Capital markets research and advisory

Capital between Seoul and New York, understood precisely.

Research and advisory at the intersection of Korean and American capital. Independent writing on the markets, and practical work helping firms extract signal from unstructured financial data.

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Thesis

Two markets, one corridor.

The most interesting money of the next decade does not sit still. It moves between Seoul and New York, between Korean institutions looking outward and American markets looking for capital.

Most firms working along this corridor are drowning in unstructured data: lease agreements that take days to read, client records scattered across formats, financial documents that resist analysis. Jihwan Min & Co. helps boutique CRE and wealth management firms turn that raw material into clean, usable intelligence.

Alongside that work, this desk publishes independent research on the capital markets that make the corridor move, written in plain language by someone who reads both sides of the Pacific in their own tongue.

Services

Where we can help.

CRE document intelligence

Extracting rent escalation clauses, tenant liabilities, and key terms from commercial lease agreements. Unstructured PDFs in, clean structured data out. Built on private, localized architecture so financial documents never leave your environment.

Capital markets research

Independent writing and analysis on the corridor between Korean and American capital. Cross border real estate, institutional flows, and the deals shaping gateway markets, in English and Korean both.

Advisory conversations

Early stage conversations with CRE brokerages and boutique wealth managers on where AI can reduce manual overhead in your data workflows. No commitment required to start a conversation.

Interested in working together? Get in touch.

Research

Recent writing.

Essay

Reading a commercial lease like an underwriter

The five clauses that decide whether a building is worth what the broker says it is.

8 MIN
Note

The Seoul to Manhattan corridor: who is buying in 2026

Where Korean institutional capital is moving into American real estate, and why.

6 MIN
Primer

What a capital stack actually tells you about a deal

Equity, mezzanine, and senior debt, and what their order says about risk.

7 MIN
Essay

Why cross border real estate is harder than it looks

Currency, regulation, and trust, the three frictions that quietly decide returns.

9 MIN

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The long view

A firm built to last is built slowly.

Every institution that endures began as one person solving one problem well, long before anyone called it an institution. Marcus Goldman bought and sold commercial paper for years before the word Goldman meant anything on Wall Street.

This is the first page of a much longer book. The plan is patient and the standard is permanent.

Today
CRE data advisory and independent capital markets research.
Next
Advisory work at the meeting point of Korean and American capital.
In time
A firm worthy of the name on the door.
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Contact

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