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Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104626

Filed as NUVEEN FUND ADVISORS, LLC

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1978, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

47 years
registered since 1978
$186,250,952,275
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC located?

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1978. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104626.

How much does Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC manage?

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC reports $186,250,952,275 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $156,522,830,283 in the October 2021 data and $186,250,952,275 in the October 2026 data, up 19%. Total employees: 113 in October 2021 and 137 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (142); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (93).

Does Nuveen Fund Advisors, 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/104626

What changed in Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 26 to 25. Regulatory assets under management went from $162,627,163,218 to $186,250,952,275 (+15%). 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

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$186,250,952,275

$186,250,952,275 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $186,250,952,275.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 142 Assets $147,380,791,297 (79%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 93 Assets $38,870,160,978 (21%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1978 (47 years)
Employees
Total: 137. Performing investment advisory functions: 25.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
5 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Charlotte, NCLondonMinneapolis, MNNew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
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
$157B 2021 $194B 2022 $148B 2023 $150B 2024 $163B 2025 $186B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$186,250,952,275137March 30, 2026
October 2025$162,627,163,218138March 28, 2025
October 2024$150,368,021,677146March 28, 2024
October 2023$147,653,381,466146September 19, 2023
October 2022$193,585,929,896125July 21, 2022
October 2021$156,522,830,283113March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $156,522,830,283 in the October 2021 data and $186,250,952,275 in the October 2026 data, up 19%.

Total employees: 113 in October 2021 and 137 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 26 to 25.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $162,627,163,218 to $186,250,952,275 (+15%).
    • 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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AdvisorCensus. Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (CRD 104626): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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