TIAA-CREF

aid: tiaa-cref
name: TIAA-CREF
description: TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, formerly TIAA-CREF) is a Fortune 100 leading provider
  of financial services for people in the academic, research, medical, cultural, and government fields. With $1.5 trillion
  in assets under management, TIAA serves over 4.7 million individual customers and more than 12,000 institutional clients.
  Founded in 1918, TIAA invented the variable annuity in 1952 via the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) and is known
  for its TIAA Traditional fixed annuity and lifetime income solutions. TIAA wholly owns Nuveen Investments, a major institutional
  asset management firm. TIAA serves primarily non-profit organizations, universities, hospitals, and government entities
  with retirement plans including 403(b), 457(b), and 401(k) plans.
type: Index
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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tags:
- 403b
- Annuities
- Asset Management
- Fortune 100
- Higher Education
- Institutional
- Insurance
- Investments
- Non Profit
- Nuveen
- Retirement
- TIAA
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created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-03'
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  name: TIAA Retirement Plans
  description: TIAA's retirement plan services for individual participants, covering 403(b), 457(b), 401(k), and IRA accounts.
    Products include TIAA Traditional fixed annuity, CREF variable annuities (stock, bond, money market, social choice, global
    equities, inflation-linked bond, equity index accounts), mutual funds, and the Brokerage Window for self-directed investing.
    TIAA RetirePlus provides custom target-date strategies with embedded lifetime income for institutional clients.
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  baseURL: https://www.tiaa.org/
  tags:
  - 403b
  - 457b
  - Annuities
  - CREF
  - IRA
  - Mutual Funds
  - Retirement
  - TIAA
  properties:
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  - type: Plan Sponsors
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/plansponsors
  - type: Investment Products
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/invest/services/wealth-management/investment-products
  - type: Lifetime Income
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/plansponsors/lifetime-income-leader
  contact:
  - FN: TIAA Customer Support
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/about-tiaa/contact
- aid: tiaa-cref:tiaa-annuities
  name: TIAA Annuities
  description: TIAA's flagship annuity products for retirement income, including TIAA Traditional (a participating fixed annuity
    with guaranteed minimum plus historical above-floor credits), CREF variable annuities across multiple investment accounts,
    and the new TIAA MyChoice MYGA (a flexible-premium multi-year guaranteed annuity). TIAA is rated A++ by AM Best. Portfolios
    with TIAA Traditional have outperformed in over 90% of retirement scenarios per major studies.
  humanURL: https://www.tiaa.org/public
  tags:
  - Annuities
  - Fixed Annuity
  - Insurance
  - Lifetime Income
  - Retirement Income
  - Variable Annuity
  properties:
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    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/pdf/t/tiaa-retirement-product-primer.pdf
- aid: tiaa-cref:nuveen-investments
  name: Nuveen Investments
  description: Nuveen is TIAA's wholly owned institutional asset management subsidiary with $1.5 trillion AUM (as of March
    2026). Nuveen provides mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, target-date series with embedded lifetime income (Nuveen
    Lifecycle Income), responsible investing ESG strategies, fixed income, real assets, and alternatives. Nuveen collaborates
    with Morningstar Retirement, Transamerica, and other partners to distribute TIAA Secure Income Account solutions.
  humanURL: https://www.nuveen.com/
  baseURL: https://www.nuveen.com/
  tags:
  - Asset Management
  - ETFs
  - Fixed Income
  - Institutional
  - Mutual Funds
  - Nuveen
  - Target Date
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.nuveen.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nuveen.com/en-us
- aid: tiaa-cref:tiaa-wealth-management
  name: TIAA Wealth Management
  description: TIAA's wealth management services for individuals, including managed accounts, brokerage services, financial
    advisory services, life insurance, educational savings (529 plans), and banking products.
  humanURL: https://www.tiaa.org/public/invest/services/wealth-management
  tags:
  - Banking
  - Brokerage
  - Financial Advice
  - Insurance
  - Investments
  - Wealth Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/invest/services/wealth-management
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- type: Plan Sponsors
  url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/plansponsors
- type: Individual Investors
  url: https://www.tiaa.org/public
- type: Login
  url: https://auth.tiaa.org/public/authentication/login
- type: Nuveen
  url: https://www.nuveen.com/
- type: Annual Report
  url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/about-tiaa/corporate-governance
- type: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIAA
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com