Principal Risks

The value of your investment in this Fund will change daily. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks of investing in the Fund (which include certain risks presented by the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary), listed alphabetically, include:

Clearing Broker Risk —The failure or bankruptcy of the Subsidiary’s clearing broker could result in a substantial loss of Fund assets. Under current Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( “CFTC” ) regulations, a clearing broker maintains customers’ assets in a bulk segregated account. If a clearing broker fails to do so, or is unable to satisfy a substantial deficit in a customer account, its other customers may be subject to risk of loss of their funds in the event of that clearing broker’s bankruptcy. In that event, in the case of futures and options on futures, the clearing broker’s customers, such as the Subsidiary, are entitled to recover, even in respect of property specifically traceable to them, only a proportional share of all property available for distribution to all of that clearing broker’s customers. In the case of cleared swaps, customers of a clearing broker in bankruptcy are entitled to recover assets specifically attributable to them pursuant to new CFTC regulations, but may nevertheless risk loss of some or all of their assets due to accounting or operational issues or due to legal risk in connection with the application of bankruptcy law to cleared swaps.

Commodity Risk —Investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments have a high degree of price variability and are subject to rapid and substantial price changes. Because the Fund has a significant portion of its assets concentrated in commodity-linked derivative instruments, developments affecting commodities will have a disproportionate impact on the Fund. The Fund’s investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the instruments involve leverage. Although the Fund’s commodity exposure as a whole will not be leveraged (i.e., the Fund’s commodity investments will have an aggregate value substantially equal to its net assets), individual commodity-linked derivative instruments may employ leverage. Such leverage creates the possibility for losses greater than the amount invested and the likelihood of greater volatility of the Fund’s net asset value, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of leverage will be successful.

Counterparty Risk —Certain commodity-linked derivative instruments, repurchase agreements, swap agreements and other forms of financial instruments that involve counterparties subject the Fund to the risk that the counterparty could default on its obligations under the agreement, either through the counterparty’s bankruptcy or failure to perform its obligations. In the event of default, the Fund could experience lengthy delays in recovering some or all of its assets or no recovery at all. The Fund’s investments in the futures markets also introduce the risk that its futures commission

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merchant ( “FCM” ) would default on an obligation set forth in an agreement between the Fund and the FCM, including the FCM’s obligation to return margin posted in connection with the Fund’s futures contracts.

Credit Risk —Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a debt security may be unable or unwilling to make interest and principal payments when due and the related risk that the value of a debt security may decline because of concerns about the issuer’s ability or willingness to make such payments.

Derivatives Risk —The use of derivatives involves additional risks and transaction costs which could leave the Fund in a worse position than if it had not used these instruments. Derivative instruments can be used to acquire or to transfer the risk and returns of a security or other asset without buying or selling the security or asset. These instruments may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest. As a result, a small investment in derivatives can result in losses that greatly exceed the original investment. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value. A derivative transaction also involves the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the contract to make required payments.

Frequent Trading Risk —Gresham regularly purchases and subsequently sells, i.e. “rolls,” individual commodity futures contracts throughout the year so as to maintain a fully invested position. As the commodity contracts near their expiration dates, Gresham rolls them over into new contracts. This frequent trading of contracts may increase the amount of commissions or mark-ups to broker-dealers that the Subsidiary pays when it buys and sells contracts, which may detract from the Fund’s performance.

Income Risk —Income from the Fund’s fixed income investments could decline during periods of falling interest rates.

Interest Rate Risk —Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of the Fund’s fixed income investments will decline because of rising interest rates. The Fund’s fixed income investments may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives.

Non-U.S. Investment Risk —The Fund may invest in commodity futures contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges or enter into over-the-counter derivative contracts with non-U.S. counterparties. Transactions on non-U.S. exchanges or with non-U.S. counterparties present risk because they may not be subject to the same degree of regulation as their U.S. counterparts.

Regulatory Risk —Gresham’s investment decisions may need to be modified, and commodity contract positions held by the Fund and/or the Subsidiary may have to be liquidated at disadvantageous times or prices, to avoid exceeding position limits established by the CFTC, potentially subjecting the Fund to substantial losses. The regulation of commodity transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to ongoing modification by government, self-regulatory and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Fund is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse to the Fund.

Subsidiary Risk —By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments. The commodity-linked derivative instruments held by the Subsidiary are the same as those permitted to be held by the Fund and are subject to the same risks that apply if held directly by the Fund. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and, unless otherwise noted in this prospectus, is not subject to regulation thereunder. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and could adversely affect the Fund.

Tax Risk —The Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments is limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund’s investment in its Subsidiary is intended to allow the Fund to obtain exposure to commodities while permitting it to satisfy the requirements applicable to regulated investment companies under current law. However, if the Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to corporate-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders, and all distributions to shareholders from earnings and profits would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. Income and capital gains earned by the Subsidiary and distributed to the Fund and in turn its shareholders will generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, even if such income and gains would otherwise have qualified for tax-advantaged capital gain treatment. Also, net losses generated by the Subsidiary may not be netted against income or gains earned within the Fund and may not be carried forward for use in future years to offset gains within the Fund or the Subsidiary, which may cause the Fund during a multi-year period to pay taxable distributions when it had experienced no total return or even negative total return over such period. Changes in tax laws could have a material adverse impact on the Fund or the Subsidiary.

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Fund Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the potential risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at www.nuveen.com/performance or by calling (800) 257-8787.

The bar chart below shows the variability of the Fund’s performance from year to year for Class A shares. The bar chart and highest/lowest quarterly returns that follow do not reflect sales charges, and if these charges were reflected, the returns would be less than those shown.

Class A Annual Total Return*

During the two-year period ended December 31, 2014, the Fund’s highest and lowest quarterly returns were 4.69% and -13.01%, respectively, for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2014.

The table below shows the variability of the Fund’s average annual returns and how they compare over the time periods indicated with those of a broad measure of market performance and an index of funds with similar investment objectives. All after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary. Your own actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from what is shown here. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Fund shares in tax-deferred accounts such as IRAs or employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Both the bar chart and the table assume that all distributions have been reinvested. Performance reflects fee waivers, if any, in effect during the periods presented. If any such waivers had not been in place, returns would have been reduced.

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Principal Risks

The value of your investment in this Fund will change daily. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks of investing in the Fund (which include certain risks presented by the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary), listed alphabetically, include:

Clearing Broker Risk —The failure or bankruptcy of the Subsidiary’s clearing broker could result in a substantial loss of Fund assets. Under current Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( “CFTC” ) regulations, a clearing broker maintains customers’ assets in a bulk segregated account. If a clearing broker fails to do so, or is unable to satisfy a substantial deficit in a customer account, its other customers may be subject to risk of loss of their funds in the event of that clearing broker’s bankruptcy. In that event, in the case of futures and options on futures, the clearing broker’s customers, such as the Subsidiary, are entitled to recover, even in respect of property specifically traceable to them, only a proportional share of all property available for distribution to all of that clearing broker’s customers. In the case of cleared swaps, customers of a clearing broker in bankruptcy are entitled to recover assets specifically attributable to them pursuant to new CFTC regulations, but may nevertheless risk loss of some or all of their assets due to accounting or operational issues or due to legal risk in connection with the application of bankruptcy law to cleared swaps.

Commodity Risk —Investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments have a high degree of price variability and are subject to rapid and substantial price changes. Because the Fund has a significant portion of its assets concentrated in commodity-linked derivative instruments, developments affecting commodities will have a

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disproportionate impact on the Fund. The Fund’s investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the instruments involve leverage. Although the Fund’s commodity exposure as a whole will not be leveraged (i.e., the Fund’s commodity investments will have an aggregate value substantially equal to its net assets), individual commodity-linked derivative instruments may employ leverage. Such leverage creates the possibility for losses greater than the amount invested and the likelihood of greater volatility of the Fund’s net asset value, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of leverage will be successful.

Counterparty Risk —Certain commodity-linked derivative instruments, repurchase agreements, swap agreements and other forms of financial instruments that involve counterparties subject the Fund to the risk that the counterparty could default on its obligations under the agreement, either through the counterparty’s bankruptcy or failure to perform its obligations. In the event of default, the Fund could experience lengthy delays in recovering some or all of its assets or no recovery at all. The Fund’s investments in the futures markets also introduce the risk that its futures commission merchant ( “FCM” ) would default on an obligation set forth in an agreement between the Fund and the FCM, including the FCM’s obligation to return margin posted in connection with the Fund’s futures contracts.

Credit Risk —Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a debt security may be unable or unwilling to make interest and principal payments when due and the related risk that the value of a debt security may decline because of concerns about the issuer’s ability or willingness to make such payments.

Derivatives Risk —The use of derivatives involves additional risks and transaction costs which could leave the Fund in a worse position than if it had not used these instruments. Derivative instruments can be used to acquire or to transfer the risk and returns of a security or other asset without buying or selling the security or asset. These instruments may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest. As a result, a small investment in derivatives can result in losses that greatly exceed the original investment. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value. A derivative transaction also involves the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the contract to make required payments.

Frequent Trading Risk —Gresham regularly purchases and subsequently sells, i.e. “rolls,” individual commodity futures contracts throughout the year so as to maintain a fully invested position. As the commodity contracts near their expiration dates, Gresham rolls them over into new contracts. This frequent trading of contracts may increase the amount of commissions or mark-ups to broker-dealers that the Subsidiary pays when it buys and sells contracts, which may detract from the Fund’s performance.

Income Risk —Income from the Fund’s fixed income investments could decline during periods of falling interest rates.

Interest Rate Risk —Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of the Fund’s fixed income investments will decline because of rising interest rates. The Fund’s fixed income investments may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives.

Non-U.S. Investment Risk —The Fund may invest in commodity futures contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges or enter into over-the-counter derivative contracts with non-U.S. counterparties. Transactions on non-U.S. exchanges or with non-U.S. counterparties present risk because they may not be subject to the same degree of regulation as their U.S. counterparts.

Regulatory Risk —Gresham’s investment decisions may need to be modified, and commodity contract positions held by the Fund and/or the Subsidiary may have to be liquidated at disadvantageous times or prices, to avoid exceeding position limits established by the CFTC, potentially subjecting the Fund to substantial losses. The regulation of commodity transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to ongoing modification by government, self-regulatory and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Fund is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse to the Fund.

Short Sales Risk —The Fund may sell futures contracts short. A short futures position allows the seller to profit from a decline in the price of the underlying commodity to the extent such decline exceeds the transaction costs of the short position. Conversely, if the price of the underlying futures contract rises because of an increase in the price of the underlying commodity, the Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. The Fund bears the risk of unlimited loss on contracts it sells short, as the price at which the Fund would need to cover a short position could theoretically increase without limit.

Subsidiary Risk —By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments. The commodity-linked derivative instruments held by the Subsidiary are the same as those permitted to be held by the Fund and are subject to the same risks that apply if held directly by the Fund. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and, unless otherwise noted in this prospectus, is not subject to regulation thereunder. Changes in the laws

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of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and could adversely affect the Fund.

Tax Risk —The Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments is limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund’s investment in its Subsidiary is intended to allow the Fund to obtain exposure to commodities while permitting it to satisfy the requirements applicable to regulated investment companies under current law. However, if the Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to corporate-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders, and all distributions to shareholders from earnings and profits would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. Income and capital gains earned by the Subsidiary and distributed to the Fund and in turn its shareholders will generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, even if such income and gains would otherwise have qualified for tax-advantaged capital gain treatment. Also, net losses generated by the Subsidiary may not be netted against income or gains earned within the Fund and may not be carried forward for use in future years to offset gains within the Fund or the Subsidiary, which may cause the Fund during a multi-year period to pay taxable distributions when it had experienced no total return or even negative total return over such period. Changes in tax laws could have a material adverse impact on the Fund or the Subsidiary.

Whipsaw Market Risk —A “whipsaw” market is one in which significant price movements develop but then rapidly reverse. Because Gresham’s Long/Short Strategy seeks to capitalize on price momentum in the commodity markets, if that momentum suddenly and unexpectedly reverses, the Subsidiary (and therefore the Fund) could experience substantial losses. For example, price patterns in the commodity markets may indicate upward momentum, causing the Subsidiary to shift from short or flat positions to long positions. However, such patterns may reverse rapidly, leading to losses on the long positions and causing the Subsidiary to shift back to short or flat positions. An unexpected change in government economic policy, a significant political or economic event, a surprise change in monetary policy, or a sudden shift in supply or demand could cause a severe reversal in value of the Subsidiary’s long or short positions, resulting in significant losses to the Fund.

Principal Risks

Clearing broker risk: The failure or bankruptcy of a Subsidiary’s clearing broker could result in a substantial loss of Fund assets. Under current CFTC regulations, a clearing broker maintains customers’ assets that secure commodity futures positions in a bulk segregated account. If a clearing broker fails to do so, or is unable to satisfy a substantial deficit in a customer account, its other customers may be subject to risk of loss of their funds in the event of that clearing broker’s bankruptcy. In that event, in the case of futures and options on futures, the clearing broker’s customers, such as a Subsidiary, are entitled to recover, even in respect of property specifically traceable to them, only a proportional share of all property available for distribution to all of that clearing broker’s customers. In the case of cleared swaps, customers of a clearing broker in bankruptcy are entitled to recover assets specifically attributable to them pursuant to new CFTC regulations, but may nevertheless risk loss of some or all of their assets due to accounting or operational issues or due to legal risk in connection with the application of bankruptcy law to cleared swaps.

Commodity risk: Investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments have a high degree of price variability and are subject to rapid and substantial price changes. These price changes may be magnified by computer-driven algorithmic trading, which is becoming more prevalent in the commodities markets. Price movements are outside of the Funds’ control, are extremely difficult to predict and may not be anticipated by Gresham. Because the Funds have a significant portion of their assets concentrated in commodity-linked derivative instruments, developments affecting commodities will have a disproportionate impact on the Funds. Such development may include, among other things:

The Funds’ investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the Funds to greater volatility than investments in traditional

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securities, particularly if the instruments involve leverage. Although each Fund’s commodity exposure as a whole will not be leveraged (i.e., each Fund’s commodity investments will have an aggregate notional value substantially equal to its net assets), individual commodity-linked derivative instruments may employ leverage.

The commodity markets are subject to temporary distortions and other disruptions due to, among other factors, lack of liquidity, the participation of speculators, and government regulation and other actions. U.S. futures exchanges and some foreign exchanges limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during any single trading day by regulations referred to as “daily price fluctuation limits.” The maximum or minimum price of a contract as a result of these limits is referred to as a “limit price.” If the limit price has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made beyond the limit price. Limit prices have the effect of precluding trading in a particular contract or forcing the liquidation of contracts at disadvantageous times or prices.

No active trading market may exist for certain commodity investments, which may impair the ability of the Funds to sell or to realize the full value of such investments in the event of the need to liquidate such investments. In addition, adverse market conditions may impair the liquidity of actively traded commodity investments.

Counterparty risk: Certain commodity-linked derivative instruments, repurchase agreements, swap agreements and other forms of financial instruments that involve counterparties subject the Funds to the risk that the counterparty could default on its obligations under the agreement, either through the counterparty’s bankruptcy or failure to perform its obligations. In the event of default, the Funds could experience lengthy delays in recovering some or all of their assets or no recovery at all. A Fund’s investments in the futures markets also introduce the risk that its futures commission merchant ( “FCM” ) would default on an obligation set forth in an agreement between the Fund and the FCM, including the FCM’s obligation to return margin posted in connection with the Fund’s futures contracts.

Credit risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a debt security held by a Fund may be unable or unwilling to make required interest and principal payments and the related risk that the value of a debt security may decline because of concerns about the issuer’s ability or willingness to make such payments. Debt securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings. The credit rating of a debt security may be lowered if the issuer suffers adverse changes in its financial condition, which can lead to greater volatility in the price of the security and in shares of a Fund, and can also affect the bond’s liquidity and make it more difficult for a Fund to sell. When a Fund purchases unrated securities, it will depend on Nuveen Asset Management’s analysis of credit risk without the assessment of an independent rating organization, such as Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s.

Derivatives risk: The use of derivatives presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value, and there is the risk that changes in the value of a derivative held by a Fund will not correlate with the asset, index or rate underlying the derivative contract.

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magnified by certain features of the contract. A Derivative transaction also involves the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the contract to make required payments.

In addition, when a Fund engages in certain derivative transactions, it is effectively leveraging its investments, which could result in exaggerated changes in the net asset value of the Fund’s shares and can result in losses that exceed the amount originally invested. The success of a Fund’s derivatives strategies will depend on Gresham’s ability to assess and predict the impact of market or economic developments on the underlying asset, index or rate and the derivative itself, without the benefit of observing the performance of the derivative under all possible market conditions.

A Fund may also enter into over-the-counter (“ OTC ”) transactions in derivatives. Transactions in the OTC markets generally are conducted on a principal-to-principal basis. The terms and conditions of these instruments generally are not standardized and tend to be more specialized or complex, and the instruments may be harder to value. In general, there is less governmental regulation and supervision of transactions in the OTC markets than of transactions entered into on organized exchanges. In addition, certain derivative instruments and markets may not be liquid, which means a Fund may not be able to close out a derivatives transaction in a cost-efficient manner.

Frequent trading risk: Gresham regularly purchases and subsequently sells, i.e. “rolls,” individual commodity futures and forward contracts throughout the year so as to maintain a fully invested position. As the commodity contracts near their expiration dates, Gresham rolls them over into new contracts. This frequent trading of contracts may increase the amount of commissions or mark-ups to broker-dealers that the Subsidiaries pay when they buy and sell contracts, which may detract from the Funds’ performance.

Income risk: Each Fund’s income from its fixed income investments could decline in a falling interest rate environment because a Fund generally will have to invest the proceeds from sales of Fund shares, as well as the proceeds from maturing portfolio debt securities, in lower-yielding securities.

Interest rate risk: Debt securities held by the Funds will fluctuate in value with changes in interest rates. In general, debt securities will increase in value when interest rates fall and decrease in value when interest rates rise. A Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. Longer-term debt securities are generally more sensitive to interest rate changes.

Non-U.S. investment risk: The Funds may invest in commodity futures contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges or enter into OTC derivative contracts with non-U.S. counterparties. Transactions on non-U.S. exchanges or with non-U.S. counterparties present risks because they may not subject to the same degree of regulation as their U.S. counterparts.

Regulatory risk: Gresham’s investment decisions may need to be modified, and commodity contract positions held by the Funds and/or the Subsidiaries may have to be liquidated at disadvantageous times or prices, to avoid exceeding position limits established by the CFTC, potentially subjecting the Funds to substantial losses. The CFTC’s position limit regulations require that a trader aggregate all positions in accounts over which the trader controls trading. However, a trader is not required to aggregate positions in multiple

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accounts or commodity pools if such trader avails itself of the “independent account controller” exemption under applicable CFTC regulations. Gresham currently operates under the independent account controller exemption and is therefore not required to aggregate its positions with Gresham LLC’s other division. If the CFTC were to terminate, suspend or revoke the independent account controller exemption, or if the exemption were otherwise unavailable, Gresham would be required to aggregate its positions with Gresham LLC’s other division. In that case, it is possible that Gresham’s investment decisions would need to be modified and that positions held by the Funds and/or their Subsidiaries would have to be liquidated to avoid exceeding such position limits, potentially resulting in substantial losses to the Funds.

The regulation of commodity transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to ongoing modification by government, self-regulatory and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Funds is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse to the Funds.

Short sales risk: Nuveen Gresham Long/Short Commodity Strategy Fund may sell futures contracts short. In a short sale transaction, the Fund must deliver the underlying commodity at the contract price to a buyer of the contract who stands for delivery under the rules of the exchange that lists the contract or must offset the contract by entering into an opposite and offsetting transaction in the market. The price at such time may be higher or lower than the price at which the futures contract was sold short. If the underlying price of the futures contract declines between the time that the Fund sells the contract short and offsets the contract, the Fund will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the price of the underlying short futures contract goes up during the period, the Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. A short sale creates the risk of an unlimited loss because the price of the underlying commodity in a futures contract could theoretically increase without limit, thus increasing the cost of covering the short positions. In circumstances where a market has reached its maximum price limits imposed by the exchange, the short seller may be unable to offset its short position until the next trading day, when prices could expand again in rapid trading.

Subsidiary risk: By investing in its Subsidiary, each Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The investments held by the Subsidiaries are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the Funds and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the Funds. The Subsidiaries are not registered under the 1940 Act and, unless otherwise noted in this prospectus, are not subject to regulation thereunder. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Funds and/or the Subsidiaries to operate as described in this prospectus and could adversely affect the Funds and their shareholders. For example, Cayman Islands law does not currently impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on the Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law changes such that the Subsidiaries must pay Cayman Islands governmental authority taxes, the Funds’ shareholders would likely suffer decreased investment returns.

Tax risk: Each Fund’s ability to make direct and indirect investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments is limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code. Each Fund’s investment in its Subsidiary is intended to allow

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the Fund to obtain exposure to commodities while permitting it to satisfy the requirements applicable to regulated investment companies. However, if a Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to corporate-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders, and all distributions to shareholders from earnings and profits would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. There have been and likely will continue to be proposals for various amendments to U.S. federal income tax laws that could, if enacted, have adverse effects on the Funds, their investments, or their shareholders. In addition, income and capital gains earned by the Subsidiaries and distributed to the Funds and their shareholders will generally be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, even if such income and gains would otherwise have qualified for tax-advantaged treatment. Also, net losses generated by the Subsidiaries may not be netted against income or gains earned within the Funds and may not be carried forward for use in future years to offset gains within the Funds or the Subsidiaries, which may cause the Funds during a multi-year period to pay taxable distributions when they had experienced no total return or even negative total return over such period. See “Dividends, Distributions and Taxes—Taxes and Tax Reporting.”

Non-Principal Risks

Call risk: Debt securities are subject to call risk. Many bonds may be redeemed at the option of the issuer, or “called,” before their stated maturity date. In general, an issuer will call its bonds if they can be refinanced by issuing new bonds which bear a lower interest rate. Each Fund is subject to the possibility that during periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer will call its high yielding bonds. A Fund would then be forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the Fund’s income.

Pooled investment vehicle risk: Each Fund may invest in securities of other open-end or closed-end investment companies, including ETFs, and other pooled investment vehicles. As a shareholder in a pooled investment vehicle, the Funds will bear their ratable share of that vehicle’s expenses, and would remain subject to payment of the Funds’ advisory and administrative fees with respect to assets so invested. Shareholders would therefore be subject to duplicative expenses to the extent the Funds invest in other pooled investment vehicles. In addition, the Funds will incur brokerage costs when purchasing and selling shares of ETFs or other exchange-traded pooled investment vehicles. Securities of other pooled investment vehicles may be leveraged, in which case the value and/or yield of such securities will tend to be more volatile than securities of unleveraged vehicles.

Small fund risk: Nuveen Gresham Long/Short Commodity Strategy Fund currently has less assets than larger funds, and like other relatively small funds, large inflows and outflows may impact the Fund’s market exposure for limited periods of time, causing the Fund’s performance to vary from that of the Fund’s model portfolio. This impact may be positive or negative, depending on the direction of market movement during the period affected. The Fund has policies in place which seek to reduce the impact of these flows where Nuveen Fund Advisors has prior knowledge of them. If any individual shareholder (or several shareholders whose investment in the Fund is controlled by a single decision-maker such as an advisor) owns a large percentage of the Fund’s shares, and if such shareholder chooses to redeem

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his or her shares at one time, the Fund may have difficulty selling its assets or closings its positions in a timely manner to raise the cash necessary to meet the redemption request, in which case the Fund may have to borrow money to do so. In such an instance, the Fund’s remaining shareholders would bear the costs of such borrowings, and the Fund would be subject to leverage risk (to the extent such leverage exceeded the amount of portfolio sales awaiting settlement) as long as such borrowings were outstanding. Rapid portfolio sales or positions closings in response to such a large redemption might also cause the Fund to experience above-normal transaction costs, and might disrupt the overall composition of the Fund’s portfolio and thereby impede the Fund’s ability to optimally pursue its investment strategy.

When-issued or delayed-delivery transactions risk: These transactions involve an element of risk because, although a Fund will not have made any cash outlay prior to the settlement date, the value of the security to be purchased may decline to a level below its purchase price before that settlement date.

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Section 3     How You Can Buy and Sell Shares

The Funds offer multiple classes of shares, each with a different combination of sales charges, fees, eligibility requirements and other features. Your financial advisor can help you determine which class is best for you. For further details, please see the statement of additional information. Because the prospectus and the statement of additional information are available free of charge on Nuveen’s website at www.nuveen.com, we do not disclose the following share class information separately on the website.

Class A Shares

You can purchase Class A shares at the offering price, which is the net asset value per share plus an up-front sales charge. You may qualify for a reduced sales charge, or the sales charge may be waived, as described in “How to Reduce Your Sales Charge.” Class A shares are also subject to an annual service fee of 0.25% of your Fund’s average daily net assets, which compensates your financial advisor or other financial intermediary for providing ongoing service to you. Nuveen Securities, LLC (the “ Distributor ”), a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments and the distributor of the Funds, retains the up-front sales charge and the service fee on accounts with no financial intermediary of record. The up-front Class A sales charges for the Funds are as follows:

Class C Shares

You can purchase Class C shares at the offering price, which is the net asset value per share without any up-front sales charge. Class C shares are subject to annual distribution and service fees of 1.00% of your Fund’s average daily net assets. The annual 0.25% service fee compensates your financial advisor or other financial intermediary for providing ongoing service to you. The annual 0.75% distribution fee compensates the Distributor for paying your financial advisor or other financial intermediary an ongoing sales commission as well as an advance of the first year’s service and distribution fees. The Distributor retains the service and distribution fees on accounts with no financial intermediary of record. If you redeem your shares within 12 months of purchase, you will normally pay a 1.00% CDSC, which is calculated on the

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lower of your purchase price or redemption proceeds. You do not pay a CDSC on any Class C shares you purchase by reinvesting dividends.

Class C share purchase orders equaling or exceeding $1,000,000 will not be accepted. In addition, the Funds limit the cumulative amount of Class C shares that may be purchased by a single purchaser. Your financial intermediary may set lower maximum purchase limits for Class C shares. See the statement of additional information for more information.

Investors purchasing Class C shares should consider whether they would qualify for a reduced or eliminated sales charge on Class A shares that would make purchasing Class A shares a better choice. Class A share sales charges can be reduced or eliminated based on the size of the purchase, or pursuant to a letter of intent or rights of accumulation. See “How to Reduce Your Sales Charge” below.

Class I Shares

You can purchase Class I shares at the offering price, which is the net asset value per share without any up-front sales charge. As Class I shares are not subject to sales charges or ongoing service or distribution fees, they have lower ongoing expenses than the other classes.

Class I shares are available for purchase by clients of financial intermediaries who charge such clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or related services. Such clients may include individuals, corporations, endowments and foundations. The minimum initial investment for such clients is $100,000, but this minimum will be lowered to $250 for clients of financial intermediaries that have accounts holding Class I shares with an aggregate value of at least $100,000. The Distributor may also lower the minimum to $250 for clients of financial intermediaries anticipated to reach this Class I share holdings level.

Class I shares are also available for purchase by family offices and their clients. A family office is a company that provides certain financial and other services to a high net worth family or families. The minimum initial investment for family offices and their clients is $100,000, but this minimum will be lowered to $250 for clients of family offices that have accounts holding Class I shares with an aggregate value of at least $100,000. The Distributor may also lower the minimum to $250 for clients of family offices anticipated to reach this Class I share holdings level.

Class I shares are also available for purchase, with no minimum initial investment, by the following categories of investors:

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Please refer to the statement of additional information for more information about Class A, Class C and Class I shares, including more detailed program descriptions and eligibility requirements. Additional information is also available from your financial advisor, who can also help you prepare any necessary application forms.

The Funds offer a number of ways to reduce or eliminate the up-front sales charge on Class A shares. See “What Share Classes We Offer” (above) for a discussion of eligibility requirements for purchasing Class I shares.

Class A Sales Charge Reductions

For purposes of calculating the appropriate sales charge as described under Rights of Accumulation and Letter of Intent above, you may include purchases by (i) you, (ii) your spouse or domestic partner and children under the age of 21 years, and (iii) a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship that is 100% owned by any of the persons in (i) or (ii). In addition, a trustee or other fiduciary can count all shares purchased for a single trust, estate or other single fiduciary account that has multiple accounts (including one or more employee benefit plans of the same employer).

Class A Sales Charge Waivers

Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased at net asset value without a sales charge as follows:

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In order to obtain a sales charge reduction or waiver, it may be necessary at the time of purchase for you to inform the Funds or your financial advisor of the existence of other accounts in which there are holdings eligible to be aggregated for such purposes. You may need to provide the Funds or your financial advisor information or records, such as account statements, in order to verify your eligibility for a sales charge reduction or waiver. This may include account statements of family members and information regarding Nuveen Mutual Fund shares held in accounts with other financial advisors. You or your financial advisor must notify the Distributor at the time of each purchase if you are eligible for any of these programs. The Funds may modify or discontinue these programs at any time.

Fund shares may be purchased on any business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”) is open for business. Generally, the NYSE is closed on weekends and national holidays. The share price you pay depends on when the Distributor receives your order and on the share class you are purchasing. Orders received before the close of trading on a business day (normally, 4:00 p.m. New York time) will receive that day’s closing share price; otherwise, you will receive the next business day’s price.

You may purchase Fund shares (1) through a financial advisor or (2) directly from the Funds.

Through a Financial Advisor

You may buy shares through your financial advisor, who can handle all the details for you, including opening a new account. Financial advisors can also help you review your financial needs and formulate long-term investment goals and objectives. In addition, financial advisors generally can help you develop a customized financial plan, select investments and monitor and review your portfolio on an ongoing basis to help assure your investments continue to meet your needs as circumstances change. Financial advisors (including brokers or agents) are paid for providing ongoing investment advice and services, either from Fund sales charges and fees or by charging you a separate fee in lieu of a sales charge.

Financial advisors or other dealer firms may charge their customers a processing or service fee in connection with the purchase or redemption of Fund shares. The amount and applicability of such a fee is determined and disclosed to customers by each individual dealer. Processing or service fees typically are fixed, nominal dollar amounts and are in addition to the sales and other charges described in this prospectus and the statement of additional information. Your dealer will provide you with specific information about any processing or service fees you will be charged. Shares you purchase through

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your financial advisor or other intermediary will normally be held with that firm. For more information, please contact your financial advisor.

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Eligible investors may purchase shares directly from the Funds.

The Funds do not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be their agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services, or receipt at the post office box above, of purchase orders or redemption requests does not constitute receipt by the transfer agent of the Funds.

To help make your investing with us easy and efficient, we offer you the following services at no extra cost. Your financial advisor can help you complete the forms for these services, or you can call Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787 for copies of the necessary forms.

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Systematic Investing

Once you have opened an account satisfying the applicable investment minimum, systematic investing allows you to make regular additional investments through automatic deductions from your bank account, directly from your paycheck or from exchanging shares from another mutual fund account. The minimum automatic deduction is $100 per month. There is no charge to participate in your Fund’s systematic investment plan. You can stop the deductions at any time by notifying your Fund in writing.

Systematic Withdrawal

If the value of your Fund account is at least $10,000, you may request to have $50 or more withdrawn automatically from your account. You may elect to receive payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, and may choose to receive a check, have the monies transferred directly into your bank account (see “Fund Direct” below), paid to a third party or sent payable to you at an address other than your address of record. You must complete the appropriate section of the account application or Account Update Form to participate in each Fund’s systematic withdrawal plan.

You should not establish systematic withdrawals if you intend to make concurrent purchases of Class A or Class C shares because you may unnecessarily pay a sales charge or CDSC on these purchases.

Exchanging Shares

You may exchange Fund shares into an identically registered account for the same class of another Nuveen Mutual Fund available in your state. Your exchange must meet the minimum purchase requirements of the fund into which you are exchanging. You may also, under certain limited circumstances, exchange between certain classes of shares of the same fund, subject to the payment of any applicable CDSC. Please consult the statement of additional information for details.

Each Fund reserves the right to revise or suspend the exchange privilege, limit the amount or number of exchanges, or reject any exchange. Shareholders will be provided with at least 60 days’ notice of any material revision to or termination of the exchange privilege.

Because an exchange between funds is treated for tax purposes as a purchase and sale, any gain may be subject to tax. An exchange between classes of shares of the same fund may not be considered a taxable event. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of exchanging your shares.

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a variety of account transactions, including purchasing shares by telephone and investing through a systematic investment plan. You may also have dividends, distributions, redemption payments or systematic withdrawal plan payments sent directly to your bank account.

Reinstatement Privilege

If you redeem Fund shares, you may reinvest all or part of your redemption proceeds up to one year later without incurring any additional charges. You may only reinvest into the same share class you redeemed. If you paid a CDSC, any shares purchased pursuant to the reinstatement privilege will not be subject to a CDSC. You may use this reinstatement privilege only once for any redemption.

You may sell (redeem) your shares on any business day, which is any day the NYSE is open for business. You will receive the share price next determined after your Fund has received your properly completed redemption request. Your redemption request must be received before the close of trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. New York time) for you to receive that day’s price. The Fund will normally mail your check the next business day after a redemption request is received, but in no event more than seven days after your request is received. If you are selling shares purchased recently with a check, your redemption proceeds will not be mailed until your check has cleared, which may take up to ten business days from your purchase date.

You may sell your shares (1) through a financial advisor or (2) directly to the Funds.

Through a Financial Advisor

You may sell your shares through your financial advisor, who can prepare the necessary documentation. Your financial advisor may charge for this service.

Directly to the Funds

After you have established your account, signatures on a written request must be guaranteed if:

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Non-financial transactions, including establishing or modifying certain services such as changing bank information on an account, will require a signature guarantee or signature verification from a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program member or other acceptable form of authentication from a financial institution source. In addition to the situations described above, the Funds reserve the right to require a signature guarantee, or another acceptable form of signature verification, in other instances based on the circumstances of a particular situation.

A signature guarantee assures that a signature is genuine and protects shareholders from unauthorized account transfers. Banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, broker-dealers and member firms of a national securities exchange may guarantee signatures. Call your financial intermediary to determine if it has this capability. A notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantor. Proceeds from a written redemption request will be sent to you by check unless another form of payment is requested.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge

If you redeem Class A or Class C shares that are subject to a CDSC, you may be assessed a CDSC upon redemption. When you redeem Class A or Class C shares subject to a CDSC, your Fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, and then redeem the shares you have owned for the longest period of time, unless you ask the Fund to redeem your shares in

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An Important Note About Telephone Transactions

Although Nuveen Investor Services has certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers, it will not be liable for losses resulting from following telephone instructions it reasonably believes to be genuine. Also, you should verify your trade confirmations immediately upon receipt.

a different order. No CDSC is imposed on shares you buy through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The CDSC holding period is calculated on a monthly basis and begins on the first day of the month in which the purchase was made. When you redeem shares subject to a CDSC, the CDSC is calculated on the lower of your purchase price or redemption proceeds, deducted from your redemption proceeds, and paid to the Distributor. The CDSC may be waived under certain special circumstances as described in the statement of additional information.

Accounts with Low Balances

A Fund reserves the right to liquidate or assess a low balance fee on any account held directly with the Fund that has a balance that has fallen below the account balance minimum of $1,000 for any reason, including market fluctuations.

If a Fund elects to exercise the right to assess a low balance fee, then annually the Fund will assess a $15 low balance account fee on certain accounts with balances under the account balance minimum that are IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts or accounts established pursuant to the UTMA or UGMA. At the same time, other accounts with balances under the account balance minimum will be liquidated, with proceeds being mailed to the address of record. Prior to the assessment of any low balance fee or liquidation of low balance accounts, affected shareholders will receive a communication notifying them of the pending action, thereby providing time for shareholders to bring their accounts up to the account balance minimum prior to any fee assessment or account liquidation. You will not be assessed a CDSC if your account is liquidated.

To help you understand the tax implications of investing in the Funds, this section includes important details about how the Funds make distributions to shareholders. We discuss some other Fund policies as well. Please consult the statement of additional information and your tax advisor for more information about taxes.

The Funds intend to pay income dividends and any taxable gains annually.

Payment and Reinvestment Options

The Funds automatically reinvest your dividends in additional Fund shares unless you request otherwise. You may request to have your dividends paid to you by check, sent via electronic funds transfer through Automated Clearing House network or reinvested in shares of another Nuveen Mutual Fund. For further information, contact your financial advisor or call Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787. If you request that your distributions be paid by check but those distributions cannot be delivered because of an incorrect mailing address, or if a distribution check remains uncashed for six months, the undelivered or uncashed distributions and all future distributions will be reinvested in Fund shares at the current net asset value.

Non-U.S. Income Tax Considerations

Investment income that the Funds receive from their non-U.S. investments may be subject to non-U.S. income taxes, which generally will reduce Fund distributions. However, the United States has entered into tax treaties with many non-U.S. countries that may entitle you to certain tax benefits.

Taxes and Tax Reporting

Each Fund intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code. A regulated investment company is generally not subject to tax at the corporate level on income and gains from investments that are distributed to shareholders. In order to qualify as a regulated investment company, each Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from qualifying income as provided in the Internal Revenue Code and meet other requirements with respect to asset diversification and distribution of income. If a Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company in any taxable year, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to corporate-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders, and all distributions to shareholders from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital gains, would generally be taxable to shareholders as dividend income.

Taxable income and realized gains arising from the types of commodity-linked derivative instruments in which the Subsidiaries will invest would not constitute qualifying income were it earned directly by the Funds. Consequently, each Fund’s investment in its Subsidiary is intended to provide exposure to commodities while allowing the Fund to satisfy the requirements applicable to regulated investment companies under current

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law. The Internal Revenue Service has previously issued private letter rulings to mutual funds to the effect that income deemed to be received from their wholly-owned subsidiaries was qualifying income without regard to whether it is paid to the parent mutual fund in the form of a cash dividend. In 2011, the Internal Revenue Service suspended the issuance of such rulings while it considers the release of published guidance on the issue, but it is unclear when or if such guidance will be forthcoming. The Funds have not received a private letter ruling. In the absence of a private letter ruling or published guidance, the Funds will rely upon an opinion of counsel to the effect that, consistent with Section 851(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, income received from a controlled foreign corporation by the Funds will be considered qualifying income if it is distributed from the controlled foreign corporation in the year earned, and the Subsidiaries will be operated consistent with this statutory provision.

Because the Subsidiaries are controlled foreign corporations, it is anticipated that for federal income tax purposes, income and capital gain earned by the Subsidiaries and distributed to the Funds and their shareholders will be considered a distribution of net investment income generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Moreover, net losses earned by the Subsidiaries may not be netted with income or gain earned within the Funds and may not be carried forward for use in future years. This means that if a Fund or its Subsidiary generates gains in the current fiscal year after the Subsidiary generated losses in a previous year, the Fund would not be able to reduce the amount of gains passed through to shareholders by the amount of such losses. Among other things, this may cause the Funds to pay taxable distributions during a multi-year period when they had experienced no total return or even negative total return over such period.

The Funds will make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income (which may be taxable at different rates, depending on the sources of the distributions) or capital gains (which may be taxable at different rates, depending on the length of time a Fund holds its assets). Distributions from a Fund’s long-term capital gains are generally taxable as capital gains, while distributions from short-term capital gains and net investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income. Certain ordinary income distributions received from a Fund that are determined to be qualified dividend income may be taxed at tax rates equal to those applicable to long-term capital gains. However, it is unlikely that dividends from the Funds will qualify to any significant extent for designation as qualified dividend income. The tax you pay on a given capital gains distribution depends generally on how long the Fund has held the portfolio securities it sold and not on how long you have owned your Fund shares. Distributions generally do not qualify for a dividends received deduction if you are a corporate shareholder.

Early in each year, you will receive a statement detailing the amount and nature of all distributions that you were paid during the prior year. If you hold your investment at the firm where you purchased your Fund shares, you will receive the statement from that firm. If you hold your shares directly with the Fund, the Distributor will send you the statement. The tax status of your distributions is the same whether you reinvest them or elect to receive them in cash. The sale of shares in your account may produce a gain or loss, and is a taxable event. For tax purposes, an exchange of shares between funds is generally the same as a sale.

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certain certifications to your Fund, you fail to certify whether you are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien, or the Internal Revenue Service notifies the Fund to withhold, federal law requires your Fund to withhold federal income tax from your distributions and redemption proceeds at the applicable withholding rate.

Buying or Selling Shares Close to a Record Date

Buying Fund shares shortly before the record date for a taxable dividend or capital gain distribution is commonly known as “buying the dividend.” The entire distribution may be taxable to you even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of your purchase price.

Non-U.S. Tax Credits

A regulated investment company with more than 50% of the value of its assets in stock or other securities of non-U.S. corporations at the close of a taxable year may, for such taxable year, elect to pass the regulated investment company’s non-U.S. tax credits through to its investors.

Cost Basis Method

For shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012, you may elect a cost basis method to apply to all existing and future accounts you may establish. The cost basis method you select will determine the order in which shares are redeemed and how your cost basis information is calculated and subsequently reported to you and to the Internal Revenue Service. Please consult your tax advisor to determine which cost basis method best suits your specific situation. If you hold your account directly with a Fund, please contact Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787 for instructions on how to make your election. If you hold your account with a financial intermediary, please contact that financial intermediary for instructions on how to make your election. If you hold your account directly with a Fund and do not elect a cost basis method, your account will default to the average cost basis method. The average cost basis method calculates cost basis by determining the average price paid for Fund shares that may have been purchased at different times for different prices. Financial intermediaries choose their own default cost basis method.

Distribution and Service Plan

The Distributor serves as the selling agent and distributor of the Funds’ shares. In this capacity, the Distributor manages the offering of the Funds’ shares and is responsible for all sales and promotional activities. In order to reimburse the Distributor for its costs in connection with these activities, including compensation paid to financial intermediaries, each Fund has adopted a distribution and service plan under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See “How You Can Buy and Sell Shares—What Share Classes We Offer” for a description of the distribution and service fees paid under this plan.

Under the plan, the Distributor receives a distribution fee for Class C shares primarily for providing compensation to financial intermediaries, including the Distributor, in connection with the distribution of shares. The Distributor receives a service fee for Class A and Class C shares to compensate financial intermediaries, including the Distributor, for providing ongoing account services to shareholders. These services may include establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts, answering shareholder inquiries and providing other personal services to shareholders. Fees paid under the plan

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also compensate the Distributor for other expenses, including printing and distributing prospectuses to persons other than shareholders, and preparing, printing, and distributing advertising materials, sales literature and reports to shareholders used in connection with the sale of shares. Because fees paid under the plan are paid out of a Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. Long-term holders of Class C shares may pay more in distribution and service fees and CDSCs than the economic equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charge permitted under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Conduct Rules.

Other Payments by the Funds

In addition to the distribution and service fees the Funds pay under the plan and fees the Funds pay to their transfer agent, the Distributor or Nuveen Fund Advisors, on behalf of the Funds, may enter into non-plan agreements with financial intermediaries pursuant to which the Funds will pay financial intermediaries for administrative, networking, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and shareholder services. These non-plan payments are generally based on either (1) a percentage of the average daily net assets of Fund shareholders serviced by a financial intermediary or (2) a fixed dollar amount for each account serviced by a financial intermediary. The aggregate amount of these payments may be substantial and may vary significantly among intermediaries.

Other Payments by the Distributor and Nuveen Fund Advisors

In addition to the sales commissions and payments from distribution and service fees made to financial intermediaries as previously described, the Distributor and Nuveen Fund Advisors may from time to time make additional payments, out of their own resources, to certain financial intermediaries that sell shares of Nuveen Mutual Funds in order to promote the sales and retention of Fund shares by those firms and their customers. The amounts of these payments vary by financial intermediary and, with respect to a given firm, are typically calculated by reference to the amount of the firm’s recent gross sales of Nuveen Mutual Fund shares and/or total assets of Nuveen Mutual Funds held by the firm’s customers. The level of payments that the Distributor and/or Nuveen Fund Advisors is willing to provide to a particular financial intermediary may be affected by, among other factors, the firm’s total assets held in and recent net investments into Nuveen Mutual Funds, the firm’s level of participation in Nuveen Mutual Fund sales and marketing programs, the firm’s compensation program for its registered representatives who sell Nuveen Mutual Fund shares and provide services to Nuveen Mutual Fund shareholders, and the asset class of the Nuveen Mutual Funds for which these payments are provided. The statement of additional information contains additional information about these payments, including the names of the firms to which payments are made. The Distributor may also make payments to financial intermediaries in connection with sales meetings, due diligence meetings, prospecting seminars and other meetings at which the Distributor promotes its products and services.

In connection with the availability of Nuveen Mutual Funds within selected mutual fund no-transaction fee institutional platforms and fee-based wrap programs at certain financial intermediaries, the Distributor and Nuveen Fund Advisors also make payments out of their own assets to those firms as compensation for certain recordkeeping, shareholder communications and other account administration services provided to Nuveen Mutual Fund shareholders who own their Fund shares through these platforms or

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programs. These payments are in addition to the service fee and any applicable sub-transfer agency or similar fees paid to these firms with respect to these services by the Nuveen Mutual Funds out of Fund assets.

The amounts of payments to a financial intermediary could be significant, and may create an incentive for the intermediary or its representatives to recommend or offer shares of the Funds to you. The intermediary may elevate the prominence or profile of the Funds within the intermediary’s organization by, for example, placing the Funds on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or granting the Distributor and/or its affiliates preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the Funds in various ways within the intermediary’s organization.

The price you pay for your shares or the amount you receive upon redemption of your shares is based on your Fund’s net asset value per share, which is determined as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) on each day the NYSE is open for business. Each Fund’s latest net asset value per share is available on the Funds’ website at www.nuveen.com. Net asset value is calculated for each class of each Fund by taking the value of the class’s total assets, including interest or dividends accrued but not yet collected, less all liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding. The result, rounded to the nearest cent, is the net asset value per share.

In determining net asset value, portfolio instruments generally are valued using prices provided by independent pricing services or obtained from other sources, such as broker-dealer quotations. Exchange-traded instruments generally are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on an exchange, if available. Independent pricing services typically value non-exchange-traded instruments utilizing a range of market-based inputs and assumptions, including readily available market quotations obtained from broker-dealers making markets in such instruments, cash flows, and transactions for comparable instruments. In pricing certain instruments, the pricing services may consider information about an instrument’s issuer or market activity provided by the Funds’ investment adviser or sub-advisers. Non-U.S. securities and currency are valued in U.S. dollars based on non-U.S. currency exchange rate quotations supplied by an independent quotation service.

For non-U.S. traded securities whose principal local markets close before the close of the NYSE, a Fund may adjust the local closing price based upon such factors as developments in non-U.S. markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets and the performance of instruments trading in U.S. markets that represent non-U.S. securities. A Fund may rely on an independent fair valuation service in making any such fair value determinations. If a Fund holds portfolio instruments that are primarily listed on non-U.S. exchanges, the value of such instruments may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or redeem the Fund’s shares.

If a price cannot be obtained from a pricing service or other pre-approved source, or if, in the judgment of Nuveen Fund Advisors, a price is unreliable, a portfolio instrument will be valued at its fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees or its appointee. Nuveen Fund Advisors may determine that a price is unreliable in various circumstances. For example, a price may be deemed unreliable if it has not changed for an identified period

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of time, or has changed from the previous day’s price by more than a threshold amount, and recent transactions and/or broker dealer price quotations differ materially from the price in question.

The Board of Trustees has adopted valuation procedures for the Funds and has appointed the day-to-day responsibility for fair value determinations to Nuveen Fund Advisors’ Valuation Committee. All fair value determinations made by the Valuation Committee are subject to review and ratification by the Board of Trustees. As a general principle, the fair value of a portfolio instrument is the amount that an owner might reasonably expect to receive upon the instrument’s current sale. A range of factors and analysis may be considered when determining fair value, including relevant market data, interest rates, credit considerations and/or issuer specific news. However, fair valuation involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a portfolio instrument may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that instrument.

The Funds are intended for long-term investment and should not be used for excessive trading. Excessive trading in the Funds’ shares can disrupt portfolio management, lead to higher operating costs, and cause other operating inefficiencies for the Funds. However, the Funds are also mindful that shareholders may have valid reasons for periodically purchasing and redeeming Fund shares.

Accordingly, the Funds have adopted a Frequent Trading Policy that seeks to balance the Funds’ need to prevent excessive trading in Fund shares while offering investors the flexibility in managing their financial affairs to make periodic purchases and redemptions of Fund shares.

The Funds’ Frequent Trading Policy generally limits an investor to two “round trip” trades in a 60-day period. A “round trip” is the purchase and subsequent redemption of Fund shares, including by exchange. Each side of a round trip may be comprised of either a single transaction or a series of closely-spaced transactions.

The Funds primarily receive share purchase and redemption orders through third-party financial intermediaries, some of whom rely on the use of omnibus accounts. An omnibus account typically includes multiple investors and provides the Funds only with a net purchase or redemption amount on any given day where multiple purchases, redemptions and exchanges of shares occur in the account. The identity of individual purchasers, redeemers and exchangers whose orders are aggregated in omnibus accounts, and the size of their orders, will generally not be known by the Funds. Despite the Funds’ efforts to detect and prevent frequent trading, the Funds may be unable to identify frequent trading because the netting effect in omnibus accounts often makes it more difficult to identify frequent traders. The Distributor has entered into agreements with financial intermediaries that maintain omnibus accounts with the Funds’ transfer agent. Under the terms of these agreements, the financial intermediaries undertake to cooperate with the Distributor in monitoring purchase, exchange and redemption orders by their customers in order to detect and prevent frequent trading in the Funds through such accounts. Pursuant to these agreements, financial intermediaries may disclose to a Fund an investor’s taxpayer identification number and a record of the investor’s transactions at the request of the Fund. Technical limitations in operational systems at such intermediaries or

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at the Distributor may also limit the Funds’ ability to detect and prevent frequent trading. In addition, the Funds may permit certain financial intermediaries, including broker-dealer and retirement plan administrators, among others, to enforce their own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading. Such policies may differ from the Funds’ Frequent Trading Policy and may be approved for use in instances where the Funds reasonably believe that the intermediary’s policies and procedures effectively discourage inappropriate trading activity. Shareholders holding their accounts with such intermediaries may wish to contact the intermediary for information regarding its frequent trading policy. Although the Funds do not knowingly permit frequent trading, they cannot guarantee that they will be able to identify and restrict all frequent trading activity.

The Funds reserve the right in their sole discretion to waive unintentional or minor violations (including transactions below certain dollar thresholds) if they determine that doing so would not harm the interests of Fund shareholders. In addition, certain categories of redemptions may be excluded from the application of the Frequent Trading Policy, as described in more detail in the statement of additional information. These include, among others, redemptions pursuant to systematic withdrawal plans, redemptions in connection with the total disability or death of the investor, involuntary redemptions by operation of law, redemptions in payment of account or plan fees, and certain redemptions by retirement plans, including redemptions in connection with qualifying loans or hardship withdrawals, termination of plan participation, return of excess contributions, and required minimum distributions. The Funds may also modify or suspend the Frequent Trading Policy without notice during periods of market stress or other unusual circumstances.

The Funds reserve the right to impose restrictions on purchases or exchanges that are more restrictive than those stated above if they determine, in their sole discretion, that a transaction or a series of transactions involves market timing or excessive trading that may be detrimental to Fund shareholders. The Funds also reserve the right to reject any purchase order, including exchange purchases, for any reason. For example, a Fund may refuse purchase orders if the Fund would be unable to invest the proceeds from the purchase order in accordance with the Fund’s investment policies and/or objective, or if the Fund would be adversely affected by the size of the transaction, the frequency of trading in the account or various other factors. For more information about the Funds’ Frequent Trading Policy and its enforcement, see “Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares—Frequent Trading Policy” in the statement of additional information.

The custodian of the assets of the Funds is State Street Bank and Trust Company (“ State Street ”), 2 Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. The custodian also provides certain accounting services to the Funds. The Funds’ transfer, shareholder services and dividend paying agent, Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“ BFDS ”), 2000 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169, performs bookkeeping, data processing and administrative services for the maintenance of shareholder accounts. State Street and BFDS maintain certain books and records of the Funds at their respective locations.

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Section 4     General Information