High Par 5 Strategy
Designed for stability and growth
Participation rates in an indexed universal life (IUL) policy matter. It’s the percentage of the index performance used to calculate the interest applied to your policy. A higher participation rate can increase growth potential when the underlying index increases. With the Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index and the High Par 5 Strategy, you can count on a guaranteed participation rate for 5 years—with the opportunity for even more growth potential along the way.
The High Par 5 Strategy is a new and innovative index strategy available on the Nationwide New Heights IUL and Goldman Sachs New Horizons index. High Par 5 provides the opportunity for consistent and stable growth.
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Stable participation rates locked for 5 years
Each new premium allocated to this strategy will receive an annual participation rate that is locked in for five years (the rate lock period). During this period, the participation rate applied is guaranteed to never be less than the locked-in rate.
“Better of” rate guarantee for greater growth potential
During the rate lock period, if the 1-year New Horizons Indexed interest strategy participation rate is higher than the High Par 5 Strategy locked-in rate at the beginning of any 1-year segment, you are guaranteed to automatically receive the higher rate for that segment.
Available for all new premium for the life of the policy
The High Par 5 Strategy is available for all new premium—even premium received 10, 20 or more years into the policy.
Available exclusively with the Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index
The New Horizons index provides opportunities for growth through a Global Core Strategy and an Alternative Strategy. The index features five asset classes and two alternatives that provide the flexibility to adapt to a variety of market environments and help contribute to the index’s performance.
Additional details
This material is not a recommendation to buy, sell, hold or roll over any asset, adopt an investment strategy, retain a specific investment manager or use a particular account type. Investors should discuss their specific situation with their financial professional. Indexed universal life insurance policies are not stock market investments, do not directly participate in any stock or equity investments, and do not receive dividend or capital gains participation. Past performance of an index is no indication of future crediting rates.
Nationwide may discontinue any index that becomes unavailable (i.e., is no longer published) or the calculation of which is substantially changed. Nationwide may substitute with a comparable index or may adjust the method of calculating index segment interest.
Be sure to choose a product that meets long-term life insurance needs, especially if personal situations change — for example, marriage, birth of a child or job promotion. Weigh the costs of the policy and understand that life insurance has fees and charges that vary with sex, health, age and tobacco use. Riders that customize a policy to fit individual needs usually carry an additional charge.
The Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index uses volatility control methodologies. Volatility control reference indices tend to limit index performance highs and lows which generally allows Nationwide to offer greater participation rates on indexed interest strategies in an indexed universal life insurance product compared to other strategies in the same product. There is no guarantee that selecting a volatility control indexed interest strategy will result in greater interest crediting than indexed interest strategies that do not use a volatility control index or that any interest will be credited for a particular index segment.
The Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index performance information reflects a 0.50% per annum deduction rate along with replicating and rebalancing costs which will reduce the level of the index. In addition, this is an excess return index which includes calculation elements that reduce index performance, including that it does not allocate to any interest-bearing cash rate allocations. Because of this, an excess return version of an index will have lower performance than a total return version of the same index would, especially in high interest rate environments.
For additional information about the index’s strategy and related risks, see the index brochure at: https://www.goldmansachsindices.com/products/GSNHRZON
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The Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index performance information reflects a 0.50% per annum deduction rate, and servicing (based on notional positions) and rebalancing (based on turnover) costs at rates that vary based on the underlying assets at the Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index level and also within certain underlying assets, but there may be additional fees and costs that are separately applied to this product. Because certain costs are based on both turnover and a market-based rate, such costs are not predictable and may increase substantially in the future, especially during periods of market stress. Further, the deduction rate and costs will reduce the potential positive change in the Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index performance and increase the potential negative change in the Goldman Sachs New Horizons Index performance.
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