TIAA, FSB Personal Trust And Private Asset Management Disclosures And .

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TIAA, FSBPersonal Trust and Private Asset ManagementDisclosures and generalterms and conditionsSpring 2021

Table of contentsI.Disclosures 2Who we are 2What we do 2How we provide investment management services on accounts for which we havesole or shared investment discretion 2Investment policy statement 2Development of client investment portfolio 3IMG model portfolios 5Review of accounts; rebalancing 5Advice on assets not held at TIAA Trust 5Special considerations regarding IRAs 5Education and background 6II. General terms and conditions 71.Impartial conduct standards 72.Privacy 73.Account opening information 74.Fees 85.Fee calculations; aggregation of accounts; fee layering 86.Written agreements; amendment 107.Joint accounts 108.Co-fiduciaries 109.Affiliated relationships 1010. Investments in affiliated products; conflicts of interest; IRA fee credit 1111. Investments in unaffiliated investment, insurance and annuity products 1212. When client assets do not meet our investment standards and policies 1213. Tax issues, including cost information and wash sales rules 1314. Proxy voting 1415. Sales and other compensation 14INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE, AND ANNUITY PRODUCTS IN THE ACCOUNT ARE NOT DEPOSITS WITH TIAA, FSB ORITS AFFILIATES, ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) OR ANY OTHERAGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR BY TIAA, FSB OR ITS AFFILIATES, ARE NOT OBLIGATIONS OF TIAA, FSB,ARE NOT GUARANTEED BY TIAA, FSB, ARE NOT A CONDITION TO ANY BANKING SERVICE OR ACTIVITY, AND ARESUBJECT TO INVESTMENT RISK, INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL.FUNDS IN THE TIAA CASH DEPOSIT ACCOUNT ARE HELD AT TIAA, FSB, WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE FDIC. CASH BALANCESIN THE TIAA CASH DEPOSIT ACCOUNT ARE FDIC INSURED UP TO 250,000 PER ACCOUNT HOLDER, COMBINED WITH OTHERINSURED DEPOSITS OF THE ACCOUNT HOLDER AT TIAA, FSB IN THE SAME OWNERSHIP CATEGORY.

16. Referral arrangements 1517. Transaction fees; best execution 1518. Error correction 1619. Accounts statements; trade confirmations; performance information 1620. Right to refuse appointment; resignation and termination 1721. Client directions; return calls to clients 1722. Internal SMA strategies 1723. External SMA strategies 192422Death of account owner 25. Email and other communications 2326. Non-exclusive services 2327. Float income; incidental benefits of transactions 2328. Personal trading policy; Code of Business Conduct 2429. Arbitration; waiver of right to jury trial 2430. Assignment 2431. Unclaimed property and escheatment 2432. Durable appointment 2433. Risk acknowledgement; liability 2434. Cash sweep investment vehicle 2535. Funds availability 26III. TIAA Cash Deposit Account—deposit program terms and disclosures 271.No separate account 272.FDIC insurance coverage 273.Deposits 274.Withdrawals and transfers 275.Interest and funds availability 286.No embedded fees or service charges 287.Conflicts of interest and benefits to TIAA Trust 288.Legal process 299.No transfer or pledge of interest in the Cash Deposit Account 2910. Termination of interest in the Cash Deposit Account 2911. Amendments 29Attachment Deposit insurance at a glance 30Disclosures and general terms and conditions1

Important information about procedures foropening a new accountTo help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financialinstitutions to obtain, verify and record information identifying each person who opens an account. What this means for you:When you open an account, we will ask for your name, residential street address, date of birth, Social Security number andother information that will allow us to identify you, such as your home telephone number. We may also request a copy ofyour non-expired driver’s license, passport or other identifying documents. Until you provide the information we need,we may not be able to open an account or effect any transactions for you.I. DisclosuresWho we areTIAA, FSB (formerly known as “TIAA-CREF Trust Company,FSB” and referred to in this document as “TIAA Trust”or “we”) is a federal savings bank regulated by the U.S.Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller ofthe Currency. TIAA Trust provides fiduciary, custody andinvestment management services primarily to customers(individual participants and nonprofit organizations) ofTeachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America(“TIAA”), a life insurance company. TIAA Trust is a whollyowned subsidiary of TIAA FSB Holdings, Inc., itself awholly owned direct subsidiary of TIAA. TIAA Trust is thusan indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA.What we doIn addition to offering deposit and loan products to thepublic, we have been granted full trust powers by ourregulator. As a corporate fiduciary, we are authorized toprovide a wide range of services for individuals, trusts,estates, partnerships and corporate entities, including:WWServing as investment manager or custodianWWActing as trustee of revocable and irrevocable trusts,including supplemental needs trustsWWActing as executor or personal representative ofdecedents’ estates2Disclosures and general terms and conditionsWWServing as custodian or directed trustee of IndividualRetirement Accounts (IRAs) and employee benefit plansWWProviding safekeeping services for securities andtangible assetsThe majority of our fiduciary business involves managinginvestment account assets, including IRAs, for clients.How we provide investment managementservices on accounts for which we have soleor shared investment discretionWe provide investment management services to youwhen you enter into an investment managementagreement with us, or when you appoint us to serve astrustee or executor over a trust or a decedent’s estate,alone or with one or more individual fiduciaries.Investment policy statement. At the beginning ofthe relationship, your TIAA Wealth ManagementAdvisor (“Advisor”) will assist you in collectingpertinent information and completing a RiskTolerance Questionnaire and other account openingdocumentation, which may include an accountapplication or agreement. As soon as practicablefollowing the opening of your account, a PortfolioManager will be assigned to your account, as well as amember of our Trust administration team. The Portfolio

Manager then will conduct an initial review of youraccount portfolio and will work with you to confirmyour investment goals, time horizon, risk tolerance,income requirements and tax considerations (“Goalsand Objectives”). It is our policy to put your Goalsand Objectives in writing, in an “Investment PolicyStatement” or “IPS” for your account. Your PortfolioManager will consider an appropriate asset allocation foryour account based on your Goals and Objectives, andinclude the proposed asset allocation in your IPS, foryour approval.The active management and the development of aninvestment portfolio for your account will begin as soonas reasonably practicable after you approve the IPS.If you are unable to respond to our requests for approvalof the IPS for your account, the active management ofyour account may be delayed. We reserve the right tobegin the active management of your account after areasonable period of time, which we may determine inour discretion, if we do not receive a response to ourrequest(s) for approval of the IPS. In that event, to buildyour account’s portfolio we would use the information youprovided to us as part of the account opening process,which could be incomplete. We reserve the right to tradein your account prior to our receipt of your approvedIPS to pay outstanding fees or otherwise comply withyour directions if permissible under the terms of theagreement governing your account.Your account assets will generally be fully invested withinninety (90) days following your approval of the IPS or thedate we begin the active management of your account.We are not responsible for any damages resulting fromthe lack of active management of your account forany period of time during which we did not have yourapproved IPS (or similar form), once submitted to you or,once approved, for any period of time during which theportfolio was not fully invested as provided above. It isour policy to amend the IPS as needed when our clientsnotify us of changes in their circumstances that mayaffect their Goals and Objectives, the asset allocationfor their account, or the continued appropriateness ofthe current portfolio. Examples of such changes include,but are not limited to, changes in net worth, maritalstatus, family size, occupation, residence, health, incomelevel, investment objective or risk tolerance. You shouldpromptly inform us of any changes to your circumstancesthat could impact the management of your account.Unless we otherwise agree in our discretion, all of theassets that you transfer to us for your account will besubject to management by us. This includes assets youtransferred to us for which you may not have cost (basis)information or inaccurate cost (basis) information.We do not provide discretionary investment managementservices with respect to assets we hold as custodianonly in custody accounts, or in directed trust accounts forwhich we serve as directed trustee.Development of client investment portfolio. TheInvestment Management Group (IMG), our in-houseinvestment research and advisory team, is an integralpart of our portfolio management organization. The IMGproduces and maintains several key components of thePortfolio Manager-driven investment process, namelyasset allocations and the research and ongoing coverageof the separate managed accounts (“SMAs”), mutualfunds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reflected in ourapproved lists and used to build your portfolio. The IMG’sasset allocation framework is designed to achieve globalmarket exposure and positive returns over the long term,or over the full market cycle, from the represented assetclasses, for a target level of risk. It is also based uponextensive research, including an analysis of the broadeconomic environment, trends and historical data, theoutlook for the U.S. and global economies, interest rates,and other relevant factors. Your Portfolio Manager willselect and include in your IPS an asset allocation mixfor your account (unless a unique investment solution isrequested or required) based on an evaluation of yourGoals and Objectives, for your approval. Your PortfolioManager will then develop a portfolio of investments foryour account tailored to your Goals and Objectives. Belowis a summary of the processes used in the selection ofinvestment vehicles for your account:––SMA, mutual fund and ETF selection process.An integral part of our investment process isthe selection of individual investment vehiclesused to provide portfolio representation toDisclosures and general terms and conditions3

specific asset classes. The IMG has developedunique enhancements to the manager selectionprocess designed to identify active managerbiases through changing market cycles. The IMGdevelops and maintains a list of active managers,eligible for purchase in client accounts, as follows:For active managers, it begins its investmentresearch process with a universe of thousandsof SMAs and mutual funds. These are subjectedto a two-stage research process that includes(1) a quantitative evaluation, where the IMGuses proprietary research tools to identify biasesand eliminate investments that do not meetour risk and performance characteristic criteria;and (2) a qualitative evaluation, where the IMGresearches the portfolio strategy, investmentphilosophy and operational capabilities of aselect group of investment managers who passthe quantitative evaluation. While the analysisfor active managers considers a fund’s internalcosts (or expense ratio), cost is only one factorconsidered in the analysis and does not dictatethat the fund with the lowest internal costsamong peers will be selected where other factorsotherwise weigh in favor of selection of the fund.For passively managed funds, the IMG selectsfunds based on a quantitative risk assessment.Among the passively managed funds that pass thequantitative evaluation, IMG will seek to select themost cost-efficient solution, unless circumstancesjustify otherwise.Our spectrum of investment vehicles includes bothaffiliated and unaffiliated SMAs, mutual funds andETFs. This represents a wide range of potentialinvestment choices from low-cost, low-trackingerror index products to more aggressive, activelymanaged solutions. This flexibility allows ourPortfolio Managers to construct customized clientportfolios that seek to optimize the balancebetween cost, portfolio volatility and potential extrareturn while seeking to satisfy clients’ Goals andObjectives. The IMG uses the identical processesto identify and select SMAs and funds regardlessof whether they are offered by one of our affiliatesor an unaffiliated third party.4Disclosures and general terms and conditionsUnless a unique investment solution isrequested or required, your account portfoliowill be constructed utilizing, where appropriate,a broad array of SMAs, mutual funds and ETFsand, to the extent warranted, individual equityand fixed-income securities. If appropriate, yourPortfolio Manager may include TIAA investmentvehicles, including SMAs, mutual funds, and ETFs,in your portfolio. The portion of your accountinvested in TIAA investment vehicles may attimes be significant and vary at our discretion.Your Portfolio Manager will periodically monitorand review your account assets and determinewhich securities should be held, purchased orsold in light of your Goals and Objectives, marketconditions, and a number of other events, whichmay include changes in fund management.Investing in mutual funds and ETFs will cause youto incur indirectly fund-level fees and expensesthat are in addition to the fees and expensesyou pay to us directly for managing your account.We face a conflict of interest when using “AffiliatedFunds” (defined in Section 9 of Part II below) intaxable accounts because their use provides ouraffiliates with greater aggregate revenue thanthe use of unaffiliated funds, as described inSection 10 of Part II below.––Individual equity and fixed-income securities.Portfolio Managers may elect to utilize individualequity or fixed-income securities that align toa client’s specific Goals and Objectives basedupon security eligibility. Individual equity securityeligibility is derived from the constituents of theRussell Top 200 Index, providing clients exposureto the large-capitalization segment of the U.S.equity market. The eligibility list, therefore,represents approximately 67% of the total marketcapitalization of all publicly traded U.S. equitysecurities. Further, all individual fixed-incomesecurities purchased for client accounts by yourPortfolio Manager will be investment grade (asrated by nationally recognized ratings services) ortheir equivalent.

IMG model portfolios. The IMG also exclusively createsand maintains certain model portfolios (currently, theTier I model portfolio). As part of the development of youraccount portfolio, your Portfolio Manager may elect to usethese IMG model portfolios. For these model portfolios,the IMG uses the same asset allocations and list ofapproved products as those used by Portfolio Managers.The IMG also selects which investment products to utilizefor each asset class. When making these selections, theIMG considers a number of factors, such as performanceand risk expectations for each fund as well as eachstrategy’s risk and tax objectives.Review of accounts; rebalancing. Your PortfolioManager periodically monitors your account and conductsa detailed review annually to evaluate whether youraccount assets remain appropriate for your Goals andObjectives. This annual review includes a review of theaccount portfolio characteristics, such as the categoriesof investments, diversification of securities holdings,quality of portfolio holdings, account performance andannual income from each investment. Our InvestmentOversight and Control Subcommittee monitors theseinvestment reviews. For certain account types andassets, as part of the overall annual review of youraccount, our Trust administration personnel also reviewvarious items related to the administration of youraccount including, if applicable, the trust agreement orLast Will and Testament governing your account.Periodically, market movement may cause “drift” in youraccount portfolio away from its target asset allocationweights. We may rebalance the portfolio to bring itback in line with its target asset allocation weights.The frequency and timing of any rebalancing vary basedon economic, market and other conditions, as well aschanges affecting specific funds or managers and theirappropriateness for your account.Advice on assets not held at TIAA Trust. Generally,we do not provide investment management services overassets that we (or an affiliate) do not hold in custody.However, under certain circumstances and if permittedby applicable law, we may offer clients limited advice onassets we do not hold in custody. For example, wherewe have an existing or potential client relationship,we may examine the holdings of the client and his/herspouse and offer general advice regarding diversification(or concentration) of assets and asset allocation. Unlesswe specifically agree otherwise in writing, the client isresponsible for implementing any limited investmentadvice we may provide in connection with assets thatwe do not hold in custody. Likewise, unless we haveotherwise specifically agreed in writing, we do notundertake any obligation to monitor, review or update thiskind of advice if we have provided it to the client.Special considerations regarding IRAsYou may rollover assets from an employer-sponsoredplan account into an IRA to be managed by us ortransfer assets from an existing IRA into a new IRA to bemanaged by us. Prior to rolling over or transferring assetsinto an IRA to be managed by us, however, you shouldconsider the features, costs, and surrender chargesassociated with consolidating the assets in one place.For example, IRA rollovers and transfers may be subjectto differences in features, costs, and surrender charges.You should consider all the options prior to rolling overassets into an IRA. A detailed description of theseconsiderations may be found at https://www.tiaa.org/public/pdf/Know Your Options from TIAA.pdf. You maybe able to leave assets in your current plans, withdrawcash subject to potential penalties, or rollover the assetsinto a new employer plan if one is available and rolloversare permitted. You should consult your tax or otheradvisor for more information. Please note that neitherTIAA Trust nor your Advisor or other TIAA representativeprovides tax advice. TIAA Trust benefits when you transferassets from your employer-sponsored retirement plan toan account managed by us because of the fee we chargefor our services, which would not be charged if yourassets remained in an employer-sponsored retirementplan. This creates a conflict of interest. We seek tomitigate this conflict by disclosing it to you and by havingour financial professionals affiliated with TIAA-CREFIndividual & Institutional Services, LLC (“TC Services”)discuss your options when they make any such rolloverrecommendation to you. TC Services also requiresthat rollover transactions recommended by its WealthDisclosures and general terms and conditions5

Management Advisors (WMAs) be reviewed, as requiredby applicable regulatory standards, to determine whethersuch recommended transactions are appropriate to meetour clients’ financial needs.6Disclosures and general terms and conditionsEducation and backgroundWe require our investment professionals, who provideinvestment advice, to have a college education or theequivalent, as well as business experience in moneymanagement, financial planning or security analysis.Senior investment professionals generally are expectedto have earned an advanced degree or equivalentcertification beyond their baccalaureate and to haveappropriate investment-related experience in assetmanagement and/or security analysis.

II. General terms and conditionsAs the context requires, the terms and conditions includedin this Part II apply to all of our accounts, includinginvestment management, trust and estate accounts.1Impartial conduct standards. We have adoptedpolicies and procedures by which we require ourpersonnel to adhere to impartial conduct standardsin the performance of their services for our fiduciaryclients. These standards include (a) performingour services in the best interests of our fiduciaryclients—we strive to act prudently and in accordancewith our clients’ Goals and Objectives, withoutregard to our financial or other interests or those ofour fiduciary personnel, affiliates or other entity inwhich we or our fiduciary personnel may hold anyinterest, or any other person; (b) ensuring that ourpersonnel’s actions do not cause us or our affiliatesto receive compensation for services that is in excessof reasonable compensation; and (c) not makingstatements that are materially misleading whenmade, to our fiduciary clients regarding investmenttransactions, advice, fees and compensation, anymaterial conflicts of interest, and any other matterrelevant to our fiduciary clients’ decisions related totheir account.2Privacy. We take the privacy of your informationseriously. To communicate our privacy practices toyou, we have provided to you our Consumer PrivacyNotice. If you are a California resident, we havealso provided to you our California Resident PrivacyNotice. Please carefully read the information we haveprovided. If you have questions, please contact usat 888-842-9001 or the National Contact Center(“NCC”) at 1-877-518-9161.3Account opening information. To help thegovernment fight the funding of terrorism andmoney-laundering activities, federal law requiresthat we or our affiliates verify our clients’ identityby obtaining our clients’ name, date of birth,address and a government-issued tax identificationnumber before opening their account. We may alsoobtain and verify this information with respect toany person authorized to effect transactions in anaccount. For certain entities, such as trusts, estates,corporations, partnerships or other organizations,identifying documentation is also required. We maynot be able to open your account, or may restrict orclose your account, if we cannot obtain or verify thisinformation for any reason. We and our affiliateswill not be responsible for any losses or damages(including, but not limited to, lost opportunities)resulting from any failure to verify this information orany restriction placed on, or closing, client accounts.In order to open an account, a client must: (1) be aU.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien), (2) havea valid U.S. permanent residential address and avalid U.S. mailing address (no P.O. Box) (with theexception of U.S. military personnel residing outsidethe U.S. with Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet PostOffice (FPO) box number), and (3) have a valid U.S.taxpayer identification number. Our services arenot available to foreign investors. If we determinethat you or another individual associated with youraccount resides outside of the United States, you willbe subject to certain limitations. While we generallymake that determination by looking at your addressinformation in our records (including the addressmaintained by any individual who may control youraccount), we reserve the right to consider otherinformation when making this determination and/orsubjecting you to these limitations. In that event,we may at any time in our discretion terminate ourrelationship, suspend our obligation to managethe assets in the account, provide only ministerialservices, not engage in discussions with you onvarious topics, including asset allocation or portfoliocomposition, not permitting purchases of additionalsecurities, including shares of U.S. mutual funds(except pursuant to a dividend reinvestment programor in other limited circumstances), and/or modifyyour rights to access any account feature, product orservice. By opening and maintaining an account withus, you acknowledge that we do not solicit offers toDisclosures and general terms and conditions7

buy or sell securities or any other product or service,or offer investment advice, to any person residingin any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation,purchase or sale would be unlawful under the laws ofsuch jurisdiction.We do not impose a minimum dollar value of assetsfor establishing or maintaining your account. However,we do charge a minimum fee. For those accountswhere the minimum fee is charged, the effectivebasis point fee will be higher than the fee publishedin our standard fee schedules.If you wish to open an account through an agentunder your power of attorney (or otherwise conductany account transactions through an agent underyour power of attorney), we may require that youragent first sign an Affidavit or other form and providerequested information prior to accepting directionsfrom your agent. We reserve the right to refuse tofollow directions from an agent under a power ofattorney if we believe that your agent lacks authorityunder such instrument or did not provide therequested information, and you agree that we will nothave any liability for doing so.48Fees. We charge you a fee for our services that isbased on the then-effective fee schedule(s) applicableto your account type, the services we provide, andthe types of assets in your account, including whetherany portion of your account assets are invested inExternal SMAs (see Section 23 of Part II for detailson additional External SMA Fees). The majority ofour accounts are charged asset-based fees that arecalculated based on a percentage of the market valueof the assets in the account at a given time (subjectto a minimum fee) (“Base Fee”). In limited exceptions,such as for Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts for whichwe serve as trustee, our base fee is a flat fee. We willprovide you our standard fee schedule before webegin to perform our services. We will communicateto you any revisions to the fee schedule before theygo into effect. From time to time, we may enter intonegotiated fee arrangements, with fees differing fromthose on our standard fee schedules. Some of thereasons for individualized fee arrangements include(but are not limited to), type of relationship with TIAATrust, complexity and extent of services we provide,number of different accounts and total assets undermanagement or custody for our client (and otherrelated clients), or other factors.Disclosures and general terms and conditionsWe may charge additional fees for special servicesbased on the amount of work performed and theresponsibility assumed by our personnel. Suchservices will generally result in an hourly charge forour personnel involved in performing the services.These services may include tax return preparationor assistance with other tax compliance matters,researching cost (basis) information, and respondingto subpoenas or other legal process related toyour account. We also charge an additional fee foradministering and managing any unique assetsin your account (such as real estate, partnershipinterests, mineral interests or closely held businessinterests) that are not publicly traded.5Fee calculations; aggregation of accounts; feelayering. Generally, the services we provide andthe fees that we charge you vary depending on youraccount type, the types of services we provide andthe types of assets in your account. Our fees begin toaccrue when assets are first received in your accountregardless of whether we have begun actively managingyour account. Our fees are calculated based on apercentage of the value of the cash and securities inyour account on the last business day of a calendarmonth and are payable monthly in arrears. We calculatefees for a partial month based on the percentage ofdays on which we provided services during the month.We deduct fees directly from your account; however,for certain account types, we may deduct fees fromanother one of your accounts at TIAA Trust that you mayhave specified or, in limited circumstances, through anautomatic debit arrangement from another TIAA Trustaccount titled in another owner’s name, with such otherowner’s written consent.Our fees are subject to change upon prior notice toyou. You will be deemed to have consented to thechange if you do not terminate your account withinthirty (30) days following your receipt of our notice.

For fee calculation purposes, we may combine themarket value of your account with the market valueof other related accounts in your account relationshipat TIAA Trust (this is commonly referred to as account“householding”). Related accounts include accountsopened by or on behalf of your spouse, life partner,parents/spouse’s parents, children/children’sspouse, siblings, or accounts over which you havesole decision-making authority. To qualify for accounthouseholding, all accounts must be on the same feeschedule and billing frequency. Householding yourTIAA Trust accounts may collectively qualify theseaccounts for a different fee breakpoint. The greaterof the minimum Base Fee for the account household,or the Base Fee calculated on the combined marketvalue of all accounts in the account household, willapply. Unless otherwise agreed, the Base Fee isprorated among all accounts in the account household.The minimum account size for related accounts in anaccount household is 50,000. You may at any timeelect to opt out of account householding.If you household your TIAA Trust accounts, you andeach account owner in your account household agreethat we may disclose the market value of each accountin the household to the other account owners in yourhousehold, for fee calculation purposes. If you serve ina representa

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America ("TIAA"), a life insurance company. TIAA Trust is a wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA FSB Holdings, Inc., itself a wholly owned direct subsidiary of TIAA. TIAA Trust is thus an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA. What we do In addition to offering deposit and loan products to the