent today.

Institutional Investors at the Seoul Forum

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event. To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

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Meet our year-on-year investor attendees:

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Investors at PDI Seoul Forum

The Forum is the largest meeting place for institutional and private investors, and other members of the private debt community in Korea.

Check out the benefits of joining the conference and who among your peers you will be joining. Apply for a complimentary pass for you or your team today.

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Why Seoul Forum?

Meet the biggest global funds

Network and arrange one-to-one meetings with the biggest and leading private debt managers.

Network with your peers

Connect with your peers and understand their strategies and allocation approach to private debt at our networking cocktail and luncheon.

Get the latest insights

Discuss the opportunities and challenges your peers are facing in the market at the investor roundtable.

Explore opportunities

Find investment opportunities across different debt strategies, from direct lending, mezzanine, and unitranche lending.

What to expect?

90+

Institutional Investors

 

35+

Speakers

200+

Attendees

Part of the PDI Japan Korea Week

PDI Seoul Forum
25 June 2024

Connecting South Korean capital to global markets

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PDI Tokyo Forum
27 June 2024

Connecting Japanese capital to global opportunities

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Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

Apply now

아시아 최고의 프라이빗 뎃 컨퍼런스

6월 29일(목) 페어몬트 앰배서더 서울에서 열리는 제6회 연례 PDI Seoul Forum에서 한국 및 전 세계 주요 기관투자자들과 다시 만나보세요.

KIC, 국민연금공단, 행정공제회 등 다수의 투자자들과 함께 기관투자자들의 자산 배분과 포트폴리오 전략을 형성하는 동향을 분석하세요.

주요 주제는 다음과 같습니다:

  • 2023년 한국 및 글로벌 투자자 성향 및 배분 선호도
  • 자본 흐름 및 의사 결정 프로세스를 형성하는 새롭고 정교한 전략 평가
  • 불확실성 속의 포트폴리오 성장
  • 안전한 피난처 전략과 포트폴리오 발견

올해 놓칠 수 없는 프라이핏 뎃 컨퍼런스 시리즈

PDI Seoul Forum은 PDI Japan Korea Week의 개막포럼으로서 서울에서 글로벌 커뮤니티를 참여하셔서 글로벌 시장 통찰력을 획득하세요.

 

상세 보기

한국 최고의 사모 대출 투자자들과 만나보세요

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Why Seoul Forum?

사모 부채 투자자들이
놓칠 수 없는
연례 회의

교직원공제회, 롯데손해보험, 삼성화재해상보험 등 거대 투자자들과 함께 국내 유일무이한 프라이빗 뎃 컨퍼런스에 참여하세요.

글로벌 인사이트.
지역별 특화된 정보

지역 전문가 및 글로벌 펀드 매니저와 함께 글로벌 시장에 대해 자세히 살펴보시고 포트폴리오 구축 위한 최적의 전략 조합에 대해 알아보세요.

 

단 일주일 만에 자금 조성 활동을 가속화하세요

투자자 네트워크를 확장하고, 싱크탱크에 가입하며, 보다 유연한 환경에서 한국의 프라이빗 뎃 투자 의사 결정권자들과 강력한 관계를 구축하세요.

 

2023 연사진

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컨퍼런스를 형성하는 주요 주제:

  • Private Debt Investor 의 LP 연구 보고에서 투자자 관점 배우기
  • 발전하는 실사 프로세스와 위험 완화를 위한 노하우 이해
  • 프라이빗 뎃의 미래  – 기회는 어디에?
  • 전략 심층 분석: 주류 대 틈새 전략 평가 – 어디에 머물러야 하나?
  • 그 외

기관 투자자 참가 패스 신청

자산 배분 기관과 기관 투자자이신 경우 이벤트에 참여할 수 있는 제한된 수의 무료 패스가 제공됩니다.

참석권을 받으시려면 연금 기금, 보험 회사, 국부 펀드, 개인 자산 관리자, 재단, 기부금, 패밀리 오피스 또는 기업 투자 부서를 대표하는 자격 기준을 충족해야 합니다.

패스를 신청하시면 저희 팀원이 참가 확정 여부 확인을 위해 연락할 예정입니다.

 

참가 패스 신청하기

Raise your profile among senior private debt decision-makers

Build and develop your company’s brand image, strengthen your market credibility, and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:

  • VIP access
  • Thought-leadership opportunities
  • High-profile branding
  • And much more…

For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Beth Piercy at beth.p@pei.group or call +44 20 7566 5464.

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