WESTWOOD, Mass., July 13, 2005 – NYLIM Retirement Plan Services, a division of New York Life Investment Management, announced today that it has enhanced its participant website, Benefits Complete®, enabling plan participants to create their own “information dashboard” based on personal preferences.  

This dashboard approach makes it easier for participants to navigate the site and access key information about their retirement plans. Some of the important information a participant can add or remove from his/her personalized home page includes

• Current investments, categories and market value updated as of the most recent market close.
• Asset allocation pie charts.
• Account balances by contribution type.

“ Not surprisingly, our website continues to be the primary source of plan information and retirement modeling for our clients' participants,” said Tom Clough, managing director of NYLIM Retirement Plan Services.  “As such, these most recent enhancements reflect our ongoing commitment to helping meet their retirement needs and interests."

Another powerful new tool is a mailbox that allows plan sponsors to deliver messages to specific participant populations, based on demographics or past participant behavior.  These targeted messages provide an effective medium for plan sponsors to help their participants pursue sound retirement savings strategies.

Additionally, the site can be customized with logos, colors and fonts to match the client company’s own Internet or intranet site, for plan sponsor clients who have chosen this option.

About NYLIM Retirement Plan Services:

NYLIM Retirement Plan Services provided services to more than 2,100 defined contribution, defined benefit and deferred compensation plans as of May 31, 2005. With offices in Westwood, Massachusetts, and Parsippany, New Jersey, NYLIM Retirement Plan Services administers retirement programs for small, medium and large companies, multi-employer plans, and individuals throughout the United States, and is widely recognized for its leadership in bundled defined contribution and bundled defined benefit plans.

With more than $191 billion in assets under management as of May 31, 2005, New York Life Investment Management LLC and its affiliates provide investment management and related services to a wide range of individual, corporate, public, and Taft-Hartley clients. NYLIM offers institutional asset management, retail investments, retirement plan services, guaranteed products, real estate investments, and alternative investments. For more information, visit NYLIM’s website at www.nylim.com .

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SSL Media Relations
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