COS Capital Attended ASK Summit 2019

On October 23rd , 2019, Mr. Lijian Chen, Senior Executive President of COS Capital and Mr. Zhuo Zhang, Managing Director of COS Capital attended the ASK Summit held in Conrad Hotel, Seoul. The summit was hosted by Korea Economic Daily, one of the most influential financial media in Korea. COS Capital was invited to attend this year’s Real Estate & Infrastructure Conference as sponsor.

The event attracted more than 100 attendees from over 30 international institutions this year. Mr. Ki Woong Kim, CEO of Korea Economic Daily, gave an opening speech to all attendees. The conference was conducted in the form of guest speech and panel discussion, speakers including Korean sovereign wealth fund - Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), Korean pension fund - National Pension Service (NPS) and international institutional investors such as Invesco Real Estate, Nuveen and ARES Management. Mr. Lijian Chen delivered a keynote speech on the topic of Assessing Real Estate Investment Opportunities in China, thoroughly explaining China’s economy, real estate market as well as potential investment opportunities. Since the inception of ASK Summit, COS Capital was the first Chinese institution to promote real estate investment opportunities in China and received positive feedback and arouse strong interest from Korean investors.

Photo: Mr. Lijian Chen delivered a keynote speech on ASK Summit 2019

Mr. Lijian Chen was also invited by the host to give a welcome speech at the cocktail event after the conference on behalf of Chinese investors.

Photo: Mr. Lijian Chen gave a welcome speech at the cocktail event

About ASK Conference

ASK Conference (Alternative Investment Summit Korea) is a leading alternative investment conference hosted by the Korea Economic Daily (KED) for private equity, private debt, hedge fund, multi-assets, real estate, and infrastructure investment funds. Annually held ASK Conference is the most successful and well-known alternative investment events in Korea with more than 1500 attendees. The attendees this year include Korean pension fund - National Pension Service (NPS), Korean sovereign wealth fund - Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), Octopus Investment, ARES Capital Management, M&G Investment, Invesco, Crow Holdings, Swiss Life Asset Management, Heitman, Capman, Värde Partners, Landmark Partners, EQT Partners, NREP, HarbourVest Partners, Acore Capital, Infracapital and Lloyds Bank.

About Korea Economic Daily

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is the most widely read economic newspaper among Korean office workers and university students with extensive Korean and international investor network. KED provides LPs and GPs of different funds with the ASK Summit to communicate in terms of market insight, investment strategy, asset allocation and industry trend. ASK Summit is an excellent platform to bridge Korean investors and global fund managers to develop long-term relationships. ASK Summit is managed by ASK Office under KED.