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What is CREF?

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What is CREF?

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CREF stands for College Retirement Equities Fund. After deciding in 1952 that a fixed-income based annuity was not going to be sufficient security for teachers retiring in the booming post-war economy, TIAA established a second company. CREF is a New York State Type B Not-For-Profit corporation.