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:  Emailed version – 1/14, Mailed version – 1/14

Format: Email and Print Mail

Description: The January 2025 edition of the Retiree News was sent to about 42,000 recipients.

• An electronic newsletter was be sent via email on 1/14 to all recipients with a valid email address on file
• A printed newsletter was mailed on 1/14 to all recipients, including those who received an electronic version

There are three versions of the Retiree News, each version with a distinct audience:

• Retirees with just a DB – Click to read Retiree News (DB only version)

• Retirees with a DB and a PDA product – Click to read Retiree News (DB & PDA version)

• Terminated/inactive participants aged 60+ with just a PDA product (DC, 457 and/or IRA) – Click to read Retiree News (PDA only version)