News Releases

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• 11/2/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces 2021 CHET Dream Big! Winners; Prizes Will Help Students Save For Higher Education; Over $4.5 Million Has Been Awarded To Connecticut Students Since 2013

• 10/28/2021 Treasurer Wooden and Senator Marilyn Moore Kick Off Statewide CT Baby Bonds Education Tour at the Alliance For Community Empowerment; Healthcare Providers and Community Partners Help to Spread the Word: CT Baby Bonds will Benefit Communities Across the State

• 10/27/2021 Media Alert - Tomorrow: Treasurer Wooden and Senator Marilyn Moore Visit the Alliance For Community Empowerment to Kick Off Statewide CT Baby Bonds Education Tour; Healthcare Providers and Community Partners Help to Spread the Word: CT Baby Bonds Will Benefit Communities Across the State

• 9/30/2021 Treasurer Wooden Joins Sen. Booker, Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. DeLauro And Rep. Larson To Celebrate the Enactment Of CT Baby Bonds And Urge Congress To Pass The American Opportunity Accounts Act ; Connecticut is Leading the Way to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap

• 9/29/2021 Media Alert - Tomorrow: Treasurer Wooden Will Join Sen. Booker, Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. DeLauro and Rep. Larson to Celebrate Enactment of CT Baby Bonds and Urge Congress to Pass the American Opportunity Accounts Act to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap; CT Baby Bonds Became First-of-its-Kind Enacted in the Nation

• 9/27/2021 Treasurer Wooden, For Only the Second Time in History, Transfers Estimated $1.623 Billion Budget Reserve Fund Excess to Pay Down Long-Term Pension Liabilities; Treasurer Wooden, For Only the Second Time in History, Transfers Estimated $1.623 Billion Budget Reserve Fund Excess to Pay Down Long-Term Pension Liabilities

• 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

• 9/23/2021 Treasurer Wooden Testifies Before Congress In Review of the Federal Reserve’s Emergency Lending Powers During the Pandemic; Wooden Delivers Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy to Address Future Economic Crises

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

• 9/9/2021 Statement From State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden On Upcoming Decision To Allocate Excess Funds From The Budget Reserve Fund To Pay Down Unfunded Pension Liabilities

• 9/8/2021 Connecticut Prepares to Launch Co-Investment Program with Morgan Stanley and HarbourVest; CRPTF Restructuring Domestic Equity Fund Through Active Management To Focus On Small Cap Investments

• 9/1/2021 Treasurer Wooden Provides Updates On Connecticut’s Economy: State Maintains Historic Cash Position, Unemployment Rate Improving – A Sign Of A Recovering Economy; FDA Approval Of Covid-19 Vaccine Provides Confidence To Capital Markets And The Workforce

• 8/3/2021 Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Announces New Chief Investment Officer for State’s $40b Pension Fund; Wright brings broad asset class experience managing multi-billion dollar pension funds.

• 8/2/2021 Treasurer Wooden Shares Updates on Connecticut Economy, Bond Issuance; Reacts to Delta Variant Affecting U.S. Markets; State Maintains Strong Cash Position, Successfully Sells $1B of Bonds to Improve Infrastructure, Increase Jobs, and Economic Activity Statewide

• 7/22/2021 Statement From State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden On $1b In Bonding For Connecticut Schools, Transportation & Crumbling Foundations; The State Bond Commission Passed $1B in Bonding Today for Much Needed Improvements to Connecticut’s Infrastructure, Schools, While Creating Jobs and Bolstering the Economy