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Vol. XXI, Issue 60

December 15, 2022

Wespath Closing Early—Friday, December 16

Wespath will close at 11:30 a.m., Central time, on Friday, December 16, due to our annual staff holiday celebration. Customer Service assistance will be unavailable after 11:30 a.m. Friday until we return to normal business hours on Monday, December 19.

Benefits Access for participants can be used to access account information and complete transactions 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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

If an urgent situation arises on Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Central time, please call 1-847-866-4683 and provide your contact information. A Wespath representative will contact you before 2:00 p.m.

Systems Unavailable—Saturday, December 17

Wespath will be making updates to our phone system this weekend as we implement a new process to automate the call authentication process using the interactive phone system ("IVR"). For many participants, the new process will offer an easier option for verifying their identity when calling Wespath's Customer Service teams.

To accommodate this update, the Wespath Portal, Benefits Access for Plan Sponsors, Contribution Management, Wespath Institutional Investor Portal and the Comprehensive Benefit Funding Plan will be unavailable Saturday, December 17 from 6:00 a.m. through early afternoon, Central time.

We apologize for any inconvenience this brief outage may cause.

Participant Communications

Participants were sent custom eblasts this week with the December issue of the Wespath Update. This issue included Wespath's holiday card and information about updates to Wespath systems, new single sign-on in Benefits Access for dental and telemedicine benefits, new Investment Insights blog and the latest issue of Unscripted with Genesis Investment Management.

November Monthly Market Commentary

In our Markets at a Glance video, Jon Strieter, Impact Investment Analyst, discusses the Chinese market's rally following the indication there would be easing of COVID-19 restrictions. He also reviews recent Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data, which indicated sluggish activity in the U.S. and internationally in the manufacturing and services sectors. Learn more in our Monthly Investment Report.

New Investment Insights Blog: Are Mission-Based Investors Sacrificing Alpha in the Name of Investment Exclusions?

Do mission-based investors sacrifice alpha due to investment exclusions? In this blog, Rashed Khan, Director of Portfolio Risk and Analysis, discusses this topic and provides a long-term performance analysis.

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