Asset manager · New York, NY
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC
SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 160255 · SEC 801-74475
At a glance
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York, New York, with $142.0 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed April 29, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is insurance companies. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 103rd of 3,218 asset managers and 193rd of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 212-490-9000nuveen.comAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $142B
- Rank among asset managers
- #103 of 3,218
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #193 of 17,210
- Rank in New York
- #43 of 2,591
- Clients
- 113
- Accounts
- 57
- Discretionary
- 100% of AUM
- Employees
- 87
- Advisory staff
- 27
- Offices
- 5
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Keith F. AtkinsonSenior Managing Director, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
- Megan E. SendlakManaging Director, Controller
- Shalinni A. ThompsonManaging Director, Chief Compliance Officer
- Laura M ParrottSenior Managing Director
- Chad W. PhillipsManaging Director
Custody and brokerage
Custodian
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.
Broker-dealer
Hybrid RIA
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC is a hybrid RIA: 8 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names affiliated broker-dealers: Nuveen Securities, LLC and Tiaa-Cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance companies | 17 | $126B | 89% |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 85 | $16B | 11% |
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 2 | $42M | <1% |
| State or municipal government entities | 2 | $0M | 0% |
| Other | 7 | $0M | 0% |
Private funds
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC reports 42 private funds with $16B in gross assets: private equity funds, real estate funds, securitized asset funds, other private funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).
Disciplinary disclosures
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC answers yes to 2 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Performance-based fees
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗nuveen.com ↗
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Questions
How much does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC manage?
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC reports $142.0 billion in regulatory assets under management across 57 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed April 29, 2026.
What kind of firm is Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC?
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons.
Who are Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are insurance companies ($126.2 billion, 17 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($15.8 billion, 85 clients); pension and profit sharing plans ($42 million, 2 clients).
Does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC manage private funds?
Yes. It reports 42 private funds with $15.6 billion in gross assets, including private equity funds, real estate funds, securitized asset funds, other private funds.
Does Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC have any disciplinary history?
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC answers yes to 2 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-04-29), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.
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