Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

# Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

A closed-ended investment fund managed by Symphony Asset Management and sponsored by Nuveen Investments, JQC operates as a balanced mutual fund targeting fixed income and equity market opportunities in the United States. The fund invests across senior secured loans, second lien loans, preferred securities, and convertible securities, with a stated preference for investment-grade instruments. The portfolio construction relies on fundamental analysis incorporating interest rate assessment, bond and equity market conditions, relative valuation analysis of preferred and convertible instruments, and macroeconomic considerations including inflation outlook.

JQC employs leverage as a portfolio management tool and benchmarks performance against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The fund's investment approach combines top-down economic and market analysis with bottom-up security selection. Since its inception in 2003, originally established as the Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income & Growth Fund 2, it has operated as a U.S.-domiciled closed-end fund. The fund generates revenue through management fees charged to shareholders and distributes investment income to unitholders, reflecting the typical operating model of closed-end investment vehicles. With assets under management of approximately $0.7 billion, JQC operates at the smaller end of the closed-end fund market.