Investment Strategy

A strategy that is driven by fundamentals and heavily grounded in quantitative techniques and seeks to produce long-term capital appreciation.

Who should invest

Investors Seeking:
  • Long-term capital appreciation from a mid-cap oriented equity investing strategy.

A Word On Risk

An investment in the Fund is subject to market risk or the risk that stocks in the portfolio will decline in response to such factors as adverse company news or industry developments or a general economic decline. Investments in mid-cap companies are subject to greater volatility and price fluctuations. Investments in foreign stocks present additional risks, including foreign company risk, market risk, currency risk and correlation risk. As with any mutual fund, possible loss of principal is a risk of investing.

Fund Basics: A Shares

Select Share Class: A | C | I
Fund SymbolNDPAX
Fund Cusip67064Y487
Inception Date12/03/2007
Latest NAV as of 9/02/2010$15.30

Investment Style


Style boxes reflect the investment strategies and various types of securities in which the fund intends to principally invest as outlined in the prospectus. A box will be filled in if a fund invests a substantial amount under normal circumstances in that category.

Market capitalization represents Nuveen Investments’ standard definitions for the aggregate value of a company or stock. "Large Cap" represents $5 billion and above; "Medium" or "Mid-Cap" represents $1 billion to $5 billion; "Small-Cap" represents less than $1 billion.

Style represents the approach to investing. Growth seeks companies with above average earnings growth or potential; Value seeks stocks priced near or below the value of the company’s assets. Blend is a mixture of both value and growth stocks in a fund.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Rob A. Guttschow, CFA - Rob is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for HydePark. Prior to this role, Rob served at HydePark affiliate Nuveen Asset Management (NAM) for four years as a managing director and portfolio manager responsible for developing and implementing derivatives-based strategies. Prior to joining NAM, Rob was a managing director and senior portfolio Manager at Lotsoff Capital Management (LCM), where he managed a variety of taxable fixed income portfolios and enhanced equity index products over ten years. Rob earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering and a MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. He has received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and a member of the CFA Society.

John W. Gambla, CFA, FRM, PRM - John serves as a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director for HydePark. John transitioned to this role from HydePark affiliate Nuveen Asset Management (NAM), where he was a senior trader and quantitative specialist for sixteen years. During his NAM tenure he was responsible for trading, portfolio management, product development and fundamental and quantitative research. Prior to his career with Nuveen, he was a financial analyst with Abbott Laboratories. John earned a bachelor of science degree in genetics and developmental Biology and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois, as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He has received his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Financial Risk Manager designations.

Investment Spectrum

Effective June 1, 2010, David Tierney is no longer a portfolio manager of the Nuveen Enhanced Mid-Cap Fund. John Gambla and Rob Guttschow remain portfolio managers of the Fund. There have been no changes in the Fund’s investment objectives or policies.