News Releases

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• 7/25/2019 Investors Bank On Ct's Future As Competitive Bond Sale Delivers Big For State Taxpayers: Treasurer Wooden Sells $239.9 Million in GO Refunding Bonds, Toppling Expectations with Incredibly Low 1.67% Interest Rate, Saving Taxpayers $42.9 Million Over Next 10 Years

• 12/21/2023 Treasurer Russell Announces $826 Million GO Bond Sale Including 'Social Bonds' for School Construction

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

• 7/10/2024 Treasurer Russell Announces More Than $1 Billion in Investment Commitments at July Investment Advisory Council Meeting

• 1/2/2025 Treasurer Russell Releases Annual Report Highlighting Investment Returns, Taxpayer Savings, and Other Agency Accomplishments

• 6/24/2025 Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell Named to Victory Institute’s 2025 LGBTQ+ Political Power List

• 9/23/2020 Connecticut State Treasurer and the Ford Foundation Launch Partnership to Advance Corporate Call to Action Working Group and Address Economic and Racial Disparities

• 5/13/2021 Connecticut Receives Second Credit Rating Upgrade After Two Decades; Further Evidence That Connecticut’s; Smart Fiscal Policies Are Working; Second Credit Rating Upgrade Since March

• 9/24/2024 Treasurer Russell Deposits $608.2 Million Volatility Transfer into State Pension Funds

• 2/15/2019 Testimony Submitted by Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden to the Government Administration and Elections Committee Concerning the Divestment of State Funds Invested in Companies Doing Business in Venezuela.

• 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

• 6/23/2021 Statement Wooden on Historic Bipartisan Budget Being Signed Into Law; CT Budget Includes Cutting Costs To Municipal Pension Systems, Expanding K-8 Financial Literacy Programs and More

• 11/1/2020 Connecticut’s State Cash Position Near All-Time High; Treasurer Wooden Appoints 44 Bond Underwriting Firms; Reacts To Global, U.S. Market Climate Heading Into The Election

• 10/26/2023 Governor Lamont, Treasurer Russell, President Maric Announce UConn 2000 Bonds Receive Credit Rating Upgrade From Fitch

• 12/31/2019 CRPTF Private Market Commitments on Pace for the New Year Treasurer Wooden Announces Decision to Commit a Total Of $250 Million to HarbourVest Partners & Ares Management