Filing Analysis
The Fund reports the termination of a sub-advisory agreement with Teachers Advisors, LLC (TAL) following its merger into Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (NAM). All assets previously managed by TAL have been reallocated to NAM effective August 1, 2026.
📋 Key Facts
- Merger of Teachers Advisors, LLC (TAL) into Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (NAM) completed as of July 31, 2026.
- Sub-advisory agreement between NFAL and TAL terminated effective close of business on July 31, 2026.
- Fund assets previously managed by TAL reallocated to NAM effective August 1, 2026.
- No change in fees paid by the Fund to Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (NFAL) or from NFAL to NAM.
- No changes to portfolio management team, investment objective, policies, strategies, risks, or expenses.
The Fund's annual meeting, reconvened on May 31, 2024, resulted in the failure to elect any Class III Trustees as no candidates received a majority vote. Current trustees will serve as holdover Trustees until the 2025 annual meeting or until successors are elected.
🚩 Red Flags
- Governance failure: Shareholders rejected all Class III Trustee candidates, indicating potential shareholder dissatisfaction or proxy contest issues.
📋 Key Facts
- Annual Meeting originally held May 15, 2024; adjourned to May 31, 2024.
- Shareholders failed to elect any Class III Trustees as no candidate reached the required majority vote.
- Current Class III Trustees will serve in a holdover capacity until the 2025 annual meeting or successor election.
- Shareholders successfully ratified the selection of the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm.
The Fund's Board of Trustees adopted Amended and Restated By-Laws on February 28, 2024. The primary change is the elimination of 'control share' provisions that had been suspended since February 24, 2022.
📋 Key Facts
- Board of Trustees adopted Amended and Restated By-Laws on February 28, 2024.
- The amendment specifically eliminates 'control share' provisions.
- These control share provisions had been under suspension since February 24, 2022.
- The filing notes that other than the elimination of these provisions, the By-Laws remain identical to previous versions.