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The Pursuit of Financial Return and Societal Benefit: an Examination Of
The Pursuit of Financial Return and Societal Benefit JUNE 2017 AN EXAMINATION OF PENSION FUND ECONOMICALLY TARGETED INVESTMENTS PREPARED BY INSIGHT AT PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES Authors THIS RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY INSIGHT AT PACIFIC Lauren F. Dixon COMMUNITY VENTURES AS PART OF THE ACCELERATING Tom Woelfel IMPACT INVESTING INITIATIVE (AI3) The authors would like to thank John Griffith from Enterprise Community Reader comments and Partners for his leadership on the AI3, as well as Katie Grace Deane, Erin ideas are welcome. Please Shackelford, and David Wood from the Initiative for Responsible Investment, direct correspondence to: [email protected] who served as research advisors for this project. We would also like to thank Kendra Berenson for her research and contributions to this project—this report would not have been possible without her efforts. We are also indebted to the many pension fund managers, researchers, ETI experts, and investors who have shared their knowledge and ideas with us in interviews and subsequent conversations. This report is a direct result of their insights, feedback, and thoughtful direction. Finally, we are deeply grateful for the continued insight and support from the Ford Foundation and Omidyar Network, who have funded this project. PRODUCED BY THE ACCELERATING IMPACT INVESTING INITIATIVE (AI3) The AI3 is a partnership between Enterprise Community Partners and InSight at Pacific Community Ventures, with research support from the Initiative for Responsible Investment. Enterprise works with partners nationwide The Initiative for Responsible Investment PCV InSight is the impact investing to build opportunity, creating and at the Hauser Institute for Civil Society research and consulting practice at advocating for affordable homes at Harvard University is an applied Pacific Community Ventures. -
NASACT News, August 2013
keeping stateNASACT fiscal officials informed news Volume 33, Number 8 August 2013 NASACT Convenes in August for 98th Annual Conference By Glenda Johnson, Communications Manager ASACT President Martin J. Benison, comptroller of conferences_training/nasact/conferences/AnnualConferences/2013 NMassachusetts, recently welcomed members, corporate AnnualConference/materials.cfm. A complete list of the sessions partners and guests to Boston for NASACT’s ninety-eighth and speakers can be found on page 3. annual conference. The conference, which boasted the largest At lunch on Monday, President Benison announced the 2013 attendance in years (with over 460 registered attendees and Presidents Awards, which are given each year at the discretion guests), was held August 10-14 at the Seaport Hotel and World of the president to recognize service to the association and the Trade Center. Attendees were also welcomed during opening overall fi nancial management and accountability community. ceremonies by Massachusetts co-hosts Suzanne Bump, auditor of This year’s recipients were: the commonwealth; Steven Grossman, state treasurer; Massachusetts • Elaine M. Howle, state auditor of California, who was Governor Patrick Deval; and Boston Mayor Michael Menino (the recognized for her leadership as president of the National latter two through video messages). State Auditors Association in 2012-13 and also her efforts The conference began with a number of meetings and to revise NSAA’s Peer Review Manual, the policies and networking opportunities. On Saturday, August 10, some procedures governing NSAA’s Peer Review Program through attendees participated in the annual golf scramble, which which state audit organizations can receive an external was held at the Red Tail Golf Club. -
Table 4.24 the TREASURERS, 2017
TREASURERS Table 4.24 THE TREASURERS, 2017 Length of Date of Present Maximum consecutive State or other Method of regular term first term terms allowed jurisdiction Name and party selection in years service ends by constitution Alabama .................... Young Boozer (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Alaska ........................ Pamela Leary A Governor’s Discretion 1/2014 . Arizona ...................... Jeff DeWit (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 Arkansas .................... Dennis Milligan (R) A 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 California .................. John Chiang (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 2 Colorado .................... Walker Stapleton (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Connecticut ............... Denise L. Nappier (D) E 4 1/1995 1/2019 ★ Delaware ................... Ken Simpler (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Florida (a) ................. Jeff Atwater (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2019 2 Georgia ...................... Steve McCoy A Pleasure of the Board 11/2011 . Hawaii (b) ................. Wesley Machida (D) A Governor’s Discretion 3/2015 . Idaho .......................... Ron G. Crane (R) E 4 1/1999 1/2019 ★ Illinois ........................ Mike Frerichs (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Indiana ....................... Kelly Mitchell (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 (d)(c) Iowa ........................... Michael L. Fitzgerald (D) E 4 1/1983 1/2019 ★ Kansas ....................... Jacob LaTurner (R) E 4 4/2017 1/2019 ★ Kentucky ................... Alison Ball (R) E 4 1/2016 12/2019 2 Louisiana ................... Ron Henson (R) E 4 1/2017 (e) (e) ★ Maine ......................... Terry Hayes (I) L 2 1/2015 1/2019 4 Maryland ................... Nancy K. Kopp (D) L 4 2/2002 1/2019 ★ Massachusetts ........... Deb Goldberg (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2019 ★ Michigan ................... -
2020 Nasact Annual Conference
PROGRAM NASACT 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE August 24-28 | Virtual Training CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Learning Objectives: Delivery Method: Group internet-based. All sessions include At the conclusion of the event, participants will be able to: Q&A opportunities. • Recount changes to the roles and responsibilities of state Attendance Requirements: In order to obtain CPE credit for auditors, state comptrollers and state treasurers as these this event, participants must submit attendance verification roles have evolved during the past year. codes provided during each session. • Identify and discuss new standards and rules from the government standards setting bodies and regulatory The National Association of State agencies. Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers is • Apply practical information learned through case studies registered with the National Association from peer offices and organizations. of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) • Discuss state government financial management as it as a sponsor of continuing professional relates to the broader, national fiscal outlook. education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance Level of Knowledge: Overview. of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding Education Prerequisite: No prerequisites required. registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: https://www. Advance Preparation: No advance preparation required. nasbaregistry.org/. CPE: 29.5 credits have been recommended for the conference. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear NASACT Members and Partners, It is my honor to welcome you to the 104th NASACT Annual Conference. I had hoped to welcome you to Vermont for this event, but the Covid-19 pandemic prevented that from happening. -
2018 NAST Treasury Management Training Symposium
2018 NAST Treasury Management Training Symposium June 5-8 | Buena Vista Palace | Lake Buena Vista, FL A decade ago, we set out to provide innovative analytic services that help state governments increase financial compliance and benefit their citizens. Today we find, save, or recover over half a billion dollars each year for dozens of government agencies and their citizens. www.verusfinancial.com | 1.855.NCLAIMU (855.625.2468) | general@verusfinancial.com A MESSAGE FROM NAST’S PRESIDENT I am pleased to welcome you to the 2018 National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) Treasury Management Training Symposium. For over 40 years NAST has provided advocacy, support and educational opportunities for State Treasurers, their staff, and members in non-treasury agencies that complete our affiliate networks. As an association of finance officers, we strive to advance the development and administration of sound fiscal policies, prudent management of state resources, and the ongoing support of financial wellness programs in our respective states. As our country faces a number of fiscal challenges such as aging infrastructure, rising levels of student debt, and a lack of retirement readiness and financial security, the Treasury Management Training Symposium provides a unique opportunity for our members and stakeholders to collaborate and learn from one another in solving these pressing issues. This year’s symposium offers training sessions on core functions and programs such as investing, managing pensions, overseeing state debt, the administration of unclaimed property, as well as outreach initiatives, such as administering ABLE plans, promoting financial literacy, and improving the affordability of post-secondary education. I would like to thank the entire NAST leadership team for their hard work and continued efforts to improve the organization and serve our membership. -
Where We Advocate Who We Are What We Do
Who We Are The National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) serves as the nation’s foremost authority on state finance issues and State Treasury programs, practices, and policies. NAST’s membership comprises all State Treasurers or state finance officials with comparable responsibilities from the United States, its commonwealths, territories, and the District of Columbia, along with employees of these agencies. What We Do NAST serves its members through educational conferences and webinars, a variety of working groups, policy advocacy, and publications that provide information about developments in public finance. Together, we enable State Treasurers and officials who perform state treasury functions to pursue and administer sound financial practices and programs benefiting the citizens of the nation. Where We Advocate NAST offers nationwide expertise and advocates on a number of issues relating to state finance, including: 529 College Savings Programs Pension and Trust Administration Achieving a Better Life Experience Local Government Investment Pools (ABLE) Plans (LGIPs) Administration of State Unclaimed Issuance of Tax-Exempt Municipal Property Programs Bonds and State Debt Management Financial Education and State Banking, Investment, and Empowerment Cash Management Protecting State Infrastructure Financing Tools Support tax-exempt municipal bonds For more than 100 years, tax-exempt bonds have been the primary financing tool for critical state and local infrastructure projects like the roads, bridges, rails and pipes we use every day. In fact, the savings generated by the tax exemption help state and local governments finance the lion’s share of the nation’s infrastructure network that they build and maintain. NAST Calls on Congress to: State and local governments issued $4.1 trillion in Reject proposals to eliminate or reduce the municipal bonds for infrastructure in the past decade tax-exemption on municipal bonds. -
RULES on CAMPAIGN FINANCE & DISCLOSURE
Agency # 153.00 RULES on CAMPAIGN FINANCE & DISCLOSURE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION 910 West Second Street, Suite 100 Post Office Box 1917 Little Rock, AR 72203-1917 (501) 324-9600 or (800) 422-7773 Facsimile (501) 324-9606 Agency # 153.00 TABLE OF CONTENTS § 200 Definitions § 201 Loans § 202 Prohibited Contributions § 203 Contribution Amounts § 204 Limitations on Soliciting and Accepting Contributions § 205 In-Kind Contributions-Reporting and Value § 206 Volunteer Services-Exception to In-Kind Contribution § 207 Personal Use of Campaign Funds § 208 Use of Campaign/Carryover Funds-Personal Use Defined § 209 Personal Expenses-Prohibited Uses § 210 Personal Use-Determination by Arkansas Ethics Commission § 211 Automobile Expenses § 212 Use or Lease of Airplane During Campaign § 213 Payment of Fines Associated with Campaign § 214 Campaign Expenditures-Use of Funds to Employ Campaign Workers, Including the Candidate and Family Members § 215 Campaign Expenditures-Political Conferences or Seminars § 216 Time of Making Expenditures § 217 Campaign Cash Expenditures § 218 Description of Campaign Expenditures § 219 Reporting Expenditures by Credit Card § 220 Allowable Expenditures-Purchase of Advertising and Awards 2 Effective 12/17/97 Revised 07/22/05 Agency # 153.00 TABLE OF CONTENTS-continued § 221 Allowable Expenditures-Purchase of Banquet Tickets for Political Events § 222 Allowable Expenditures-Office Equipment § 223 Allowable Expenditures-Miscellaneous Campaign-Related Expenditures § 224 Campaign Assets § 225 Repayment of Loans § 226 Surplus -
Table 4.24 the TREASURERS, 2009
TREASURERS Table 4.24 THE TREASURERS, 2009 /HQJWKRI 0D[LPXPFRQVHFXWLYH 6WDWHRURWKHU 0HWKRGRI UHJXODUWHUP 'DWHRI 3UHVHQW WHUPVDOORZHG MXULVGLFWLRQ 1DPHDQGSDUW\ VHOHFWLRQ LQ\HDUV ÀUVWVHUYLFH WHUPHQGV E\FRQVWLWXWLRQ Alabama .................... Kay Ivey (R) E 4 1/2003 1/2011 2 Alaska (a)................... Jerry Burnett A Governor’s Discretion 1/2009 . Arizona ...................... Dean Martin (R) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Arkansas.................... Martha Shoffner (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 California .................. Bill Lockyer (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Colorado.................... Cary Kennedy (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Connecticut ............... Denise L. Nappier (D) E 4 1/1999 1/2011 + Delaware.................... Velda Jones-Potter (D) E 4 1/2009 1/2011 + Florida (b) ................. Adelaide “Alex” Sink (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Georgia ...................... W. Daniel Ebersole A Pleasure of the Board 11/1997 . Hawaii (c) .................. Georgina Kawamura A Governor’s Discretion 12/2002 . Idaho.......................... Ron G. Crane (R) E 4 1/1999 1/2011 + Illinois........................ Alexi Giannoulias (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 + Indiana....................... Richard Mourdock (R) E 4 2/2007 2/2011 (d) Iowa ........................... Michael L. Fitzgerald (D) E 4 1/1983 1/2011 + Kansas ....................... Dennis McKinney E 4 1/2009 1/2011 + Kentucky ................... Todd Hollenbach (D) E 4 12/2007 12/2011 2 Louisiana ................... John Kennedy (D) E 4 1/2000 1/2012 + Maine......................... David G. Lemoine (D) L 2 1/2005 1/2011 4 Maryland................... Nancy K. Kopp (D) L 4 2/2002 1/2011 + Massachusetts............ Timothy Cahill (D) E 4 1/2003 1/2011 + Michigan.................... Robert J. Kleine A Governor’s Discretion 5/2006 . -
NASACT News, January 2013
keeping stateNASACT fiscal officials informed news Volume 33, Number 1 January 2013 Executive Committee to Meet in March By Glenda Johnson, Communications Manager ASACT’s Executive Committee will hold its next meeting has been examining issues including tax reform, recent initiatives Non Tuesday, March 19 from 8:00 a.m. through 12:00 noon from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and grant Eastern time. The meeting will be held in Columbia, South reform initiatives of the U.S. Offi ce of Management and Budget. Carolina, in conjunction with the 2013 annual conference of Notably, the committee has established a Continuing the National Association of State Comptrollers. The committee Disclosures Task Force co-chaired by Kim Wallin, state controller will hear reports from NASACT’s strategic and administrative of Nevada, and Colin McNaught, assistant treasurer for debt committees (recent committee activities are highlighted below). management from Massachusetts. The task force will examine continuing disclosure and how information may be made Annual Conference Committee available to current and future municipal bond investors on an Chaired by President Martin Benison, comptroller of interim basis. Massachusetts, this committee is beginning to develop the Also of note, NASACT recently co-signed a letter with the technical agenda for the upcoming 2013 NASACT Annual National Governors Association and other state and local groups Conference, scheduled for August 10-14 in Boston. The annual urging the President and Congress to retain the municipal bond conference topics survey will be sent to members soon. tax exemption during year-end negotiations to avert the fi scal Committee on Accounting, Reporting and Auditing (CARA) cliff. -
NAST State Treasury Profiles 2013
NAST State Treasury Profiles 2013 www.nast.org Copyright 2013 NatioNal assoCiatioN of state treasurers the Council of state Governments 2760 research Park Drive P.o. Box 11910 lexington, KY 40578-1910 www.nast.org special thanks treasury profile information for this publication was submitted by treasury office staff. Table of Contents IntroDuCtioN ............................................................................................................................iv About NAST ..................................................................................................................................v NAST affiliates ..........................................................................................................................vi 2013 NAST CoNferences ...................................................................................................... vii 2013 NAST exeCutive Committee ................................................................................... viii alPhaBetiCal list .................................................................................................................... 1 treasurY Profiles, alaBama – WYoming .................................................................... 2 AppendiCes treasurY CoNtaCt InformatioN ..........................................................................................................103 state treasurers, 1976–PreseNt ...........................................................................................................107 NAST staff memBers.................................................................................................................................... -
NASACT News, November 2014
KEEPING STATE FISCAL OFFICIALS INFORMED VOLUME 34, NUMBER 11 | NOVEMBER 2014 NASACT WEATHERS 2014 ELECTION SEASON With 48 member seats in question, the November worked on legislation that eventually became 2014 elections carried the potential for signifi cant Act 1088, which regulates the state’s treasury change within NASACT’s member ranks. management practices and procedures to ensure Elections results aff ecting member offi ces are prudent investment and management of public funds outlined below by state. Questions about this article entrusted to the state treasurer. Milligan will replace may be directed to Neal Hutchko, policy analyst, at Charles Robinson, who was named temporarily [email protected] or (202) 624-5451. in May 2013 to replace former treasurer Martha Shoff ner and was not eligible for re-election. ALABAMA CALIFORNIA Treasurer: Young Boozer, III (R), running unopposed, retained his seat. Th is will be his second Comptroller: Betty Yee (D) won her race to become term as state treasurer. the new state controller. She previously served as the chief deputy director for budget with the California ARIZONA Department of Finance. She earned her bachelor Treasurer: Jeff DeWit (R), who ran unopposed, is of arts degree in sociology from the University of Arizona’s new state treasurer. DeWit is an investment California, Berkeley, and her master’s degree in public professional and soft ware company owner with a administration from Golden Gate University, San degree from the University of Southern California Francisco. She replaces John Chiang, who was term in business administration and a minor in fi nance. limited. He will replace Doug Ducey, who ran a successful Treasurer: John Chiang (D) won the state treasurer campaign for governor. -
Table 4.24 the TREASURERS, 2010
TREASURERS Table 4.24 THE TREASURERS, 2010 Length of Date of Present Maximum consecutive State or other Method of regular term first term terms allowed jurisdiction Name and party selection in years service ends by constitution Alabama...................... Kay Ivey (R) E 4 1/2003 1/2011 2 Alaska (a) ................... Jerry Burnett A Governor’s Discretion 1/2009 … . Arizona ....................... Dean Martin (R) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Arkansas ..................... Martha Shoffner (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 California.................... Bill Lockyer (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Colorado ..................... Cary Kennedy (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Connecticut ................ Denise L. Nappier (D) E 4 1/1999 1/2011 + Delaware..................... Velda Jones-Potter (D) E 4 1/2009 1/2011 + Florida (b)................... Adelaide “Alex” Sink (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 2 Georgia ....................... W. Daniel Ebersole A Pleasure of the Board 11/1997 … . Hawaii (c) ................... Georgina Kawamura A Governor’s Discretion 12/2002 … . Idaho ........................... Ron G. Crane (R) E 4 1/1999 1/2011 + Illinois.......................... Alexi Giannoulias (D) E 4 1/2007 1/2011 + Indiana ........................ Richard Mourdock (R) E 4 2/2007 2/2011 (d) Iowa............................. Michael L. Fitzgerald (D) E 4 1/1983 1/2011 + Kansas ......................... Dennis McKinney E 4 1/2009 1/2011 + Kentucky..................... Todd Hollenbach (D) E 4 12/2007 12/2011 2 Louisiana .................... John N. Kennedy (R) E 4 1/2000 1/2012 + Maine .......................... David G. Lemoine (D) L 2 1/2005 1/2011 4 Maryland..................... Nancy K. Kopp (D) L 4 2/2002 1/2011 + Massachusetts............. Timothy Cahill (D) E 4 1/2003 1/2011 + Michigan ....................