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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields, announced today its first application for the iPhone: The TIAA-CREF Savings Simplifier.
“The Savings Simplifier app offers our clients some handy tools right at their fingertips for keeping their savings on track”
The new app, available free on iTunes, gives users interactive tools that provide useful and entertaining information about saving for retirement and other goals. It adds to the company’s growing suite of digital initiatives which offer investors new and easy ways to engage with TIAA-CREF.
“The Savings Simplifier app offers our clients some handy tools right at their fingertips for keeping their savings on track,” said Jeff Fleischman, Chief Digital Officer. “We’re excited to offer another way our clients can connect with us.”
The TIAA-CREF Savings Simplifier app also allows users to:
- Test their financial knowledge and learn how to help accelerate future savings with the “Money Smarts” quiz
- Take a glance at their possible financial future with the “Retirement Projector”
- See where their money is going on the little everyday purchases such as coffee or take-out that can really add up with our “What’s it Worth Calculator”
- Read news articles and listen to market commentary podcasts by Chief Investment Strategist, Brett Hammond
- Get the latest information about TIAA-CREF fund performance
- Contact a TIAA-CREF retirement consultant for an advice session
- Map the locations of TIAA-CREF offices across the country
TIAA-CREF’s other digital initiatives include:
Social Networking:
Plug into news and videos, or take the popular Nest Egg Challenge at www.Facebook.com/tiaa-cref. For TIAA-CREF participants nearing retirement, join an online community of like-minded people sharing their experiences on making the transition to life in retirement at www.myretirement.org. Keep up with the latest buzz about long-term savings with tweets from TIAA-CREF at www.Twitter.com/TC_Talks.
Multimedia News and Market Commentary
Visit www.tiaa-cref.org for the latest news, information and market commentary and view videos and online Financial Education Seminars or subscribe to the latest Market Insights podcasts from TIAA-CREF through iTunes.
Mobile
This fall, TIAA-CREF introduced Quick Response Codes (QR Codes) in select TIAA-CREF print ads, providing users with smart phones with a camera to access online content from TIAA-CREF – or connect with a TIAA-CREF retirement consultant – by simply taking a picture of the QR code in the ad.
Connect with Advice
Sign up with one of TIAA-CREF’s retirement consultants, at www.tiaa-cref.org/services/retirement-planning-advice. We believe an important step to building retirement security is a personalized retirement planning and advice consultation, and we offer objective and actionable advice — at no added cost.1
About TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF (www.tiaa-cref.org) is a national financial services organization with $402 billion in combined assets under management (as of # and is the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields.
TIAA-CREF products may be subject to market and other risk factors. See the applicable product literature, or visit www.tiaa-cref.org. for details.
You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. Please call # , or go to www.tiaa-cref.org for a current prospectus that contains this and other information. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., members FINRA, distribute securities products. Advice and Planning Services is a division of TIAA-CREF Individual &Institutional Services LLC.
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1 For eligible individuals