Oxfordshire issues passive U.K. equity RFP

Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund, Oxford, England, issued an RFP for a manager to run £100 million ($200 million) in passive U.K. equities, according to a notice on Tenders Electronic Daily, a European public procurement platform. According to a report from a December 2007 meeting of the £1 billion fund’s pension committee, the portfolio was actively managed by UBS Global Asset Management. Proposals are due May 27. Additional information can be obtained from consultant Hymans Robertson at http://www.hymans.co.uk. Anthony Wheeler, investment manager, could not be reached by press time for comment.