AUL Retirement Services expands offerings
Contact:
Beth King, APR, Media Relations Manager
(317) 285-4168 or beth.king@oneamerica.com
For Immediate Release:
Indianapolis (July 22, 2009) – Responding to requests from plan sponsors and financial professionals who wish to offer additional investment options to their employees and customers, the management of the Retirement Services division at American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL) are pleased to announce new investment options for its clients.
Effective today, AUL Retirement Services clients now have more options available for retirement accounts through DWS Investments, Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn (CRM), BlackRock® and Pax World Investments.
“We’re very excited to offer our clients more investment choices through these well-known and respected investment management companies that carry a strong message about making the world we live in a better place,” said Bill Yoerger, senior vice president for AUL Retirement Services.
In recent years, people have become more aware of the green movement and today, are making green investing a part of their retirement. Green investing has become a popular option with nonprofit, 403(b) clients because of the funds’ socially conscious missions. As AUL Retirement Services continues to grow within the 403(b) market, the addition of the Pax World Balanced and the newer Global Green options were logical steps. Both are renowned for their responsible investing philosphy and often are credited with beginning the SRI movement in 1971 with the introduction of the Balanced fund.
“We spoke to many plan sponsors and financial professionals who told us they were interested in seeing more green options available,” Yoerger explained. ”With both flexibility and an open architecture, AUL Retirement Services quickly responded to the needs of financial professionals and plan sponsors by creating an alliance with Pax World.”
BlackRock is a sought after investment management firm by financial professionals, and specifically Registered Investment Advisors. The BlackRock Global Allocation option will offer a broad exposure to domestic and international equities and fixed income securities. In particular, the BlackRock Small Cap Growth Institutional fund is a popular option with Registered Investment Advisors.
The addition of DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus offers participants the ability to invest in alternative asset classes, those with low overall market correlation via a single fund of funds strategy.
Funds that invest internationally involve risks not associated with investing solely in the U.S., such as currency fluctuation, political risk, differences in accounting and the limited availability of information. Additionally, Funds investing in stocks of small, mid-sized, and emerging companies may have less liquidity than those investing in larger, established companies and may be subject to greater price volatility and risk than the overall stock market.
About AUL Retirement Services
American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL) is the founding member of OneAmerica® and offers a wide range of products and services for retirement plans of individuals and employers. As a leader in the retirement services industry, AUL provides local service through a national network of experienced professionals specializing in the 401(k) and 403(b) and 457 (nonprofit) markets.
About AUL
American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL), a OneAmerica® company, is focused on providing a strong portfolio of products for individuals, families and small businesses. AUL utilizes a national network of experienced professionals specializing in an extensive menu of financial products, including life insurance, annuities and employee benefit plan products. The company helps consumers plan for tomorrow by creating, leveraging and protecting their financial futures.
About OneAmerica
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc., is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN. The companies of OneAmerica® can trace their solid foundations back more than 130 years in the insurance and financial services marketplace.
OneAmerica’s nationwide network of companies offers a variety of products to serve the financial needs of their policyholders and other clients. These products include retirement plans, products and services; individual life insurance, annuities, long-term care solutions and employee benefits. The goal of OneAmerica is to blend the strengths of each company to achieve greater collective results.
The products of the OneAmerica companies are distributed through a network of employees, agents, brokers and other distribution sources that are committed to increasing value to our policyholders by helping them plan to meet their financial goals.
We deliver on our promises when customers need us most.
Tax qualified retirement plans from American United Life Insurance Companyâ (AUL) are funded by an AUL group annuity contract. While a participant in annuity contract may benefit from additional investment and annuity related benefits under the annuity contract, any tax deferral is provided by the plan and not the annuity contract.
Registered group variable annuity contracts issued by AUL are distributed by OneAmerica Securities, Inc., Member FINRA, SIPC, P.O. Box 1984, Indianapolis, IN 46206, (317) 285-1877, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AUL.
Registered Group Variable Annuities are sold by prospectus. Both the product prospectus and underlying fund prospectuses can be obtained from your investment professional or by writing to P.O. Box 1984, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Before investing, carefully consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. The product prospectus and underlying fund prospectus contain this and other important information. Read the prospectuses carefully before investing.
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