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Nuveen Lifecycle Index Fund Rankings

Outcome-focused strategies designed to help build sufficient savings and income through retirement

Nuveen Lifecycle Index Funds is one of the top performing series over the 3-, 5- and 10-year time periods.* We compared the Nuveen Lifecycle Index Funds to the top three target date funds in the same category and found ours are among the best performing passive mutual fund series over the 3, 5, and 10 year periods.

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Chart reflects rankings for target date funds over the 10/5/3 yr period based on information available from Morningstar for the target–date fund category as of 30 Sep 2025. Nuveen Lifecycle Index funds are compared to the top three providers of passive target date funds, determined by total assets under management.

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Effective 01 May 2024, the name of the Series changed from TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Index Funds to Nuveen Lifecycle Index Funds. This change did not impact any of the underlying Funds’ investment strategies or portfolio management.

Chart reflects rankings for target date funds over the 10/5/3 yr period based on information available from Morningstar for the target–date fund category as of 30 Sep. Nuveen Lifecycle Index funds are compared to the top three providers of passive target date funds, determined by total assets under management.

In 4Q19, Morningstar changed Nuveen Lifecycle Index Retirement Income’s peer group to US Fund Allocation –30% to 50% Equity from US Fund Target-Date Retirement. This change was due to TIAA’s glidepath extension from 10 years post-retirement to 30 years post-retirement, as funds in the Lifecycle series no longer merge into Nuveen Lifecycle Index Retirement Income fund. Competitors’ Retirement funds in the chart above remain in the Morningstar US Fund Target-Date Retirement category. As such, the number of peers in the US Fund Target-Date Retirement universe as of 30 Sep was 134 (3-yr), 124 (5 yr), and 79 (10-yr).

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Scatter plot showing Morningstar peer rankings for retirement funds over three years ending Sep 2025.

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Lifecycle Target Date Mutual Fund Series

Effective 01 May 2024, the name of the Series changed from TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Index Funds to Nuveen Lifecycle Index Funds. This change did not impact any of the underlying Funds’ investment strategies or portfolio management

*Comparison of share classes shown would apply for retirement plans with assets in target date funds of less than $100M. Fund selection for comparison considered minimum investment and performance history. Not all competitors have comparable vintages, but only funds offered by Nuveen and the competitors are shown.

Chart reflects rankings for target date funds over the 10/5/3 yr period based on information available from Morningstar for the target–date fund category as of 30 Sep. Nuveen Lifecycle Index funds are compared to the top three providers of passive target date funds, determined by total assets under management.