Nuveen Securitized Income ETF (NSCI) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide current income and total return by investing primarily in securitized debt instruments. The fund's portfolio includes non-agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (RMBS and CMBS), asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), and other fixed-income securities such as agency mortgage-backed securities and U.S. government securities; it employs a bottom-up investment process focusing on undervalued sectors with attractive risk-adjusted yields. NSCI targets income-oriented investors, including institutions and individuals, through its emphasis on high-quality, investment-grade and below-investment-grade securitized products across residential, commercial, and consumer asset classes.
Operated by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC (itself part of TIAA), the ETF was launched in 2023 and is domiciled in the United States with its principal operations managed from Chicago, Illinois. The fund distributes income monthly and maintains a flexible allocation strategy to navigate interest rate environments and credit cycles.
In recent developments, NSCI has benefited from Nuveen's broader strategic expansions, including the 2024 integration of additional securitized asset expertise following TIAA's acquisitions in fixed-income management capabilities; no major name changes or reorganizations have occurred, but the fund has seen increased assets under management amid rising demand for yield-enhancing alternatives in a higher-rate landscape as of late 2025.