N-CSRS 1 d133011dncsrs.htm NUVEEN MANAGED ACCOUNTS PORTFOLIOS TRUST Nuveen Managed Accounts Portfolios Trust

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 811-22023

Nuveen Managed Accounts Portfolios Trust

(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: July 31

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2016

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policy making roles.

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


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Semi-Annual Report  January 31, 2016

 

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Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio

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Table

of Contents

 

Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders

     4   

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

     5   

Risk Considerations and Dividend Information

     6   

Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios

     7   

Yields

     9   

Holding Summaries

     10   

Expense Examples

     11   

Portfolio of Investments

     12   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     35   

Statement of Operations

     36   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

     37   

Financial Highlights

     38   

Notes to Financial Statements

     40   

Additional Fund Information

     47   

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     48   

 

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Chairman’s Letter

to Shareholders

 

LOGO

Dear Shareholders,

For better or for worse, the financial markets spent most of the past year waiting for the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) to end its accommodative monetary policy. The policy has propped up stock and bond markets since the Great Recession, but the question remains: how will markets behave without its influence? This uncertainty was a considerable source of volatility for stock and bond prices for much of 2015, despite the Fed carefully conveying its intention to raise rates slowly and only when the economy shows evidence of readiness.

As was widely expected, the long-awaited Fed rate hike materialized in mid-December. While the move was interpreted as a vote of confidence on the U.S. economy’s underlying strength, the Fed emphasized that future rate increases will be gradual and guided by its ongoing assessment of financial conditions. Headwinds including rising borrowing costs, softer commodity prices, low inflation, a strong U.S. dollar and a stagnant global economy could necessitate keeping monetary conditions accommodative for longer. Meanwhile, policy makers in Europe and Japan are deploying their available tools to try to bolster their economies’ fragile growth, while Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to manage China’s slowdown.

Although the new year began with a more pessimistic tone to investor sentiment and elevated volatility in the markets, we caution investors from making long-term decisions based on short-term news. In times like these, you can look to a professional investment manager with the experience and discipline to maintain the proper perspective on short-term events. And if the daily headlines do concern you, I encourage you to reach out to your financial advisor. Your financial advisor can help you evaluate your investment strategies in light of current events, your time horizon and risk tolerance.

On behalf of the other members of the Nuveen Fund Board, we look forward to continuing to earn your trust in the months and years ahead.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

William J. Schneider

Chairman of the Board

March 23, 2016

 

 

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Portfolio Manager’s

Comments

 

Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio

This Fund was developed exclusively for use within Nuveen-sponsored separately managed accounts and is a specialized municipal bond portfolio to be used in combination with selected individual securities to effectively model institutional-level investment strategies. The Fund enables certain Nuveen municipal separately managed account investors to achieve greater diversification and return potential than smaller managed accounts might otherwise achieve by using lower quality, higher yielding securities and to gain access to special investment opportunities normally available only to institutional investors.

The Fund is managed by Nuveen Asset Management LLC, an affiliate of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Martin J. Doyle, CFA, has served as manager for the Fund since its inception in 2007. Here he discusses the Fund’s investment strategy and its performance during the six-month reporting period ended January 31, 2016.

How did the Fund perform during the six-month reporting period ended January 31, 2016?

The table in the Performance and Expense Ratios section of this report provides total return performance for the Fund for the six-month, one-year, five-year and since inception periods ended January 31, 2016. The Fund’s Class I Share total return at net asset value (NAV) outperformed the Barclays 7-Year Municipal Bond Index during the six-month reporting period ended January 31, 2016.

What strategies were used to manage the Fund during the reporting period and how did these strategies influence performance?

The Fund uses a value-oriented strategy and looks for higher yielding and undervalued municipal bonds that offer the potential for above average total return. The Fund invests in various types of municipal securities, including investment grade (rated BBB/Baa or better), below investment grade (rated BB/Ba or lower) and non-rated municipal securities. The Fund focuses on securities with intermediate to longer term maturities. We continue to focus on improving call protection to stabilize the consistency of income across longer periods.

During the reporting period, several factors contributed to the Fund’s outperformance, including our exposure to bonds with maturities and durations longer than the benchmark. Longer maturities and durations generally outperformed shorter maturity and duration bonds during the reporting period.

From a quality perspective, our exposure to mid-grade (A and BBB ratings) bonds contributed to performance. These bonds provided higher interest income levels than higher grade (AA and AAA ratings) bonds. In addition, our exposure to high yield bonds (rated below investment grade or non-rated) provided higher interest income levels than higher rated bonds.

Security Selection positively impacted performance. The Fund did not have any exposure to Puerto Rico debt during the reporting period. Puerto Rico issues generally underperformed other bonds in the municipal high yield portion of the market. Lastly, exposure to certain revenue bond sectors such as health care, charter schools, tobacco, higher education and airports all contributed to the Fund’s outperformance relative to lower yielding sectors such as water & sewer and pre-refunded bonds.

 

 

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 manager 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 (S&P), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s) or Fitch, Inc. (Fitch). 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 these national rating agencies.

Bond insurance guarantees only the payment of principal and interest on the bond when due, and not the value of the bonds themselves, which will fluctuate with the bond market and the financial success of the issuer and the insurer. Insurance relates specifically to the bonds in the portfolio and not to the share prices of a fund. No representation is made as to the insurers’ ability to meet their commitments.

Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within this section.

 

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Risk Considerations

and Dividend Information

 

Risk Considerations

Mutual fund investing involves risk; principal loss is possible. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, call risk, tax risk, political and economic risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make interest and principal payments when due. Below investment grade or high yield debt securities are subject to liquidity risk and heightened credit risk. The Fund’s potential use of inverse floaters creates effective leverage. Leverage involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than its original investment and also increases the Fund’s exposure to volatility and interest rate risk.

Dividend Information

The Fund seeks to pay regular monthly dividends out of its net investment income at a rate that reflects its past and projected net income performance. To permit the Fund to maintain a more stable monthly dividend, the Fund may pay dividends at a rate that may be more or less than the amount of net income actually earned by the Fund during the period. If the Fund has cumulatively earned more than it has paid in dividends, it will hold the excess in reserve as undistributed net investment income (UNII) as part of the Fund’s net asset value. Conversely, if the Fund has cumulatively paid in dividends more than it has earned, the excess will constitute a negative UNII that will likewise be reflected in the Fund’s net asset value. The Fund will, over time, pay all its net investment income as dividends to shareholders.

As of January 31, 2016, the Fund had a positive UNII balance, based upon our best estimate, for tax purposes and a negative UNII balance for financial reporting purposes.

All monthly dividends paid by the Fund during the current reporting period, were paid from net investment income. If a portion of the Fund’s monthly distributions was sourced from or comprised of elements other than net investment income, including capital gains and/or a return of capital, shareholders would have received a notice to that effect. For financial reporting purposes, the composition and per share amounts of the Fund’s dividends for the reporting period are presented in this report’s Statement of Changes in Net Assets and Financial Highlights, respectively. For income tax purposes, distribution information for the Fund as of its most recent tax year end is presented in Note 6 – Income Tax Information within the Notes to Financial Statements of this report.

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios

and Effective Leverage Ratios

 

This is a specialized municipal bond Fund developed exclusively for use within Nuveen-sponsored separately managed accounts.

Returns quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that when shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Income is generally exempt from regular federal income taxes. Some income may be subject to state and local income taxes and to the federal alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to tax.

Returns may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the investment adviser during the periods presented. If any such waivers and/or reimbursements had not been in place, returns would have been reduced. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 7—Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates for more information. For the most recent month-end performance call (800) 257-8787.

Fund shares have no sales charge. Fund returns assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.

The expense ratios shown reflect total operating expenses (before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) as shown in the most recent prospectus.

Leverage is created whenever the Fund has investment exposure (both reward and/or risk) equivalent to more than 100% of the investment capital. The effective leverage ratio shown is the amount of investment exposure created either through borrowings or indirectly through inverse floaters, divided by the assets invested, including those assets that were purchased with the proceeds of the leverage, or referenced by the levered instrument.

 

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios (continued)

Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio

 

Refer to the first page of this Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios section for further explanation of the information included within this section. Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

Fund Performance

Average Annual Total Returns as of January 31, 2016

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class I Shares

       5.15%           4.48%           8.08%           6.42%   

Barclays 7-Year Municipal Bond Index

       3.80%           2.75%           4.87%           4.80%   

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2015 (Most Recent Calendar Quarter)

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class I Shares

       4.61%           5.17%           7.49%           6.31%   

Since inception returns are from 5/31/07. The index is not available for direct investment.

Expense Ratios as of Most Recent Prospectus

 

       Share Class  
        Class I  

Gross Expense Ratios

       0.09%   

Net Expense Ratios

       0.01%   

The Fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed irrevocably during the existence of the Fund to waive all fees and pay or reimburse all expenses of the Fund, except for interest expense, taxes, fees incurred in acquiring and disposing of portfolio securities and extraordinary expenses.

Effective Leverage Ratio as of January 31, 2016

 

Effective Leverage Ratio

       8.97%   

 

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Yields as of January 31, 2016

 

Dividend Yield is the most recent dividend per share (annualized) divided by the offering price per share.

The SEC 30-Day Yield is a standardized measure of a Fund’s yield that accounts for the future amortization of premiums or discounts of bonds held in the Fund’s portfolio. The SEC 30-Day Yield is computed under an SEC standardized formula and is based on the maximum offer price per share. Subsidized yields reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements from the investment adviser during the period. If any such waivers and/or reimbursements had not been in place, yields would have been reduced. Unsubsidized yields do not reflect waivers and/or reimbursements from the investment adviser during the period. Refer to the Fund Performance and Expense Ratios page for further details on the investment adviser’s most recent agreement with the Fund to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses, where applicable. Dividend Yield may differ from the SEC 30-Day Yield because the Fund may be paying out more or less than it is earning and it may not include the effect of amortization of bond premium.

The Taxable-Equivalent Yield represents the yield that must be earned on a fully taxable investment in order to equal the yield of the Fund on an after-tax basis at a specified tax rate. If the comparison were instead to investments that generate qualified dividend income, which is taxable at a rate lower than an individual’s ordinary graduated tax rate, the Fund’s Taxable-Equivalent Yield would be lower.

 

       Share Class  
        Class I  

Dividend Yield

       3.88%   

SEC 30-Day Yield – Subsidized

       2.84%   

SEC 30-Day Yield – Unsubsidized

       2.77%   

Taxable-Equivalent Yield – Subsidized (28.0%)1

       3.94%   

Taxable-Equivalent Yield – Unsubsidized (28.0%)1

       3.85%   

 

1 The Taxable-Equivalent Yield is based on the Fund’s SEC 30-Day Yield on the indicated date and a federal income tax rate as shown in the table above.

 

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Holding

Summaries as of January 31, 2016

 

This data relates to the securities held in the portfolio of investments as of the end of this reporting period. It should not be construed as a measure of performance for the Fund itself. Holdings are subject to change.

Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s, 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 these national rating agencies.

Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

 

Fund Allocation

(% of net assets)

 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

       100.1%   

Short-Term Municipal Bonds

       0.3%   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

       1.9%   

Net Assets Plus Floating Rate Obligations

       102.3%   

Floating Rate Obligations

       (2.3)%   

Net Assets

       100%   

Bond Credit Quality

(% of total investment exposure)

 

AAA/U.S. Guaranteed

       11.6%   

AA

       34.0%   

A

       24.7%   

BBB

       18.8%   

BB or Lower

       6.3%   

N/R (not rated)

       4.6%   

Total

       100%   

Portfolio Composition

(% of total investments)

 

Education and Civic Organizations

     17.3%   

Transportation

     16.7%   

Tax Obligation/Limited

     15.3%   

Health Care

     15.1%   

Tax Obligation/General

     14.4%   

Utilities

     5.9%   

Consumer Staples

     5.4%   

Other

     9.9%   

Total

     100%   

States and Territories

(% of total investments)

 

Texas

       11.4%   

California

       10.0%   

New York

       6.3%   

Illinois

       6.0%   

Florida

       5.5%   

Pennsylvania

       5.1%   

Washington

       4.6%   

Indiana

       3.3%   

Colorado

       3.0%   

Arizona

       2.9%   

Guam

       2.2%   

North Carolina

       2.2%   

Virginia

       2.2%   

Hawaii

       2.1%   

Idaho

       2.0%   

Minnesota

       1.9%   

Wisconsin

       1.8%   

District of Columbia

       1.7%   

Maryland

       1.6%   

Mississippi

       1.5%   

Alaska

       1.4%   

Louisiana

       1.4%   

Ohio

       1.4%   

Other

       18.5%   

Total

       100%   
 

 

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Expense

Examples

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including up-front and back-end sales charges (loads) or redemption fees, where applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees, where applicable; and other Fund expenses. The Examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the period ended January 31, 2016.

The beginning of the period is August 1, 2015.

The information under “Actual Performance,” together with the amount you invested, allows you to estimate actual expenses incurred over the reporting period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the cost shown for your share class, in the row entitled “Expenses Incurred During Period” to estimate the expenses incurred on your account during this period.

The information under “Hypothetical Performance,” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expense you incurred for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds or share classes. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

       Share Class  
        Class I  

Actual Performance

          

Beginning Account Value

     $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

     $ 1,051.50   

Expenses Incurred During Period

     $   

Hypothetical Performance

(5% annualized return before expenses)

          

Beginning Account Value

     $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

     $ 1,025.21   

Expenses Incurred During Period

     $   

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio of 0.00% for the six-month period.

 

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Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 100.1%

     
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS – 100.1%

     
      National – 0.3%                  
 

MuniMae Tax-Exempt Bond Subsidiary Redeemable Preferred Shares, Multifamily Housing Pool:

     
$ 345     

5.000%, 1/31/28 (Mandatory put 1/31/18) (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    1/18 at 100.00        Ba1      $ 374,304   
  1,000     

5.750%, 6/30/50 (Mandatory put 9/30/19) (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        Ba2        1,069,920   
  1,345     

Total National

                    1,444,224   
      Alabama – 0.7%                  
  850     

Alabama State Board of Education, Revenue Bonds, Faulkner State Community College, Series 2009, 6.125%, 10/01/28

    10/18 at 100.00        A1        960,279   
  500     

Auburn University, Alabama, General Fee Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 6/01/41

    6/21 at 100.00        Aa2        576,065   
  1,270     

DCH Health Care Authority, Alabama, Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 6/01/33

    6/25 at 100.00        A        1,458,201   
  2,620     

Total Alabama

                    2,994,545   
      Alaska – 1.4%                  
  1,100     

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, General Obligation Bonds, State Capital Project II, Series 2015C, 5.000%, 6/01/31

    12/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,334,234   
  1,400     

Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, Power Revenue Bonds, Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 1/01/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/25 at 100.00        Baa2        1,575,056   
  1,500     

Alaska Municipal Bond Bank, General Obligation Bonds, Three Series 2015, 5.250%, 10/01/31

    4/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,815,660   
 

Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Alaska, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006A:

     
  515     

4.625%, 6/01/23

    6/16 at 100.00        Ba1        515,211   
  1,385     

5.000%, 6/01/46

    6/16 at 100.00        B        1,178,843   
  5,900     

Total Alaska

                    6,419,004   
      Arizona – 2.9%                  
  1,000     

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Banner Health Systems, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2046, 18.270%, 1/01/20 (IF) (4)

    No Opt. Call        AA–        1,460,920   
  1,010     

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Series 2013D, 5.000%, 2/01/28

    2/23 at 100.00        BBB+        1,154,198   
  3,450     

Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Revenue Bonds, Junior Lien Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/35

    7/25 at 100.00        A+        4,068,447   
  1,000     

Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2013, 5.000%, 7/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/23 at 100.00        AA–        1,172,080   
  225     

Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Great Hearts Academies Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/44

    7/24 at 100.00        BBB–        233,284   
  735     

Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Cambridge Academy-East, Inc. Project, Series 2010, 5.875%, 4/01/22

    4/20 at 100.00        BB–        740,020   

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Arizona (continued)                  
$ 500     

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Arizona, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 10-9W, 17.770%, 1/01/38 (IF) (4)

    1/18 at 100.00        Aa1      $ 634,100   
 

Yavapai County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center Inc. Project, Refunding Series 2015:

     
  290     

3.900%, 9/01/24

    No Opt. Call        BB+        298,526   
  1,500     

5.000%, 9/01/34

    3/25 at 100.00        BB+        1,540,740   
  305     

Yavapai County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center Inc. Project, Series 2012, 4.625%, 3/01/22

    No Opt. Call        BB+        326,512   
  315     

Yavapai County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center, Inc. Project, Series 2011, 7.625%, 3/01/31

    3/21 at 100.00        BB+        365,636   
  30     

Yuma County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Exempt Revenue Bonds, Far West Water & Sewer Inc. Refunding, Series 2007A, 6.500%, 12/01/17 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        N/R        29,083   
  1,000     

Yuma Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Yuma Regional Medical Center, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 8/01/24

    No Opt. Call        A–        1,199,670   
  11,360     

Total Arizona

                    13,223,216   
      California – 10.0%                  
  500     

ABAG Finance Authority for Non-Profit Corporations, California, Revenue Bonds, Casa de Las Campanas, Series 2010, 6.000%, 9/01/37

    9/20 at 100.00        AA–        589,430   
  2,915     

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Kern County Tobacco Funding Corporation, Refunding Series 2014, 4.000%, 6/01/29

    6/16 at 100.00        BBB+        2,917,011   
  655     

California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford University, Series 2013-U3, 5.000%, 6/01/43

    No Opt. Call        AAA        892,182   
  500     

California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Southern California, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2188,18.974%, 11/15/16 (IF)

    No Opt. Call        Aa1        733,260   
  1,000     

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Healthcare West, Series 2009F, 5.625%, 7/01/25

    7/19 at 100.00        A        1,154,520   
  300     

California Municipal Finance Authority Charter School Revenue Bonds, Albert Einstein Academies Project, Series 2013A, 6.000%, 8/01/23

    No Opt. Call        BB        341,070   
 

California Municipal Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Partnerships to Uplift Communities Project, Series 2012A:

     
  295     

4.750%, 8/01/22

    No Opt. Call        BB+        321,671   
  675     

5.000%, 8/01/32

    No Opt. Call        BB+        712,159   
  840     

California Municipal Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Rocket ship Education Multiple Projects, Series 2014A, 6.000%, 6/01/23

    6/22 at 102.00        N/R        930,115   
  735     

California Municipal Finance Authority, Mobile Home Park Senior Revenue Bonds, Caritas Affordable Housing, Inc. Projects, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 8/15/30

    8/24 at 100.00        BBB        846,257   
  1,300     

California Municipal Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Eisenhower Medical Center, Series 2010A, 5.500%, 7/01/30

    7/20 at 100.00        Baa2        1,432,210   
  1,655     

California School Finance Authority School Facility Revenue Bonds, KIPP LA Projects, Series 2015A, 3.625%, 7/01/25

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        1,718,866   
  1,000     

California School Finance Authority, California, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Aspire Public Schools, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 8/01/35

    8/25 at 100.00        BBB        1,116,250   

 

Nuveen Investments     13   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      California (continued)                  
$ 755     

California School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Coastal Academy Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 10/01/33

    10/22 at 100.00        BBB–      $ 798,337   
  700     

California School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Rocket ship Education, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 6/01/31 (WI/DD, Settling 2/05/16)

    6/25 at 100.00        N/R        735,616   
  605     

California School Finance Authority, Educational Facility Revenue Bonds, New Designs Charter School Project, Series 2012C, 4.250%, 6/01/17

    No Opt. Call        BB+        610,784   
  450     

California School Finance Authority, School Facility Revenue Bonds, KIPP LA Projects, Series 2014A, 4.125%, 7/01/24

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        483,079   
  695     

California State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 1997, 5.625%, 10/01/21

    4/16 at 100.00        AA+        701,547   
 

California State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2009:

     
  1,000     

6.500%, 4/01/33

    4/19 at 100.00        AA–        1,174,730   
  645     

6.000%, 11/01/39

    11/19 at 100.00        AA–        761,997   
 

California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging-Fountain view Gonda, Series 2014A:

     
  350     

5.000%, 8/01/28

    8/22 at 102.00        AA–        421,015   
  1,130     

5.000%, 8/01/29

    8/22 at 102.00        AA–        1,353,130   
 

Carson Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Merged & Amended Project Area, Series 2014A:

     
  220     

5.000%, 10/01/23

    No Opt. Call        AA–        268,910   
  440     

5.000%, 10/01/24

    No Opt. Call        AA–        543,910   
  840     

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Enhanced Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A, 4.000%, 6/01/31

    6/25 at 100.00        A+        905,108   
 

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A-1:

     
  930     

4.500%, 6/01/27

    6/17 at 100.00        B+        932,799   
  215     

5.000%, 6/01/33

    6/17 at 100.00        B        200,834   
  750     

Irvine, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 2004-1 Central Park, Series 2015A, 4.000%, 9/01/35

    9/25 at 100.00        N/R        777,000   
  50     

Long Beach Bond Finance Authority, California, Natural Gas Purchase Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 11/15/35

    No Opt. Call        A        61,210   
 

Long Beach, California, Marina Revenue Bonds, Alamitos Bay Marina Project, Series 2015:

     
  320     

5.000%, 5/15/24

    No Opt. Call        BBB        383,510   
  745     

5.000%, 5/15/26

    No Opt. Call        BBB        884,673   
  750     

Los Angeles Department of Airports, California, Revenue Bonds, Los Angeles International Airport, Senior Lien Series 2015D, 5.000%, 5/15/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    5/25 at 100.00        AA        903,675   
  1,000     

Los Angeles Department of Airports, California, Revenue Bonds, Los Angeles International Airport, Series 2009A, 5.250%, 5/15/29

    5/19 at 100.00        AA        1,138,040   
  500     

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California, Power System Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A-2, 5.250%, 7/01/32

    7/18 at 100.00        AA–        552,060   
  750     

Los Angeles Regional Airports Improvement Corporation, California, Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds, LAXFUEL Corporation at Los Angeles International Airport, Series 2012, 5.000%, 1/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        A        897,742   
  365     

Menifee Union School District Public Financing Authority, California, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 9/01/32 (WI/DD, Settling 2/18/16) – BAM Insured

    9/25 at 100.00        AA        425,477   
  1,000     

Northern Inyo County Local Hospital District, Inyo County, California, Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 5.000%, 12/01/29

    12/23 at 100.00        BB        1,045,430   

 

  14       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      California (continued)                  
$ 85     

Novato Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Hamilton Field Redevelopment Project, Series 2011, 6.750%, 9/01/40

    9/21 at 100.00        BBB+      $ 103,318   
  1,000     

Palm Drive Health Care District, Sonoma County, California, Certificates of Participation, Parcel Tax Secured Financing Program, Series 2010, 7.500%, 4/01/35

    4/16 at 100.00        CCC+        996,820   
 

Rancho Mirage Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Merged Redevelopment Project, Northside Sub-Area, Refunding Series 2016A:

     
  1,085     

3.000%, 4/01/30 – BAM Insured

    4/26 at 100.00        AA        1,103,250   
  2,245     

3.000%, 4/01/31 – BAM Insured

    4/26 at 100.00        AA        2,258,829   
  1,215     

Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, California, Special Assessment Bonds, Natomas Basin Local Assessment District, Series 2014, 5.000%, 10/01/32 – BAM Insured

    No Opt. Call        AA        1,428,706   
 

Sacramento, California, Special Tax Bonds, North Natomas Community Facilities District 4, Refunding Series 2015F:

     
  615     

5.000%, 9/01/26

    9/25 at 100.00        BBB+        745,159   
  1,290     

5.000%, 9/01/27

    9/25 at 100.00        BBB+        1,550,425   
  300     

San Clemente, California, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Community Facilities District 2006-1 Marblehead Coastal, Series 2015, 5.000%, 9/01/32

    9/25 at 100.00        N/R        343,566   
  1,000     

San Diego Unified Port District, California, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A, 5.000%, 9/01/27

    9/23 at 100.00        A+        1,184,200   
  550     

San Jose, California, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 3/01/25 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    3/24 at 100.00        A2        661,375   
  1,925     

Santa Clarita Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013, 3.000%, 8/01/27

    8/23 at 100.00        AA        2,021,885   
  550     

Southern California Public Power Authority, Milford Wind Corridor Phase II Project Revenue Bond, Series 2011-1, 5.250%, 7/01/28

    No Opt. Call        AA–        663,228   
  500     

Twentynine Palms Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Four Corners Project Area, Series 2011A, 7.400%, 9/01/32

    9/21 at 100.00        BBB+        624,565   
  750     

Western Municipal Water District Facilities Authority, California, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2009B, 5.000%, 10/01/34 (Pre-refunded 10/01/19)

    10/19 at 100.00        AA+ (5)        861,847   
  40,685     

Total California

                    45,212,787   
      Colorado – 3.0%                  
  2,910     

Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, Colorado, Certificates of Participation, Series 2015, 4.000%, 12/01/44

    No Opt. Call        AA–        2,979,956   
  500     

Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Aspen Ridge School Project, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/36

    7/25 at 100.00        BB+        519,400   
  555     

Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, University of Northern Colorado Lab School, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015, 2.000%, 12/15/17

    No Opt. Call        BB+        553,773   
  750     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2195, 18.394%, 10/01/31 (IF) (4)

    11/23 at 100.00        AA+        1,237,920   
  1,000     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2196, 20.079%, 7/01/21 (IF) (4)

    No Opt. Call        AA–        1,797,080   
  500     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Valley View Hospital Association, Series 2008, 5.750%, 5/15/36

    5/18 at 100.00        A–        544,535   

 

Nuveen Investments     15   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Colorado (continued)                  
$ 1,635     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Craig Hospital Project, 5.000%, 12/01/28 (UB) (4)

    12/22 at 100.00        A      $ 1,873,367   
  1,000     

Denver City and County, Colorado, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 11/15/24

    No Opt. Call        A+        1,246,750   
  510     

Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District 1, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Tax Increment Public Improvement Fee Supported Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 7.500%, 3/01/40

    3/20 at 100.00        N/R        561,209   
  500     

Fossil Ridge Metropolitan District 1, Lakewood, Colorado, Tax-Supported Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 7.250%, 12/01/40

    12/20 at 100.00        N/R        553,990   
  1,000     

Regional Transportation District, Colorado, Denver Transit Partners Eagle P3 Project Private Activity Bonds, Series 2010, 6.500%, 1/15/30

    7/20 at 100.00        A–        1,164,170   
  500     

Three Springs Metropolitan District 3, Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, Property Tax Supported Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, 7.750%, 12/01/39

    12/20 at 100.00        N/R        538,275   
  11,360     

Total Colorado

                    13,570,425   
      Connecticut – 0.2%                  
  670     

Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Yale University, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0091, 13.777%, 7/01/17 (IF)

    7/16 at 100.00        AAA        783,934   
      Delaware – 0.3%                  
  1,285     

Delaware Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Newark Charter School, Series 2012, 3.875%, 9/01/22

    3/22 at 100.00        BBB        1,366,006   
      District of Columbia – 1.2%                  
 

District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2001:

     
  500     

6.500%, 5/15/33

    No Opt. Call        Baa1        624,780   
  450     

6.750%, 5/15/40

    5/16 at 100.00        Baa1        450,126   
  1,000     

District of Columbia, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/15/28

    1/26 at 100.00        A1        1,230,090   
 

District of Columbia, Revenue Bonds, Association of American Medical Colleges, Series 2011A:

     
  1,000     

5.000%, 10/01/28

    10/23 at 100.00        A+        1,183,090   
  1,000     

5.000%, 10/01/29

    10/23 at 100.00        A+        1,178,100   
  575     

5.000%, 10/01/30

    10/23 at 100.00        A+        674,440   
  4,525     

Total District of Columbia

                    5,340,626   
      Florida – 5.5%                  
  1,440     

Bay County, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bay Haven Charter Academy, Inc. Project, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 9/01/30

    9/20 at 100.00        BBB–        1,504,296   
  750     

Bay County, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bay Haven Charter Academy, Inc. Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 9/01/33

    9/23 at 100.00        BBB–        787,125   
  1,000     

Broward County, Florida, Port Facilities Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011B, 5.000%, 9/01/23 – AGM Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    9/21 at 100.00        AA        1,152,150   
  1,685     

Collier County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Residential Care Facility Revenue Bonds, Moorings Inc., Series 2015A, 4.000%, 5/01/35

    5/25 at 100.00        A+        1,736,915   

 

  16       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Florida (continued)                  
$ 540     

Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School Project, Series 2014A, 5.750%, 7/01/24

    No Opt. Call        N/R      $ 570,575   
  170     

Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School Income Projects, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 6/15/35

    6/25 at 100.00        N/R        174,396   
  75     

Florida Housing Finance Corporation, Homeowner Mortgage Revenue Bonds,
Series 2008-1, 6.450%, 1/01/39 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/17 at 100.00        Aaa        77,275   
  2,000     

Florida Ports Financing Commission, Revenue Bonds, State Transportation Trust Fund-Intermodal Program, Refunding Series 2011B, 5.125%, 6/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    6/21 at 100.00        AA+        2,360,580   
  1,500     

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Florida, Orlando Airport Facilities Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 10/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/25 at 100.00        AA–        1,811,400   
  885     

Gulf Breeze, Florida, Revenue Improvement Non-Ad Valorem Bonds, Series 2007, 5.000%, 12/01/32 – AMBAC Insured

    12/17 at 100.00        N/R        907,452   
  1,000     

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Tampa International Airport, Senior Lien Series 2015A, 5.000%, 10/01/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/24 at 100.00        AA–        1,164,340   
  3,000     

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Tampa International Airport, Subordinate Refunding Series 2013A, 5.500%, 10/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/23 at 100.00        A+        3,577,890   
  2,000     

Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Lee County Community Charter Schools, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/15/24

    6/22 at 100.00        BB        2,142,900   
 

Miami Dade County, Florida, Rickenbacker Causeway Revenue Bonds, Series 2014:

     
  900     

5.000%, 10/01/27

    10/24 at 100.00        BBB+        1,067,283   
  920     

5.000%, 10/01/28

    10/24 at 100.00        BBB+        1,080,457   
  500     

5.000%, 10/01/30

    10/24 at 100.00        BBB+        582,585   
  500     

Miami-Dade County School Board, Florida, Certificates of Participation, Series 2008B, 5.250%, 5/01/31 (Pre-refunded 5/01/18) – AGC Insured

    5/18 at 100.00        AA (5)        550,720   
  1,145     

Miami-Dade County, Florida, Aviation Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/24 at 100.00        A        1,353,917   
  800     

Miami-Dade County, Florida, Seaport Revenue Bonds, Series 2013D, 5.000%, 10/01/18 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        A        876,032   
  425     

Palm Beach County School Board, Florida, Certificates of Participation, Series 2015C, 5.000%, 8/01/30

    8/25 at 100.00        Aa3        507,025   
  400     

Sanibel, Florida, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 4.350%, 2/01/36 – AMBAC Insured

    8/16 at 100.00        N/R        404,768   
  500     

Tallahassee, Florida, Consolidated Utility Systems Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 10/01/35

    10/23 at 100.00        AA+        584,475   
  5     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-2, 0.000%, 5/01/39

    5/17 at 100.00        N/R        4,012   
  15     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-3, 0.000%, 5/01/40

    5/19 at 100.00        N/R        9,003   
  10     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-4, 0.000%, 5/01/40

    5/22 at 100.00        N/R        4,448   
  5     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Hope Note, Series 2007-3, 6.375%, 5/01/17 (6)

    No Opt. Call        N/R          
  5     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Non Performing Parcel Series 2007-1, RMKT, 6.375%, 5/01/17 (6)

    No Opt. Call        N/R        5,044   

 

Nuveen Investments     17   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Florida (continued)                  
$ 5     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A-1, 6.375%, 5/01/17

    No Opt. Call        N/R      $ 4,996   
  20     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-1, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (6)

    5/18 at 100.00        N/R        12,378   
  15     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-2, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (6)

    5/18 at 100.00        N/R        7,856   
  15     

Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-3, 6.610%, 5/01/40 (6)

    5/18 at 100.00        N/R          
  22,230     

Total Florida

                    25,022,293   
      Georgia – 0.8%                  
  1,155     

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Development Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, University of Georgia Athletic Association Project, Series 2011, 5.250%, 7/01/28

    7/21 at 100.00        Aa3        1,336,035   
  220     

Atlanta, Georgia, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Trust 2015-XF0234, 22.514%, 11/01/40 (IF)

    5/25 at 100.00        AA-        400,347   
  500     

La Grange-Troup County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Series 2008A, 5.500%, 7/01/38

    7/18 at 100.00        Aa2        544,835   
  750     

Private Colleges and Universities Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Emory University, Series 2008C, 5.000%, 9/01/38

    9/18 at 100.00        AA+        823,432   
  530     

Tift County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates Series 2012, 5.000%, 12/01/38

    No Opt. Call        Aa2        611,360   
  3,155     

Total Georgia

                    3,716,009   
      Guam – 2.2%                  
  2,000     

Government of Guam, Business Privilege Tax Bonds, Refunding Series 2015D, 5.000%, 11/15/27

    11/25 at 100.00        A        2,387,580   
  420     

Government of Guam, Business Privilege Tax Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 1/01/21

    No Opt. Call        A        485,390   
  1,000     

Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, 4.500%, 7/01/18

    No Opt. Call        A–        1,070,600   
  450     

Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 5.250%, 7/01/24

    7/23 at 100.00        A–        534,024   
  1,245     

Guam Government, General Obligation Bonds, 2009 Series A, 6.000%, 11/15/19

    No Opt. Call        BB–        1,383,145   
 

Guam International Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2013C:

     
  2,000     

5.000%, 10/01/21 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        BBB        2,287,860   
  1,000     

6.000%, 10/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    8/18 at 100.00        BBB        1,104,100   
 

Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A:

     
  500     

5.000%, 10/01/22 – AGM Insured

    No Opt. Call        AA        607,345   
  235     

5.000%, 10/01/34

    10/22 at 100.00        BBB        257,708   
  8,850     

Total Guam

                    10,117,752   
      Hawaii – 2.1%                  
  600     

Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific University, Series 2013A, 6.250%, 7/01/27

    7/23 at 100.00        BB+        670,416   
  1,500     

Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaiian Electric Company Inc., Refunding Series 2007B, 4.600%, 5/01/26 – FGIC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    3/17 at 100.00        Baa1        1,543,335   

 

  18       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Hawaii (continued)                  
 

Hawaii State Department of Transportation – Airports Division, Lease Revenue Certificates of Participation, Series 2013:

     
$ 1,000     

5.250%, 8/01/24 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    8/23 at 100.00        A      $ 1,207,970   
  1,600     

5.000%, 8/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    8/23 at 100.00        A        1,849,584   
  2,000     

Hawaii State, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/41 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/25 at 100.00        A+        2,252,660   
  1,600     

Hawaii State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011DZ, 5.000%, 12/01/30

    12/21 at 100.00        AA        1,877,920   
  8,300     

Total Hawaii

                    9,401,885   
      Idaho – 2.0%                  
 

Boise-Kuna Irrigation District, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015:

     
  500     

5.000%, 6/01/29

    12/24 at 100.00        A3        590,450   
  1,000     

5.000%, 6/01/30

    12/24 at 100.00        A3        1,174,240   
  2,090     

5.000%, 6/01/31

    12/24 at 100.00        A3        2,444,171   
  750     

Boise-Kuna Irrigation District, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 7.375%, 6/01/34 (Pre-refunded 6/01/18)

    6/18 at 100.00        A3 (5)        865,132   
  865     

Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Group, Series 2015, 5.500%, 12/01/29

    6/25 at 100.00        AA        1,096,405   
  1,000     

Idaho Housing and Finance Association, Economic Development Facilities Recovery Zone Revenue Bonds, TDF Facilities Project, Series 2010A, 6.500%, 2/01/26

    2/21 at 100.00        AA–        1,214,070   
 

Idaho Water Resource Board, Water Resource Loan Program Revenue, Ground Water Rights Mitigation Series 2012A:

     
  430     

4.750%, 9/01/25

    9/22 at 100.00        Baa1        488,428   
  1,070     

4.600%, 9/01/27

    9/22 at 100.00        Baa1        1,189,433   
  7,705     

Total Idaho

                    9,062,329   
      Illinois – 6.1%                  
 

Bedford Park Village, Illinois, Hotel and Motel Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A:

     
  920     

4.000%, 12/01/22

    No Opt. Call        A3        951,114   
  1,395     

4.000%, 12/01/23

    No Opt. Call        A3        1,425,578   
  450     

Bedford Park Village, Illinois, Hotel and Motel Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 4.000%, 12/01/19

    No Opt. Call        A3        472,248   
 

Bourbonnais, Illinois, Industrial Project Revenue Bonds, Olivet Nazarene University Project, Series 2010:

     
  1,625     

6.000%, 11/01/35

    11/20 at 100.00        BBB        1,824,144   
  450     

5.500%, 11/01/40

    11/20 at 100.00        BBB        489,087   
  750     

Chicago, Illinois, Certificates of Participation, Tax Increment Allocation Revenue Bonds, Pullman Park/Chicago Redevelopment Project, Series 2013A, 7.125%, 3/15/33

    10/18 at 100.00        N/R        771,615   
  500     

Cook County, Illinois, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, Navistar International Corporation Project, Series 2010, 6.500%, 10/15/40

    10/20 at 100.00        Caa1        483,260   
  935     

Illinois Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Uno Charter School Network, Refunding and Improvement Series 2011A, 6.875%, 10/01/31

    10/21 at 100.00        BBB–        1,026,565   
  360     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Centegra Health System, Tender Option Bond Trust 1122, 16.667%, 9/01/32 (IF) (4)

    9/22 at 100.00        AA        476,028   
  1,045     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Advocate Health Care Network, 5.000%, 5/01/45 (UB) (4)

    5/25 at 100.00        AA        1,191,007   

 

Nuveen Investments     19   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Illinois (continued)                  
$ 750     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Series 2008B, 5.500%, 8/15/21

    8/18 at 100.00        AA–      $ 834,180   
  650     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Series 2008A, 5.625%, 1/01/37

    1/18 at 100.00        Baa2        694,011   
  960     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, OSF Healthcare System, Refunding Series 2010A, 6.000%, 5/15/39

    5/20 at 100.00        A        1,113,370   
 

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Refunding Series 2015C:

     
  25     

5.000%, 8/15/21

    No Opt. Call        Baa1        28,624   
  220     

5.000%, 8/15/23

    No Opt. Call        Baa1        257,585   
  1,250     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Chicago, 5.000%, 10/01/46 (UB) (4)

    10/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,422,050   
  700     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Series 2008A, 6.000%, 8/15/23

    8/18 at 100.00        BBB+        769,104   
  2,000     

Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004A, 5.000%, 3/01/34 – AMBAC Insured

    No Opt. Call        A–        2,002,140   
  420     

Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0051, 17.999%, 1/01/21 (IF)

    No Opt. Call        AA–        628,719   
 

Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority, Illinois, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2010:

     
  1,000     

5.250%, 6/01/21

    No Opt. Call        A        1,180,430   
  1,000     

5.500%, 6/01/23

    6/21 at 100.00        A        1,184,500   
  170     

Regional Transportation Authority, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1991, 6.700%, 11/01/21 – FGIC Insured

    No Opt. Call        AA        198,744   
  500     

Regional Transportation Authority, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2000A, 6.500%, 7/01/30 – NPFG Insured

    No Opt. Call        AA        691,690   
  3,100     

Regional Transportation Authority, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2002A, 6.000%, 7/01/29 – NPFG Insured

    No Opt. Call        AA        4,220,185   
  500     

Romeoville, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, Lewis University Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 10/01/19 St Clair County, Illinois, Highway Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A:

    No Opt. Call        BBB+        557,725   
  825     

5.500%, 1/01/38

    1/23 at 100.00        AA–        962,577   
  1,500     

4.250%, 1/01/38

    1/23 at 100.00        AA–        1,571,610   
  24,000     

Total Illinois

                    27,427,890   
      Indiana – 3.4%                  
  750     

Columbus, Indiana, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, 4.500%, 7/15/23

    7/19 at 100.00        N/R        814,905   
  1,000     

Fishers Redevelopment District, Indiana, General Obligation Bonds, Saxony Project Series 2009, 5.250%, 7/15/34

    1/20 at 100.00        AA+        1,127,820   
  1,500     

Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Butler University Project, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 2/01/25

    2/22 at 100.00        BBB+        1,753,680   
 

Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Butler University Project, Refunding Series 2014A:

     
  560     

5.000%, 2/01/26

    2/24 at 100.00        BBB+        660,699   
  425     

5.000%, 2/01/27

    2/24 at 100.00        BBB+        497,479   
  525     

Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Drexel Foundation For Educational Excellence, Inc., Series 2009A, 7.000%, 10/01/39

    10/19 at 100.00        B–        514,243   
  460     

Indiana Finance Authority, Private Activity Bonds, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, Series 2013B, 5.000%, 1/01/19 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    1/17 at 100.00        BBB+        477,121   

 

  20       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Indiana (continued)                  
$ 400     

Indiana Finance Authority, Tax-Exempt Private Activity Revenue Bonds, I-69 Section 5 Project, Series 2014, 5.250%, 9/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    9/24 at 100.00        BBB      $ 463,584   
  485     

Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Union Hospital, Series 1993, 5.125%, 9/01/18 – NPFG Insured

    3/16 at 100.00        A3        487,032   
  1,000     

Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 1/01/32

    7/23 at 100.00        A+        1,180,030   
  1,500     

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indiana, Airport Authority Project Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015I, 5.000%, 1/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    1/25 at 100.00        A1        1,769,295   
  250     

Merrillville Multi-School Building Corporation, Lake County, Indiana, First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 5.250%, 7/15/22

    1/18 at 100.00        AA+        270,815   
 

Munster School Building Corporation, Lake County, Indiana, First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2009:

     
  1,445     

3.875%, 7/05/18

    No Opt. Call        A        1,502,670   
  855     

5.000%, 1/05/20

    No Opt. Call        A        935,225   
  1,130     

5.000%, 1/05/21

    1/20 at 100.00        A        1,223,632   
 

Richmond Hospital Authority, Indiana, Revenue Bonds, Reid Hospital Project, Refunding Series 2015A:

     
  500     

5.000%, 1/01/28

    1/25 at 100.00        A        593,030   
  815     

5.000%, 1/01/29

    1/25 at 100.00        A        960,249   
  13,600     

Total Indiana

                    15,231,509   
      Iowa – 1.3%                  
 

Des Moines Airport Authority, Iowa, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Capital Loan Notes Series 2012:

     
  1,000     

5.000%, 6/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    6/22 at 100.00        A2        1,117,750   
  1,000     

5.000%, 6/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    6/22 at 100.00        A2        1,111,740   
  745     

Des Moines, Iowa, Aviation System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Capital Loan Notes Series 2010B, 5.750%, 6/01/33 – AGM Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    6/20 at 100.00        AA        833,849   
  1,500     

Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Tobacco Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2005B, 5.600%, 6/01/34

    6/17 at 100.00        B+        1,501,785   
  1,240     

State University of Iowa, Revenue Bonds, Academic Building Series 2014A-SUI, 3.000%, 7/01/27

    7/24 at 100.00        Aa1        1,307,580   
  5,485     

Total Iowa

                    5,872,704   
      Kansas – 1.4%                  
  1,500     

Kansas Department of Transportation, Highway Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 9/01/29

    9/24 at 100.00        AAA        1,851,255   
  1,240     

Kansas Development Finance Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, KU Health System, Series 2011H, 5.375%, 3/01/30

    3/20 at 100.00        A+        1,402,986   
  2,000     

Kansas Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Kansas State Projects, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 5/01/26

    5/23 at 100.00        AA–        2,404,840   
  205     

Kansas Power Pool, a Municipal Energy Agency Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, DogWood Facility, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/28

    12/25 at 100.00        A3        242,525   
  500     

Kansas State Independent College Finance Authority, Revenue Anticipation Notes, Ottawa University, Private Education Short-Term Loan Program, Series 2015C, 4.850%, 5/01/16

    No Opt. Call        N/R        500,935   
  5,445     

Total Kansas

                    6,402,541   

 

Nuveen Investments     21   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Kentucky – 0.6%                  
$ 1,225     

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Next Generation Kentucky Information Highway Project, Senior Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/26

    7/25 at 100.00        BBB+      $ 1,418,342   
  590     

Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, First Tier Toll Revenue Bonds, Downtown Crossing Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 7/01/17

    No Opt. Call        Baa3        620,226   
  840     

Pike County School District Finance Corporation, Kentucky, Building Revenue Bonds, Series 2016, 3.000%, 10/01/27 (WI/DD, Settling 2/19/16)

    2/26 at 100.00        Aa3        840,000   
  2,655     

Total Kentucky

                    2,878,568   
      Louisiana – 1.4%                  
  835     

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Refunding Series 2007, 5.000%, 7/01/16 – CIFG Insured

    No Opt. Call        N/R        848,711   
  2,175     

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, Series 2007A, 5.250%, 5/15/38

    5/17 at 100.00        Baa1        2,268,525   
  825     

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, Series 2007A, 5.250%, 5/15/38 (Pre-refunded 5/15/17)

    5/17 at 100.00        N/R (5)        874,978   
  50     

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, Series 2011, 6.375%, 5/15/31

    5/21 at 100.00        Baa1        60,460   
  2,000     

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Louisiana, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.500%, 5/15/30

    5/20 at 100.00        A–        2,253,740   
  5,885     

Total Louisiana

                    6,306,414   
      Maryland – 1.6%                  
 

Baltimore, Maryland, Senior Lien Convention Center Hotel Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A:

     
  375     

5.250%, 9/01/19 – SYNCORA GTY Insured

    9/16 at 100.00        Ba1        382,605   
  150     

5.250%, 9/01/39 – SYNCORA GTY Insured

    9/16 at 100.00        Ba1        152,401   
  730     

Maryland Economic Development Corporation, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, University of Maryland – Baltimore Project, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2015, 4.000%, 7/01/20

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        781,063   
 

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Maryland, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Meritus Medical Center, Series 2015:

     
  205     

4.000%, 7/01/20

    No Opt. Call        BBB        223,813   
  290     

5.000%, 7/01/21

    No Opt. Call        BBB        340,599   
  500     

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Adventist Healthcare, Series 2011A, 6.125%, 1/01/36

    1/22 at 100.00        Baa2        576,130   
 

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, LifeBridge Health System, Series 2015:

     
  1,200     

4.000%, 7/01/35

    7/25 at 100.00        A+        1,260,072   
  625     

5.000%, 7/01/40

    7/25 at 100.00        A+        716,150   
 

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mercy Medical Center, Series 2012:

     
  1,000     

5.000%, 7/01/25

    7/22 at 100.00        BBB        1,124,730   
  1,000     

5.000%, 7/01/26

    7/22 at 100.00        BBB        1,117,580   
  500     

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Washington County Hospital, Series 2008, 5.000%, 1/01/19 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18)

    1/18 at 100.00        BBB (5)        540,925   
  6,575     

Total Maryland

                    7,216,068   

 

  22       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Massachusetts – 1.1%                  
$ 1,660     

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Lahey Health System Obligated Group Issue, Series 2015F, 5.000%, 8/15/30

    8/25 at 100.00        A+      $ 1,980,098   
  750     

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, SABIS International Charter School, Series 2009A, 8.000%, 4/15/31 (Pre-refunded 10/15/19)

    10/19 at 100.00        BBB (5)        946,477   
  1,000     

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, The Broad Institute, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 4/01/31

    4/21 at 100.00        AA–        1,145,770   
  300     

Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Quincy Medical Center Issue, Series 2008A, 6.250%, 1/15/28 (6)

    1/18 at 100.00        N/R        732   
  535     

Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Harvard University, Tender Option Bond Trust 2010-20W, 13.641%, 12/15/34 (IF) (4)

    12/19 at 100.00        AAA        779,821   
  4,245     

Total Massachusetts

                    4,852,898   
      Michigan – 0.7%                  
  450     

Michigan Finance Authority, Public School Academy Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Voyageur Academy Project, Series 2011, 7.750%, 7/15/26

    7/21 at 100.00        B–        423,342   
  300     

Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.875%, 6/01/42

    6/18 at 100.00        BB–        307,389   
  1,330     

Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Bonds, William Beaumont Hospital Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2014D, 5.000%, 9/01/31

    3/24 at 100.00        A1        1,524,380   
  800     

University of Michigan, General Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2199: 5.000%, 4/01/40 (UB) (4)

    4/26 at 100.00        AAA        960,320   
  2,880     

Total Michigan

                    3,215,431   
      Minnesota – 1.9%                  
  2,500     

Elk River Independent School District 728, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, School Building Series 2015.A, 4.000%, 2/01/26

    2/24 at 100.00        Aa2        2,874,625   
  835     

Forest Lake, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Lakes International Language Academy, Series 2014A, 4.500%, 8/01/26

    8/22 at 100.00        BBB–        884,273   
  3,000     

Minnesota State, General Fund Appropriation Refunding Bonds, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 3/01/28

    No Opt. Call        AA        3,579,900   
  1,165     

Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, Health Care and Housing Facilities Revenue Bonds, Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Refunding Series 2013, 4.000%, 1/01/24

    1/23 at 100.00        N/R        1,192,937   
  7,500     

Total Minnesota

                    8,531,735   
      Mississippi – 1.5%                  
  750     

Medical Center Educational Building Corporation, Revenue Bonds, University of Mississippi Medical Center Facilities Expansion and Renovation Project, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/41

    6/22 at 100.00        Aa2        843,810   
  1,190     

Mississippi Development Bank, Special Obligation Bonds, Harrison County, Mississippi Highway Refunding Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 1/01/26

    No Opt. Call        AA–        1,492,772   
  3,000     

Mississippi Development Bank, Special Obligation Bonds, Jackson Public School District General Obligation Project, Series 2008, 5.375%, 4/01/24 (Pre-refunded 4/01/18) – AGM Insured

    4/18 at 100.00        A2 (5)        3,300,090   
  1,000     

Mississippi State, Gaming Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2015E, 5.000%, 10/15/29

    10/25 at 100.00        A+        1,200,810   
  5,940     

Total Mississippi

                    6,837,482   

 

Nuveen Investments     23   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Missouri – 1.3%                  
$ 2,000     

Kansas City, Missouri, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding General Improvement Series 2013A, 5.250%, 9/01/25 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    9/21 at 100.00        A+      $ 2,380,900   
  1,500     

Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Saint Luke’s Episcopal and Presbyterian Hospitals, Series 2015B, 3.500%, 12/01/32

    No Opt. Call        A+        1,532,985   
  1,500     

Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Louis University, Series 2015A, 4.000%, 10/01/42

    10/25 at 100.00        AA–        1,562,280   
  300     

Plaza at Noah’s Ark Community Improvement District, Saint Charles, Missouri, Tax Increment and Improvement District Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 3.250%, 5/01/21

    No Opt. Call        N/R        305,538   
  287     

Saint Louis, Missouri, Tax Increment Financing Revenue Notes, Marquette Building Redevelopment Project, Series 2008-A, 6.500%, 1/23/28

    No Opt. Call        N/R        224,770   
  5,587     

Total Missouri

                    6,006,473   
      Montana – 0.1%                  
  370     

Montana State, General Obligation Bonds, Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund Program, Refunding Series 2015C, 5.000%, 7/15/30

    7/20 at 100.00        Aa1        427,332   
      Nebraska – 0.3%                  
  285     

Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2008B, 6.125%, 8/15/31

    8/17 at 100.00        A2        305,047   
  900     

Douglas County Hospital Authority 3, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 11/01/29

    11/25 at 100.00        A–        1,049,148   
  1,185     

Total Nebraska

                    1,354,195   
      Nevada – 1.0%                  
  2,065     

Las Vegas, Nevada, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax City Hall, Series 2015C, 4.000%, 9/01/39

    3/26 at 100.00        AA        2,173,619   
 

Las Vegas, Nevada, Local Improvement Bonds, Special Improvement District 812 Summerlin Village 24, Series 2015:

     
  1,255     

4.000%, 12/01/23

    No Opt. Call        N/R        1,289,538   
  1,000     

4.250%, 12/01/24

    No Opt. Call        N/R        1,039,840   
  70     

Sparks Local Improvement District 3, Legends at Sparks Marina, Nevada, Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 2008, 6.750%, 9/01/27

    9/18 at 100.00        N/R        73,881   
  4,390     

Total Nevada

                    4,576,878   
      New Hampshire – 0.2%                  
  580     

New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Medical Center, Series 2012, 5.000%, 7/01/27

    No Opt. Call        A–        653,428   
      New Jersey – 1.1%                  
  310     

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 1154, 17.272%, 1/01/43 (IF) (4)

    7/22 at 100.00        Aa3        468,181   
  2,800     

Paterson, New Jersey, General Obligation Bonds, General Improvement Series 2013, 5.000%, 1/15/26 – BAM Insured

    1/23 at 100.00        AA        3,171,700   
  1,780     

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New Jersey, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, First Subordinate Capital Appreciation Series 2007-1B, 0.000%, 6/01/41

    6/17 at 26.26        A–        453,206   

 

  24       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      New Jersey (continued)                  
$ 1,125     

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New Jersey, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007-1A, 5.000%, 6/01/41

    6/17 at 100.00        B–      $ 945,832   
  6,015     

Total New Jersey

                    5,038,919   
      New Mexico – 0.1%                  
  310     

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, Single Family Mortgage Program Bonds CL 1, Series 2008A-2, 5.600%, 1/01/39 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    1/18 at 102.00        AA+        328,678   
      New York – 6.3%                  
  1,500     

Build New York City Resource Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Metropolitan College of New York, Series 2014, 5.250%, 11/01/34

    11/24 at 100.00        BB        1,626,165   
 

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Insured Revenue Bonds, Touro College and University System, Series 2014A:

     
  425     

4.000%, 1/01/21

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        459,880   
  435     

4.000%, 1/01/22

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        471,453   
  445     

4.000%, 1/01/23

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        484,520   
  750     

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Rockefeller University, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 7/01/38

    7/22 at 100.00        AA+        885,975   
  1,750     

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds, General Purpose Series 2015A, 5.000%, 3/15/25

    No Opt. Call        AAA        2,218,877   
  1,000     

Long Island Power Authority, New York, Electric System General Revenue Bonds, Series 2015B, 5.000%, 9/01/36

    9/25 at 100.00        A–        1,166,470   
  250     

Monroe County Industrial Development Corporation, New York, FHA Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Unity Hospital of Rochester Project, Series 2010, 5.750%, 8/15/30

    2/21 at 100.00        AA        296,965   
  2,500     

Nassau County Tobacco Settlement Corporation, New York, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Refunding Series 2006A-2, 5.250%, 6/01/26

    6/16 at 100.00        B        2,506,975   
  370     

New Rochelle Corporation, New York, Local Development Revenue Bonds, Iona College Project, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/32

    7/25 at 100.00        BBB        422,829   
  1,930     

New York City Municipal Water Authority, Water and Sewer System Second General Resolution Revenue Bonds, Fiscal 2016, 5.000%, 6/15/46 (UB)

    6/25 at 100.00        AA+        2,242,564   
  500     

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, New York, Water and Sewerage System Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0097, 17.997%, 6/15/18 (IF)

    6/17 at 100.00        AA+        607,220   
 

New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Fiscal 2012 Series F:

     
  1,000     

5.000%, 8/01/24

    No Opt. Call        AA        1,205,590   
  2,000     

5.000%, 8/01/25

    No Opt. Call        AA        2,403,520   
 

New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, State Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Funds Revenue Bonds, Pooled Loan Issue, Series 2005B:

     
  500     

5.500%, 10/15/27 (ETM)

    No Opt. Call        AAA        666,260   
  1,000     

5.500%, 4/15/35 (ETM)

    No Opt. Call        AAA        1,397,650   
 

Newburgh, Orange County, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Deficit Liquidation, Series 2012B:

     
  605     

5.000%, 6/15/24

    6/22 at 100.00        Baa3        673,510   
  635     

5.000%, 6/15/25

    6/22 at 100.00        Baa3        694,125   
  915     

Newburgh, Orange County, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/15/25 – AGC Insured

    6/22 at 100.00        Baa3        1,009,584   

 

Nuveen Investments     25   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      New York (continued)                  
 

Niagara Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation, New York, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2014:

     
$ 150     

5.000%, 5/15/20

    No Opt. Call        BBB+      $ 170,983   
  3,280     

4.000%, 5/15/29

    5/16 at 100.00        BBB+        3,282,493   
  1,250     

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Consolidated Revenue Bonds, One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Series 2011, 5.000%, 10/15/24 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/21 at 100.00        AA–        1,488,062   
  1,000     

Rockland County, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013, 5.000%, 3/01/17

    No Opt. Call        Baa1        1,035,040   
  1,000     

Syracuse, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Airport Terminal Security Access Improvement Series 2011A, 5.000%, 11/01/36 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    11/21 at 100.00        A1        1,090,590   
  25,190     

Total New York

                    28,507,300   
      North Carolina – 2.0%                  
  665     

Charlotte, North Carolina, Water and Sewer System Refunding Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 43W, 13.746%, 7/01/38 (IF) (4)

    7/20 at 100.00        AAA        952,819   
  2,000     

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, North Carolina, Carolinas HealthCare System Revenue Bonds, 5.250%, 1/15/34 (UB) (4)

    1/19 at 100.00        Aa3        2,212,320   
 

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Duke University Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015:

     
  125     

5.000%, 10/01/41 (UB) (4)

    10/25 at 100.00        AA+        149,090   
  1,020     

5.000%, 10/01/55 (UB) (4)

    10/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,191,054   
  350     

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, Power System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 1993B, 6.000%, 1/01/22 – FGIC Insured (ETM)

    No Opt. Call        A3 (5)        432,162   
  500     

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, Power System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2008A, 5.250%, 1/01/20 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18)

    1/18 at 100.00        AAA        543,210   
 

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, Power System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A:

     
  1,000     

5.000%, 1/01/25 (Pre-refunded 7/01/22)

    7/22 at 100.00        AAA        1,232,830   
  1,500     

5.000%, 1/01/26 (Pre-refunded 7/01/22)

    7/22 at 100.00        AAA        1,849,245   
  340     

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Duke University Health System, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0147, 22.631%, 6/01/20 (IF)

    No Opt. Call        AA        519,347   
  7,500     

Total North Carolina

                    9,082,077   
      North Dakota – 1.0%                  
  1,000     

Hazen, North Dakota, Healthcare Revenue Bonds, Sakakawea Medical Center Project, Bond Anticipation Note Series 2015, 2.500%, 7/01/17

    1/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,000,670   
  1,365     

North Dakota Public Financing Authority, Capital Financing Program Revenue Bonds, Series 2015B, 5.250%, 6/01/27

    6/25 at 100.00        AA        1,702,838   
  1,500     

University of North Dakota, Housing and Auxiliary Facilities Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 4/01/32

    4/22 at 100.00        Aa3        1,717,815   
  3,865     

Total North Dakota

                    4,421,323   
      Ohio – 1.4%                  
  550     

Muskingum County, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Genesis HealthCare System Obligated Group Project, Series 2013, 5.000%, 2/15/27

    2/23 at 100.00        BB+        597,525   

 

  26       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Ohio (continued)                  
$ 3,045     

Ohio State, General Obligation Bonds, Infrastructure Improvement Series 2014C, 3.000%, 3/01/28

    3/23 at 100.00        AA+      $ 3,189,790   
 

Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Memorial Health System Obligated Group Project, Improvement Series 2015:

     
  170     

5.000%, 12/01/19

    No Opt. Call        BB        183,131   
  375     

5.000%, 12/01/20

    No Opt. Call        BB        407,138   
  1,810     

University of Akron, Ohio, General Receipts Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/24 – AGM Insured

    No Opt. Call        AA        2,048,196   
  5,950     

Total Ohio

                    6,425,780   
      Oklahoma – 0.1%                  
  500     

Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.875%, 1/01/28 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18)

    1/18 at 100.00        A (5)        549,165   
      Oregon – 0.5%                  
  750     

Klamath Falls Intercommunity Hospital Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Sky Lakes Medical Center Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/21

    No Opt. Call        A–        877,403   
  140     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/24

    4/21 at 100.00        AAA        169,211   
  860     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/24 (Pre-refunded 4/01/21)

    4/21 at 100.00        N/R (5)        1,036,799   
  365     

Oregon Special Districts Association, Certificates of Participation, Flexlease Program, Series 2013A, 4.000%, 1/01/24

    1/17 at 101.00        N/R        375,870   
  2,115     

Total Oregon

                    2,459,283   
      Pennsylvania – 5.1%                  
  1,000     

Central Bradford Progress Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Guthrie Health, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/01/26

    No Opt. Call        AA–        1,161,330   
  850     

Chester County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Academy Charter School Project, Series 2014, 5.000%, 10/01/34

    10/24 at 100.00        BBB–        917,482   
  1,500     

Council Rock School District, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016A, 3.000%, 11/15/29 (WI/DD, Settling 2/17/16)

    5/24 at 100.00        AA        1,528,845   
  700     

Delaware County Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Villanova University, Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/01/31

    8/25 at 100.00        A+        832,888   
  1,130     

Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority, Pennsylvania, Local Government Revenue Bonds, Series 1998A, 5.500%, 8/01/28 – AMBAC Insured

    No Opt. Call        A1        1,387,923   
  1,050     

Hempfield Area School District, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.250%, 3/15/25 – AGM Insured

    3/21 at 100.00        AA        1,241,678   
  1,140     

Lancaster County Hospital Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Lancaster General Hospital Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0065, 18.008%, 7/01/36 (IF)

    1/22 at 100.00        AA–        1,609,509   
  1,955     

Lower Merion School District, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015B, 3.000%, 9/01/27

    9/23 at 100.00        Aaa        2,074,509   
  1,250     

Lycoming County Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Refunding Series 2011, 5.500%, 7/01/26

    7/21 at 100.00        A        1,457,313   

 

Nuveen Investments     27   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Pennsylvania (continued)                  
 

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Private Activity Revenue Bonds, Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, Series 2015:

     
$ 455     

5.000%, 6/30/18 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        BBB      $ 495,313   
  1,000     

4.000%, 6/30/18 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        BBB        1,060,170   
  1,000     

4.125%, 12/31/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    6/26 at 100.00        BBB        1,016,430   
  1,000     

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Water Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 12/01/34 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    12/20 at 100.00        AA–        1,100,780   
  1,600     

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, Series 2013, 6.000%, 6/15/23

    6/20 at 100.00        BB–        1,711,616   
  1,000     

Philadelphia Gas Works, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Ninth Series, 2010, 5.000%, 8/01/30

    8/20 at 100.00        A–        1,111,950   
  430     

Philadelphia Gas Works, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Thirteenth Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/01/27

    8/25 at 100.00        A–        520,016   
  1,000     

Philadelphia Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority, Pennsylvania, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Temple University Health System Obligated Group, Series 2007B, 5.500%, 7/01/26

    7/17 at 100.00        BBB–        1,033,820   
  870     

Philadelphia Municipal Authority, Pennsylvania, Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2009, 6.000%, 4/01/23

    4/19 at 100.00        A+        991,278   
  1,500     

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 6/15/26 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    6/25 at 100.00        A        1,794,345   
  20,430     

Total Pennsylvania

                    23,047,195   
      South Carolina – 0.8%                  
  1,000     

Charleston County Airport District, South Carolina, Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 7/01/21 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        A+        1,191,120   
  500     

Lexington County Health Services District, Inc., South Carolina, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 11/01/26

    11/21 at 100.00        AA–        579,185   
 

South Carolina JOBS Economic Development Authority, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, York Preparatory Academy Project, Series 2014A:

     
  290     

5.750%, 11/01/23

    No Opt. Call        N/R        308,412   
  180     

7.000%, 11/01/33

    11/24 at 100.00        N/R        199,598   
  785     

South Carolina State Ports Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/01/33 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/25 at 100.00        A+        905,348   
  250     

South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 10/01/40

    10/19 at 100.00        A1        280,748   
  3,005     

Total South Carolina

                    3,464,411   
      South Dakota – 0.8%                  
 

South Dakota Educational Enhancement Funding Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds Series 2013B:

     
  440     

5.000%, 6/01/24

    6/23 at 100.00        A        516,468   
  2,805     

5.000%, 6/01/26

    6/23 at 100.00        A–        3,240,925   
  3,245     

Total South Dakota

                    3,757,393   
      Tennessee – 0.6%                  
  1,000     

Claiborne County Industrial Development Board, Tennessee, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Lincoln Memorial University Project, Series 2010, 6.000%, 10/01/30

    10/20 at 100.00        N/R        1,101,400   

 

  28       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Tennessee (continued)                  
$ 1,350     

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, Tennessee, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015B, 5.000%, 7/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/25 at 100.00        A+      $ 1,578,596   
  2,350     

Total Tennessee

                    2,679,996   
      Texas – 11.5%                  
  485     

Austin Community College District Public Facility Corporation, Texas, Lease Revenue Bonds, Round Rock Campus, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/01/27

    8/25 at 100.00        AA        593,955   
  3,200     

Austin, Texas, Electric Utility System Revenue Bonds, 5.000%, 11/15/45 (UB) (4)

    11/25 at 100.00        AA–        3,657,728   
  1,385     

Capital Area Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, Series 2005A. Remarketed, 5.750%, 4/01/26

    4/20 at 100.00        Baa1        1,565,770   
  360     

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 1/01/35

    7/25 at 100.00        BBB+        411,401   
  965     

Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Idea Public Schools, Series 2011, 4.800%, 8/15/21

    No Opt. Call        BBB        1,077,297   
  315     

Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Uplift Education Charter School, Series 2013A, 3.100%, 12/01/22

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        312,297   
  1,200     

Dallas County Schools, Texas, Public Property Finance Contractual Obligations, Series 2014, 5.000%, 6/01/21

    No Opt. Call        Baa1        1,350,948   
  2,000     

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, Joint Revenue Bonds, Improvement Series 2013A, 5.000%, 11/01/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    11/20 at 100.00        A+        2,209,840   
  2,000     

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, Joint Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012F, 5.000%, 11/01/29 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    11/20 at 100.00        A+        2,283,660   
  1,000     

Decatur Hospital Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Wise Regional Health System, Series 2013A, 6.625%, 9/01/31

    9/23 at 100.00        N/R        1,220,820   
  1,500     

Ennis Independent School District, Ellis County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 0.000%, 8/15/27

    8/25 at 93.55        Aaa        1,091,535   
  1,500     

Frisco Independent School District, Collin and Denton Counties, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.000%, 8/15/38

    8/18 at 100.00        Aaa        1,692,165   
 

Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 74, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010:

     
  195     

5.000%, 8/01/36

    2/18 at 100.00        N/R        204,674   
  1,515     

5.200%, 8/01/39

    2/18 at 100.00        N/R        1,595,689   
 

Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Lien Series 2014C:

     
  605     

5.000%, 11/15/26

    11/24 at 100.00        A3        720,573   
  650     

5.000%, 11/15/27

    11/24 at 100.00        A3        768,898   
  1,315     

Houston Independent School District, Harris County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2014B, 4.000%, 2/15/27

    2/24 at 100.00        AAA        1,513,223   
  615     

Houston, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Public Improvement Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 3/01/26

    3/24 at 100.00        AA+        757,077   
  1,630     

Houston, Texas, Subordinate Lien Airport System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/29 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/22 at 100.00        A        1,849,675   
 

Irving, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2014B:

     
  490     

4.000%, 8/15/25

    8/19 at 100.00        BBB+        509,585   
  250     

4.125%, 8/15/26

    8/19 at 100.00        BBB+        260,073   

 

Nuveen Investments     29   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Texas (continued)                  
$ 750     

La Vernia Higher Education Financing Corporation, Texas, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Kipp Inc., Series 2009A, 6.000%, 8/15/29 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19)

    8/19 at 100.00        BBB (5)      $ 880,703   
  1,000     

Love Field Airport Modernization Corporation, Texas, General Airport Revenue Bonds Series 2015, 5.000%, 11/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    11/25 at 100.00        A1        1,169,870   
 

Midtown Redevelopment Authority, Texas, Tax Increment Contract Revenue, Refunding Series 2015:

     
  500     

5.000%, 1/01/24

    No Opt. Call        A        603,285   
  300     

5.000%, 1/01/25

    1/24 at 100.00        A        358,353   
  1,150     

Montgomery Independent School District, Montgomery County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding School Building Series 2015, 4.000%, 2/15/30

    2/25 at 100.00        AAA        1,290,588   
  2,000     

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing NCCD College Station Properties-Texas A&M University, Series 2015A., 5.000%, 7/01/35

    7/25 at 100.00        BBB–        2,166,900   
  400     

Newark Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Lease Revenue Bonds, A.W. Brown-Fellowship Leadership Academy, Series 2012A, 6.000%, 8/15/32

    2/16 at 102.00        BBB–        409,084   
  1,000     

North Texas Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Uplift Education, Series 2012A, 5.125%, 12/01/42

    6/22 at 100.00        BBB–        1,061,290   
  375     

North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Tier, Series 2008F, 5.750%, 1/01/38 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18)

    1/18 at 100.00        A2 (5)        410,978   
  2,500     

North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Tier, Series 2015A, 4.000%, 1/01/38

    1/25 at 100.00        A2        2,644,150   
  825     

Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency, Texas, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 10/01/21

    No Opt. Call        BBB+        972,081   
  1,490     

San Jacinto River Authority, Texas, Special Project Revenue Bonds, Woodlands Water Supply System Project, Refunding Series 2014, 5.000%, 10/01/29 – BAM Insured

    10/23 at 100.00        AA        1,755,369   
 

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 Segments 3A & 3B Facility, Series 2013:

     
  335     

7.000%, 12/31/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    9/23 at 100.00        BBB–        422,733   
  455     

6.750%, 6/30/43 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    9/23 at 100.00        BBB–        564,091   
  240     

Texas Public Finance Authority Charter School Finance Corporation, Charter School Revenue Bonds, School of Excellence Education Project, Series 2004A, 7.000%, 12/01/34

    4/16 at 100.00        BB        236,273   
  1,200     

Texas State, General Obligation Bonds, College Student Loan Series 2014, 6.000%, 8/01/25 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    8/24 at 100.00        AAA        1,574,544   
  2,000     

Texas State, General Obligation Bonds, Transportation Commission Mobility Fund, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/26

    10/24 at 100.00        AAA        2,510,320   
 

Texas Transportation Commission, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, Second Tier Refunding Series 2015C:

     
  500     

5.000%, 8/15/24

    No Opt. Call        BBB+        607,435   
  1,140     

5.000%, 8/15/29

    8/24 at 100.00        BBB+        1,332,717   
  900     

Tyler Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, Series 2007A, 5.250%, 11/01/27

    11/17 at 100.00        Baa3        927,369   
  2,000     

Tyler Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Mother Frances Hospital Regional Healthcare Center, Series 2011, 5.250%, 7/01/23

    7/21 at 100.00        Baa1        2,306,860   
  1,000     

Uptown Development Authority, Houston, Texas, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Infrastructure Improvement Facilities, Series 2009, 4.700%, 9/01/20

    9/19 at 100.00        BBB        1,104,970   

 

  30       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Texas (continued)                  
$ 800     

Wylie Independent School District, Collin County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2015C, 6.500%, 8/15/28

    8/24 at 100.00        Aaa      $ 1,086,624   
  46,035     

Total Texas

                    52,043,470   
      Utah – 1.1%                  
  750     

Utah Housing Corporation, Single Family Mortgage Bonds, Series 2015-D Class III, 3.100%, 1/01/25 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        AA–        766,155   
 

Utah Infrastructure Agency, Telecommunications and Franchise Tax Revenue, Series 2011A:

     
  500     

5.250%, 10/15/33 – AGM Insured

    10/21 at 100.00        AA        568,285   
  520     

5.400%, 10/15/36 – AGM Insured

    10/21 at 100.00        AA        593,882   
  435     

Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, North Davis Preparatory Academy, Series 2010, 5.750%, 7/15/20

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        467,838   
  1,550     

Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Paradigm High School, Series 2010A, 6.250%, 7/15/30

    7/20 at 100.00        BB–        1,610,528   
  70     

Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Channing Hall Project, Series 2007A, 5.750%, 7/15/22

    7/17 at 100.00        N/R        70,818   
  40     

Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Summit Academy Project, Series 2007A, 5.125%, 6/15/17

    No Opt. Call        BBB–        40,922   
  750     

Utah Transit Authority, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 3006, 18.031%, 6/15/26 – AGM Insured (IF) (4)

    6/18 at 100.00        AAA        1,053,060   
  4,615     

Total Utah

                    5,171,488   
      Virgin Islands – 0.6%                  
  500     

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Loan Notes Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2009A-1, 5.000%, 10/01/24

    10/19 at 100.00        BBB        557,920   
  1,000     

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Loan Notes Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2009C, 5.000%, 10/01/22

    10/19 at 100.00        Baa2        1,115,840   
  825     

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Revenue Loan Note – Diageo Project, Series 2009A, 6.750%, 10/01/19

    No Opt. Call        Baa3        919,182   
  2,325     

Total Virgin Islands

                    2,592,942   
      Virginia – 2.8%                  
  1,300     

Alexandria, Virginia, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Improvement Series 2014B, 4.000%, 1/15/27

    1/25 at 100.00        AAA        1,522,573   
  1,590     

Dulles Town Center Community Development Authority, Loudon County, Virginia Special Assessment Refunding Bonds, Dulles Town Center Project, Series 2012, 4.000%, 3/01/19

    No Opt. Call        N/R        1,644,712   
 

Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority, Virginia, Revenue Bonds, Mary Washington Healthcare Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2014:

     
  600     

5.000%, 6/15/31

    6/24 at 100.00        Baa1        688,530   
  1,400     

5.000%, 6/15/33

    6/24 at 100.00        Baa1        1,592,122   
  2,000     

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/31/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/22 at 100.00        AA–        2,277,760   
  1,900     

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.375%, 10/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/18 at 100.00        AA–        2,096,859   
  815     

Virginia College Building Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Washington and Lee University, Series 2001, 5.750%, 1/01/34

    No Opt. Call        AA        1,101,603   

 

Nuveen Investments     31   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Virginia (continued)                  
 

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Elizabeth River Crossing, Opco LLC Project, Series 2012:

     
$ 40     

4.750%, 1/01/25 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/22 at 100.00        BBB–      $ 43,597   
  1,400     

5.000%, 1/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/22 at 100.00        BBB–        1,533,294   
  11,045     

Total Virginia

                    12,501,050   
      Washington – 4.6%                  
  1,700     

Chelan County Public Utility District 1, Washington, Consolidated System Revenue Bonds Series 2011A, 5.500%, 7/01/24 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/21 at 100.00        AA+        2,024,037   
  2,500     

Chelan County Public Utility District 1, Washington, Consolidated System Revenue Bonds Series 2011B, 5.500%, 7/01/26 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    7/21 at 100.00        AA+        2,951,725   
  100     

Kalispel Indian Tribe, Washington, Priority Distribution Bonds, Series 2008, 6.625%, 1/01/28

    1/18 at 100.00        N/R        102,647   
  1,900     

King County, Washington, Sewer Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011B, 5.000%, 1/01/31

    No Opt. Call        AA+        2,174,531   
  1,600     

Klickitat County Public Utility District 1, Washington, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A, 4.000%, 12/01/36

    6/20 at 100.00        A2        1,629,280   
  2,000     

Port of Seattle, Washington, Revenue Bonds, Intermediate Lien Series 2015C, 5.000%, 4/01/29 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    10/24 at 100.00        A+        2,353,480   
  750     

University of Washington, General Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2183, 17.980%, 2/19/17 – AMBAC Insured (IF)

    No Opt. Call        Aaa        928,860   
  1,000     

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Series 2010, 5.250%, 12/01/30 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20)

    12/20 at 100.00        N/R (5)        1,197,970   
  1,000     

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Seattle Children’s Hospital, 5.000%, 10/01/38 (UB)

    4/25 at 100.00        Aa2        1,161,910   
  1,550     

Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiative, Series 2008D, 6.375%, 10/01/36

    10/18 at 100.00        A+        1,753,717   
  2,800     

Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Series 2008A, 7.375%, 3/01/38 (Pre-refunded 3/01/19)

    3/19 at 100.00        A+ (5)        3,352,496   
  1,000     

Washington State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose, Refunding Series R-2015C, 5.000%, 7/01/27

    1/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,237,580   
  17,900     

Total Washington

                    20,868,233   
      West Virginia – 0.6%                  
  1,150     

West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Revenue Bonds, Higher Education Facilities, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 4/01/29

    4/22 at 100.00        Aa3        1,338,474   
  1,250     

West Virginia Water Development Authority, Infrastructure Excess Lottery Revenue Bonds, Chesapeake Bay/Greenbrier River Projects, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/34

    7/24 at 100.00        AAA        1,473,513   
  2,400     

Total West Virginia

                    2,811,987   
      Wisconsin – 1.8%                  
  315     

Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Voyager Foundation Inc. of North Carolina, Series 2012A, 5.500%, 10/01/22

    No Opt. Call        BB+        353,178   
  1,770     

Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Senior Airport Facilities Revenue and Refunding Bonds, TrIPS Obligated Group, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 7/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

    No Opt. Call        BBB        1,892,997   
  485     

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0127, 17.335%, 10/01/20 (IF) (4)

    No Opt. Call        A+        750,382   

 

  32       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)   Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Wisconsin (continued)                  
$ 1,000     

Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mile Bluff Medical Center, Inc., Series 2014, 5.125%, 5/01/29

    5/24 at 100.00        N/R      $ 1,070,210   
  500     

Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ascension Health, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2044, 18.270%, 11/15/17 (IF) (4)

    No Opt. Call        AA+        771,480   
  440     

Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Inc., Tender Option Bond Trust 2009-15W, 19.229%, 8/15/37 (IF) (4)

    2/20 at 100.00        Aa3        648,107   
  1,000     

Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, SSM Healthcare System, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 6/01/34

    6/20 at 100.00        AA–        1,120,680   
  335     

Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Fort Healthcare, Series 2014, 5.000%, 5/01/25

    5/24 at 100.00        BBB        383,444   
 

Wisconsin State, General Fund Annual Appropriation Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009A:

     
  1,000     

6.000%, 5/01/27

    5/19 at 100.00        AA–        1,158,040   
  90     

6.000%, 5/01/33

    5/19 at 100.00        AA–        104,128   
  6,935     

Total Wisconsin

                    8,252,646   
      Wyoming – 0.8%                  
  1,000     

Natrona County, Wyoming, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Wyoming Medical Center Project, Series 2011, 6.000%, 9/15/26

    3/21 at 100.00        A3        1,157,960   
  2,000     

West Park Hospital District, Wyoming, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 6.375%, 6/01/26

    6/21 at 100.00        BBB        2,337,700   
  250     

Wyoming Municipal Power Agency Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, 2008 Series A, 5.500%, 1/01/28

    1/18 at 100.00        A2        271,013   
  3,250     

Total Wyoming

                    3,766,673   
$ 401,292     

Total Long-Term Investments (cost $424,630,794)

                    453,236,590   

Principal

Amount (000)

    Description (1)  

Optional Call

Provisions (2)

    Ratings (3)     Value  
      SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.3%                  
      MUNICIPAL – 0.3%                  
      California – 0.1%                  
$ 450     

California State, General Obligation Bonds, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, Refunding Various Purpose Series 2012B, 0.920%, 5/01/18 (7)

    11/17 at 100.00        Aa3      $ 453,380   
      North Carolina – 0.2%                  
  1,000     

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, General Revenue Bonds, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, Index Tender Series 2012B, 1.043%, 12/01/41 (Mandatory Put 12/01/17) (7)

    6/17 at 100.00        AAA        1,002,610   
$ 1,450     

Total Short-Term Investments (cost $1,450,000)

                    1,455,990   
 

Total Investments (cost $426,080,794) – 100.4%

                    454,692,580   
 

Floating Rate Obligations – (2.3)%

                    (10,500,000
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.9%

                    8,721,541   
 

Net Assets – 100%

                  $ 452,914,121   

 

Nuveen Investments     33   


Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets.

 

(2) Optional Call Provisions: Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call or redemption. There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities may be subject to periodic principal paydowns.

 

(3) 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.

 

(4) Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.

 

(5) Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities.

 

(6) As of, or subsequent to, the end of the reporting period, this security is non-income producing. Non-income producing, in the case of a fixed-income security, generally denotes that the issuer has (1) defaulted on the payment of principal or interest, (2) is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court or (3) the Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has ceased accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.

 

(7) Investment has a maturity of more than one year, but has variable rate and demand features which qualify it as a short-term investment. The rate disclosed is that in effect as of the end of the reporting period. This rate changes periodically based on market conditions or a specified market index.

 

WI/DD Investment, or portion of investment, purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

(ETM) Escrowed to maturity.

 

(IF) Inverse floating rate investment.

 

(UB) Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

  34       Nuveen Investments


Statement of

  Assets and Liabilities   January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets

        

Long-term investments, at value (cost $424,630,794)

   $ 453,236,590   

Short-term investments, at value (cost $1,450,000)

     1,455,990   

Cash

     5,972,173   

Receivable for:

  

Interest

     5,084,287   

Investments sold

     403,011   

Reimbursement from Adviser

     25,115   

Shares sold

     2,710,397   

Other assets

     48,013   

Total assets

     468,935,576   

Liabilities

  

Floating rate obligations

     10,500,000   

Payable for:

  

Dividends

     728,136   

Investments purchased

     3,486,607   

Shares redeemed

     1,221,598   

Accrued expenses:

  

Trustees fees

     11,506   

Other

     73,608   

Total liabilities

     16,021,455   

Net assets

   $ 452,914,121   

Shares outstanding

     40,477,818   

Net asset value (“NAV”) per share

   $ 11.19   

Net assets consist of:

        

Capital paid-in

   $ 426,522,627   

Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income

     (260,447

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (1,959,845

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     28,611,786   

Net assets

   $ 452,914,121   

Authorized shares

     Unlimited   

Par value per share

   $ 0.01   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Nuveen Investments     35   


Statement of

  Operations  

Six Months Ended January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income

   $ 8,500,208   

Expenses

  

Shareholder servicing agent fees

     21,237   

Interest expense

     24,497   

Custodian fees

     40,874   

Trustees fees

     5,571   

Professional fees

     35,019   

Shareholder reporting expenses

     22,128   

Federal and state registration fees

     35,757   

Other

     7,918   

Total expenses before fee waiver/expense reimbursement

     193,001   

Fee waiver/expense reimbursement

     (168,504

Net expenses

     24,497   

Net investment income (loss)

     8,475,711   

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

     599,147   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     12,595,558   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     13,194,705   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 21,670,416   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

  36       Nuveen Investments


Statement of

  Changes in Net Assets  

(Unaudited)

 

      Six Months Ended
1/31/16
       Year Ended
7/31/15
 

Operations

       

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 8,475,711         $ 14,684,056   

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

     599,147           3,704,659   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     12,595,558           1,443,605   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     21,670,416           19,832,320   

Distributions to Shareholders

       

From net investment income

     (8,239,549        (14,670,416

Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders

     (8,239,549        (14,670,416

Fund Share Transactions

       

Proceeds from sale of shares

     73,958,731           129,336,540   

Proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions

     4,070,051           6,956,236   
     78,028,782           136,292,776   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (36,581,699        (73,424,638

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

     41,447,083           62,868,138   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     54,877,950           68,030,042   

Net assets at the beginning of period

     398,036,171           330,006,129   

Net assets at the end of period

   $ 452,914,121         $ 398,036,171   

Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period

   $ (260,447      $ (496,609

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial

Highlights (Unaudited)

 

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

          Investment Operations         Less Distributions           
Year Ended July 31,   Beginning
NAV
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
       Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
       Total          From
Net
Investment
Income
       From
Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains
       Total        Ending
NAV
 

2016(f)

  $ 10.85      $ 0.22         $ 0.33         $ 0.55        $ (0.21      $         $ (0.21      $ 11.19   

2015

    10.67        0.45           0.18           0.63          (0.45                  (0.45        10.85   

2014

    10.13        0.45           0.61           1.06          (0.46        (0.06        (0.52        10.67   

2013

    11.13        0.46           (0.82        (0.36       (0.47        (0.17        (0.64        10.13   

2012

    10.22        0.51           0.95           1.46          (0.52        (0.03        (0.55        11.13   

2011

    10.42        0.54           (0.11        0.43            (0.54        (0.09        (0.63        10.22   

 

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      Ratios/Supplemental Data  
                Ratios to Average
Net Assets Before
Waiver/Reimbursement
        Ratios to Average
Net Assets After
Waiver/Reimbursement(c)
        
Total
Return(b)
    Ending
Net
Assets
(000)
         Expenses
Including
Interest(d)
     Expenses
Excluding
Interest
     Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
         Expenses
Including
Interest(d)
       Expenses
Excluding
Interest
       Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
     Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(e)
 
  5.15   $ 452,914          0.09 %**       0.08 %**       3.90 %**        0.01 %**                3.98 %**       7
  5.96        398,036          0.09         0.08         4.04          0.01                     4.12         21   
  10.85        330,006          0.09         0.09         4.30                           4.39         27   
  (3.54     303,672          0.09         0.09         4.08                        4.17         25   
  14.66        268,776          0.12         0.12         4.64                              4.75         29   
  4.38        173,359            0.09         0.08         5.25            0.01                     5.33         17   

 

 

(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily shares method.  
(b) Total return is the combination of changes in NAV, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. Total returns are not annualized.  
(c) After fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement from the Adviser.  
(d) The expense ratios reflect, among other things, the interest expense deemed to have been paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held by the Fund, where applicable, as described in Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities.  
(e) Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales (as disclosed in Note 5 – Investment Transactions) divided by the average long-term market value during the period.  
(f) For the six months ended January 31, 2016.  
* Rounds to less than 0.01%.  
** Annualized.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1. General Information and Significant Accounting Policies

General Information

Trust and Fund Information

The Nuveen Managed Accounts Portfolios Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Trust is comprised of the Municipal Total Return Managed Accounts Portfolio (the “Fund”), as a diversified fund. The Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on November 14, 2006.

The Fund is developed exclusively for use within separately managed accounts sponsored by Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Nuveen”). The Fund is a specialized municipal bond fund to be used in combination with selected individual securities to effectively model institutional-level investment strategies. The Fund enables certain Nuveen municipal separately managed account investors to achieve greater diversification and return potential than smaller managed accounts might otherwise achieve by using lower quality, higher yielding securities and to gain access to special investment opportunities normally available only to institutional investors.

The end of the reporting period for the Fund is January 31, 2016, and the period covered by these Notes to Financial Statements is the six months ended January 31, 2016 (the “current fiscal period”).

Investment Adviser

The Fund’s investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen. The Adviser is responsible for the Fund’s overall investment strategy and asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a subsidiary of the Adviser, under which the Sub-Adviser manages the investment portfolio of the Fund.

Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek attractive total return. The Fund also seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax. These municipal bonds include obligations issued by U.S. states and their subdivisions, authorities, instrumentalities and corporations, as well as obligations issued by U.S. territories (such as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam) that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax. The Fund may invest without limit in securities that generate income subject to the alternative minimum tax. The Fund will focus on securities with intermediate to longer term maturities and, as such, will generally maintain, under normal market conditions, an investment portfolio with an overall weighted average maturity of approximately 12 to 25 years.

The Fund invests in various types of municipal securities, including investment grade (rated BBB/Baa or better), below investment grade (rated BB/Ba or lower), and unrated municipal securities. The Fund may invest up to 50% of its net assets in below investment grade municipal bonds, but will normally invest 10-30% of its net assets in such bonds. Such securities are commonly referred to as “high yield” securities or “junk” bonds. The Fund may invest up to 5% of its net assets in defaulted bonds. The Fund may invest in all types of municipal bonds, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and participation interests in municipal leases. The Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds, which are issued at substantial discounts from their value at maturity and pay no cash income to their holders until they mature. The Fund may invest up to 50% of its net assets in municipal securities whose interest payments vary inversely with changes in short-term tax-exempt interest rates (“inverse floaters”). Inverse floaters are derivative securities that provide leveraged exposure to underlying municipal bonds. The Fund’s investments in inverse floaters are designed to increase the Fund’s income and returns through this leveraged exposure. These investments are speculative, however, and also create the possibility that income and returns will be diminished.

The Fund may also make forward commitments in which the Fund agrees to buy a security for settlement in the future at a price agreed upon today.

The Fund’s most recent prospectus provides further description of the Fund’s investment objectives, principal investment strategies and principal risks.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies.” The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

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Investment Transactions

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 earmarked securities in its portfolio with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments.

As of the end of the reporting period, the Fund’s outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments were as follows:

 

Outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments   $ 3,486,607   

Investment Income

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

Professional Fees

Professional fees presented on the Statement of Operations consist of legal fees incurred in the normal course of operations, audit fees, tax consulting fees and, in some cases, workout expenditures. Workout expenditures are incurred in an attempt to protect or enhance an investment or to pursue other claims or legal actions on behalf of Fund shareholders. If a refund is received for workout expenditures paid in a prior reporting period, such amounts will be recognized as “Legal fee refund” on the Statement of Operations.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and distributed to shareholders monthly. Fund shares begin to accrue dividends on the business day after the day when the monies used to purchase Fund shares are collected by the transfer agent.

Net realized capital gains and/or market discount from investment transactions, if any, are declared and distributed to shareholders at least annually. Furthermore, capital gains are distributed only to the extent they exceed available capital loss carryforwards.

Distributions to shareholders of net investment income, net realized capital gains and/or market discount, if any, 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.

Indemnifications

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

Netting Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Fund may enter into transactions subject to enforceable International Swaps and Derivative Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows the Fund to offset certain securities and derivatives with a specific counterparty as well as any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreements. Generally, the Fund manages its cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis.

The Fund’s investments subject to netting agreements as of the end of the reporting period, if any, are further described in Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives.

Use of Estimates

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 from operations during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

2. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements

The fair valuation input levels as described below are for fair value measurement purposes.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received 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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

 

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 following is a summary of the three-tiered hierarchy of valuation input levels.

 

Level 1 –   Inputs are unadjusted and prices are determined using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 –   Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 –   Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs (including management’s assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

Prices of fixed-income securities are provided by a pricing service approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). 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. These securities are generally classified as Level 2. 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 the significant inputs.

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 Board and/or its appointee 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 the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) (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 Board and/or its appointee.

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the Fund’s fair value measurements as of the end of the reporting period:

 

        Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Long-Term Investments*:                    

Municipal Bonds

     $   —         $ 453,236,590         $   —         $ 453,236,590   
Short-Term Investments*:                    

Municipal Bonds

         —           1,455,990             —           1,455,990   
Total      $   —         $ 454,692,580         $   —         $ 454,692,580   
* Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for state classifications.

The Board is responsible for the valuation process and has appointed the oversight of the daily valuation process to the Adviser’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the valuation policies and procedures adopted by the Board, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies and reporting to the Board. The Valuation Committee is aided in its efforts by the Adviser’s dedicated Securities Valuation Team, which is responsible for administering the daily valuation process and applying fair value methodologies as approved by the Valuation Committee. When determining the reliability of independent pricing services for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of the pricing services and monitors the quality of security prices received through various testing reports conducted by the Securities Valuation Team.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making a fair value determination, based on the facts and circumstances specific to the portfolio instrument. Fair value determinations generally will be derived as follows, using public or private market information:

 

  (i) If available, fair value determinations shall be derived by extrapolating from recent transactions or quoted prices for identical or comparable securities.

 

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  (ii) If such information is not available, an analytical valuation methodology may be used based on other available information including, but not limited to: analyst appraisals, research reports, corporate action information, issuer financial statements and shelf registration statements. Such analytical valuation methodologies may include, but are not limited to: multiple of earnings, discount from market value of a similar freely-traded security, discounted cash flow analysis, book value or a multiple thereof, risk premium/yield analysis, yield to maturity and/or fundamental investment analysis.

The purchase price of a portfolio instrument will be used to fair value the instrument only if no other valuation methodology is available or deemed appropriate, and it is determined that the purchase price fairly reflects the instrument’s current value.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such testing and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board.

3. Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives

Portfolio Securities

Inverse Floating Rate Securities

The Fund is authorized to invest in inverse floating rate securities. An inverse floating rate security is created by depositing a municipal bond (referred to as an “Underlying Bond”), typically with a fixed interest rate, into a special purpose tender option bond (“TOB”) trust (referred to as the “TOB Trust”) created by or at the direction of the Fund. In turn, the TOB Trust issues (a) floating rate certificates (referred to as “Floaters”), in face amounts equal to some fraction of the Underlying Bond’s par amount or market value, and (b) an inverse floating rate certificate (referred to as an “Inverse Floater”) that represents all remaining or residual interest in the TOB Trust. Floaters typically pay short-term tax-exempt interest rates to third parties who are also provided a right to tender their certificate and receive its par value, which may be paid from the proceeds of a remarketing of the Floaters, by a loan to the TOB Trust from a third party liquidity provider (“Liquidity Provider”), or by the sale of assets from the TOB Trust. The Inverse Floater is issued to a long term investor, such as the Fund. The income received by the Inverse Floater holder varies inversely with the short-term rate paid to holders of the Floaters, and in most circumstances the Inverse Floater holder bears substantially all of the Underlying Bond’s downside investment risk and also benefits disproportionately from any potential appreciation of the Underlying Bond’s value. The value of an Inverse Floater will be more volatile than that of the Underlying Bond because the interest rate is dependent on not only the fixed coupon rate of the Underlying Bond but also on the short-term interest paid on the Floaters, and because the Inverse Floater essentially bears the risk of loss (and possible gain) of the greater face value of the Underlying Bond.

The Inverse Floater held by the Fund gives the Fund the right to (a) cause the holders of the Floaters to tender their certificates at par (or slightly more than par in certain circumstances), and (b) have the trustee of the TOB Trust (the “Trustee”) transfer the Underlying Bond held by the TOB Trust to the Fund, thereby collapsing the TOB Trust.

The Fund may acquire an Inverse Floater in a transaction where it (a) transfers an Underlying Bond that it owns to a TOB Trust created by a third party or (b) transfers an Underlying Bond that it owns, or that it has purchased in a secondary market transaction for the purpose of creating an Inverse Floater, to a TOB Trust created at its direction, and in return receives the Inverse Floater of the TOB Trust (referred to as a “self-deposited Inverse Floater”). The Fund may also purchase an Inverse Floater in a secondary market transaction from a third party creator of the TOB Trust without first owning the Underlying Bond (referred to as an “externally-deposited Inverse Floater”).

An investment in a self-deposited Inverse Floater is accounted for as a “financing” transaction (i.e., a secured borrowing). For a self-deposited Inverse Floater, the Underlying Bond deposited into the TOB Trust is identified in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments as “(UB) – Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction,” with the Fund recognizing as liabilities, labeled “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, (a) the liquidation value of Floaters issued by the TOB Trust, and (b) the amount of any borrowings by the TOB Trust from a Liquidity Provider to enable the TOB Trust to purchase outstanding Floaters in lieu of a remarketing. In addition, the Fund recognizes in “Investment Income” the entire earnings of the Underlying Bond, and recognizes (a) the interest paid to the holders of the Floaters or on the TOB Trust’s borrowings, and (b) other expenses related to remarketing, administration, trustee, liquidity and other services to a TOB Trust, as a component of “Interest expense” on the Statement of Operations.

In contrast, an investment in an externally-deposited Inverse Floater is accounted for as a purchase of the Inverse Floater and is identified in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments as “(IF) – Inverse floating rate investment.” For an externally-deposited Inverse Floater, the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities recognizes the Inverse Floater and not the Underlying Bond as an asset, and the Fund does not recognize the Floaters, or any related borrowings from a Liquidity Provider, as a liability. Additionally, the Fund reflects in “Investment Income” only the net amount of earnings on the Inverse Floater (net of the interest paid to the holders of the Floaters or the Liquidity Provider as lender, and the expenses of the Trust), and does not show the amount of that interest paid or the expenses of the TOB Trust as described above as interest expense on the Statement of Operations.

Fees paid upon the creation of a TOB Trust for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters are recognized as part of the cost basis of the Inverse Floater and are capitalized over the term of the TOB Trust.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

 

As of the end of the reporting period, the aggregate value of Floaters issued by the Fund’s TOB Trust for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters was as follows:

 

Floating Rate Obligations Outstanding          
Floating rate obligations: self-deposited Inverse Floaters      $ 10,500,000   
Floating rate obligations: externally-deposited Inverse Floaters        34,145,000   
Total      $ 44,645,000   

During the current fiscal period, the average amount of Floaters (including any borrowings from a Liquidity Provider) outstanding, and the average annual interest rate and fees related to self-deposited Inverse Floaters, were as follows:

 

Self-Deposited Inverse Floaters          
Average floating rate obligations outstanding      $ 8,092,582   
Average annual interest rate and fees        0.60

TOB Trusts are supported by a liquidity facility provided by a Liquidity Provider pursuant to which the Liquidity Provider agrees, in the event that Floaters are (a) tendered to the Trustee for remarketing and the remarketing does not occur, or (b) subject to mandatory tender pursuant to the terms of the TOB Trust agreement, to either purchase Floaters or to provide the Trustee with an advance from a loan facility to fund the purchase of Floaters by the TOB Trust. In certain circumstances, the Liquidity Provider may otherwise elect to have the Trustee sell the Underlying Bond to retire the Floaters that were tendered and not remarketed prior to providing such a loan. In these circumstances, the Liquidity Provider remains obligated to provide a loan to the extent that the proceeds of the sale of the Underlying Bond is not sufficient to pay the purchase price of the Floaters.

The size of the commitment under the loan facility for a given TOB Trust is at least equal to the balance of that TOB Trust’s outstanding Floaters plus any accrued interest. In consideration of the loan facility, fee schedules are in place and are charged by the Liquidity Provider(s). Any loans made by the Liquidity Provider will be secured by the purchased Floaters held by the TOB Trust. Interest paid on any outstanding loan balances will be effectively borne by the Fund that owns the Inverse Floaters of the TOB Trust that has incurred the borrowing and may be at a rate that is greater than the rate that would have been paid had the Floaters been successfully remarketed.

As described above, any amounts outstanding under a liquidity facility are recognized as a component of “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities by the Fund holding the corresponding Inverse Floaters issued by the borrowing TOB Trust. As of the end of the reporting period, there were no loans outstanding under any such facility.

The Fund may also enter into shortfall and forbearance agreements (sometimes referred to as a “recourse arrangement” or “credit recovery swap”) (TOB Trusts involving such agreements are referred to herein as “Recourse Trusts”), under which the Fund agrees to reimburse the Liquidity Provider for the Trust’s Floaters, in certain circumstances, for the amount (if any) by which the liquidation value of the Underlying Bond held by the TOB Trust may fall short of the sum of the liquidation value of the Floaters issued by the TOB Trust plus any amounts borrowed by the TOB Trust from the Liquidity Provider, plus any shortfalls in interest cash flows. Under these agreements, the Fund’s potential exposure to losses related to or on an Inverse Floater may increase beyond the value of the Inverse Floater as the Fund may potentially be liable to fulfill all amounts owed to holders of the Floaters or the Liquidity Provider. Any such shortfall amount in the aggregate is recognized as “Unrealized depreciation on Recourse Trusts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

As of the end of the reporting period, the Fund’s maximum exposure to the Floaters issued by Recourse Trusts for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters was as follows:

 

Floating Rate Obligations – Recourse Trusts          
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts: self-deposited Inverse Floaters      $ 8,300,000   
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts: externally-deposited Inverse Floaters        24,405,000   
Total      $ 32,705,000   

Zero Coupon Securities

A zero coupon security does not pay a regular interest coupon to its holders during the life of the security. Income to the holder of the security comes from accretion of the difference between the original purchase price of the security at issuance and the par value of the security at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. The market prices of zero coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically.

Investments in Derivatives

In addition to the inverse floating rate securities in which the Fund invests, which are considered portfolio securities for financial reporting purposes, the Fund is authorized to invest in certain other derivative instruments. 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.

 

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Although the Fund is authorized to invest in derivative instruments, and may do so in the future, it did not make any such investments during the current fiscal period.

Market and Counterparty Credit Risk

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.

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 predetermined threshold amount.

4. Fund Shares

Transactions in Fund shares during the current and prior fiscal period were as follows:

 

       Six Months Ended
1/31/16
       Year Ended
7/31/15
 
        Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  
Shares sold        6,747,187           73,958,731           11,886,193         $ 129,336,540   
Shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions        370,118           4,070,051           638,284           6,956,236   
Shares redeemed        (3,332,148        (36,581,699        (6,745,841        (73,424,638
Net increase (decrease)        3,785,157         $ 41,447,083           5,778,636         $ 62,868,138   

5. Investment Transactions

Long-term purchases and sales (including maturities) during the current fiscal period aggregated $81,526,551 and $31,526,978, respectively.

6. Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders and to otherwise comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Furthermore, the Fund intends to satisfy conditions which will enable interest from municipal securities, which is exempt from regular federal income tax, to retain such tax-exempt status when distributed to shareholders of the Fund. Net realized capital gains and ordinary income distributions paid by the Fund are subject to federal taxation.

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.

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 the treatment of timing differences in recognizing taxable market discount, timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions and the treatment of investments in inverse floating rate securities reflected as financing transactions, if any. 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 NAV of the Fund.

As of January 31, 2016, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Cost of investments      $ 415,478,258   
Gross unrealized:     

Appreciation

     $ 29,010,208   

Depreciation

       (297,748
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments      $ 28,712,460   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Permanent differences, primarily due to taxable market discount, resulted in reclassifications among the Fund’s components of net assets as of July 31, 2015, the Fund’s last tax year end, as follows:

 

Capital paid-in      $ (3
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income        (5,671
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)        5,674   

The tax components of undistributed net tax-exempt income, net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains as of July 31, 2015, the Fund’s last tax year end, were as follows:

 

Undistributed net tax-exempt income1      $ 653,292   
Undistributed net ordinary income2        15,592   
Undistributed net long-term capital gains          
1  Undistributed net tax-exempt income (on a tax basis) has not been reduced for the dividends declared during the period July 1, 2015 through July 31, 2015, and paid on August 3, 2015.
2  Net ordinary income consists of taxable market discount income and net short-term capital gains if any.

The tax character of distributions paid during the Fund’s last tax year ended July 31, 2015, was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:

 

Distributions from net tax-exempt income        $14,593,794   
Distributions from net ordinary income2        38,308   
Distributions from net long-term capital gains          —   
2  Net ordinary income consists of taxable market discount income and net short-term capital gains, if any.

As of July 31, 2015, 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. The capital losses are not subject to expiration.

 

Capital losses carryforwards – not subject to expiration      $ 2,562,804   

During the Fund’s last tax year ended July 31, 2015, the Fund utilized $1,811,607 of its capital loss carryforward.

7. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Adviser does not charge any management fees or other expenses directly to the Fund. The Adviser has agreed irrevocably during the existence of the Fund to waive all fees and pay or reimburse all expenses of the Fund (excluding interest expense, taxes, fees incurred in acquiring and disposing of portfolio securities and extraordinary expenses). The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are compensated for their services to the Fund from the fee charged at the separately managed account level.

8. Borrowing Arrangements

The Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Adviser (“Participating Funds”), has established a 364-day, $2.53 billion standby credit facility with a group of lenders, under which the Participating Funds may borrow for various purposes other than leveraging for investment purposes. A large portion of this facility’s capacity (and its associated costs as described below) is currently dedicated for use by a small number of Participating Funds, which does not include the Fund. The remaining capacity under the facility (and the corresponding portion of the facility’s annual costs) is separately dedicated to most of the other open-end funds in the Nuveen fund family, including the Fund, along with a number of Nuveen closed-end funds. The credit facility expires in July 2016 unless extended or renewed.

The credit facility has the following terms: a fee of 0.15% per annum on unused commitment amounts, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate) plus 1.25% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which are recognized as a component of “Other expenses” on the Statement of Operations, and along with commitment fees, have been allocated among such Participating Funds based upon the relative proportions of the facility’s aggregate capacity reserved for them and other factors deemed relevant by the Adviser and the Board of each Participating Fund.

During the current fiscal period, the Fund did not utilize this facility.

 

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Additional

Fund Information

 

 

Fund Manager

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Sub-Adviser

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

  

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Custodian

State Street Bank & Trust Company

Boston, MA 02111

  

Legal Counsel

Chapman and Cutler LLP

Chicago, IL 60603

  

Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services

Boston Financial

Data Services, Inc.

Nuveen Investor Services

P.O. Box 8530

Boston, MA 02266-8530

(800) 257-8787

  

 

 

             
  Quarterly Form N-Q Portfolio of Investments Information: The Fund is required to file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. You may obtain this information directly from the SEC. 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 toll-free at (800) SEC-0330 for room hours and operation.  
             

 

 

Nuveen Funds’ Proxy Voting Information: You may obtain (i) information regarding how each fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen Investments toll-free at (800) 257-8787 or on Nuveen’s website at www.nuveen.com and (ii) a description of the policies and procedures that each 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. You may also obtain this information directly from the SEC. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov.

 

 

             
  FINRA BrokerCheck: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) provides information regarding the disciplinary history of FINRA member firms and associated investment professionals. This information as well as an investor brochure describing FINRA BrokerCheck is available to the public by calling the FINRA BrokerCheck Hotline number at (800) 289-9999 or by visiting www.FINRA.org.  

 

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Glossary of Terms

Used in this Report

 

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 offer price and reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, if any) over the time period being considered.

Barclays 7-Year Municipal Bond Index: An unmanaged index composed of a broad range of investment-grade municipal bonds with maturity dates of approximately seven years. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges or management fees.

Duration: Duration is a measure of the expected period over which a bond’s principal and interest will be paid, and consequently is a measure of the sensitivity of a bond’s or bond fund’s value to changes when market interest rates change. Generally, the longer a bond’s or fund’s duration, the more the price of the bond or fund will change as interest rates change.

Effective Leverage (Effective Leverage Ratio): Effective leverage is investment exposure created either through borrowings or indirectly through inverse floaters, divided by the assets invested, including those assets that were purchased with the proceeds of the leverage, or referenced by the levered instrument.

Inverse Floating Rate Securities: Inverse floating rate securities, also known as inverse floaters or tender option bonds (TOBs), are created by depositing a municipal bond, typically with a fixed interest rate, into a special purpose trust. This trust, in turn, (a) issues floating rate certificates typically paying short-term tax-exempt interest rates to third parties in amounts equal to some fraction of the deposited bond’s par amount or market value, and (b) issues an inverse floating rate certificate (sometimes referred to as an “inverse floater”) to an investor (such as a fund) interested in gaining investment exposure to a long-term municipal bond. The income received by the holder of the inverse floater varies inversely with the short-term rate paid to the floating rate certificates’ holders, and in most circumstances the holder of the inverse floater bears substantially all of the underlying bond’s downside investment risk. The holder of the inverse floater typically also benefits disproportionately from any potential appreciation of the underlying bond’s value. Hence, an inverse floater essentially represents an investment in the underlying bond on a leveraged basis.

Leverage: Leverage is created whenever a fund has investment exposure (both reward and/or risk) equivalent to more than 100% of the investment capital.

Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share: A fund’s Net Assets is equal to its total assets (securities, cash and accrued earnings) less its total liabilities. For funds with multiple classes, Net Assets are determined separately for each share class. NAV per share is equal to the fund’s (or share class’) Net Assets divided by its number of shares outstanding.

Pre-Refundings: Pre-Refundings, also known as advance refundings or refinancings, occur when an issuer sells new bonds and uses the proceeds to fund principal and interest payments of older existing bonds. This process often results in lower borrowing costs for bond issuers.

Total Investment Exposure: Total investment exposure is the fund’s assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to leverage. For these purposes, leverage includes the fund’s use of preferred stock and borrowings and 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.

Zero Coupon Bond: A zero coupon bond does not pay a regular interest coupon to its holders during the life of the bond. Income to the holder of the bond comes from accretion of the difference between the original purchase price of the bond at issuance and the par value of the bond at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. The market prices of zero coupon bonds generally are more volatile than the market prices of bonds that pay interest periodically.

 

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Notes

 

 

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Notes

 

 

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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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MSA-MAPS-0116P        14657-INV-B-03/17


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to this filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to this filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to this filing.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to this registrant.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

(a) See Portfolio of Investments in Item 1.

(b) Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to this registrant.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to this registrant.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to this registrant.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form.

(a)(1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Not applicable to this filing.

(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) in the exact form set forth below: See EX-99.CERT attached hereto.

(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons: Not applicable to this registrant.

(b) If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an Exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registration specifically incorporates it by reference: See EX-99.906 CERT attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Nuveen Managed Accounts Portfolios Trust

 

By   (Signature and Title)   /s/ Kevin J. McCarthy  
   

Kevin J. McCarthy

Vice President and Secretary

 

Date: April 7, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By   (Signature and Title)   /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman  
   

Gifford R. Zimmerman

Chief Administrative Officer

(principal executive officer)

 

Date: April 7, 2016

 

By   (Signature and Title)   /s/ Stephen D. Foy  
   

Stephen D. Foy

Vice President and Controller

(principal financial officer)

 

Date: April 7, 2016