Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, et al.; Notice of Application, 74849-74851 [2016-25942]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NYSE– 2016–67, and should be submitted on or before November 17, 2016. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.13 Brent J. Fields, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–25937 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Investment Company Act Release No. 32322; File No. 812–14619] Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, et al.; Notice of Application October 21, 2016. Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’). ACTION: Notice of an application for an order pursuant to: (a) Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) granting an exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act; (b) section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act granting an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act; (c) sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act granting an exemption from sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Act; and (d) section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d–1 under the Act to permit certain joint arrangements and transactions. Applicants request an order that would permit certain registered open-end management investment companies to participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund, Nuveen APPLICANTS: 13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Oct 26, 2016 Jkt 241001 AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Build America Bond Fund, Nuveen Build America Bond Opportunity Fund, Nuveen California AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund, Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2, Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 2, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund, Inc., Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio, Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund, Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund, Nuveen Dow 30SM Dynamic Overwrite Fund, Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund, Nuveen Enhanced AMT-Free Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2, Nuveen Global High Income Fund, Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund, Nuveen High Income 2020 Target Term Fund, Nuveen High Income December 2018 Target Term Fund, Nuveen High Income December 2019 Target Term Fund, Nuveen High Income November 2021 Target Term Fund, Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund, Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund, Nuveen Investment Funds, Inc., Nuveen Investment Trust, Nuveen Investment Trust II, Nuveen Investment Trust III, Nuveen Investment Trust V, Nuveen Managed Accounts Portfolios Trust, Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Michigan Quality Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2, Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund, Nuveen MultiMarket Income Fund, Nuveen Multistate Trust I, Nuveen Multistate Trust II, Nuveen Multistate Trust III, Nuveen Multistate Trust IV, Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund, Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Nuveen Municipal Trust, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc., Nuveen PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 74849 NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund, Nuveen New Jersey Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund, Nuveen New Jersey Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen New York Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund, Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2, Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc., Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio, Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Ohio Quality Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Pennsylvania Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Nuveen Pennsylvania Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Preferred Securities Income Fund, Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund, Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund, Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund, Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund, Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3, Nuveen Senior Income Fund, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Strategy Funds, Inc., Nuveen TaxAdvantaged Dividend Growth Fund, Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund, Nuveen Texas Quality Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund, Diversified Real Asset Income Fund, each an investment company organized as a business trust or a corporation under the laws of Massachusetts, Maryland or Minnesota and registered under the Act as an openend or closed-end management investment company,1 and Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the ‘‘Adviser’’), a Delaware limited liability company registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. FILING DATES: The application was filed on February 23, 2016 and amended on July 1, 2016 and September 30, 2016. HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission’s Secretary and serving 1 The Funds (as defined below) that are closedend management investment companies will not participate as borrowers in the interfund lending facility. None of the Funds are, or will be, money market funds that comply with rule 2a–7 under the Act. E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1 74850 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on November 15, 2016 and should be accompanied by proof of service on the applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to Rule 0–5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer’s interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the Commission’s Secretary. ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC, 20549–1090; Applicants: Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deepak T. Pai, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551–6876 or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel’s Office). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the application. The complete application may be obtained via the Commission’s Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant using the Company name box, at https:// www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551–8090. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Summary of the Application 1. Applicants request an order that would permit the applicants to participate in an interfund lending facility where each Fund could lend money directly to and borrow money directly from other Funds to cover unanticipated cash shortfalls, such as unanticipated redemptions or trade fails.2 The Funds will not borrow under the facility for leverage purposes and the loans’ duration will be no more than 7 days.3 2. Applicants anticipate that the proposed facility would provide a borrowing Fund with a source of 2 Applicants request that the order apply to the applicants and to any existing or future registered open-end or closed-end management investment company or series thereof for which the Adviser or any successor thereto or an investment adviser controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser or any successor thereto serves as investment adviser (each a ‘‘Fund’’ and collectively the ‘‘Funds’’ and each such investment adviser an ‘‘Adviser’’). For purposes of the requested order, ‘‘successor’’ is limited to any entity that results from a reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of a business organization. 3 Any Fund, however, will be able to call a loan on one business day’s notice. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Oct 26, 2016 Jkt 241001 liquidity at a rate lower than the bank borrowing rate at times when the cash position of the Fund is insufficient to meet temporary cash requirements. In addition, Funds making short-term cash loans directly to other Funds would earn interest at a rate higher than they otherwise could obtain from investing their cash in repurchase agreements or certain other short term money market instruments. Thus, applicants assert that the facility would benefit both borrowing and lending Funds. 3. Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief will be subject to the terms and conditions stated in the application. Among others, the Adviser, through a designated committee, would administer the facility as a disinterested fiduciary as part of its duties under the investment management and administrative agreements with the Funds and would receive no additional fee as compensation for its services in connection with the administration of the facility. The facility would be subject to oversight and certain approvals by the Funds’ Board, including, among others, approval of the interest rate formula and of the method for allocating loans across Funds, as well as review of the process in place to evaluate the liquidity implications for the Funds. A Fund’s aggregate outstanding interfund loans will not exceed 15% of its net assets, and the Fund’s loans to any one Fund will not exceed 5% of the lending Fund’s net assets.4 4. Applicants assert that the facility does not raise the concerns underlying section 12(d)(1) of the Act given that the Funds are part of the same group of investment companies and there will be no duplicative costs or fees to the Funds.5 Applicants also assert that the proposed transactions do not raise the concerns underlying sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(3), 17(d) and 21(b) of the Act as the Funds would not engage in lending transactions that unfairly benefit insiders or are detrimental to the Funds. Applicants state that the facility will offer both reduced borrowing costs and enhanced returns on loaned funds to all participating Funds and each Fund would have an equal opportunity to borrow and lend on equal terms based on an interest rate formula that is objective and verifiable. With respect to the relief from section 17(a)(2) of the 4 Under certain circumstances, a borrowing Fund will be required to pledge collateral to secure the loan. 5 Applicants state that the obligation to repay an interfund loan could be deemed to constitute a security for the purposes of sections 17(a)(1) and 12(d)(1) of the Act. PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Act, applicants note that any collateral pledged to secure an interfund loan would be subject to the same conditions imposed by any other lender to a Fund that imposes conditions on the quality of or access to collateral for a borrowing (if the lender is another Fund) or the same or better conditions (in any other circumstance).6 5. Applicants also believe that the limited relief from section 18(f)(1) of the Act that is necessary to implement the facility (because the lending Funds are not banks) is appropriate in light of the conditions and safeguards described in the application and because the openend Funds would remain subject to the requirement of section 18(f)(1) that all borrowings of the open-end Fund, including combined interfund loans and bank borrowings, have at least 300% asset coverage. 6. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the Commission to exempt any persons or transactions from any provision of the Act if such exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act provides that the Commission may exempt any person, security, or transaction, or any class or classes of persons, securities, or transactions, from any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the exemption is consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors. Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to grant an order permitting a transaction otherwise prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds that (a) the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and reasonable and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person concerned; (b) the proposed transaction is consistent with the policies of each registered investment company involved; and (c) the proposed transaction is consistent with the general purposes of the Act. Rule 17d–1(b) under the Act provides that in passing upon an application filed under the rule, the Commission will consider whether the participation of the registered investment company in a joint enterprise, joint arrangement or profit sharing plan on the basis proposed is consistent with the provisions, policies and purposes of the Act and the extent to which such participation is on a basis different from or less advantageous than that of the other participants. 6 Applicants state that any pledge of securities to secure an interfund loan could constitute a purchase of securities for purposes of section 17(a)(2) of the Act. E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority. Brent J. Fields, Secretary. of the most significant parts of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and the Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change [FR Doc. 2016–25942 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 1. Purpose SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–79132; File No. SR– NYSEMKT–2016–94] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending Rule 497— Equities October 21, 2016. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3 notice is hereby given that on October 13, 2016, NYSE MKT LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE MKT’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 497—Equities regarding the requirements for the listing of securities that are issued by the Exchange or any of its affiliates. The proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s Web site at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). U.S.C. 78a. 3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 2 15 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Oct 26, 2016 Jkt 241001 The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 497—Equities (Additional Requirements for Listed Securities Issued by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. or its Affiliates) regarding the requirements for the listing of securities that are issued by the Exchange or any of its affiliates. Rule 497—Equities sets forth certain requirements that securities issued by the Exchange’s ultimate parent, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (‘‘ICE’’), or its affiliates, must meet before they can be listed on the Exchange, including certain prelisting approvals and post-listing monitoring requirements. Specifically, the Exchange is proposing to make the following changes to Rule 497—Equities: (i) Expand the definition of Affiliate Security under Rule 497—Equities (a)(2); (ii) require that the annual review required under Rule 497—Equities (c)(2) be forwarded to the Exchange’s Regulatory Oversight Committee (‘‘ROC’’); and (iii) make non-substantive typographical changes. Rule 497—Equities (a)(2) currently defines ‘‘Affiliate Security’’ as ‘‘any security issued by an ICE Affiliate.’’ 4 The Exchange proposes to expand the definition of Affiliate Security to include any Exchange-listed option on any security issued by an ICE Affiliate. As a consequence, under Rule 497— Equities (b), prior to listing any new class of options on a security issued by an ICE Affiliate, Exchange regulatory staff would be required to make a finding that the option class satisfies the Exchange’s rules for listing, and the ROC would be required to approve such finding. Likewise, throughout the continued listing of such option class on the Exchange, it would be covered by the reporting requirements of Rule 497—Equities (c). In the event that an ICE Affiliate lists an Affiliate Security, Rule 497—Equities (c)(2) requires that, throughout the 4 For purposes of Rule 497—Equities, an ‘‘ICE Affiliate’’ is ‘‘ICE and any entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with ICE, where ‘control’ means that one entity possesses, directly or indirectly, voting control of the other entity either through ownership of capital stock or other equity securities or through majority representation on the board of directors or other management body of such entity.’’ Rule 497— Equities (a)(1). PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 74851 continued listing of the Affiliate Security on the Exchange, an independent accounting firm will review the listing standards for the Affiliate Security and a copy of the report shall be forwarded promptly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’). The Exchange proposes to expand Rule 497—Equities (c)(2) to require that such report also be forwarded to the ROC. The Exchange proposes to make the following additional, non-substantive changes to Rule 497—Equities (c): • It proposes to move ‘‘the Exchange shall’’ from the end of Rule 497— Equities (c) to the start of Rule 497— Equities (c)(1), as the text only applies to Rule 497—Equities (c)(1), and not sub-paragraphs (2) or (3), and change ‘‘shall’’ to ‘‘will.’’ • It proposes to add ‘‘and trading’’ after ‘‘Throughout the continued listing’’ in Rule 497—Equities (c), as Rule 497—Equities (c)(1) references the listing of Affiliate Securities, as well as their trading. • The Exchange proposes to delete an extraneous ‘‘that’’ from the final clause of Rule 497—Equities (c)(1)(b), so that it reads as follows: Exchange regulatory staff’s monitoring of the trading of the Affiliate Security including summaries of all related surveillance alerts, complaints, regulatory referrals, adjusted trades, investigations, examinations, formal and informal disciplinary actions, exception reports and trading data used to ensure the Affiliate Security’s compliance with the Exchange’s listing and trading rules. The Exchange notes that the proposed amendments would be consistent with recent changes to the Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BZX’’) Rule 14.3 regarding requirements for the listing of securities listed by BZX or any of its affiliates.5 2. Statutory Basis The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Exchange Act 6 in general, and Section 6(b)(5) 7 in particular, in that it because it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in securities, to 5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77639 (April 18, 2016), 81 FR 23768 (April 22, 2016) (SR– BatsBZX–2016–08). 6 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 32322; File No. 812-14619]


Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, et al.; Notice of Application

October 21, 2016.
AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION:  Notice of an application for an order pursuant to: (a) Section 
6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') granting an 
exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act; (b) section 
12(d)(1)(J) of the Act granting an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of 
the Act; (c) sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act granting an exemption 
from sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Act; and (d) 
section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain 
joint arrangements and transactions. Applicants request an order that 
would permit certain registered open-end management investment 
companies to participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility.

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APPLICANTS:  Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund, Nuveen AMT-
Free Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income 
Fund, Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Build 
America Bond Fund, Nuveen Build America Bond Opportunity Fund, Nuveen 
California AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen California Dividend 
Advantage Municipal Fund, Nuveen California Dividend Advantage 
Municipal Fund 2, Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 
3, Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 2, Nuveen California 
Municipal Value Fund, Inc., Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income 
Portfolio, Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen 
Core Equity Alpha Fund, Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, Nuveen 
Diversified Dividend and Income Fund, Nuveen Dow 30SM Dynamic Overwrite 
Fund, Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund, Nuveen Enhanced AMT-Free 
Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Credit 
Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen 
Flexible Investment Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund, 
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Georgia Dividend 
Advantage Municipal Fund 2, Nuveen Global High Income Fund, Nuveen 
Global Equity Income Fund, Nuveen High Income 2020 Target Term Fund, 
Nuveen High Income December 2018 Target Term Fund, Nuveen High Income 
December 2019 Target Term Fund, Nuveen High Income November 2021 Target 
Term Fund, Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund, Nuveen 
Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund, Nuveen Investment 
Funds, Inc., Nuveen Investment Trust, Nuveen Investment Trust II, 
Nuveen Investment Trust III, Nuveen Investment Trust V, Nuveen Managed 
Accounts Portfolios Trust, Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal 
Fund, Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen 
Michigan Quality Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Minnesota Municipal 
Income Fund, Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen 
Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2, Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term 
Fund, Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund, Nuveen Multistate Trust I, 
Nuveen Multistate Trust II, Nuveen Multistate Trust III, Nuveen 
Multistate Trust IV, Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund, Nuveen 
Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, 
Inc., Nuveen Municipal Trust, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc., Nuveen 
NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund, Nuveen New Jersey Dividend Advantage 
Municipal Fund, Nuveen New Jersey Municipal Value Fund, Nuveen New York 
AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen New York Dividend Advantage 
Municipal Fund, Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2, Nuveen New York 
Municipal Value Fund, Inc., Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income 
Portfolio, Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen 
Ohio Quality Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Pennsylvania Investment 
Quality Municipal Fund, Nuveen Pennsylvania Municipal Value Fund, 
Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, Nuveen Preferred Income 
Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Preferred Securities Income Fund, Nuveen 
Quality Municipal Income Fund, Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth 
Fund, Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund, Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income 
Fund, Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund, Nuveen Select Maturities 
Municipal Fund, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio, Nuveen Select 
Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3, 
Nuveen Senior Income Fund, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities 
Fund, Nuveen Strategy Funds, Inc., Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend 
Growth Fund, Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund, Nuveen 
Texas Quality Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Virginia Premium Income 
Municipal Fund, Diversified Real Asset Income Fund, each an investment 
company organized as a business trust or a corporation under the laws 
of Massachusetts, Maryland or Minnesota and registered under the Act as 
an open-end or closed-end management investment company,\1\ and Nuveen 
Fund Advisors, LLC (the ``Adviser''), a Delaware limited liability 
company registered as an investment adviser under the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940.
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    \1\ The Funds (as defined below) that are closed-end management 
investment companies will not participate as borrowers in the 
interfund lending facility. None of the Funds are, or will be, money 
market funds that comply with rule 2a-7 under the Act.

FILING DATES:  The application was filed on February 23, 2016 and 
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amended on July 1, 2016 and September 30, 2016.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:  An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's 
Secretary and serving

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applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on November 
15, 2016 and should be accompanied by proof of service on the 
applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate 
of service. Pursuant to Rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should 
state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by writing to the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES:  Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F 
Street NE., Washington, DC, 20549-1090; Applicants: Nuveen Fund 
Advisors, LLC, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Deepak T. Pai, Senior Counsel, at 
(202) 551-6876 or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 
(Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The following is a summary of the 
application. The complete application may be obtained via the 
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant 
using the Company name box, at https://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or 
by calling (202) 551-8090.

Summary of the Application

    1. Applicants request an order that would permit the applicants to 
participate in an interfund lending facility where each Fund could lend 
money directly to and borrow money directly from other Funds to cover 
unanticipated cash shortfalls, such as unanticipated redemptions or 
trade fails.\2\ The Funds will not borrow under the facility for 
leverage purposes and the loans' duration will be no more than 7 
days.\3\
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    \2\ Applicants request that the order apply to the applicants 
and to any existing or future registered open-end or closed-end 
management investment company or series thereof for which the 
Adviser or any successor thereto or an investment adviser 
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser 
or any successor thereto serves as investment adviser (each a 
``Fund'' and collectively the ``Funds'' and each such investment 
adviser an ``Adviser''). For purposes of the requested order, 
``successor'' is limited to any entity that results from a 
reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of 
a business organization.
    \3\ Any Fund, however, will be able to call a loan on one 
business day's notice.
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    2. Applicants anticipate that the proposed facility would provide a 
borrowing Fund with a source of liquidity at a rate lower than the bank 
borrowing rate at times when the cash position of the Fund is 
insufficient to meet temporary cash requirements. In addition, Funds 
making short-term cash loans directly to other Funds would earn 
interest at a rate higher than they otherwise could obtain from 
investing their cash in repurchase agreements or certain other short 
term money market instruments. Thus, applicants assert that the 
facility would benefit both borrowing and lending Funds.
    3. Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief 
will be subject to the terms and conditions stated in the application. 
Among others, the Adviser, through a designated committee, would 
administer the facility as a disinterested fiduciary as part of its 
duties under the investment management and administrative agreements 
with the Funds and would receive no additional fee as compensation for 
its services in connection with the administration of the facility. The 
facility would be subject to oversight and certain approvals by the 
Funds' Board, including, among others, approval of the interest rate 
formula and of the method for allocating loans across Funds, as well as 
review of the process in place to evaluate the liquidity implications 
for the Funds. A Fund's aggregate outstanding interfund loans will not 
exceed 15% of its net assets, and the Fund's loans to any one Fund will 
not exceed 5% of the lending Fund's net assets.\4\
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    \4\ Under certain circumstances, a borrowing Fund will be 
required to pledge collateral to secure the loan.
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    4. Applicants assert that the facility does not raise the concerns 
underlying section 12(d)(1) of the Act given that the Funds are part of 
the same group of investment companies and there will be no duplicative 
costs or fees to the Funds.\5\ Applicants also assert that the proposed 
transactions do not raise the concerns underlying sections 17(a)(1), 
17(a)(3), 17(d) and 21(b) of the Act as the Funds would not engage in 
lending transactions that unfairly benefit insiders or are detrimental 
to the Funds. Applicants state that the facility will offer both 
reduced borrowing costs and enhanced returns on loaned funds to all 
participating Funds and each Fund would have an equal opportunity to 
borrow and lend on equal terms based on an interest rate formula that 
is objective and verifiable. With respect to the relief from section 
17(a)(2) of the Act, applicants note that any collateral pledged to 
secure an interfund loan would be subject to the same conditions 
imposed by any other lender to a Fund that imposes conditions on the 
quality of or access to collateral for a borrowing (if the lender is 
another Fund) or the same or better conditions (in any other 
circumstance).\6\
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    \5\ Applicants state that the obligation to repay an interfund 
loan could be deemed to constitute a security for the purposes of 
sections 17(a)(1) and 12(d)(1) of the Act.
    \6\ Applicants state that any pledge of securities to secure an 
interfund loan could constitute a purchase of securities for 
purposes of section 17(a)(2) of the Act.
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    5. Applicants also believe that the limited relief from section 
18(f)(1) of the Act that is necessary to implement the facility 
(because the lending Funds are not banks) is appropriate in light of 
the conditions and safeguards described in the application and because 
the open-end Funds would remain subject to the requirement of section 
18(f)(1) that all borrowings of the open-end Fund, including combined 
interfund loans and bank borrowings, have at least 300% asset coverage.
    6. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the Commission to exempt any 
persons or transactions from any provision of the Act if such exemption 
is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with 
the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the 
policy and provisions of the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act 
provides that the Commission may exempt any person, security, or 
transaction, or any class or classes of persons, securities, or 
transactions, from any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the exemption 
is consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors. 
Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to grant an order 
permitting a transaction otherwise prohibited by section 17(a) if it 
finds that (a) the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and 
reasonable and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person 
concerned; (b) the proposed transaction is consistent with the policies 
of each registered investment company involved; and (c) the proposed 
transaction is consistent with the general purposes of the Act. Rule 
17d-1(b) under the Act provides that in passing upon an application 
filed under the rule, the Commission will consider whether the 
participation of the registered investment company in a joint 
enterprise, joint arrangement or profit sharing plan on the basis 
proposed is consistent with the provisions, policies and purposes of 
the Act and the extent to which such participation is on a basis 
different from or less advantageous than that of the other 
participants.


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    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-25942 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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