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Illinois places BlackRock on watch for $1.6bn

The $35.4bn (€29.3bn) Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois has placed BlackRock under watch for a $1.6bn fixed income mandate. The move comes less than a week after BlackRock agreed to buy Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.

The fund cited "orgaisational reasons" for putting BlackRock under watch.

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