Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) is reducing its allocation to real assets as it winds down its timber investments.

The pension fund said in a board meeting report that it would look to lower its real assets target weighting from 22% to 17%.

The reduction is due to its decision to eliminate its exposure to timber and to move its agriculture allocation to zero.

As reported by 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, poor performance has led some investors to move out of timber.

The pension fund’s allocations to real estate, energy and infrastructure will remain the same at 9%, 5% and 3%, respectively.

OCERS said it was working with a timber manager to wind down its two timber investments, which comprise a $92.7m (€82.7m) holding in Valencia Forests and a $15.2m holding in Valencia Tree.

The pension fund has two agriculture investments – $71m in Orange Farms and $60.7m AgriVest Farmland Fund – but did not state whether it would be selling these.

The target allocation to agriculture has been reduced to zero, but it can range up to 5%, implying it is not fully exiting the asset class.

The pension fund originally enlarged its real assets allocation in 2017.