News Releases

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• 4/22/2021 Media Advisory - Friday: Senator Blumenthal And Treasurer Wooden Highlight How Federal And State, “Baby Bonds” Legislation Will Break The Cycle Of Poverty And Narrow The Wealth Gap; CT “Baby Bonds” Legislation Voted Out of Appropriations Committee this Week

• 1/17/2022 Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Announces New Principal Investment Officer For Connecticut’s Public Funds; Denise Stake Will Manage The State’s $5.2 Billion Real Assets Portfolio

• 10/26/2020 State Treasurer Shawn Wooden And Connecticut Conference Of Municipalities Host Conversation On Public Finance During Covid-19 With Municipal Officials

• 1/7/2025 Treasurer Russell Announces $682.1 Million Savings Through Early Retirement of State Transportation Debt

• 6/10/2020 Treasurer Wooden Announces Over $200m In Commitments With Stellex Capital Partners Fund II And Leeds Capital Partners Fund VII

• 4/20/2021 Statement From State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden On The Guilty Verdict Outcomes In The Murder Of George Floyd

• 2/5/2020 Remarks by Treasurer Wooden For Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry’s Celebration Of Life; The Artist Collective - Hartford, Connecticut

• 5/26/2022 State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Met with Jamaican Minister of Finance and Other Jamaican Officials and Business Leaders

• 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

• 9/11/2024 Treasurer Russell Announces Connecticut Pension Funds Generated Returns of 11.5% in Fiscal Year 2024

• 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