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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.

Financial wellness by Enrich

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

Request a work-life or well-being workshop

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News

April 08, 2020

The CARES Act and your retirement savings

The federal CARES Act recently passed to address financial hardships that might arise as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the act increases the ability to take loans or withdrawals from your retirement savings. You may be eligible for withdrawals or loans from your savings if: You have been diagnosed with COVID-19 by a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Your spouse or dependent has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

October 06, 2016

Adapting Your Budget to Changes in Pay

As human beings, our nearly universal reaction to change is to resist. Some early adapters come around more quickly than the rest of us and appear to embrace change. But they too may admit that if nothing changed, parts of life would be easier. We like predictability and the perceived safety that predictability provides.

September 18, 2013

Retirement plan vesting period reduced to three years

On September 10, 2013, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved changing UK’s retirement plan vesting schedule from five to three years. The revised vesting schedule takes effect immediately and is retroactive to January 1, 2013. This change significantly reduces the vesting period for employees who were hired on or after January 1, 2010 and who were employed with the university as of January 1, 2013, as well as employees hired after this date.