UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number			811-21705

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Floating Rate Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nuveen Investments 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Kevin J. McCarthy Nuveen Investments 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:				(312) 917-7700

Date of fiscal year end:	June 30

Date of reporting period:		December 31, 2011

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These are perplexing times for investors. The global economy continues to struggle. The solutions being implemented in the eurozone to deal with the debt crises of many of its member countries are not yet seen as sufficient by the financial markets. The political paralysis in the U.S. has prevented the compromises necessary to deal with the fiscal imbalance and government spending priorities. The efforts by individual consumers, governments and financial institutions to reduce their debts are increasing savings but reducing demand for the goods and services that drive employment. These developments are undermining the rebuilding of confidence by consumers, corporations and investors that is so essential to a resumption of economic growth.

Although it is painfully slow, progress is being made. In Europe, the turnover of a number of national governments reflects the realization by politicians and voters alike that leaders who practiced business as usual had to be replaced by leaders willing to face problems and accept the hard choices needed to resolve them. The recent coordinated efforts by central banks in the U.S. and Europe to provide liquidity to the largest European banks indicates that these monetary authorities are committed to facilitating a recovery in the European banking sector.

In the U.S., the failure of the congressionally appointed Debt Reduction Committee was a blow to those who hoped for a bipartisan effort to finally begin addressing the looming fiscal crisis. Nevertheless, Congress and the administration cannot ignore the issue for long. The Bush era tax cuts are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012, and six months later the $1.2 trillion of mandatory across-the-board spending cuts under the Budget Control Act of 2011 begin to go into effect. Any legislative modification would require bipartisan support and the prospects for a bipartisan solution are unclear. The impact of these two developments would be a mixed blessing: a meaningful reduction in the annual budget deficit at the cost of slowing the economic recovery.

It is in these particularly volatile markets that professional investment management is most important. Skillful investment teams who have experienced challenging markets and remain committed to their investment disciplines are critical to the success of an investor's long-term objectives. In fact, many long-term investment track records are built during challenging markets when managers are able to protect investors against these economic crosscurrents. Experienced investment teams know that volatile markets put a premium on companies and investment ideas that will weather the short-term volatility and that compelling values and opportunities are opened up when markets overreact to negative developments. By maintaining appropriate time horizons, diversification and relying on practiced investment teams, we believe that investors can achieve their long-term investment objectives.

As always, I encourage you to contact your financial consultant if you have any questions about your investment in a Nuveen Fund. On behalf of the other members of your Fund Board, we look forward to continuing to earn your trust in the months and years ahead.

Certain statements in this report are forward-looking statements. Discussions of specific investments are for illustration only and are not intended as recommendations of individual investments. The forward-looking statements and other views expressed herein are those of the portfolio managers as of the date of this report. Actual future results or occurrences may differ significantly from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements and the views expressed herein are subject to change at any time, due to numerous market and other factors. The Fund disclaims any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein.

Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor's Group, Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A, and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below investment grade ratings. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by a national rating agency.

The Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Floating Rate Fund (JFP) is sub-advised by a team of specialists at Spectrum Asset Management, an affiliate of Principal Capital^SM. Mark Lieb and Phil Jacoby, who have more than 40 years of combined experience in the preferred securities markets, lead the team. Here Mark and Phil talk about their management strategy and the performance of the Fund for the six-month period ended December 31, 2011.

What key strategies were used to manage the Fund over this reporting period?

The Fund was designed to invest in securities issued primarily by middle market banks, and its investment objectives are to provide an attractive level of after-tax current income and capital preservation. However, our ability to actively manage the portfolio in an effort to achieve these objectives was limited during the period by the actual or perceived poor financial health of many middle market banks. This stress, whether real or not, caused many market participants to step back and forced sellers with no other options to accept very unappealing prices. This thin trading, often at relatively low prices, created an environment that severely limited our trading opportunities. Nonetheless, we used our best efforts to monetize some of the remaining value in the Fund's middle market bank holdings and switch the holdings into more liquid tax advantaged income hybrids of bigger financial names such as Wachovia Corp and State Street Corporation.

Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares.

The performance of the Fund, as well as of comparative indexes, is presented in the accompanying table.

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2011, the Fund's common shares at net asset value (NAV) outperformed its comparative index, but underperformed a general fixed income market index.

For the reporting period, the Fund's performance continued to be hampered by the weak performance of the middle market bank sector due to the broad declines in commercial real estate prices and development activity, which in turn was directly related to weakening overall economic activity in the U.S. economy.

For the reporting period, we sold five middle market bank non-cumulative preferred shares, which positively contributed to performance. These included City National Bancshares Corporation, MidCarolina Financial Corporation, Pedcor Bancorporation, Pedcor Financial and RMG Capital Corporation.

The Fund's performance was negatively impacted by non-middle market bank floating rate securities issued by MetLife, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Aegon. Stocks of large multinational banks continued to be pressured by concerns such as the European debt crisis, ongoing implementation of new regulations, and an overall weak capital markets and trading environment. These holdings constrained absolute Fund performance primarily in October and November.

As of December 31, 2011, the Fund held more than 75% of its assets in preferred stocks and hybrid securities and other issues of large financial institutions, which overall have provided greater stability of performance than the Fund's middle market bank preferred stock investments from both an income and capital preservation perspective. However, recent economic uncertainty and market volatility has raised some doubts about the entire financial sector, and this caused the sector in general to perform poorly during the period.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING THE FUND'S REDEMPTION OF AUCTION RATE PREFERRED SHARES

Shortly after its inception, the Fund issued auction rate preferred shares (ARPS) to create leverage. As noted in past shareholder reports, the weekly auctions for those ARPS shares began in February 2008 to consistently fail, causing the Fund to pay the so called "maximum rate" to ARPS shareholders under the terms of the ARPS in the Fund's charter documents. The Fund redeemed its ARPS at par in 2009.

During 2010 and 2011, certain Nuveen leveraged closed-end funds (including this Fund) received a demand letter from a law firm on behalf of purported holders of common shares of each such fund, alleging that Nuveen and the funds' officers and Board of Directors/Trustees breached their fiduciary duties related to the redemption at par of the funds' ARPS. In response, the Board established an ad hoc Demand Committee consisting of certain of its disinterested and independent Board members to investigate the claims. The Demand Committee retained independent counsel to assist it in conducting an extensive investigation. Based upon its investigation, the Demand Committee found that it was not in the best interests of each fund or its shareholders to take the actions suggested in the demand letters, and recommended that the full Board reject the demands made in the demand letters. After reviewing the findings and recommendation of the Demand Committee, the full Board of each fund unanimously adopted the Demand Committee's recommendation.

Subsequently, the funds that received demand letters (including this Fund) were named in a consolidated complaint as nominal defendants in a putative shareholder derivative action captioned Martin Safier, et al. v. Nuveen Asset Management, et al. that was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division (the "Cook County Chancery Court") on February 18, 2011 (the "Complaint"). The Complaint, filed on behalf of purported holders of each fund's common shares, also named Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. as a defendant, together with current and former Officers and interested Director/Trustees of each of the funds (together with the nominal defendants, collectively, the "Defendants"). The Complaint contained the same basic allegations contained in the demand letters. The Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the suit and on December 16, 2011, the court granted that motion dismissing the Complaint. The plaintiffs failed to file an appeal of the court's decision within the required time period, resulting in the final disposition of the suit.

Fund shares are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank or other insured depository institution, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Fund common shares are subject to a variety of risks, including:

Investment Risk. The possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest.

Price Risk. Shares of closed-end investment companies like the Fund frequently trade at a discount to their NAV. Your common shares at any point in time may be worth less than your original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of Fund dividends and distributions.

Tax Risk. The tax treatment of Fund distributions may be affected by new IRS interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code and future changes in tax laws and regulations. This is particularly true for funds employing a managed distribution program.

Issuer Credit Risk. This is the risk that a security in the Fund's portfolio will fail to make dividend or interest payments when due.

Illiquid Securities Risk. This is the risk that the Fund may not be able to sell securities in its portfolio at the time or price desired by the Fund.

Unrated Investment Risk. In determining whether an unrated security is an appropriate investment for the Fund, the manager will consider information from industry sources, as well as its own quantitative and qualitative analysis, in making such a determination. However, such a determination by the manager is not the equivalent of a rating by a rating agency.

Availability Risk Associated with Investments in Preferred Stock Issued by Middle Market Banking Companies. The Fund's ability to make investments in preferred stock issued by middle market banking companies is dependent upon the availability of a sufficient supply.

Non-Diversification and Concentration Risk. The Fund is classified as "non-diversified," which means its returns may be affected disproportionately by the performance of a single security or relatively few securities.

Preferred Stock Risk. Preferred stocks are subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company's capital structure, and therefore are subject to greater credit risk.

Mid-Cap Company Risk. Mid-cap companies often carry additional risks because earnings of these companies tend to be less predictable than larger, more established companies.

The following information regarding the Fund's distributions is current as of December 31, 2011, and likely will vary over time based on the Fund's investment activities and portfolio investment value changes.

During the six-month reporting period, the Fund decreased its monthly distribution to common shareholders during September. Six of the fifteen preferred securities held by the Fund were not paying dividends as of the end of the period negatively impacting the income available to pay common share dividends.

The Fund has a managed distribution policy, which permits the Fund to include as part of its monthly distributions supplemental amounts from sources other than net investment income. The current intent of the Fund is to distribute only net investment income. However, the Fund's monthly distributions during this period did include distributions in excess of net investment income, although these excess amounts did not represent actual or anticipated portfolio price appreciation. Rather, the fact that the Fund paid out substantially more in monthly distributions than the amount of its net earnings during the period was attributable to the lack of dividends received on the Fund's holdings, as described above.

The following table provides estimated information regarding the Fund's common share distribution and total return performance for the six-month period ended December 31, 2011. This information is provided on a tax basis rather than a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis.

Since the inception of the Fund's repurchase program, the Fund has not repurchased any of its outstanding common shares.

As of December 31, 2011, the Fund was trading at a -14.23% discount to its NAV, compared with an average discount of -10.12% for the six-month period.

Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within the Fund's Performance Overview Page.

1 Market Yield is based on the Fund's current annualized monthly distribution divided by the Fund's current market price. The Fund's monthly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the fiscal year the Fund's cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund's distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.

The annual meeting of shareholders was held in the offices of Nuveen Investments on November 15, 2011; at this meeting the shareholders were asked to vote on the Election of Board Members.

For Fund portfolio compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications into sectors for reporting ease.

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.

(2) Ratings: Using the highest of Standard & Poor's Group ("Standard & Poor's"), Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch") rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor's, Baa by Moody's or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies.

(3) For fair value measurement pruposes, investment categorized as Level 3. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 1–General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Investment Valuation for more information.

(4) Non-income producing; issuer has not declared a dividend in the past twelve months.

(5) Security has a floating rate coupon, which is periodically reset based on a fixed percentage rate above a predetermined index or benchmark. The coupon rate disclosed is that in effect at the end of the reporting period.

144A Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers.

Non-cash financing activities not included herein consists of reinvestments of Common share distributions of $14,032.

(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily shares method.

(c) Total Return Based on Market Value is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

Total Return Based on Common Share Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in Common share net asset value, reinvested dividend income at net asset value and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending net asset value. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund's market price (and not its net asset value), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

(d) Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to FundPreferred shareholders, where applicable; Net Investment Income ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to FundPreferred shares, where applicable.

(e) After expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable. Ratios do not reflect the effect of custodian credits earned on the Fund's net cash on deposit with the custodian bank, where applicable.

(h) Represents distributions paid "From and in excess of net investment income" for the six months ended December 31, 2011.

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Floating Rate Fund (the "Fund") is a closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund's Common shares are listed on the NYSE Amex and trade under the ticker symbol "JFP". The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on December 29, 2004.

The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide an attractive level of after-tax current income. The Fund's secondary investment objective is capital preservation. The Fund intends to pursue its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its managed assets in adjustable rate preferred stock and other adjustable rate securities that the Fund believes, at the time of investment, are eligible to pay dividends that qualify for favorable federal income tax treatment (eligibility for the "dividends received deduction" or classified as "qualified dividend income"). At least 90% of the Fund's managed assets will be invested in securities that, at the time of investment, are rated investment grade, or are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by the Fund's sub-advisor, Spectrum Asset Management ("Spectrum").

A substantial portion of the Fund's investments will be invested in securities issued by banking companies and other financial institutions, including securities of middle market banking companies. The Fund's concentration of investments in these institutions includes the risk that banking companies and other financial institutions may themselves have concentrated portfolios, changes in interest rates or competition could affect their profitability, and there could be increased costs or setbacks due to changes in the regulatory and financial reporting requirements under which they operate. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its managed assets (as defined in Footnote 7—Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates) in investment-grade securities issued by non-financial companies.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP").

The prices of preferred securities issued by major banking companies and other securities in the Fund's investment portfolio are generally provided by independent pricing services approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. The pricing services typically value exchange-listed securities at the last sales price on that day; and value securities traded in the over-the- counter market at the last sales price on that day, or, in the absence of trade volume, an evaluated bid price when market quotations are readily available. These securities are generally classified as Level 1 or Level 2 for fair value measurement purposes, depending on the priority of the significant inputs. The pricing services may value preferred securities issued major banking companies and other securities for which current quotations are not readily available at fair value using a wide range of market data and other information and analysis, including the obligor's credit characteristics considered relevant by such pricing service to determine valuations. The Fund's Board of Trustees has approved procedures which permit Nuveen Funds Advisors, Inc., (the "Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investment, Inc. ("Nuveen") to determine the fair value of investments for which the applicable pricing service or services is not providing a price, using market data and other factors such as the obligor's credit characteristics.

The preferred securities issued by middle market banking companies in which the Fund invests are not listed on an organized exchange. Market quotations are not readily-available and no secondary market exists for such securities. The market for such investments is significantly less liquid relative to markets for other securities. Consequently, preferred securities issued by middle market banking companies may be valued by the Fund's Board of Trustees or its designee at fair value as described below. A security's fair value may differ significantly from the value that would have been determined had there been an active market for these preferred securities. These securities are generally classified as Level 3.

Prices of fixed-income securities are provided by pricing services approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. These securities are generally classified as Level 2. When market quotations are not readily available, the pricing service establishes a security's fair value using methods that may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor's credit characteristics considered relevant. In pricing certain securities, particularly less liquid and lower quality securities, the pricing service may consider information about a security, its issuer, or market activity provided by the Adviser. These securities are generally classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the priority of significant inputs.

Repurchase agreements are valued at contract amount plus accrued interest, which approximates market value. These securities are generally classified as Level 2.

Certain securities may not be able to be priced by the pre-established pricing methods as described above. Such securities may be valued by the Fund's Board of Trustees or its designee at fair value. These securities generally include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) for which a pricing service is unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally suspended; debt securities that have gone into default and for which there is no current market quotation; a security whose market price is not available from a pre-established pricing source; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has closed but before the calculation of a Fund's net asset value (as may be the case in non-U.S. markets on which the security is primarily traded) or make it difficult or impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; and a security whose price, as provided by the pricing service, is not deemed to reflect the security's fair value. As a general principle, the fair value of a security would appear to be the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for it in a current sale. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of such securities, which may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor's credit characteristics considered relevant. These securities are generally classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs. Regardless of the method employed to value a particular security, all valuations are subject to review by the Fund's Board of Trustees or its designee.

Refer to Footnote 2—Fair Value Measurements for further details on the leveling of securities held by the Fund as of the end of the reporting period.

Investment transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the specific identification method, which is the same basis used for federal income tax purposes. Investments purchased on a when-issued/delayed delivery basis may have extended settlement periods. Any investments so purchased are subject to market fluctuation during this period. The Fund has instructed the custodian to segregate assets with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments. At December 31, 2011, the Fund had no such outstanding purchase commitments.

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which reflects the amortization of premiums and includes accretion of discounts for financial reporting purposes, is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income also reflects paydown gains and losses, if any.

The Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders and to otherwise comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. In any year when the Fund realizes net capital gains, the Fund may choose to distribute all or a portion of its net capital gains to shareholders, or alternately, to retain all or a portion of its net capital gains and pay federal corporate income taxes on such retained gains.

For all open tax years and all major taxing jurisdictions, management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. Open tax years are those that are open for examination by taxing authorities (i.e., generally the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then). Furthermore, management of the Fund is also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

Distributions to Common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

The Fund makes monthly cash distributions to Common shareholders of a stated dollar amount per share. Subject to approval and oversight by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Fund may make as part of its monthly distributions supplemental amounts from sources other than net investment income ("Managed Distribution Program"). However, during this period the Fund has not implemented its Managed Distribution Program, due to the fact that the Fund's monthly distributions during this period did not include any supplemental amounts representing actual or anticipated portfolio price appreciation.

If the Fund were to implement its Managed Distribution Program, the Fund would seek to establish a distribution rate that reflects not only the projected net income from its portfolio of floating-rate securities but potentially also a portion of any anticipated recovery over time in the value of these securities. In such an implementation, total distributions during a calendar year generally will be made from the Fund's net investment income, net realized capital gains and net unrealized capital gains in the Fund's portfolio, if any. The portion of distributions paid from net unrealized gains, if any, would be distributed from the Fund's assets and would be treated by shareholders as a non-taxable distribution for tax purposes. In the event that total distributions during a calendar year were to exceed the Fund's total return on net asset value, the difference would be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes and would reduce net asset value per share.

The final determination of the source and character of all distributions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, is reflected in the accompanying financial statements.

The distributions made by the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2011, are provisionally classified as being "From and in excess of net investment income," and those distributions will be classified as being from net investment income, net realized capital gains and/or a return of capital for tax purposes after the fiscal year end. For purposes of calculating "Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income" as of December 31, 2011, the distribution amounts provisionally classified as "From and in excess of net investment income" were treated as being entirely from net investment income. Consequently, the financial statements at December 31, 2011, reflect an over-distribution of net investment income.

The Fund is authorized to issue auction rate preferred ("FundPreferred") shares. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, the Fund redeemed all $78,000,000 of its outstanding 3,120 Series Th FundPreferred shares, at liquidation value.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, lawsuits pursuing claims made in a demand letter alleging that the Fund's Board of Trustees breached their fiduciary duties related to the redemption at par of the Fund's FundPreferred shares had been filed on behalf of shareholders of the Fund and against the Adviser, the Nuveen holding company, the majority owner of the holding company, the lone interested trustee, and current and former officers of the Fund. Nuveen and the other named defendants filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuits and on December 16, 2011, the court granted that motion dismissing the lawsuits. The plaintiffs failed to file an appeal on the court's decision within the required time period, resulting in the final disposition of the lawsuits.

The Fund is authorized to invest in certain derivative instruments, including credit default swaps and interest rate swaps. Although the Fund is authorized to invest in such derivative instruments, and may do so in the future, it did make any such investments during the six months ended December 31, 2011.

In the normal course of business the Fund may invest in financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to the transaction to perform (counterparty credit risk). The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded on the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to counterparty credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties on forward, option and swap transactions, when applicable. The extent of the Fund's exposure to counterparty credit risk in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Futures contracts, when applicable, expose a Fund to minimal counterparty credit risk as they are exchange traded and the exchange's clearinghouse, which is counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.

The Fund helps manage counterparty credit risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by having the Adviser monitor the financial stability of the counterparties. Additionally, counterparties may be required to pledge collateral daily (based on the daily valuation of the financial asset) on behalf of the Fund with a value approximately equal to the amount of any unrealized gain above a pre-determined threshold. Reciprocally, when the Fund has an unrealized loss, the Fund has instructed the custodian to pledge assets of the Fund as collateral with a value approximately equal to the amount of the unrealized loss above a pre-determined threshold. Collateral pledges are monitored and subsequently adjusted if and when the valuations fluctuate, either up or down, by at least the pre-determined threshold amount.

In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Fund's policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. If the counterparty defaults, and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral may be delayed or limited.

The Fund has an arrangement with the custodian bank whereby certain custodian fees and expenses are reduced by net credits earned on the Fund's cash on deposit with the bank. Such deposit arrangements are an alternative to overnight investments. Credits for cash balances may be offset by charges for any days on which the Fund overdraws its account at the custodian bank.

Under the Fund's organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment or transferring a liability in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. A three-tier hierarchy is used to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including management's assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the Fund's fair value measurements as of December 31, 2011:

The following is a reconciliation of the Fund's Level 3 investments held at the beginning and end of the measurement period:

During the six months ended December 31, 2011, the Fund recognized no significant transfers to or from Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.

The Fund records derivative instruments at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized on the Statement of Operations, when applicable. Even though the Fund's investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are not considered to be hedge transactions for financial reporting purposes. The Fund did not invest in derivative instruments during the six months ended December 31, 2011.

Since the inception of the Fund's repurchase program, the Fund has not repurchased any of its outstanding Common shares.

Purchases and sales (including maturities but excluding short-term investments) during the six months ended December 31, 2011, were as follows:

The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions. To the extent that differences arise that are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts as detailed below. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the net asset value of the Fund.

At December 31, 2011, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Permanent differences, primarily due to return of capital distributions, resulted in reclassifications among the Fund's components of Common share net assets at June 30, 2011, the Fund's last tax year end, as follows:

The tax components of undistributed net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains at June 30, 2011, the Fund's last tax year end, were as follows:

* Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains, if any. Undistributed net ordinary income (on a tax basis) has not been reduced for the dividend declared on June 1, 2011, paid on July 1, 2011.

The tax character of distributions paid during the Fund's last tax year ended June 30, 2011 was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:

* Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains, if any.

At June 30, 2011, the Fund's last tax year end, the Fund had unused capital loss carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future capital gains, if any. If not applied, the carryforwards will expire as follows:

The Fund has elected to defer net realized losses from investments incurred from November 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, the Fund's last tax year end, ("post-October losses") in accordance with federal income tax regulations. Post-October losses are treated as having arisen on the first day of the current fiscal year. The Fund has elected to defer post-October losses as follows:

The Fund's management fee consists of two components—a fund-level fee, based only on the amount of assets within the Fund, and a complex-level fee, based on the aggregate amount of all eligible fund assets managed by the Adviser. This pricing structure enables Fund shareholders to benefit from growth in the assets within the Fund as well as from growth in the amount of complex-wide assets managed by the Adviser.

The annual fund-level fee, payable monthly, is calculated according to the following schedule:

The annual complex-level fee, payable monthly, is calculated according to the following schedule:

* For the fund-level and complex-level fees, managed assets include closed-end fund assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to financial leverage. For these purposes, financial leverage includes the funds' use of preferred stock and borrowings and certain investments in the residual interest certificates (also called inverse floating rate securities) in tender option bond (TOB) trusts, including the portion of assets held by a TOB trust that has been effectively financed by the trust's issuance of floating rate securities, subject to an agreement by the Adviser as to certain funds to limit the amount of such assets for determining managed assets in certain circumstances. The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily managed assets of all Nuveen Funds that constitute "eligible assets." Eligible assets do not include assets attributable to investments in other Nuveen Funds and assets in excess of $2 billion added to the Nuveen Fund complex in connection with the Adviser's assumption of the management of the former First American Funds effective January 1, 2011. As of December 31, 2011, the complex-level fee rate for the Fund was .1767%.

The management fee compensates the Adviser for overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The Adviser is responsible for the Fund's overall strategy and asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Spectrum, under which Spectrum manages the investment portfolio of the Fund. Spectrum is compensated for its services to the Fund by the Adviser. Spectrum also receives compensation on certain portfolio transactions for providing brokerage services to the Fund.

The Fund pays no compensation directly to those of its trustees who are affiliated with the Adviser or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Fund from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board of Trustees has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from certain Nuveen-advised funds. Under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of select Nuveen-advised funds.

For the first eight years of the Fund's operations, the Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund, as a percentage of average daily managed assets, for fees and expenses in the amounts and for the time periods set forth below:

The Adviser has not agreed to reimburse the Fund for any portion of its fees and expenses beyond March 31, 2013.

Effective March 31, 2010, the Adviser has agreed to voluntarily waive the Fund's management fees until further notice. This voluntary waiver is a replacement for the contractual reimbursement as described above.

Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860): Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements.

On April 15, 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2011-03, ("ASU No. 2011-03"). The guidance in ASU No. 2011-03 is intended to improve the accounting for repurchase agreements and other similar agreements. Specifically, ASU No. 2011-03 modifies the criteria for determining when these transactions would be accounted for as financings (secured borrowings/lending agreements) as opposed to sale (purchase) with commitments to repurchase (resell). The effective date of ASU No. 2011-03 is for the interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of this guidance and the impact it will have to the financial statement amounts and footnote disclosures, if any.

On May 12, 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04 modifying Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. At the same time, the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") issued International Financial Reporting Standard ("IFRS") 13, Fair Value Measurement. The objective of the FASB and IASB is convergence of their guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures. Specifically, ASU No. 2011-04 requires reporting entities to disclose i) the amounts of any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 and the reasons for the transfers and ii) for Level 3 fair value measurements, a) quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used, b) a description of the valuation processes used by the reporting entity and c) a narrative description of the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs if a change in those inputs might result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement. The effective date of ASU No. 2011-04 is for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of this guidance and the impact it will have to the financial statement amounts and footnote disclosures, if any.

Nuveen makes reinvesting easy. A phone call is all it takes to set up your reinvestment account.

Your Nuveen Closed-End Fund allows you to conveniently reinvest distributions in additional Fund shares.

By choosing to reinvest, you'll be able to invest money regularly and automatically, and watch your investment grow through the power of compounding. Just like distributions in cash, there may be times when income or capital gains taxes may be payable on distributions that are reinvested.

It is important to note that an automatic reinvestment plan does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect you against loss in a declining market.

To make recordkeeping easy and convenient, each month you'll receive a statement showing your total distributions, the date of investment, the shares acquired and the price per share, and the total number of shares you own.

The shares you acquire by reinvesting will either be purchased on the open market or newly issued by the Fund. If the shares are trading at or above net asset value at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of the net asset value or 95% of the then-current market price. If the shares are trading at less than net asset value, shares for your account will be purchased on the open market. If the Plan Agent begins purchasing Fund shares on the open market while shares are trading below net asset value, but the Fund's shares subsequently trade at or above their net asset value before the Plan Agent is able to complete its purchases, the Plan Agent may cease open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the distribution in newly-issued Fund shares at a price equal to the greater of the shares' net asset value or 95% of the shares' market value on the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date. Distributions received to purchase shares in the open market will normally be invested shortly after the distribution payment date. No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Because the market price of the shares may increase before purchases are completed, the average purchase price per share may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund. A pro rata portion of any applicable brokerage commissions on open market purchases will be paid

by Plan participants. These commissions usually will be lower than those charged on individual transactions.

You may change your distribution option or withdraw from the Plan at any time, should your needs or situation change.

You can reinvest whether your shares are registered in your name, or in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee. Ask your financial advisor if his or her firm will participate on your behalf. Participants whose shares are registered in the name of one firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan.

The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Although the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants, there is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan at this time.

For more information on the Nuveen Automatic Reinvestment Plan or to enroll in or withdraw from the Plan, speak with your financial advisor or call us at (800) 257-8787.

• Average Annual Total Return: This is a commonly used method to express an investment's performance over a particular, usually multi-year time period. It expresses the return that would have been necessary each year to equal the investment's actual cumulative performance (including change in NAV or market price and reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, if any) over the time period being considered.

• Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index: A market capitalization-weighted measure of U.S.-traded investment grade bonds, including Treasury securities, government agency bonds, mortgage-backed bonds, corporate bonds, and a small amount of foreign bonds traded in U.S. Municipal bonds and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are excluded. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not include the effects of any applicable sales charges or management fees. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

• Current Distribution Rate: Current distribution rate is based on the Fund's current annualized monthly distribution divided by the Fund's current market price. The Fund's monthly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund's cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund's distributions, a tax return of capital.

• Merrill Lynch Adjustable Rate Preferred Index: An unmanaged index composed of dollar-denominated investment-grade preferred securities, predominantly from larger issuers. The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in below-investment-grade securities, often from smaller issuers. Index returns assume the reinvestment of distributions, but do not include the effects of any applicable sales charges or management fees. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

• Net Asset Value (NAV): The net market value of all securities held in a portfolio.

• Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share: The market value of one share of a mutual fund or closed-end fund. For a Fund, the NAV is calculated daily by taking the Fund's total assets (securities, cash, and accrued earnings), subtracting the Fund's liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding.

• Regulatory Leverage: Regulatory Leverage consists of preferred shares or debt issued by the Fund. Both of these are part of the Fund's capital structure. Regulatory leverage is sometimes referred to as "40 Act Leverage" and is subject to asset coverage limits set in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

• S&P 500 Index: An unmanaged index generally considered representative of the U.S. stock market. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not include the effects of any applicable sales charges or management fees. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

John P. Amboian
Robert P. Bremner
Jack B. Evans
William C. Hunter
David J. Kundert
William J. Schneider
Judith M. Stockdale
Carole E. Stone
Virginia L. Stringer
Terence J. Toth

State Street Bank & Trust Company
Nuveen Funds
P.O. Box 43071
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(800) 257-8787

You may obtain (i) the Fund's quarterly portfolio of investments, (ii) information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, and (iii) a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund used to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen Investments toll-free at (800) 257-8787 or on Nuveen's website at www.nuveen.com.

You may also obtain this and other Fund information directly from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC may charge a copying fee for this information. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov or in person at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call the SEC at (202) 942-8090 for room hours and operation. You may also request Fund information by sending an e-mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.

The Fund's Chief Executive Officer has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the annual CEO certification as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

The Fund has filed with the SEC the certification of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The Fund intends to repurchase shares of its own common stock in the future at such times and in such amounts as is deemed advisable. During the period covered by this report, the Fund repurchased shares of its common stock as shown in the accompanying table.

Any future repurchases will be reported to shareholders in the next annual or semi-annual report.

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Since 1898, financial advisors and their clients have relied on Nuveen Investments to provide dependable investment solutions through continued adherence to proven, long-term investing principles. Today, we offer a range of high quality equity and fixed-income solutions designed to be integral components of a well-diversified core portfolio.

Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to help secure the long-term goals of institutional and individual investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. Nuveen Investments markets a wide range of specialized investment solutions which provide investors access to capabilities of its high-quality boutique investment affiliates—Nuveen Asset Management, Symphony Asset Management, NWQ Investment Management Company, Santa Barbara Asset Management, Tradewinds Global Investors, Winslow Capital Management and Gresham Investment Management. In total, Nuveen Investments managed $220 billion as of December 31, 2011.

To learn more about how the products and services of Nuveen Investments may be able to help you meet your financial goals, talk to your financial advisor, or call us at (800) 257-8787. Please read the information provided carefully before you invest. Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and expenses of any investment carefully. Where applicable, be sure to obtain a prospectus, which contains this and other relevant information. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your securities representative or Nuveen Investments, 333 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

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