TIAA, one of the two trusted companies administering the university’s retirement savings plans, will offer a free, U-M-only webinar Thursday, June 8. The hour-long course will help employees chart and track their retirement plans using TIAA tools.

The webinar, Retirement Planning Advice: Tools to Stay on Track, will feature local TIAA strategist Sal Vallasso and TIAA Director of Integrated Solutions Jason Frizzell. Topics will include:

• The importance of developing a retirement plan
• The TIAA Retirement Advisor tool
• Automating your retirement plan with TIAA’s Retirement Plan Portfolio Manager tool

The real-time session takes place from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time. Register on the TIAA website.

Learn by Livestream

Free webinars and workshops are available each month through TIAA and Fidelity, U-M’s longtime retirement savings partners. These programs can help you strengthen your retirement savings; build better money awareness; safeguard your assets; and plan for emergencies.

If you can’t watch a live event, catch it on-demand later. Following are events planned in June:

Fidelity

• Identify and Prioritize Your Savings Goals
  This workshop will help you start to think about your savings goals and understand how you can achieve them.
  Thursday, June 1 – 4 p.m.
  Tuesday, June 20 – 2 p.m.
  Register here.
• Prepare for the Reality of Health Care in Retirement
  This workshop will help you to understand the costs of health care in retirement, and how you can prepare for them.
  Monday, June 12 – 2 p.m.
  Tuesday, June 27 – noon
  Register here.
• Five Money Musts
  Designed for young professionals, this workshop will provide an overview of five core money concepts: budget, credit, debt, investing, and retirement.
  Monday, June 12 – 10 a.m.
  Wednesday, June 28 – 2 p.m.
  Register here.
• Organize, Plan and Own Your Future: Making Financial Health a Priority for Women
  During this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of investing, how to get organized with your investments, and steps to build a plan to meet your goals.
  Friday, June 16 – 2 p.m.
  Register here.

Browse Fidelity’s June webinars to find more events that suit your needs and interests.

TIAA

• Cybersecurity: Help Protect You, Your Family and Your Money
  Are you concerned about identity theft or your family’s online security? TIAA’s information security team will discuss how to protect your data and sensitive information from shrewd cybercriminals.
  Wednesday, June 7 – noon
  Register here.
• Inside Money: Managing Income and Debt
  Learn how to make your money work harder by using your cash flow more effectively, developing good saving habits and better managing debt.
  Wednesday, June 14 – noon
  Register here.
• At Your Fingertips: Manage Your Money From Wherever You Are
  Learn how TIAA is leveraging the latest technologies in its online and mobile tools to help you save time and achieve financial success while you’re on-the-go.
  Wednesday, June 21 – noon
  Register here.
• Make the Move Toward Long-term Financial Security
  This webinar is a critical checkpoint for those halfway down the road to retirement. It addresses the keys to successful money management, how to juggle competing financial demands, and retirement saving strategies to put you on the path to lifelong financial security.
  Wednesday, June 28 – noon
  Register here.

Want to watch more? View TIAA’s Webinar Lounge to find a variety of financial topics.

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