1Pensions & Investments, 10 Jun 2024. Rankings based on total worldwide institutional assets as of 31 Dec 2023 reported by each responding asset manager, with 411 firms responding; updated annually. TIAA is the parent company of Nuveen.
2Pensions & Investments, 10 Jun 2024. Rankings based on emerging markets debt, U.S. institutional tax exempt assets managed internally as of 31 Dec 2023 reported by each responding asset manager; updated annually.
3As of 30 Jun 2024.
4AUM as of 30 Jun 2024. Nuveen assets under management is inclusive of underlying investment specialists. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
5AUM as of 31 Mar 2025. Nuveen assets under management is inclusive of underlying investment specialists. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
6Nuveen traces its history to 1898 when the company began underwriting municipal bonds, and TIAA was founded in 1918.
7For its stability, claims-paying ability and overall financial strength, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) is a member of one of only three insurance groups in the United States to currently hold the highest rating available to U.S. insurers from all four leading insurance company rating agencies: A.M. Best (A++ as of 7/24), Fitch (AAA as of 8/24), Standard & Poor’s (AA+ as of 5/24), and Moody’s Investors Service (Aa1 as of 5/25). There is no guarantee that current ratings will be maintained. The financial strength ratings represent a company’s ability to meet policyholders’ obligations and do not apply to variable annuities or any other product or service not fully backed by TIAA’s claims-paying ability. The ratings also do not apply to the safety or the performance of the variable accounts, which will fluctuate in value.
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