TIAA Vision

Discover products & ideas that strive to better connect you to your financial picture.

Am I on Track?

Calculate your future monthly retirement income in less than a minute.

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Risk Simulator

Assess your tolerance for risk through simulations of past market performance.

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HSA Resource Center

Learn how a Health Savings Account (HSA) can help provide financial security for current medical costs while enhancing your long-term retirement savings.

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My Personal Pension

Estimate your monthly lifetime income¹ payment in under a minute.

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myBenchmark

Learn how your retirement savings stack up against your peers' retirement savings with the swipe of a few buttons.

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Power of Savings

See how contributing a little more toward your retirement can add up to big savings later.

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Mission

TIAA Vision's mission

TIAA Vision implements the latest technologies to create new ways for you to interact with your money. Your early feedback on our products and applications can help us make managing your money and planning for your financial future fit more easily into your daily life.

Our history

Over a century of serving those who do good in the world

We created a sustainable retirement system for teachers and today we are the leader in serving the financial needs of people in academic, government, medical, cultural and other nonprofit fields. We're committed to do the same for the next 100 years.

"No man becomes rich unless he enriches others."

Andrew Carnegie, Founder

1918

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching establishes Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) to provide guaranteed retirement income and life insurance to educators.

1952

TIAA establishes College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), offering the nation’s first variable annuity to help investors fight inflation.

“[It's] the biggest development in the insurance investment business since the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935.” - Fortune editor

1967

TIAA life insurance is #1 in growth according to Fortune magazine

1974

Congressional committee cites TIAA-CREF as an outstanding example of pension fund management and fiduciary responsibility as Congress enacts ERISA legislation to help protect plan participants.

1979

CREF becomes one of the first major pension funds to invest in stocks traded on foreign stock exchanges.

"TIAA-CREF has measured up to the test of change. But we’ve also met the test of time."

Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., Chairman and CEO, 1987-93

1990

CREF introduces CREF Social Choice Account to give our customers a socially responsible investment option.

1992

We introduced Rollover IRAs, to make it easier for people to save for retirement all in one place.

1995

Pensions & Investments named us the largest pension organization in the nation.

1998

TIAA enters the 529 college savings plan market as a service provider to help parents save for education.

2016

TIAA–CREF becomes TIAA. While our name has changed, our commitment to our customers and clients remains the same.

2018

TIAA celebrates 100 years of serving those who make a difference and renews our commitment for the next 100 years.

This material is for informational or educational purposes only and does not constitute fiduciary investment advice under ERISA, a securities recommendation under all securities laws, or an insurance product recommendation under state insurance laws or regulations. This material does not take into account any specific objectives or circumstances of any particular investor, or suggest any specific course of action. Investment decisions should be made based on the investor's own objectives and circumstances.

Any guarantees under annuities issued by TIAA are subject to TIAA's claims-paying ability.

Responsible investing incorporates Environmental Social Governance (ESG) factors that may affect exposure to issuers, sectors, industries, limiting the type and number of investment opportunities available, which could result in excluding investments that perform well.

¹ Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards Winner United States 2013 -2018, Best Overall Large Fund Family Group Over Three Years. The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. Lipper Leaders fund ratings do not constitute and are not intended to constitute investment advice or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security of any entity in any jurisdiction. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com. The Award is based on a review of risk-adjusted performance of 36 companies for 2013, 48 for 2014 & 2015, 37 for 2016 and 34 for 2017 & 2018. The award pertains only to the TIAA-CREF mutual funds in the Large Fund Family category. Certain funds have fee waivers in effect. Without such waivers ratings could be lower. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For current performance, rankings and prospectuses, please visit TIAA.orgOpens in a new window. The investment advisory services, strategies and expertise of TIAA Investments, a division of Nuveen, are provided by Teachers Advisors, LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, and Nuveen Securities, LLC, Members FINRA, distribute securities products.

² Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards Winner United States 2016 -2020. The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. Lipper Leaders fund ratings do not constitute and are not intended to constitute investment advice or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security of any entity in any jurisdiction. For more information, see lipperfundawards.comOpens in a new window. The Award is based on a review of risk-adjusted performance of 39 companies for 2016, 36 for 2017, 35 for 2018 & 2019, and 30 for 2020. The award pertains only to the TIAA-CREF mutual funds in the mixed-asset category. Certain funds have fee waivers in effect. Without such waivers ratings could be lower. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For current performance, rankings and prospectuses, please visit TIAA.orgOpens in a new window. The investment advisory services, strategies and expertise of TIAA Investments, a division of Nuveen, are provided by Teachers Advisors, LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, and Nuveen Securities, LLC, Members FINRA, distribute securities products.

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