A retirement plan without a guarantee is just wishful thinking.
Give your people the promise of a monthly retirement check for life.1
Financial strength and leadership
The numbers speak for themselves.
Founded to help educators retire with dignity, today we’re a market-leading retirement company fueled by world-class asset management serving academics, healthcare, government and more.
Our financial strength is powered by the TIAA General Account, led by Chief Investment Officer Emily Wiener.
1.4T in AUM
As of December 31, 2024, assets under management (AUM) across Nuveen Investments affiliates and TIAA investment management teams were $1,387 billion.
$296.4B total assets
TIAA is one of the largest general accounts of any U.S. life insurer.2-3
$4.6B profits shared
We shared billions in profits directly with participants in 2024.4
5.25% guaranteed rate
New contributions to the TIAA Traditional* fixed annuity will receive up to a 5.25 percent interest rate as of April 2025. And remember, since TIAA seeks to share its profits. long-term contributors may see higher payouts when it’s time to annuitize.5,6
*TIAA Traditional is issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), New York, NY.
Get under the hood of the TIAA General Account
This diverse investment account is a mix of fixed income and alternative investments that produce predictable recurring income. Learn how the General Account is invested for the long-term.7
TIAA Traditional:
Better retirements start with the promise of a guarantee.8
You can help create confidence and security now and for the rest of their lives.
Always-on growth while saving
In their working years, employees are assured growth no matter the market, giving them more retirement savings without the volatility that comes with the other investment options.8
Bigger retirement checks
TIAA Traditional provides guaranteed retirement checks employees can count on for life with the opportunity for raises in retirement and an exclusive TIAA Loyalty BonusSM for long-term contributtors.4,5,8
Powerfully different
Our guarantees are backed by unwavering financial strength and stability, plus our commitment to sharing profits with participants, not shareholders.4
Uniquely shared profits
Our profits go to participants. We’ve shared $3B a year, on average.4
Unlike other financial institutions, TIAA has no public shareholders and we’ve shared profits since our founding. We give our profits back to our participants through higher interest rates while saving, raises in retirement and the TIAA Loyalty Bonus for long-term savers.
TIAA RetirePlus:
Better retirements by default.
People are living longer than ever, but even though they’re worried about running out of money during retirement, 84% leave money in their plan’s default investment.9 TIAA’s RetirePlus builds lifetime income into the default, setting every employee up on a path towards a more secure retirement.
A default solution that can help secure their futures
TIAA RetirePlus is a custom default solution that allows you to include the guaranteed asset class in the portfolio. This provides the potential for better risk-adjusted returns and an option for checks for employees, while giving you more flexibility and control over your plan.1,8
Innovation
We heard you, so we’re making plan design easier.
We’re re-investing in new solutions, re-forging partnerships and re-imagining how retirement plans work. We’re making it easier to do business with us because retirement plan administration shouldn’t be so hard.
We’re here to help.
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1 Retirement check refers to the annuity income received in retirement. Guarantees of fixed monthly payments are only associated with TIAA's fixed annuities.
2 Financial Strength: The TIAA General Account, December 31, 2024. Total assets $350.0 billion. Total TIAA assets include, in addition to the General Account, separately managed accounts such as the Real Estate Account and TIAA Stable Value.
3 TIAA is ranked number 2, according to SNL Financial, as of Dec. 31, 2023.
4 TIAA may share profits with TIAA Traditional Annuity owners through declared additional amounts of interest during accumulation, higher initial annuity income, and through further increases in annuity income benefits during retirement. These additional amounts are not guaranteed beyond the period for which they are declared. TIAA Annual Statement (2015–2024), Page 4, Line 30.
5 Lifetime income payments from TIAA Traditional may include a TIAA Loyalty BonusSM, which is discretionary and determined annually.
6 New contributions to TIAA Traditional Retirement Choice Annuity (RC) All guarantees are based on TIAA’s claims-paying ability.
7 The TIAA General Account is solely owned by TIAA and supports TIAA’s contractual guarantees and business operations; its performance is not directly allocated to any specific contract or obligation. The TIAA General Account backs TIAA’s fixed annuities. The TIAA General Account is an insurance company account and is not available to investors as an investment.
8 All guarantees are based on TIAA’s claims-paying ability. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
9 TIAA Enterprise Analytics (2022).
By communicating the information contained in this material, TIAA is not providing impartial investment advice or giving advice in a fiduciary capacity regarding any investment by, or other investment strategy or transaction of, the plan(s). TIAA is acting solely in a sales capacity with respect to an arms-length sale, purchase, loan, exchange or other transaction related to the investment of securities or other investment property or investment strategy.
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Assets allocated to the underlying investments based on the model will be invested in underlying mutual funds and annuities that are permissible investments under the plan. Some or all of the underlying investments included in the model may be sponsored or managed by TIAA or its affiliates and pay fees to TIAA and its affiliates. In general, the value of a model-based account will fluctuate based on the performance of the underlying investments in which the account invests. For a detailed discussion of the risks applicable to an underlying investment, please see the prospectus or disclosure document for such underlying investment.
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TIAA RetirePlus Select
TIAA RetirePlus Select is an asset allocation program that includes asset allocation models that a plan participant may choose to guide the investment of his or her account into underlying investment options selected by the plan sponsor (the “underlying investments”). The plan sponsor selects the specific underlying investments available under its plan to represent the various asset classes in the models. An independent third-party advisor engaged by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”) developed the target asset class ratios for the models and the TIAA RetirePlus Select is administered by TIAA as plan recordkeeper. In making TIAA RetirePlus Select available to plans, TIAA is not providing investment advice to the plans or plan participants.
The target asset class ratios for a plan participant’s model-based account will become more conservative over time as the plan participant’s years to retirement decreases. For information regarding the changes to the target allocations please contact TIAA. An account’s actual allocation percentage to an underlying investment may vary from the target allocations due to the performance of the underlying investments or other factors. Accounts invested in accordance with the models will be rebalanced to the applicable target allocations periodically. The underlying investments included in a model are subject to change and may not be representative of the current or future underlying investments for the model. Some or all of the underlying investments included in a model may be sponsored or managed by TIAA or its affiliates and pay fees to TIAA and its affiliates.
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TIAA RetirePlus Pro, a model-based service, is administered by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”) as plan recordkeeper.
The TIAA RetirePlus Pro Models are asset allocation recommendations developed in one of three ways, depending on your plan structure: i) by your plan sponsor, ii) by your plan sponsor in consultation with consultants and other investment advisors designated by the plan sponsor, or iii) exclusively by consultants and other investment advisors selected by your plan sponsor whereby assets are allocated to underlying mutual funds and annuities that are permissible investments under the plan. Model-based accounts will be managed on the basis of the plan participant’s personal financial situation and investment objectives (for example, taking into account factors such as participant age and risk capacity as determined by a risk tolerance questionnaire).
The plan fiduciary and the plan advisor may determine that an underlying investment(s) is appropriate for a model portfolio, but not appropriate as a stand-alone investment for a participant who is not participating in TIAA RetirePlus Pro. In such case, participants who elect to unsubscribe from the service while holding an underlying investment(s) in their model-based account that has been deemed inappropriate as a stand-alone investment option by the plan fiduciary and/or plan advisor will be prohibited from allocating future contributions to that investment option(s).
Established Restrictions: Each plan participant may, but need not, propose restrictions for his or her model-based account, which will further customize such plan participant’s own portfolio of underlying investments. The plan fiduciary is responsible for considering any restrictions proposed by a plan participant, and for determining (together with plan advisor(s)) whether the proposed restriction is “reasonable” in each case.
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