Job change or loss guide

ARTICLE TAKEAWAYS

  • Use this guide to determine what actions to consider if you change jobs or experience a loss of your current job.

Actions to consider

Consider talking to your financial professional. They can offer advice and help you make decisions when going through a major life event or change.

You can log in and complete account updates and perform transactions for most account types.

Review how to move your retirement plan assets

  • If you don’t have an IRA or other account at Capital Group that can accept a movement of retirement plan assets, contact your financial professional to discuss opening a new account
  • Transfer or roll over assets into an existing American Funds traditional or Roth IRA
     

Review how to invest

  • Make a one-time investment
  • Set up or modify an automatic investment plan
     

Review how you can take a distribution from your account

  • Take a one-time distribution 
  • Set up or modify an automatic distribution plan
  • Download the Add/Update Bank Information form (PDF) to link a bank account to receive distributions
     

Review the investment allocations in your account

  • Complete a one-time exchange or rebalance in an account
  • Set up or modify an automatic rebalance plan
  • Set up or modify an automatic exchange plan

Review the personal and banking information on your account

  • Update your address
  • Update your email address to ensure you receive alerts about account activity, security and document availability
  • Update your bank account information

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