Who is TIAA-CREF?
With more than $402 billion in combined assets under management as of 9/30/09, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) is a leading provider of retirement plans to those in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields.
It is our mission to serve individuals who dedicate themselves to the benefit and enlightenment of others – those who serve the greater good.
Serving Those Who Serve the Greater Good.
For more than 90 years, our focus has been to support nonprofit organizations as they help their employees achieve a successful financial future.
Today, TIAA-CREF provides an extensive range of investment and insurance products and services including annuities, mutual funds, IRA and Keogh plans; personal and institutional trust services; life insurance; advisor services; and 529 college savings plans.
What Makes TIAA-CREF Different?
In accordance with our nonprofit heritage, we at TIAA-CREF have long subscribed to a different set of guiding principles directly influenced by those we serve. Excellence, integrity and professionalism are inherent to our culture. Our employees maintain these high standards by being individually responsible and accountable for demonstrating responsiveness and sound judgment. The creative, results-oriented environment that stems from this culture leads to lasting relationships with our clients and their plan participants.
We are proud to have received recognition for our initiatives in workplace diversity from media and cultural organizations including:
· Black Enterprise – For the third year in a row, TIAA-CREF ranked among the magazine’s 40 Best Companies for Diversity (June 2009).
· Human Rights Campaign Foundation – TIAA-CREF earned a top rating of 100 percent in the foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, a report card on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America (October 2009).
TIAA-CREF ranks #82 in Fortune magazine's list of the 500 largest U.S. companies and #296 in the magazine’s global 500 list (July 2009).
Headquartered in New York City , TIAA-CREF has major offices in Charlotte and Denver and dozens of local offices across the country.
TIAA-CREF's Value Proposition.
We are uniquely dedicated to providing the 15,000 organizations we serve with the most comprehensive way to help ensure secure retirements for their employees. We demonstrate this commitment by always acting in their best interest. Our retirement-focused investment strategy seeks to deliver consistent, long-term growth while protecting principal through prudent risk management. We provide:
· Access to an effective range of products that provide the right mix of asset accumulation and guaranteed income,* helping to ensure that participants will live comfortably to and through retirement.
· Expert consultative guidance in plan design and administration from our highly qualified and experienced retirement professionals.
· The opportunity for all participants, regardless of their portfolio size, to receive objective advice from non-commissioned,** certified and licensed advisors who do what is best for them based on their retirement goals.
Our products, services and strategy combine to create the best overall value in retirement planning in the industry.
If you share our values and vision and would like to be a part of our mission, we invite you to consider joining the exceptional group of people that make up the TIAA-CREF family.
Learn more at: www.tiaa-cref.org/about/careers
TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., members FINRA, distribute securities products. Annuity contracts and certificates are issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), New York , NY . Advisory services are provided by Advice and Planning Services, a division of TIAA CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, a registered investment advisor.
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** TIAA-CREF compensates its advisors through a salary-plus-incentive program based on client service excellence and financial results. Advisors will only recommend products that help achieve our clients’ goals.
