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FL Pension Growth Investments Create 176 Jobs
The report by the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability was designed to update lawmakers on their June 2009 legislation to invest $250 million in pension fund assets in Florida-based technology and growth firms. Philadelphia-based money manager Hamilton Lane was tapped to run the effort, according to the report.
Despite the early positions taken in seven Florida-based technology companies and four private equity funds that invest in such firms, it’s too early to judge the program’s long-term effectiveness, the report asserted.
Three of the companies have created new jobs so far: 86 by a Longwood-based waste management company, 83 by a digital media firm in the Tampa Bay area, and seven by a Winter Park medical device maker.
The report is at http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/MonitorDocs/Reports/pdf/1060rpt.pdf.