{"url":"https://nivawealth.com/firms/nuveen-alternatives-advisors-160255","iapdUrl":"https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160255","regulatoryAum":142021005985,"crd":"160255","secFileNumber":"801-74475","legalName":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC","displayName":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors","website":"https://www.nuveen.com","founded":null,"organization":"Delaware limited liability company","fiscalYearEnd":"December","headquarters":{"street":"730 Third Avenue","city":"New York","state":"NY","stateName":"New York","country":"United States","postalCode":"10017-3206"},"tradeNames":[],"registration":{"secApproved":"5 April 2012","noticeFilings":null,"latestNoticeFiling":null},"staff":{"employees":87,"advisory":27,"brokerDealerReps":8,"insuranceAgents":1,"promoters":0},"aum":{"discretionary":142021005985,"discretionaryAccounts":57,"nonDiscretionary":0,"nonDiscretionaryAccounts":0,"wrapProgram":null,"nonUsClientsPct":49,"nonAumClients":56},"clientTypes":[{"label":"Pooled investment vehicles","clients":85,"regulatoryAum":15822059460},{"label":"Pension and profit-sharing plans","clients":2,"regulatoryAum":41958601},{"label":"State or municipal government entities","clients":2,"regulatoryAum":0},{"label":"Insurance companies","clients":17,"regulatoryAum":126156987924},{"label":"Other","clients":7,"regulatoryAum":0}],"fees":[],"feeNotes":[],"custodians":[],"custodyNote":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors has custody of $156.77B for 63 clients.","otherCustodians":[],"leadership":[{"name":"Shalinni Thompson","title":"Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer","crd":"7034142"},{"name":"Keith Atkinson","title":"Senior Managing Director, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary","crd":"6777445"},{"name":"Laura Parrott","title":"Senior Managing Director","crd":"7829970"},{"name":"Chad Phillips","title":"Managing Director","crd":"4823469"},{"name":"Megan Sendlak","title":"Managing Director, Controller","crd":"5402274"}],"ownership":[{"label":"Nuveen Alternative Holdings LLC","detail":"Direct owner in the 75% or more ownership band and a control person, since December 2013. Also a shareholder of Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC in the 75% or more band and a control person, since December 2013."},{"label":"Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America","detail":"Indirect owner: a shareholder of Nuveen LLC in the 75% or more band and a control person, since July 2014.","parent":"Nuveen LLC"},{"label":"Tiaa Board of Governors","detail":"Indirect owner: a shareholder of Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America in the 75% or more band and a control person, since June 1938.","parent":"Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America"},{"label":"Nuveen LLC","detail":"Indirect owner: a shareholder of Nuveen Consolidated, LLC in the 50% to 75% band and a control person, since November 2025.","parent":"Nuveen Consolidated, LLC"},{"label":"Tiaa-Cref Asset Management LLC","detail":"Indirect owner: a shareholder of Nuveen Alternative Holdings LLC in the 75% or more band and a control person, since October 2013.","parent":"Nuveen Alternative Holdings LLC"},{"label":"Nuveen Consolidated, LLC","detail":"Indirect owner: a shareholder of Tiaa-Cref Asset Management LLC in the 75% or more band and a control person, since November 2025.","parent":"Tiaa-Cref Asset Management LLC"}],"branchOffices":null,"filedOffices":{"otherThanPrincipal":4,"privateResidences":0},"listedOfficeAddresses":5,"officesByState":[{"state":"California","offices":1,"addresses":[{"street":"560 Mission ST","city":"San Francisco"}]},{"state":"Illinois","offices":1,"addresses":[{"street":"333 West Wacker Drive","city":"Chicago"}]},{"state":"New York","offices":1,"addresses":[{"street":"730 Third Avenue","city":"New York","headquarters":true}]},{"state":"North Carolina","offices":1,"addresses":[{"street":"8500 Andrew Carnegie BLVD.","city":"Charlotte"}]},{"state":"Texas","offices":1,"addresses":[{"street":"2300 N Field","city":"Dallas"}]}],"advFacts":{"source":{"file":"ia100226.zip","asOf":"2 October 2026"},"telephone":"212-490-9000","stateRegisteredReps":0,"otherAdviserReps":0,"compensation":["A percentage of assets under management","Performance-based fees"],"activities":["Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)","Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients"],"financialPlanningClients":null,"assetMix":[{"label":"Investment grade corporate bonds","percent":55},{"label":"Non-investment grade corporate bonds","percent":3},{"label":"Derivatives","percent":1},{"label":"Other","percent":41,"detail":"Senior Leveraged Loans, Private Equity Holdings, Commercial Mortgage Loans, Directly Owned Real Estate, Structured Vehicles, Debt Valuation, Conventional Debt"}],"privateFunds":42},"sources":{"adv1FilingDate":"29 April 2026","adv1Url":"https://reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov/reports/ADV/160255/PDF/160255.pdf","brochureDate":null,"brochureUrl":null,"iapdCompiledDate":null,"retrievedDate":"15 October 2026","retrievedOn":"2026-10-15","adv1Pages":{},"brochurePages":{}},"otherBusiness":[],"faq":[{"question":"How many clients does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors have?","answer":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors has 113 clients and manages $142 billion for them, as of April 2026. They include 85 pooled investment vehicles, 17 insurance companies and 7 other clients.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.D and 5.F, filed 29 April 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"What services does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors offer?","answer":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled vehicles and portfolio management for institutions.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.G, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"How many financial advisors does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors have?","answer":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors has 0 investment adviser representatives registered with state securities authorities, out of 87 employees, and 27 perform investment advisory functions. 8 are registered representatives of a broker-dealer and 1 are licensed insurance agents.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.A and 5.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"What does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors invest in?","answer":"At the end of its last fiscal year, Nuveen Alternatives Advisors’ separately managed accounts held 55% investment grade corporate bonds, 41% senior leveraged loans, private equity holdings, commercial mortgage loans, directly owned real estate, structured vehicles, debt valuation, conventional debt, 3% high-yield corporate bonds and 1% derivatives. It advises 42 private funds.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.K.(1) and 7.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"Who owns Nuveen Alternatives Advisors?","answer":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors is owned through a chain of holding companies by Tiaa Board of Governors. Its direct owner is Nuveen Alternative Holdings LLC (75% or more).","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B, filed 29 April 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"scheduleA"}},{"question":"How does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors get paid?","answer":"Nuveen Alternatives Advisors is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Its Form ADV lists no commissions among how it is paid.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.E, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}}],"holdings":null,"notice":"Compiled from public SEC Form ADV filings on the dates in `sources`. Facts as filed; not a rating, ranking, or recommendation. Niva Wealth is not affiliated with this firm. Disciplinary history is deliberately not included here or on the page; the SEC publishes the complete record at the `iapdUrl` above."}