News Releases

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• 3/18/2019 Hartford Courant - For the first time in 18 years, Connecticut's bond outlook upgraded.

• 3/18/2019 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

• 3/13/2019 PRIVATE EQUITY INTERNATIONAL - Connecticut's new Treasurer Shawn Wooden unveils plan to add $200 million per year for the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds' private equity programme.

• 3/7/2019 THE BOND BUYER - Treasurer Shawn Wooden Expects His Proposal to Fix the State Teachers' Pension System to Kick-Start an Agenda that Includes Infrastructure, Improved Returns and Financial Literacy.

• 3/4/2019 Hartford Courant - Family, Friends and State Officials Send Off 123 Members of the Connecticut National Guard Who Are Deploying to Cuba - "During the send-off ceremony Tuesday, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden told the troops: "We will never forget that it is your courage, your sweat and sometimes your blood that keeps America free. ... I'll be here when you return."

• 3/4/2019 Treasurer Wooden Joins Global Investors Initiative to Tackle Carbon Pollution at Country's Largest Power Utilities; Coalition Representing $1.8 Trillion in Global Assets Sets Net-Zero Carbon Deadline for Big Polluters.

• 3/4/2019 Institutional Real Estate, Inc. - Connecticut State Treasurer Joins Global Investors' Initiative to Tackle Carbon Pollution at Country's Largest Power Utilities.

• 3/3/2019 Pension&Investments - New Connecticut Treasurer Wants to Maximize Pension Fund Returns, Minimize Risk.

• 2/28/2019 Patch - Manchester - CT Treasurer Puts in His 2 Cents Reading To Manchester Students.

• 2/25/2019 Treasurer Wooden, State Officials Acknowledge $1 million in CHEFA Workforce Development Grant Awards at February 27 Event.

• 2/19/2019 THE BOND BUYER - Connecticut's New Plan to Shore Up Teachers' Pension Fund.

• 2/18/2019 Pension&Investments - Connecticut Governor Proposes Reforms to State Teachers Fund in Conjunction with Treasurer.

• 2/18/2019 Statement From Treasurer Wooden on Teachers' Retirement Fund Restructuring Proposal Included in Governor Lamont's Budget.

• 2/14/2019 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.

• 2/6/2019 Treasurer Wooden Launches 2019 CHET Dream Big! College Savings Competition Art and Essay Competition to Award $26,000 to CT Students.