FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 30, 2018 CONTACT:Paris Ervin 217.524.5749Greg Rivara 312.814.1901 CHICAGO — Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs today announced that Illinois’ 529 College Savings plans, Bright Start and Bright Directions, earned top rankings from Morningstar, placing both plans…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE board’s oversight of the company remains inadequate as evidenced by the recent value.” The proposal highlights that Google, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, and Twitter have separate CEO and chairperson roles. More broadly, 59% of the S&P 1500 separated…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 16, 2018 CONTACT:Paris Ervin 217.524.5749Greg Rivara 312.814.1901 CHICAGO — Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs today testified before the Senate Special Committee on State and Pension Fund Investments about the improvements made in the treasurer’s office…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 4, 2018 CONTACT:Paris Ervin 217.524.5749Greg Rivara 312.814.1901Abdon Pallasch 312.835.3317 CHICAGO — A new investment vehicle allows the state treasurer’s office to provide money to the state comptroller’s office so it can chip away at…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 26, 2018 CONTACT:Paris Ervin 217.524.5749Greg Rivara 312.814.1901 New, Commonsense Approach Uses Technology CHICAGO — The new ‘Money Match’ program automatically will return lost money to Illinois residents without the usual need to gather paperwork or…