Santa Barbara Asset Management was founded in 1987 with a single mission: to provide experienced investment advice and asset management to benefit investors over the long term. With Nuveen Investments' acquisition of Santa Barbara in 2005, together we provide our investors with broad and deep investment expertise in growth equities. Unified by our commitment to help investors secure their financial goals, Nuveen Investments and Santa Barbara continue to deliver innovative investment management solutions for individual investors and institutional clients.

Successful investing requires a long-term commitment. Since we intend to hold our investments for several years—in order to best capitalize on any continued growth—we invest significant time and resources to identify companies that we believe have the potential to deliver long-term performance. We believe this is the best strategy for outperforming over complete market cycles. Consequently, our strategies may not be appropriate for investors interested in “of the moment” growth trends.