Ventura (Calif.) County Employee Retirement Association hired Barclays...

Ventura (Calif.) County Employee Retirement Association hired Barclays Global Investors to run $200 million in a Russell 1000 index fund and narrowed a search for one global bond manager and one domestic small-cap growth manager to two finalists each, said Van Perris, administrator for the $2.1 billion fund. Finalists will be interviewed at the Oct. 4 board meeting, after which a decision is expected, said Mr. Perris. Funding for the BGI portfolio will come from terminating Trinity Investment Management as a domestic large-cap value manager, due partly to poor performance, said Mr. Perris. Blake Gall, president and chief investment officer for Trinity, didn’t return calls for comment by press time.