Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC (New York)

Name: Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC
Address: 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017 3206
Telephone: 212-490-9000

Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $89.86 billion of regulatory assets for 22 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2018.

Nuveen Alternatives Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Nuveen Alternatives Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC is $89.86 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 13% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.11 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $89.86 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $4.08 billion each.

Nuveen Alternatives Advisors has custody of $105.11 billion in cash and securities for 45 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 67% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-investment grade corporate bonds, which make up 3% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-exchange traded securities form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Nuveen Alternatives Advisors serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Nuveen Alternatives Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 36 clients and $7.45 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Nuveen Alternatives Advisors has the 2nd lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7.45 billion for 36 clients. 30% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Nuveen Alternatives Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds, one real estate fund, nine private equity funds, and four securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $100,000,000.

Careers at Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC

The company employs 186 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 54 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Marjorie Nmn Pierre Merritt	Vp, corporate secretary	1 Jan 2012	Other	5308970
Jorge C Gutierrez	Vp, treasurer	1 Jan 2012	Other	2030033
Nuveen Alternative Holdings Llc	Direct owner	1 Dec 2013	75% - 100%	13-3905273
Jose Manuel Minaya	Evp, president, global investments	1 Jun 2016	Other	4281832
Gordon Christopher Mcgibbon	Smd, head of us real estate	1 Jun 2016	Other	4409871
Heather Lynn Davis	Smd, president and cio, private markets	1 Jun 2016	Other	2672041
John Leland Maccarthy	Evp, chief legal officer	1 Jun 2016	Other	5113098
Michelle Mccarthy Beck	Evp, chief risk officer	1 Dec 2016	Other	1565509
Thomas Emil Grenville	Managing director, chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2017	Other	2737719
Austin Penn Wachter	Md, controller	1 Aug 2017	Other	6629077

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Tiaa Board Of Overseers	Shareholder	1 Jun 1938	75% - 100%	13-6110585
Tiaa Cref Asset Management Llc	Shareholder	1 Oct 2013	75% - 100%	13-3905273
Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association Of America	Shareholder	1 Jul 2014	75% - 100%	13-1624203
Nuveen Llc	Shareholder	1 Dec 2014	75% - 100%	47-1595484

Based in New York

The principal office where Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC performs its advisory services is located at 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 3206, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Newport Beach, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-490-9000 or by fax 212-916-6980. The normal business hours are 8:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at tiaa.org.