News Releases

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• 5/19/2023 GOVERNOR LAMONT AND TREASURER RUSSELL ANNOUNCE CONNECTICUT RECEIVES CREDIT RATING UPGRADE FROM KROLL

• 5/3/2021 Media Advisory - Treasurer Wooden Visits The University Of Bridgeport To Discuss Ct “Baby Bonds”; At the Age of 18, Beneficiaries of CT “Baby Bonds” Could Decide to Use Funds to Invest in Higher Education

• 12/9/2020 Treasurer Wooden Announces Connecticut’s Credit Ratings Affirmed with Stable Outlooks; Connecticut Remains Stable While Thirteen Other States Have Had Credit Rating Downgrades or Negative Outlooks Since the COVID-19 Outbreak

• 4/27/2023 TREASURER RUSSELL, MAYOR BRONIN, TREASURER SIERRA ANNOUNCE $13.9 MILLION IN SAVINGS AFTER REFUNDING SALE OF CITY OF HARTFORD GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

• 3/20/2024 Connecticut Pension Funds Achieve 12.8% Returns in Calendar Year 2023, Among Top 27% in the Nation

• 3/31/2021 State Treasurer Wooden Announces First Credit Rating Upgrade For Connecticut In Over 20 Years; Major Credit Rating Agency Sends Strong Signal that Connecticut is Headed on the Right Path Toward a Strong Economic Recovery

• 9/15/2020 Treasurer Wooden Unanimously Elected to Leadership Role In National Association of State Treasurers

• 12/14/2022 Treasurer Shawn Wooden Announces $200 Million Investment Commitment; Previews 2023 Pacing At Final IAC Meeting

• 9/25/2023 Governor Lamont, Treasurer Russell, and Comptroller Scanlon Announce Transfer of $1.3 Billion To Pay Down Pension Debt

• 8/6/2019 A First for Connecticut: State Treasurer Hires Chief Risk Officer; Critical Role to Focus on Developing Strategies to Manage Investment, Operational, and Enterprise Risk

• 12/8/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces $100 Million Private Equity Commitment And Presents New Private Equity And Real Assets Investment Opportunities; Real Assets Opportunity Targets Low-Carbon Infrastructure To Confront Climate Risk

• 1/13/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces Over $250m In Commitments; Presents Additional Private Market Opportunities

• 12/1/2022 Treasurer Wooden Announces $912 Million GO Bond Sale with Record-Setting Retail Orders Following S&P Rating Upgrade; Bond Refunding Saves $20 Million Bringing Total to $296 Million Saved During the Past Four Years

• 10/23/2019 State Treasurers, NYC Comptroller, & Private Institutional Investors Launch Northeast Investors' Diversity Initiative

• 11/10/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces Nearly $800 Million In Commitments and Presents a Private Equity Investment Opportunity; Wooden Provided a Third Quarter Update to the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds Performance