China’s Social Security fund seeks managers

China’s National Social Security Fund, Beijing, is looking for external managers to run five active equity strategies, according to the $74 billion fund’s website. Managers will run equity strategies in what the fund calls “China Overseas” as well as Asia Pacific ex-Japan, emerging markets, European and global. Details of the size of the portfolios were not given. Information on how to get the RFP can be found at http://www.ssf.gov.cn/enweb/index.asp. The NSSF received permission from the Chinese government in 2006 to invest 20% of its assets in overseas markets.