Overview
Korea Investment Corporation is a sovereign wealth fund with public profile context reviewed for allocator-careers relevance.1
Korea Investment Corporation's investment capital supports sovereign or public-sector financial objectives.1
Investment program
- Estimated AUM
- $232B as of Dec 31, 20252
- Capital pool
- Sovereign wealth fund1
- Investment model
- KIC describes a mixed model in which its investment managers monitor portfolios alongside third-party managers, and states that external asset managers with specialist expertise can be used.3
- Investment approach
- KIC states that it seeks long-term returns through intrinsic-value and systematic valuation, thorough risk assessment, diversification across asset classes and regions, and stable returns within risk limits.3
- Spending support
- Not listed yet
- Spending policy
- Not listed yet
- Asset allocation
- At the end of 2025, KIC reported 78.1% of its portfolio in traditional assets and 21.9% in alternative assets, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and private debt.4
- Performance
- Not listed yet
- Governance
- KIC's Investment Committee is chaired by the CEO and includes the CIO, CRO, COO and heads of investment divisions; it is responsible for deliberating and making investment decisions. KIC also identifies an Investment Working Committee chaired by the CIO and a Risk Management Committee chaired by the CRO.5
- Investment team
- KIC's organization chart identifies a Total Portfolio Strategy Division, Public Market Division and Alternative Investment Division, within a structure of three units, three divisions and 26 groups.6
- Unfunded commitments
- Not listed yet
- Source freshness
- Last verified Jul 21, 2026 · Needs review
Sources
Last verified Jul 21, 2026 from public career and organization materials.
Fact notes
- Website (kicrecruit.fairyhr.com)Parent organization overview, Pool purpose, Capital pool · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Annual report (kic.kr)Estimated AUM · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Investment model, Investment approach · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Asset allocation · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Governance, Investment office page · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Investment team · checked Aug 6, 2026
Reports and filings
- Existing profile AUM value with source URL https://www.kic.kr/annual-report/2025/en/index.html.Annual report · checked Jul 25, 2026
Profile and job sources
- Website (kic.kr)Website · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (kicrecruit.fairyhr.com)Website · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Website · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Website · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (kic.kr)Website · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Primary job/profile sourceJob posting · checked Jul 21, 2026