Audience: Participant Product: Defined Benefit, Hybrid, Defined Contribution, 457 Program, IRA Contacts: All retirees with a MERS Defined Benefit or Hybrid Plan and all terminated/inactive participants aged 60+ with a participant directed account (including MERS Defined Contribution Plan, 457 Program and IRA) Date Sent: 8/13/2021 Format: Email and Print Mail Description: The August 2021 edition… Continue reading
Audience: Participant Product: Defined Benefit, Hybrid, Defined Contribution, 457 Program, IRA Contacts: All retirees with a MERS Defined Benefit or Hybrid Plan and all terminated/inactive participants aged 60+ with a participant directed account including MERS Defined Contribution, MERS 457 Program, MERS IRA) Date Sent: 7/28/2020 Format: Email Description: The July 2020 Retiree News was sent as… Continue reading
Audience: All participants who are missing at least one beneficiary type for any of their MERS plansProduct: Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, DC Plus, Hybrid, MERS 457 Program, Health Care Savings ProgramDate Sent: Mailings and eblasts will go out in waves throughout the month of AprilFormat: Mail/EmailDescription: Beginning today, MERS is launching a campaign to encourage all participants who are… Continue reading
Audience: Employers Product: DB and Hybrid Contacts: All contacts Date Sent: 8/31/2017 Format: Email Description: An eblast was emailed out today (8/31/2017) to DB & Hybrid employer contacts promoting the upcoming MERS Facebook Live event that highlights MERS pension investments strategies. There are two ways to participate in the event: Follow "MERS of Michigan" on… Continue reading
Audience: Employers Product: MERS Defined Contribution, Hybrid, 457 Program, Health Care Savings Program Contacts: Primary Date Sent: 6/27/17 Format: Email Description:: An eblast was sent out notifying employers that effective June 30, MERS is reducing costs of all participant directed accounts from 0.10% (or $0.10 per $1000 invested) to 0.05% (or $.05 per $1000 invested)…. Continue reading