Employer-sponsored retirement plans

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Get the basics

The basics of employer-sponsored retirement plans

Getting enrolled

  • Your employer may have already enrolled you in an eligible plan.
  • Check with your benefits department or your plan's microsite to learn about your plan's features.
  • You can enroll online or through your employer.
  • You may be able to choose how much to contribute and how to invest, and name your beneficiaries.
  • Your contributions are automatically deducted from your paycheck and transferred to your retirement account.

Keeping it running

  • You can talk to us—get personalized advice* and education about your employer-sponsored retirement plan at no additional cost from a TIAA consultant.
  • If your employer matches your contributions, learn how much you need to save to get the match.
  • You can change your contribution amount and investments at any time.
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What your employer-sponsored retirement plan might include:

Working and Retired years

Some plans offer TIAA retirement annuities, which can provide you with income for life after you retire—an option that's not available with other investments.

Besides your retirement plan, there are other savings that may support your retirement, like: Social Security payments, an annuity outside your plan, your personal savings, and IRAs.

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Retirement plan highlights

Lifetime income

Many employer-sponsored retirement plans offer fixed and variable annuities that provide you with retirement income for life.1

mutual funds

Learn about our extensive selection of mutual funds that designed to help you achieve your financial goals.

LOW FEES

Expenses for our Nuveen mutual funds and annuities are among the lowest cost in the industry2

Retirement plans are tax-deferred

You won't pay taxes on the growth of your contributions until you take the money out during retirement.

Next steps

Enrolling in your employer's retirement plan

Enroll

Not ready to enroll?

Learn more about what your employer provides.

Already enrolled?

Register for online access and see what’s next.

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Note: Your employer may have already enrolled you in an eligible plan.

*Advice is obtained using an advice methodology from an independent third-party.

1 Guarantees are subject to claims paying ability of the issuing company. Variable annuity payments will fluctuate.

2 86% of CREF Variable Annuity accounts and Nuveen Life funds have expense ratios that are in the bottom quartile of their respective Morningstar category.

Our mutual fund and variable annuity products are subject to various fees and expenses, including but not limited to management, administrative, and distribution fees; our variable annuity products have an additional mortality and expense risk charge.

This material is for informational or educational purposes only and is not fiduciary investment advice, or a securities, investment strategy, or insurance product recommendation. This material does not consider an individual’s own objectives or circumstances which should be the basis of any investment decision.

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