Money Management Executive
Nuveen to Offer New ETF
May 13, 2002, 1:00 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read
Nuveen Investments said today that it plans to launch a closed-end exchange-traded fund that will specialize in taxable preferred stocks. A public offering for the fund is expected in June.
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The product, known as the Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund, is the first closed-end ETF to invest primarily in investment-grade taxable preferred securities, the firm said in a statement.
The fund is intended to help investors diversify their portfolios, said Paul Williams, Nuveens VP of closed-end ETF development.
Spectrum Asset Management will sub-advise the fund, and Salomon Smith Barney of will serve as its lead underwriter.
Nuveen initially filed the fund with the SEC in late April.
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Money Management Executive