CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuveen, an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management, today announced it has introduced a new online alternative investments client service experience. In an effort to make it easier to access alternative investment solutions, Nuveen has engaged Artivest, a technology-driven alternatives investment platform, to bring industry-leading alternative investments capabilities to RIAs, Family Offices, Private Banks, and other Financial Advisors serving qualified high-net-worth investors. Advisors will now be able to utilize easy-to-use investment tools, robust education materials, and a client service team to access Nuveen and TIAA’s alternative investment solutions, which currently comprise assets exceeding $140 billion, as of March 31, 2016, in aggregate, including real estate, agriculture, infrastructure, timber, agribusiness, private equity, as well as alternative credit-based, long/short, and special sector investment strategies.
Alternative investments play an increasingly important role in building successful and diversified portfolios for high-net-worth investors. Through this new initiative with Artivest, advisors can leverage industry-leading technology to allocate alternative investments across client portfolios, access institutional-quality strategies, and help meet the investment objectives and goals of their qualified clients.
Highlights of the client experience include:
- Convenient access to strategy education, marketing material, on-boarding documentation, and manager commentary videos
- A secured and streamlined online investment process for client-onboarding and ongoing reporting
- A convenient and secured advisor dashboard with robust tools to monitor and access investment activity
- Full-service support provided by the Nuveen and Artivest client service teams
“The launch of this new initiative clearly illustrates our commitment to serving advisors in this space and our desire to help their clients access the broad and deep alternative investment solutions at TIAA Global Asset Management and build out this important component of their portfolios,” said Mike Perry, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments for Nuveen.
“We are thrilled that Nuveen has chosen Artivest to power its alternatives platform,” said James Waldinger, Founder and CEO of Artivest. “Expanding access to high quality, true alternatives is at the core of our mission, and we look forward to working with a leading financial services provider like Nuveen to help meet advisors’ growing demand for these products.”
To learn more about the alternative investments Nuveen can offer advisors to retail and high-net-worth investors visit Nuveen Alternative Investments.
About Artivest
Artivest is a technology-driven alternatives investment platform. The platform connects a wider audience of financial advisors and suitable investors with premier private equity, hedge, and other alternative strategy providers at lower minimums. Artivest's technological, financial, legal, and operational expertise powers a seamless experience for investors and a scalable point of access for managers of alternative products. Artivest's solution, complete with brokerage services, is made possible by its affiliated Artivest Brokerage, LLC, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. For more information, please visit the Artivest website. Artivest refers to Artivest Holdings, Inc. Artivest is an unaffiliated third party service provider to Nuveen.
About Nuveen
Nuveen provides investment solutions designed to help secure the long-term goals of individual investors and the advisors who serve them. Through the investment expertise of leading asset managers across traditional and alternative asset classes, Nuveen is committed to delivering consultative guidance that aligns with client needs. Funds are distributed by Nuveen Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Nuveen is an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management. For more information, please visit the Nuveen website at www.nuveen.com.
TIAA Global Asset Management provides investment advice and portfolio management services through TIAA and its affiliated registered investment advisers.
This does not constitute either an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any interest in any fund. Any such offer would only be made by the fund’s confidential offering memorandum and related subscription documents to be delivered to accredited investors and qualified investors and where permitted by law.
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