The state pension fund has begun to divest itself of Russian assets, but market conditions have whittled down the fund’s holdings subject to the divestment mandate the Legislature included in a recent midyear spending bill to the point of being nearly “a complete write-off,” the fund’s chief investment officer said Tuesday.
With two years of remote and hybrid work under its belt and its downtown Boston office lease due to expire at the end of next year, the Mass. Gaming Commission on Thursday began preliminary talks about the future of its physical footprint.
Unlike children in about half of U.S. states, students in Massachusetts do not have to learn about personal financial topics in school, and that could be hurting less-affluent communities.
Have you ever wondered what the state does with settlements over unlawful lending practices? At least some of that money goes to Massachusetts high schools for financial reality fairs.
Treasurer Deborah Goldberg this week named Sue Perez and Sarah Kim as deputy treasurers for the state of Massachusetts.
Attorney General Maura Healey and Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, two of the statewide elected officials due significant pay raises under a bill that became law Thursday, announced shortly after lawmakers overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto that they both would be turning down the money for at least the next two years.
People’s United Bank will begin managing the state’s core banking services early next year, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced Wednesday.
