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. Core products include TIAA Traditional (a participating fixed annuity), CREF variable annuity accounts (Stock, Bond Market, Social Choice, Global Equities, Equity Index, Money Market, Inflation-Linked Bond), mutual funds, ETFs managed by Nuveen, and TIAA RetirePlus custom target-date strategies with embedded lifetime income.
TIAA does not currently publish a public developer API. The organization provides financial services through institutional plan agreements, advisor relationships, member portals, and mobile applications.
| API |
Description |
| TIAA Retirement Plans |
403(b), 457(b), 401(k), and IRA retirement plan management |
| TIAA Annuities |
TIAA Traditional, CREF variable annuities, TIAA MyChoice MYGA |
| Nuveen Investments |
Mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, target-date series with lifetime income |
| TIAA Wealth Management |
Managed accounts, brokerage, financial advisory, insurance, 529 plans |
| Product |
Type |
Description |
| TIAA Traditional |
Fixed Annuity |
Guaranteed minimum rate + historical above-floor credits; lifetime income |
| CREF Stock Account |
Variable Annuity |
Broad US and international equity exposure |
| CREF Social Choice Account |
Variable Annuity (ESG) |
Equity with ESG screening |
| CREF Inflation-Linked Bond Account |
Variable Annuity |
TIPS for inflation protection |
| TIAA Secure Income Account (SIA) |
Lifetime Income |
Embedded in Nuveen target-date funds |
| TIAA RetirePlus |
Custom Target-Date |
Custom target-date with embedded TIAA lifetime income |
| File |
Description |
| tiaa-cref-context.jsonld |
JSON-LD context mapping TIAA-CREF financial vocabulary to schema.org and domain-specific linked data semantics |
| File |
Description |
| tiaa-cref-vocabulary.yml |
Domain vocabulary covering retirement plan types, TIAA/CREF annuity products, Nuveen investment solutions, and income planning concepts |
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