State Treasurer Visits Warsaw During Van Tour
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
State Treasurer Visits Warsaw During Van Tour
By Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Mourdock (R-Darmstadt) met with approximately 20 people including local government officials.
Besides Warsaw Wednesday, he also made stops in Tipton, Logansport, Elkhart, South Bend, Plymouth and Goshen. Today he will speak in LaPorte, Valparaiso, Crown Point and Lafayette.
Mourdock was elected as the 53rd state treasurer in November 2006, and took office Feb. 10, 2007.
As treasurer, Mourdock serves as the state's chief investment officer, where he seeks to maximize the return on the state's investment portfolio.
He also serves as chairman of the Indiana Bond Bank, Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board and the Indiana Education Savings Authority.
Mourdock faces Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend) in the Nov. 2 election.
In an interview, Mourdock said in a turbulent time the state treasurer's office has been successful with its investing despite incredibly historically low interest rates.
He also said the office has earned more than a billion dollars in interest and earnings for the state.
"That's a billion dollars Hoosier taxpayers didn't have to pay," Mourdock said.
He works with the state police pension fund, and said the fund is in the top 20 percent in performance of all public pension funds in the U.S.
He also said he has been instrumental in revamping Indiana's College Choice 529 Plan.
"The plan is a way for parents and grandparents to set money aside and save tax free to help save for their children's or grandchildren's college," Mourdock said.
The state treasurer's office revamped the plan and was recognized by Morningstar, an independent rating agency, as having one of the top five plans in the U.S.
He discussed issues important to him.
"I want to make sure the experience that I have had as a local government official and as a state treasurer gets utilized to the fullest so we can continue to work from our office to help more local officials better manage their funds," Mourdock said.
He said the state treasurer's office once a month conducted public funds management seminars.
He said if he is elected again he plans to continue to do that to make sure people are learning from the state treasurer's department and investing their money wisely.[[In-content Ad]]
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Mourdock (R-Darmstadt) met with approximately 20 people including local government officials.
Besides Warsaw Wednesday, he also made stops in Tipton, Logansport, Elkhart, South Bend, Plymouth and Goshen. Today he will speak in LaPorte, Valparaiso, Crown Point and Lafayette.
Mourdock was elected as the 53rd state treasurer in November 2006, and took office Feb. 10, 2007.
As treasurer, Mourdock serves as the state's chief investment officer, where he seeks to maximize the return on the state's investment portfolio.
He also serves as chairman of the Indiana Bond Bank, Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board and the Indiana Education Savings Authority.
Mourdock faces Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend) in the Nov. 2 election.
In an interview, Mourdock said in a turbulent time the state treasurer's office has been successful with its investing despite incredibly historically low interest rates.
He also said the office has earned more than a billion dollars in interest and earnings for the state.
"That's a billion dollars Hoosier taxpayers didn't have to pay," Mourdock said.
He works with the state police pension fund, and said the fund is in the top 20 percent in performance of all public pension funds in the U.S.
He also said he has been instrumental in revamping Indiana's College Choice 529 Plan.
"The plan is a way for parents and grandparents to set money aside and save tax free to help save for their children's or grandchildren's college," Mourdock said.
The state treasurer's office revamped the plan and was recognized by Morningstar, an independent rating agency, as having one of the top five plans in the U.S.
He discussed issues important to him.
"I want to make sure the experience that I have had as a local government official and as a state treasurer gets utilized to the fullest so we can continue to work from our office to help more local officials better manage their funds," Mourdock said.
He said the state treasurer's office once a month conducted public funds management seminars.
He said if he is elected again he plans to continue to do that to make sure people are learning from the state treasurer's department and investing their money wisely.[[In-content Ad]]
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