Federal Thrift PF To Award $150B Mandates

Federal Thrift Savings Plan will issue request for proposals for managers to handle its investment options.

Federal Thrift Savings Plan will issue request for proposals (RFPs) for managers to handle its investment options, Pensions & Investments reports. The defined contribution plan is seeking to award the management of four externally managed investment funds worth $150 billion.

BlackRock is presently managing the four options, which will be put up for bid in 2012. The RFPs will consist of a fixed-income index fund, a common-stock index fund, a small-cap equity index fund, an international stock index fund and a government securities fund of U.S. Treasuries.

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