Nuveen, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), manages approximately $2.6 trillion in assets, as of Oct. 1, 2026. Founded by John Nuveen in 1898, the company offers a broad range of investment solutions across public and private markets, including equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure and private capital.
Nuveen serves individual and institutional investors through a multi-specialist structure, providing access to diverse investment strategies and asset classes. Its investment specialists include Nuveen Asset Management, Winslow Capital Management, Churchill Asset Management and other affiliated investment businesses.
Below, we share with you three top-ranked mid-cap blend mutual funds, namely Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity TSCWX, Nuveen Large Cap Value Retirement TRLCX and Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity Retirement TRSEX. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future. Investors can click here to see the complete list of funds.
Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity primarily invests in small-cap equities with strong prospects for significant long-term capital appreciation, aiming to deliver favorable total returns.
Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity has three-year annualized returns of 21.4%. As of April 2026, TSCWX held 377 issues, with 2.9% of its assets invested in Bloom Energy.
Nuveen Large Cap Value Retirement mainly invests in large-cap value stocks, with a portion of assets allocated to foreign investments under normal market conditions.
Nuveen Large Cap Value Retirement has three-year annualized returns of 19.2%. TRLCX has an expense ratio of 0.65%.
Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity Retirement invests primarily in small-cap equities with strong long-term capital appreciation potential, aiming to generate favorable total returns.
Nuveen Quant Small Cap Equity Retirement has three-year annualized returns of 20.6%. Nan Zhang has been one of the fund managers of TRSEX since 2025.
To view the Zacks Rank and the past performance of all mid-cap blend mutual funds, investors can click here to see the complete list of Nuveen mutual funds.
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