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Collective Investment Trusts

What is a Collective Investment Trust (CIT)?
  • Collective Investment Trusts (CITs) are pooled retirement investment vehicles that are available only to qualified retirement plans, such as 401(k) defined contribution plans and governmental plans.
  • Consists solely of assets of retirement, pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other tax-qualified retirement accounts and governmental plans that are exempt from federal income tax.
  • CITs are institutional products that are sold only to plan sponsors and/or plan fiduciaries for the exclusive benefit of plan participants and their beneficiaries.
  • Relative to mutual funds, CITs are generally considered to be low cost. CITs are maintained or sponsored by a bank or trust company (Trustee) under the purview of the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) or a state banking regulator.
Collective Investment Trusts (CITs) are available only to qualified retirement plans, such as 401(k) defined contribution plans and governmental plans.

Why Nuveen?

Nuveen has a long standing partnership dating back to 2010 with SEI Trust Company serving as Trustee of the Nuveen/SEI Trust Company Investment Trust (Trust). SEI Trust Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, a leading global provider of institutional and private client wealth management solutions. SEI maintains ultimate fiduciary authority over the management of the Trust with Nuveen affiliated advisers serving in fiduciary roles as investment sub-advisers.

The Trust currently has a range of investment strategies such as the Nuveen Lifecycle Index CIT Series, the Nuveen Lifecycle CIT Series and the Nuveen Lifecycle Blend CIT Series' target date vintages.

Most recently, the Trust launched a series of target date strategies that include the option for guaranteed lifetime income. The Nuveen Lifecycle Income CIT Series include the Nuveen Lifecycle Income Index (all passive investments), Nuveen Lifecycle Income Blend (a blend of active and passive investments) and Nuveen Lifecycle Income Active (all active investments).

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Equity Global & International Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund
Equity Global & International Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Fund
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 Global & International Nuveen International Equity Fund
Equity Global & International Nuveen International Opportunities Fund
Equity Global & International Nuveen Quant International Small Cap Equity Fund
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 Nuveen International Responsible Equity Fund
Equity Index Nuveen International Equity Index Fund
Equity Index Nuveen Equity Index Fund
Equity Growth Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund
Equity Core Nuveen Core Equity Fund
Equity Core Nuveen Dividend Growth Fund
Equity Core Nuveen Dividend Value Fund
Equity Growth Winslow Large Cap Growth Fund
Equity Value Nuveen Large Cap Value Fund
Equity Responsible Investing
 Nuveen Large Cap Responsible Equity Fund
Equity Index Nuveen S&P 500 Index Fund
Equity Index Nuveen Large Cap Value Index Fund
Equity Index Nuveen Large Cap Growth Index Fund
Equity Growth Nuveen Mid Cap Growth Fund
Equity Value Nuveen Mid Cap Value Fund
Equity Value Nuveen Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
Equity Value Nuveen Small Cap Value Fund
Equity Core Nuveen Small Cap Select Fund
Equity Core Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity Fund
Equity Core Nuveen Quant Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund
Equity  Index Nuveen Small Cap Blend Index
Fixed Income Global & International Nuveen Emerging Markets Debt Fund
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 Global Fixed Income Nuveen Core Bond Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Core Plus Bond Fund
Fixed Income Responsible Investing Nuveen Core Impact Bond Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Short-Term Bond Fund
Fixed Income Index Nuveen Short Term Bond Index Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Intermediate (5-10) Corporate Bond Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Long (10-20) Corporate Bond Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Long (20-30) Corporate Bond Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Strategic Income Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Ultra-Long (20+) STRIPS Fund
Fixed Income Index Nuveen Bond Index Fund 
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Inflation-Linked Bond Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Flexible Income Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen Floating Rate income Fund
Fixed Income Global Fixed Income Nuveen High Yield Fund
Multi-Asset Target Date Nuveen Lifecycle Blend Series (all funds)
Multi-Asset Target Date Nuveen Lifecycle Series (all funds)
Multi-Asset Target Date Nuveen Lifecycle Index Series (all funds)
Multi-Asset Target Date Nuveen Lifecycle Income Index Series (all funds)
Multi-Asset Target Date Nuveen Lifecycle Income Blend Series (all funds)
Multi-Asset Target Date Nuveen Lifecycle Income Active Series (all funds)
Real Asset Real Assets Nuveen Global Infrastructure Fund
Real Asset
 Real Assets
 Nuveen Real Asset Income Fund
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 Real Assets
 Nuveen Real Estate Securities Fund

Learn more about how Nuveen's CITs can work for you

If you are a plan sponsor, advisor or consultant that would like to learn more about the investment strategies Nuveen can offer within a CIT wrapper, please complete the following form*:
 

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Dimitrios Stathopoulos
Dimitri Stathopoulos
Head of Americas Institutional Advisory Services
+1 312 917 7794
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