Illinois State Treasurer’s Office News Releases

SPRINGFIELD — Jewelry, collectible coins, sports memorabilia and historic souvenirs are among the more than 450 unclaimed property items to be auctioned online from December 5 through December 9. “Our online auction is a wonderful opportunity to discover rare and memorable finds, either for yourself or for that special someone who will appreciate them as gifts,” said Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, whose office oversees unclaimed property in Illinois. “You won’t even need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate in the auction.” Items to be auctioned…

SPRINGFIELD — The number of U.S. public companies that disclose the race, ethnicity and gender of their corporate board directors has increased an estimated 13-fold over the last two years, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said today. Since 2020, Frerichs has led a coalition of investor organizations calling on companies in the Russell 3000 Index to disclose the makeup of their boards of directors – inclusive of gender, race and ethnicity – given the correlation between board diversity and long-term performance. Using 2022 data from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Frerichs…