Pending final contract negotiations, the $17.8 billion Colorado Public...

Pending final contract negotiations, the $17.8 billion Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association, Denver, expects to hire CastleInternational for a $175 million international small-cap equities portfolio. The assets will be transferred from Dunedin, which had been managing the portfolio. The fund decided to make the switch because ``some key managers'' of Dunedin left the firm, a spokesman said.