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TIAA-CREF
Funds
  Supplement

 

TIAA-CREF Fixed-Income & Real Estate Securities Funds

 

TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund

TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1

dated August 17, 2020, to the Summary Prospectuses each dated August 1, 2020

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 2

dated August 17, 2020, to the Statutory Prospectus dated August 1, 2020, as supplemented through August 1, 2020

 

The portfolio management team of the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund has changed. Joseph Higgins has become a new member of the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund’s portfolio management team. Accordingly, the following hereby replaces in its entirety the entry for the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund in the sub-section entitled “Portfolio Managers” in the section entitled “Portfolio management” on page 9 of the Summary Prospectus and page 47 of the Statutory Prospectus for the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund:

 

Portfolio Managers. The following persons are primarily responsible for the management of the Fund on a day-to-day basis:

 

Name: William Martin John Cerra Kevin R. Lorenz, CFA
Title: Senior Managing Director Managing Director Managing Director
Experience on Fund: since 2011 since 2003 since 2006
Name: Anupam Damani, CFA Joseph Higgins, CFA  
Title: Managing Director Managing Director  
Experience on Fund: since 2019 since 2020  

 

The following hereby replaces in its entirety the entry for the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund in the table found in the sub-section entitled “Portfolio management teams” of the section entitled “Management of the Funds” beginning on page 161 of the Statutory Prospectus for the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund:

 
            Total Experience
(since dates
specified below)
Name & Title   Portfolio Role   Experience Over
Past Five Years
  At
TIAA
Total On
Team
CORE PLUS BOND FUND        
William Martin                
Senior Managing Director   Portfolio Manager   Advisors, TCIM and other advisory affiliates of TIAA—2004 to Present (fixed-income portfolio management)   2004 1993 2011
John Cerra                
Managing Director   Portfolio Manager   Advisors, TCIM and other advisory affiliates of TIAA—1985 to Present (fixed-income portfolio management)   1985 1985 2003
Kevin R. Lorenz, CFA                
Managing Director   Portfolio Manager   Advisors, Nuveen Asset Management and other advisory affiliates of TIAA—1987 to Present (high-yield portfolio management)   1987 1987 2006
Anupam Damani, CFA                
Managing Director   Portfolio Manager   Advisors, TCIM and other advisory affiliates of TIAA—1995 to Present (fixed-income portfolio management)   2005 1994 2019
Joseph Higgins, CFA                
Managing Director   Portfolio Manager   Advisors, TCIM and other advisory affiliates of TIAA—1995 to Present (fixed-income portfolio management)   1995 1995 2020

 

As of October 1, 2020, Joseph Rolston will no longer be a portfolio manager of the TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund. Chad Kemper and Andrew Hurst will each continue to serve as portfolio managers of the TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund. Therefore, as of October 1, 2020, Joseph Rolston shall be removed from the TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund’s portfolio management team disclosure in the Statutory and Summary Prospectuses of the TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund.

 

As of December 31, 2020, William Martin will no longer be a portfolio manager of the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund. John Cerra, Kevin Lorenz, Anupam Damani and Joseph Higgins will each continue to serve as portfolio managers of the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund. Therefore, as of December 31, 2020, William Martin shall be removed from the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund’s portfolio management team disclosure in the Statutory and Summary Prospectuses of the TIAA-CREF Core Plus Bond Fund.

 

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