COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND (“CREF”)
SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
dated February 1, 2017
to the Statement of Additional
Information (“SAI”)
dated May 1, 2016, as supplemented through August 1, 2016
Effective immediately, the following chart hereby replaces in its entirety the chart currently appearing under the subsection entitled “Additional information regarding portfolio managers” of the section entitled “Information about the Accounts’ portfolio management” beginning on page 39 of the SAI:
| Number of other accounts managed | Total assets in accounts managed (millions) | ||||||||||||
| Name of portfolio manager | Registered investment companies | Other pooled investment vehicles | Registered investment companies | Other pooled investment vehicles | Dollar range of equity securities owned in Account |
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| Stock Account | |||||||||||||
| Thomas M. Franks | 1 | 0 | $131,792 | $0 | Over 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Hans L. Erickson | 31 | 0 | $139,722 | $0 | Over 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Saira Malik | 1 | 0 | $131,792 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| John N. Tribolet | 1 | 0 | $131,792 | $0 | Over 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Global Equities Account | |||||||||||||
| Thomas M. Franks | 1 | 0 | $131,792 | $0 | Over 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Saira Malik | 1 | 0 | $131,792 | $0 | $100,001-500,000 | ||||||||
| Andrea Mitroff | 1 | 0 | $40,751 | $0 | $500,001-1,000,000 | ||||||||
| John Tribolet | 1 | 0 | $131,792 | $0 | Over 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Growth Account | |||||||||||||
| Susan Hirsch | 3 | 0 | $27,405 | $0 | Over 1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Terrence Kontos | 2 | 1 | $25,713 | $1 | $100,001-500,000 | ||||||||
| Andrea Mitroff | 1 | 0 | $40,751 | $0 | $100,001-500,000 | ||||||||
| Equity Index Account | |||||||||||||
| Philip James (Jim) Campagna | 14 | 1 | $61,863 | $20 | $0 | ||||||||
| Lei Liao | 14 | 1 | $61,863 | $20 | $0 | ||||||||
| Bond Market Account | |||||||||||||
| Joseph Higgins | 3 | 1 | $17,005 | $20 | $1-10,000 | ||||||||
| John M. Cerra | 6 | 0 | $29,540 | $0 | $50,001-100,000 | ||||||||
| Inflation-Linked Bond Account | |||||||||||||
| John M. Cerra | 6 | 0 | $29,540 | $0 | $10,001-50,000 | ||||||||
| Nicholas Travaglino* | 0 | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| Social Choice Account | |||||||||||||
| Stephen M. Liberatore | 3 | 2 | $22,744 | $130 | $100,001-500,000 | ||||||||
| Philip James (Jim) Campagna | 14 | 1 | $61,863 | $20 | $0 | ||||||||
| Lei Liao | 14 | 1 | $61,863 | $20 | $0 | ||||||||
| Money Market Account | |||||||||||||
| Michael F. Ferraro | 2 | 0 | $12,272 | $0 | $10,001-50,000 | ||||||||
| Joseph Rolston | 2 | 0 | $12,272 | $0 | $500,001-1,000,000 | ||||||||
* This information is as of March 31, 2016.
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