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Equities
Equities capabilities
Geography
Offering a diverse range of geographic investment strategies across market caps and styles to help meet individual investor’s return, risk, and allocation objectives
- Emerging markets
- Global developed markets
- Non-U.S. developed markets
- U.S. markets
Capitalization
Providing access to investment options built with conviction and designed to fit across the spectrum of investor portfolios
- All cap
- Large cap
- Mid cap
- Small cap
- Small/mid cap
ESG
Incorporating ESG data and engagement while seeking to support long-term performance, help manage risk and create new investment opportunities
- Active
- Enhanced index
- Emerging markets
- Global developed markets
- Non-U.S. developed markets
- U.S. markets
Style
Utilizing our capabilities as a global asset manager with experienced portfolio managers, sector specialists and a centralized investment platform to maximize opportunities to deliver results
- Active
- Index
- Quantitative
- Core
- Growth
- Value
Specialty
Applying our expertise and access to less efficient, less transparent, and out-of-benchmark areas of the markets to seek value-add sources of investment return
- Consumer
- Long/short
- REITs
- Technology
Integrated platform provides opportunity to generate alpha and serve clients
Specialization at scale
Centralization of investment specialists leveraging the depth and breadth of a global asset manager maximizes the opportunity to deliver superior results to our clients
Differentiated research platform
Analysts are responsible for managing money based upon their highest convictions, nurturing investment talent within the firm and leading to a more stable delivery of client objectives
ESG integration2
ESG data supports firm-wide engagement efforts while seeking to enhance long-term performance, manage risk and create new investment opportunities
Why Nuveen for equities?
120+
portfolio managers, research analysts and traders
65+
fundamental research professionals
ESG
values Integrated factors and proprietary scoring
Equities Investment Council (EIC)
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Investment specialists
125+ years of unparalleled market insight — and counting.
Nuveen's equities investing team began investing in equities in 1952 and started an equity responsible investing strategy in 1990 while they were under TIAA. TIAA acquired Nuveen in 2014, and shortly thereafter TIAA’s asset management business was combined with Nuveen. Statements regarding Nuveen’s history include TIAA’s history.
Personnel as of 31 Mar 2025
Total fundamental research professionals as of 31 Mar 2025
Nuveen considers ESG integration to be the consideration of financially material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within the investment decision making process. Financial materiality and applicability of ESG factors varies by asset class and investment strategy. ESG factors may be among many factors considered in evaluating an investment decision, and unless otherwise stated in the relevant offering memorandum or prospectus, do not alter the investment guidelines, strategy or objectives. Select investment strategies do not integrate such ESG factors in the investment decision making process.
Nuveen traces its history to 1898 when the company began underwriting municipal bonds, and TIAA was founded in 1918.
1 Nuveen’s equities investing team (which is inclusive of TIAA’s equities investing team) started investing in equities in 1952 and started a responsible investing strategy in 1990.
2 ESG integration is the consideration of financially material ESG factors into investment research in support of portfolio management for actively managed strategies. Financial materiality of ESG factors varies by asset class and investment strategy. Applicability of ESG factors may differ across investment strategies. ESG factors are among many factors considered in evaluating an investment decision, and unless otherwise stated in the relevant offering memorandum or prospectus, do not alter the investment guidelines, strategy or objectives.
2 ESG integration is the consideration of financially material ESG factors into investment research in support of portfolio management for actively managed strategies. Financial materiality of ESG factors varies by asset class and investment strategy. Applicability of ESG factors may differ across investment strategies. ESG factors are among many factors considered in evaluating an investment decision, and unless otherwise stated in the relevant offering memorandum or prospectus, do not alter the investment guidelines, strategy or objectives.
