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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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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apis:
  - aid: tiaa-cref:tiaa-retirement-plans
    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.
    humanURL: https://www.tiaa.org/public
    baseURL: https://www.tiaa.org/
    tags:
      - 403b
      - 457b
      - Annuities
      - CREF
      - IRA
      - Mutual Funds
      - Retirement
      - TIAA
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.tiaa.org/public
      - type: Login
        url: https://auth.tiaa.org/public/authentication/login
      - 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:
      - type: Documentation
        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

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public
  - type: About
    url: https://www.tiaa.org/public/about-tiaa
  - 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: [email protected]