C000015150 Fees and Costs — Nuveen Real Estate Securities Fund, Class R3

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.47%: a 0.85% management fee, a 0.50% 12b-1 fee plus 0.20% other expenses, less a 0.08% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $1.5M in broker commissions, 0.1660% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 69%.

C000015150 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000015150. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.85%
12b-1 fee0.50%
Other expenses0.20%
Gross expense ratio1.55%
Fee waiver−0.08%
Net expense ratio1.47%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000015150 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000015150, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,010 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.72% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.47%)$154$478$824
Trading costs (broker commissions)$17$54$93
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$26$93
Total costs$172$559$1,010
Value after costs$10,328$11,017$11,752
Impact on return, per year1.72%1.72%1.72%

C000015150 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1660%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.5M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.5B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 69%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000015150 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$259K18.60%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$251K18.07%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$234K16.79%
Bank of America, National Association$170K12.23%
Virtu Americas LLC$123K8.82%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$112K8.07%
National Financial Services LLC$84K6.06%
Cowen and Company$68K4.92%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$47K3.37%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$43K3.07%

C000015150 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$237.2M17.09%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$212.4M15.29%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$210.6M15.17%
Bank of America, National Association$164.4M11.84%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$142.0M10.23%
BTIG, LLC$123.2M8.88%
Virtu Americas LLC$115.4M8.31%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$89.5M6.45%
Cowen and Company$47.4M3.41%
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.$46.4M3.34%

Nuveen Real Estate Securities Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
FREGXClass R60.72%none
FARCXClass I0.93%none
FREAXClass A1.18%5.75%
C000015150Class R31.47%none
FRLCXClass C1.93%none

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.