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Nuveen Asset Management, LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155584

Filed as NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2010
$280,484,645,970
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Nuveen Asset Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Nuveen Asset Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Nuveen Asset Management, LLC located?

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 12 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Nuveen Asset Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155584.

How much does Nuveen Asset Management, LLC manage?

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC reports $280,484,645,970 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Nuveen Asset Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Nuveen Asset Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $241,534,563,701 in the October 2021 data and $280,484,645,970 in the October 2026 data, up 16%. Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 381 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Nuveen Asset Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (48,733); high net worth individuals (13,864); corporations or other businesses not listed above (2,029).

Which custodians does Nuveen Asset Management, LLC use?

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Nuveen Asset Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/155584

What changed in Nuveen Asset Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 299 to 296. Changed its office addresses in Clayton, MO. Changed its office addresses in San Francisco, CA. Added an office in Canton, GA. Added an office in Lake Forest, IL. No longer lists an office in Portland, OR. No longer lists an office in Princeton, NJ. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$280,484,645,970

$280,484,645,970 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $280,456,916,865.Non-discretionary: $27,729,105.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 48,733 Assets $19,685,623,348 (7%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 13,864 Assets $40,012,883,399 (14%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 4 Assets $1,079,780 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 138 Assets $140,206,643,809 (50%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 188 Assets $44,390,759,907 (16%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 106 Assets $7,229,182,433 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 119 Assets $499,836,171 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 44 Assets $1,902,325,966 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 33 Assets $16,069,369,907 (6%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2,029 Assets $10,486,941,250 (4%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 381. Performing investment advisory functions: 296.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
12 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Canton, GACentralCharlotte, NCClayton, MOLake Forest, ILLondonLos Angeles, CAMinneapolis, MNNew York, NYNewport Beach, CASan Francisco, CATokyo
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$242B 2021 $298B 2022 $249B 2023 $240B 2024 $260B 2025 $280B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$280,484,645,970381March 24, 2026
October 2025$259,916,966,911373July 31, 2025
October 2024$239,614,971,441397July 31, 2024
October 2023$248,648,334,766421March 24, 2023
October 2022$298,013,616,737414April 8, 2022
October 2021$241,534,563,701350March 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $241,534,563,701 in the October 2021 data and $280,484,645,970 in the October 2026 data, up 16%.

Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 381 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 299 to 296.
    • Changed its office addresses in Clayton, MO.
    • Changed its office addresses in San Francisco, CA.
    • Added an office in Canton, GA.
    • Added an office in Lake Forest, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Portland, OR.
    • No longer lists an office in Princeton, NJ.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
nuveen.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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