NWQAX — Nuveen Flexible Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-24
NWQAX — Nuveen Flexible Income Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $822.05M AUM · 0.96% expense ratio · 14.4% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
NWQAX Fund Overview
NWQAX — Nuveen Flexible Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Nuveen Investment Trust V, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Nuveen Investment Trust V
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $822.05M
- 1-year return: 14.4%
- Ticker: NWQAX
- SEC CIK: 0001380786
- SEC series ID: S000027100
- Share class ID: C000081597
NWQAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Nuveen Flexible Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| State Street Bank And Trust Company | 2.96% |
| Vistra Corp. | 2.51% |
| State Str Navigator Secs L Tr | 2.17% |
| Citigroup Inc | 1.75% |
| Energy Transfer LP | 1.71% |
| Wells Fargo & Co | 1.63% |
| Nrg Energy, Inc. | 1.56% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 1.48% |
| Columbia Pipelines Opco | 1.42% |
| Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. | 1.40% |
NWQAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Nuveen Flexible Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 76.1% |
| Equity | 18.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 5.1% |
NWQAX Performance
Total returns for NWQAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 4.9% |
| 1 year | 14.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.5% |
NWQAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for NWQAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.0%
NWQAX Costs and Fees
NWQAX costs about $96 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.96%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.03%
- Portfolio turnover: 27%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.63 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
NWQAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, Nuveen Flexible Income Fund had net outflows of $96.84M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$6.34M |
| 2026-01 | $3.37M |
| 2025-12 | −$1.93M |
| 2025-11 | $110.86K |
| 2025-10 | $3.25M |
| 2025-09 | −$80.29K |
NWQAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Nuveen Flexible Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vistra Corp. | 2.51% |
| Citigroup Inc | 1.75% |
| Energy Transfer LP | 1.71% |
| Nrg Energy, Inc. | 1.56% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 1.48% |
| Columbia Pipelines Opco | 1.42% |
| Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. | 1.40% |
| State Street Corp | 1.31% |
| Regal Rexnord Corp | 1.29% |
| Piedmont Operating Partnership LP | 1.27% |
NWQAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Nuveen Flexible Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.