Building your financial future is like building a skyscraper: both require planning. This EY article offers tips for how you can build a well-thought-out financial strategy, regardless of your net worth or household income level.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be advised that any paper financial requests (such as withdrawals or distributions) received after 12:00 noon EST on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, will be processed on Monday, January 4, 2021. If you want to perform any distribution for 2020, you must submit your request before the December 22, 2020 deadline.

Any fund reallocations or balance transfers made on the website must be submitted by 12:00 noon EST on December 31, 2020. The website will close at noon. No transactions will be able to be transacted after this time for 2020. The website will reopen on January 1, 2021.

If you have any questions, please contact Member Services at 1.800.642.6543.

Beginning January 1, 2021, the Pension Boards' policy will be to accept only current or future dates on all benefit forms submitted to effect any benefit enrollment or change for our members. Retroactive effective dates will no longer be accepted. Look for additional communications regarding this change in coming weeks.

As we head into the final stretch of 2020, you may still be able to lower your federal income tax for the year. You can do so by reducing your taxable income, which in turn lowers your taxes, or by making the most of deductions that may be available to you this year.

Also, this is a good time to review a few major provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted by the federal government in March 2020 as a response to COVID-19.

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Dear Friends,

Over the last two weeks, meeting virtually, both the Pension Boards Trustees and UCBMA Directors had opportunities to review our progress toward achieving strategic objectives during this atypical year. Our elected leadership expressed appreciation to staff for their efforts in keeping our organizational momentum going. Trustees and Directors also engaged in strategic planning for the coming year, to build upon the strong foundations already in place and become even more responsive to your needs as members and employers.

We have shared plans for the upcoming closing of the Target Annuitization Date (TAD) Fund 2020 at the end of this year. (Please see the article directly below for information.) I am pleased to announce that the Board approved the launch of two new TAD Funds effective January 1, 2021 – TAD 2045 and TAD 2050. These two new additions to the TAD Funds lineup are designed for members with a longer retirement time horizon and, like all TADs, automatically reallocate investments over the course of members’ accumulation years. Please click here for more information.