• Latest Blog Post—Risk Management for Institutional Investors: To Avoid, or to Control?
• Wespath Holiday Closing—Labor Day
• Participant Communication: UMPIP Webinar
• Systems Unavailable—September 11 from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Central time

Latest Blog Post—Risk Management for Institutional Investors: To Avoid, or to Control?

In investing, complete risk avoidance is rarely the best option; instead, investors need to think about their process in terms of risk control. In our latest Investment Insights blog post, Wespath's Karen Manczko highlights some risk management considerations for institutional investors.

Wespath Holiday Closing—Labor Day

Wespath will be closed on Monday, September 6, in observance of Labor Day. Customer Service assistance will be unavailable that day.

Benefits Access for participants can be used to access account information and complete transactions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The automated phone system, accessible by calling 1-800-851-2201, will also be available for participants.

The Benefits Access Portal for Plan Sponsors and Wespath Institutional Investor Portal will be available to plan sponsors, conferences and institutions.

Participant Communication: UMPIP Webinar

Over September 1 and 2, we sent out a webinar registration invitation to approximately 33,300 United Methodist Personal Investment Plan (UMPIP) participants promoting our quarterly UMPIP Webinar. Titled Accessing Your UMPIP Account When Life Happens, the webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, September 22, at 1:00 p.m., Central time, and will focus on account access, distribution options and loans that might be helpful when people encounter financial challenges. This is the registration link for the webinar.

Systems Unavailable—September 11 from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Central time

The Wespath Portal, Benefits Access plan sponsor portal, Contribution Management, Wespath Institutional Investor Portal and the Comprehensive Benefit Funding Plan websites will be unavailable Saturday, September 11 from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Central time, to allow for system maintenance and updates.

We apologize for any inconvenience this brief outage may cause.

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