The Office of the Vermont State Treasurer serves as Vermont's banker and chief investment officer, and is responsible for handling money that belongs to all the citizens of Vermont, accounting for the receipt and disbursement of public funds, short and long-term debt management, investment of state funds, administration of three retirement systems and pension funds, collecting and returning unclaimed financial property to rightful owners, improving the financial literacy of Vermonters, and advising state policymakers on various fiscal and policy issues.