News Releases

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• 7/19/2022 Treasurer Wooden Commits $650 Million In Commitments, Presents Two Potential Ci3 Partner Firms

• 12/4/2019 Treasurer Wooden Responds to Attack By NRA

• 2/11/2021 Corporate Call to Action: Coalition for Equity & Opportunity (CEO) Announces Commitments to Disclose Workforce Data, Furthering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts; Disclosure of EEO-1 Data Will Provide New Transparency on Workforce Demographics

• 2/10/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces Over $350m of Commitments; Reviews 2020 Capital Markets and CRPTF Performance Outcomes - Treasurer Wooden Proposes Revisions to the CRPTF’s Domestic Proxy Voting Policies to Address Board Diversity, Director Independence and Climate Change

• 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.

• 6/18/2025 Treasurer Russell Condemns Supreme Court Decision on Transgender Health Care, Urges States to Join CT’s Safe Harbor Fund

• 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

• 7/1/2025 Treasurer Russell Announces Investment of $300 Million in Newly Created Early Childhood Education Endowment

• 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

• 1/29/2025 TREASURER ERICK RUSSELL STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE DECISION TO RESCIND MEMO ORDERING FREEZE OF FEDERAL AID

• 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