| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | Philadelphia Public Employees’ Retirement System, Pennsylvania |
| | Fund Type | Public D.B. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 3600 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Active Fixed Income/Core-Plus |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 30 |
| | Firm Hired | Stone Harbor Investment Partners |
| | Account Size | USD 30 |
| | Search Consultant | Fiduciary Investment Solutions |
| | Comments | The fund has hired Stone Harbor Investment Partners to handle a $30 million core-plus fixed income brief. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | Sterling Heights Retirement System, Michigan |
| | Fund Type | Public D.B. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 117 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Active Equity/Large-Cap Growth |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | Janus Capital Corporation |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Search Consultant | The Brice Group |
| | Comments | The fund has hired Atalanta Sosnoff Capital and Janus Capital Management to handle its large-cap growth equity portfolio. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund, Indiana |
| | Fund Type | Public D.B. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 8100 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Active Fixed Income/Short Term |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 2500 |
| | Firm Hired | BlackRock |
| | Account Size | USD 1000 |
| | Firm Hired | Reams Asset Management Company |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | State Street Global Advisors |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | Logan Circle Partners |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | Prudential Investment Management |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Search Consultant | Strategic Investment Solutions |
| | Comments | The fund has hired BlackRock, Reams Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, Prudential Investment Management and Logan Circle Partners to manage a short-term fixed-income mandate. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | United Food & Commercial Workers, Oregon Retail Employees, Oregon |
| | Fund Type | Union/Multiemployer D.B. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 858 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Multi Asset |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 20 |
| | Firm Hired | Platte River Capital |
| | Account Size | USD 20 |
| | Search Consultant | R.V. Kuhns & Associates |
| | Comments | The fund has allocated $20 million to Platte River Capital for sector rotation. The firm replaces Freeman Associates Investment Management which was let go due to lagging performance. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania |
| | Fund Type | Endowment |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 51 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Hedge Funds/Convertible-Arbitrage |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 3 |
| | Firm Hired | D.E. Shaw & Co. |
| | Account Size | USD 3 |
| | Firm Hired | Ludgate Hill Investment Management Ltd. |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Search Consultant | None |
| | Comments | The endowment has allocated $3 million to a D.E. Shaw multi-strategy hedge fund and an undisclosed amount to Ludgate Hill Investment Management's Asian arbitrage fund. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania |
| | Fund Type | Endowment |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 51 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Passive Fixed Income/Credit |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 1 |
| | Firm Hired | EGS Associates |
| | Account Size | USD 1 |
| | Search Consultant | None |
| | Comments | The endowment has allocated $1 million to a credit strategy run by EGS Associates. |
| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, Washington |
| | Fund Type | Public D.C. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 7000 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Recordkeeper/Administrator |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 7000 |
| | Firm Hired | Great-West Retirement Services |
| | Account Size | USD 7000 |
| | Search Consultant | None |
| | Comments | The plan has hired Great-West Retirement Services as the recordkeeper for its 457 and 401(a) plans. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | State of Michigan (Defined Contribution), Michigan |
| | Fund Type | Public D.C. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 4600 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Active Equity/Mid-Cap Value |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | T. Rowe Price |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Search Consultant | Gabriel, Roeder, Smith and Company |
| | Comments | The plan will add a mid-cap value fund managed by T. Rowe Price to replace a similar fund managed by Lord Abbett & Co. It did not disclose the reason for the move. |
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| | Date | 12 February 2010 |
| | Fund | State of Michigan (Defined Contribution), Michigan |
| | Fund Type | Public D.C. |
| | Fund Assets (mil) | USD 4600 |
| | Assignment | U.S./Active Equity/Small-Cap Growth |
| | Mandate Size (mil) | USD 0 |
| | Firm Hired | ING Investment Management |
| | Account Size | USD 0 |
| | Search Consultant | Gabriel, Roeder, Smith and Company |
| | Comments | The plan has selected a small-cap growth fund managed by ING Investment Management to replace a Columbia Acorn fund. The reason for the change was not disclosed. |