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SALT LAKE CITY – September 12, 2023 – Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks invites Utah women to attend the fifth annual, hybrid Utah Women in the Money Conference. The conference will be held in-person at the Sheraton Salt Lake Hotel and virtually on Thursday, September 28 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. and Friday, September 29 from 8:30 a.m. – …

SALT LAKE CITY – September 11, 2023 – Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks has launched a new statewide investment challenge for Utah students in grades 4-12. The Utah Treasurer’s Investment Challenge is a 10-week simulation of Wall Street investing on the StockTrak platform. The program provides a framework for Utah students to learn about the U.S. economy and financial markets. …

WASHINGTON, DC – July 12, 2023 – The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) and the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) today issued a public advisory regarding fraudulent attempts to contact individuals about unclaimed property. It is crucial for the public to be aware that NAUPA and NAST will never directly contact individuals regarding unclaimed property, and any such …

SALT LAKE CITY – June 5, 2023 – Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks today announced the appointment of Mark Siddoway and David Zucker to the School and Institutional Trust Funds Office (SITFO) Board of Trustees. When Utah became a state in 1896, Congress granted approximately seven million acres of land into 12 separate trusts for the support of state institutions, …

SALT LAKE CITY – May 25, 2023 – The Utah Department of Veterans & Military Affairs (UDVMA) and the Utah Office of State Treasurer have reunited $709,197 in lost money with 750 Veterans as the result of a joint campaign launched in November 2022. By securely matching records through the Utah Division of Technology Services, the two agencies were able …

State treasurers, auditors and financial officers send letters to largest asset managers and proxy advisory firms seeking answers to firms’ questionable proxy voting practices and recommendations SALT LAKE CITY – May 17, 2023 – Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks joined 21 other treasurers, auditors and financial officers from a total of 19 states in letters to the nation’s largest asset …

SALT LAKE CITY – February 22, 2023 – Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks and community partners are raising awareness of the importance of saving and the resources available to help Utahns achieve their financial goals as part of the annual “Utah Saves Week” campaign. One focus of this year’s campaign is to reduce barriers for Utahns to access safe and affordable …

Funds go directly to schools for programs chosen by parents and educators SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Feb. 7, 2023 – Public schools will receive a historic $101 million distribution from the Permanent State School Fund this year as a direct result of the strong performance from the School and Institutional Trust Lands System – a 5.4% increase from last …

February 1 is National Unclaimed Property Day $30.6 million in unclaimed cash returned to rightful owners in FY2022 SALT LAKE CITY – February 1, 2023 – Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks today announced that the Utah Unclaimed Property Division of the Office of State Treasurer received a record-breaking $77.2 million in lost property in 2022. This property comes from sources …