News Releases

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• 8/1/2022 Update on State Pension Funds’ Divestment from Civilian Gun Manufacturers, Engagement Efforts to Address the Opioid Crisis; Wooden’s “Responsible Gun Policy” ordered divestment from civilian gun manufacturers in 2019. His Office held opioid companies accountable and led to greater transparency of pay practices.

• 7/25/2023 Treasurer Erick Russell Announces Two Investment Consulting Agreements and $910 Million In Investment Commitments at July Investment Advisory Council Meeting

• 3/30/2022 Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Presents Bill For Automatic Payment Of Unclaimed Property Valued Under $2,500; Legislative enhancements would also require the online publication of all unclaimed property received by the Office of the Treasurer

• 3/19/2019 Treasurer Wooden: Connecticut's Bond Outlook Improved By a Major Credit Rating Agency For First Time in 18 Years; Standard & Poor's gives State a Positive Outlook, Cites Improved Reserves and Fiscal Stability

• 2/8/2021 State Treasurer Shawn Wooden AnnouncesNew Chet 529 College Savings Program Manager, Fidelity Investments; Fidelity Investments Will Help Improve the Ability of Connecticut Families to Save For Higher Education

• 9/9/2021 Statement From State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Ahead Of The Twentieth Anniversary Of The September 11th Attacks

• 9/23/2021 Treasurer Wooden Elected President of The National Association of State Treasurers; Wooden is Currently Senior Vice President and will serve as President beginning in January of 2022

• 5/15/2020 Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, And Kroll Affirm Connecticut Credit Ratings, Maintain Stable Outlook; Seven Other States Have had Credit Rating Downgrades or Negative Outlooks Since the COVID Outbreak, While Connecticut Remains Stable

• 3/31/2022 Connecticut’s New Projected $1.5 Billion Surplus For Fiscal Year 2022: Shares Outlook On Global And U.S. Markets Climate

• 11/13/2023 Treasurer Russell and UConn CFO Announce Results of Recent University of Connecticut Bond Sales

• 10/18/2020 Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn Wooden Joins Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner to Urge Shareholders to Reject Compensation Package for Cardinal Health Executives

• 11/5/2019 Blackrock, American Association of People With Disabilities and Disability:IN Facilitate Forward-Thinking Dialogue on Disability Inclusion with Investors and Global Inclusion Leaders

• 3/16/2021 Wooden and Magaziner Acknowledge Progress in 48% of Shareholders Voting to Improve Transparency and Accountability Within Company; Wooden and Magaziner Acknowledge Progress in 48% of Shareholders Voting to Improve Transparency and Accountability Within Company

• 2/10/2021 Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn Wooden Calls On Shareholders To Reject The Compensation Package For Executives Of Amerisourcebergen; Rhode Island Treasurer Joins Effort to Hold Executives Accountable

• 3/19/2020 TheCtMirror - Wooden: Ct’s Cash Pool Is Twice As Strong As Early Days Of Last Recession