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CAPTRUST Financial Wellness and Advice

CAPTRUST is an independent investment advisory firm that provides investment and financial advice to UK’s retirement plan participants.

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Explore videos, guides and interactive tools — plus talk to a financial expert.

Student loan savings

Estimate whether lower payments and loan forgiveness are possible while you work here.

Retirement account review

Talk to your retirement savings carrier, TIAA or Fidelity, about retirement planning.

Experiencing personal hardship?

The C.R.I.S.I.S. (Crisis Relief in Situations Involving Staff and Faculty) Program is in place to help University of Kentucky employees who are experiencing personal hardship.

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Savings funds, discounts and more

Retirement savings plans

We offer many set-it-and-forget-it ways to save and we’re known for our 200% employer match.

Educational savings plan

Use convenient direct deposit to invest and save for tuition for you and your family.

Health savings account (HSA)

Use convenient direct deposit to invest and save for tuition for you and your family.

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Set aside the funds you plan to spend on health and dependent care expenses tax free.

Discounts exclusively for you

Employee discounts

Prescription medication discounts

Campus dining plan for employees

Employer Assisted Housing Program (EAHP)

Tuition assistance

CAPTRUST hosting in-person sessions March 6

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News

February 07, 2021

Improvements to our retirement investment options

One of our most popular employee benefits is our array of retirement savings options. A committee of faculty, staff and administrators regularly review our plans to make sure our retirement savings options are the best they can be. Effective March 31, we’re making four updates to further improve our plans:

October 03, 2020

Guide to Retirement Planning at UK

Our annual retirement planning conference, which takes place in person on campus, moved online this year. In addition to sharing online presentations, we also created this guide to retirement planning. While there is no right age to retire, we recommend starting to understand all the factors related to the retirement decision around age 55+. We mailed a print version of this guide to employees age 55 and over this fall.

September 07, 2020

Newest and biggest discounts for UK employees

As a UK employee, you have access to many discounts offered exclusively to you. We're spotlighting several new deals as well as those with the biggest savings. 1. Tuition discounts for you or your family member We're proud to offer you the valuable benefit of education in any field of study at little cost to you or your family member. One person at a time can use this benefit:

May 12, 2020

FSA grace period extended through 2020 plus more relief

Unused funds stay through year-end, next year's health care rollover amount increases, plus newly eligible expenses In an announcement from the IRS shared on May 12, 2020, the IRS Notice 2020-29 allowed employers to provide relief for employees with flexible spending accounts that experienced disruption due to COVID-19. For example, employees who set aside money in their FSA for a scheduled surgery could not spend it because “nonessential” medical services were postponed.