NZF - Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund
Printed from CEF Radar (cefradar.com). Source: public filings at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Last checked: Nov 2, 2026, 12:35 a.m. New York time.
A closed-end fund run by Nuveen. Invests in tax-free municipal bonds. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Yes - one large investor is pushing for changes at this fund.
- Bank of America Corp. owns 19.9% and has said it may push for changes. Since Dec 13, 2024.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Bank of America Corp. has told the regulator it may push for changes at this fund. That usually means asking the fund to buy back shares at close to the full value of its holdings, to change who runs it, or to close down and pay holders out.
Nothing is required of you now. If the fund itself announces a buy-back or a vote, it appears in the box above with the date by which you would need to act.
Large investors can also sell down and walk away. We show every notice they file, the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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Oct 2, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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June 30, 2026
The fund proposed taking in NPV; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Sept 24, 2026.
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June 30, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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June 30, 2026
The fund proposed taking in NMS, NPV; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Sept 24, 2026. Latest document June 30, 2026.
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June 26, 2026
The fund proposed taking in NMS, NPV; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Sept 24, 2026.
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June 18, 2026
The fund proposed taking in NPV; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Sept 24, 2026.
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June 18, 2026
The fund proposed taking in NMS, NPV; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Holders vote on Sept 24, 2026. Latest document June 18, 2026.
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May 13, 2026
The fund proposed taking in NMS, NPV; holders of that fund would become holders of this one. Latest document Oct 29, 2026.
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May 1, 2026
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on June 2, 2026.
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Feb 25, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Feb 25, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Oct 31, 2025
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on Dec 1, 2025.
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April 28, 2025
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on May 28, 2025.
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Dec 13, 2024
Bank of America Corp. now owns 19.9%. It has said it may push for changes.
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Oct 28, 2024
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on Nov 27, 2024.
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About this fund
- Run by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC. Part of the Nuveen fund family. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $2.42 billion of holdings, as of July 31, 2026. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 41% on top of its own money, as of July 31, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. About 78% of that is money the fund has borrowed by selling preferred shares. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 0.6% a year in management fees; 3.6% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025.
As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Among the 76 funds we follow that invest in tax-free municipal bonds, 34 charge a lower management fee and 57 charge less in total, at their last yearly reports. Both numbers are measured against the fund's own money, not the money it borrows on top, so a fund that borrows more shows higher costs on both counts. - Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025) the fund paid $0.95 a share. $0.61 of that was income; $0.34 was your own money back, not income. Most funds announce their monthly or quarterly payout on their own website, not in a filing with the regulator, so a cut or a raise there does not show up here until the next yearly report. A few funds do file a notice about a fixed payout; those appear under What happened, and when. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Oct 31, 2025): $12.86. The shares traded at $12.63, about 1.8% below that. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: down 0.5% over the last three months we have (May-July 2026), before the share price is taken into account. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2001.
How this has changed
- Payouts per share: $0.95 in the fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025; $0.78 in the year ended Oct 31, 2024; $0.53 in the year ended Oct 31, 2023.As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Of that, your own money back rather than income: $0.34 in the year ended Oct 31, 2025; $0.16 in the year ended Oct 31, 2024; none in the year ended Oct 31, 2023.As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Costs, including interest on borrowed money: 3.61% a year in the fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025; 3.88% a year in the year ended Oct 31, 2024; 3.87% a year in the year ended Oct 31, 2023.As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Size of the holdings: about $2.49 billion at Oct 31, 2025; $2.62 billion at Oct 31, 2024; $2.32 billion at Oct 31, 2023. From the fund's quarterly holdings reports. Original documents: Oct 31, 2025 →, Oct 31, 2024 →, Oct 31, 2023 →.
- Borrowing: about 41% on top of its own money at Oct 31, 2025; 40% at Oct 31, 2024; 43% at Oct 31, 2023. From the fund's quarterly holdings reports. Original documents: Oct 31, 2025 →, Oct 31, 2024 →, Oct 31, 2023 →.
- The fund had about 194 million shares at Oct 31, 2025, about the same as at Oct 31, 2023.As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
What these lines mean: a payout that is your own money back, what a fund costs, borrowing.
What a holder made
- The year ended Oct 31, 2025: the shares returned +7.6%, counting payouts; the holdings +2.5%. The holdings figure is what the fund's investments earned, before the share price is taken into account. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended Oct 31, 2024: the shares returned +33.8%, counting payouts; the holdings +19.5%. As of Oct 31, 2024, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended Oct 31, 2023: the shares returned -2.4%, counting payouts; the holdings +1.6%. As of Oct 31, 2023, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended Oct 31, 2022: the shares returned -31.8%, counting payouts; the holdings -24.2%. As of Oct 31, 2022, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The year ended Oct 31, 2021: the shares returned +19.1%, counting payouts; the holdings +11.5%. As of Oct 31, 2021, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Those five years together: the shares returned +14.1%. $10,000 of shares bought at the start (Nov 1, 2020) would have become about $11,400 by Oct 31, 2025, with every payout counted, before tax. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- The holdings over the last twelve months we have, to July 31, 2026: +9.6%. The quarterly reports carry no share price, so this is the holdings alone. As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Of the 46 funds that invest in tax-free municipal bonds with a fiscal year ending within six months of this one, 15 reported a higher share return for that year and 30 a lower one. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- A past year says nothing about the next one. All figures are the fund's own, from its reports to the regulator.
Why the shares and the holdings can differ: the gap between price and value. Why payouts count: a payout that is your own money back.
What the fund holds
All tax-free municipal bonds (100%). All of it issued in the U.S.
0.8% of holdings are in default.
- New York Transportation Development Corporation, New York, Special Facilities Bonds, LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Redevelopment Project - 6%
- Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Restructured 2018A-1 - 4.1%
- Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transporation Corporation, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC Segments 3C Project, Se - 3.7%
- New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 3 World Trade Center Project, Class 1 - 3.4%
- Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin, Toll Revenue Bonds, Georgia SR 400 Express Lanes Project, Senior Lien - 2.9%
- San Francisco Airports Commission, California, Revenue Bonds, San Francisco International Airport, Second - 2.5%
- Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project - 1.6%
- Denver City and County, Colorado, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien - 1.5%
- California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center - 1.4%
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District, Virginia, General Resolution Revenue Bonds, First Tier - 1.4%
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- Ward County Health Care, North Dakota, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Obligated Group - 1.4%
- Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project Refunding - 1.3%
- California Municipal Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Community Health System - 1.3%
- Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, CommonSpirit Health, Series 2019A-2 - 1.3%
- South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Novant Health Group - 1.3%
- Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project - 1.2%
- Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, New York, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, MTA Bridges & Tunnels, TBTA Capital Lockbox-City Sales Tax - 1.2%
- New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Fiscal 2021 - 1.1%
- Houston, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue Bonds, Convention and Entertainment Project - 1.1%
- Chicago, Illinois, General Airport Revenue Bonds, O'Hare International Airport, Senior Lien - 1.1%
- Southeast Alabama Gas Supply District, Alabama, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds, Project 2, Refunding - 1.1%
As of July 31, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
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| Dec 13, 2024 | Bank of America Corp. | 19.9% | Updated notice |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
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| Oct 2, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| June 30, 2026 | Plan to take in NPV | Sept 24, 2026 | Original document → |
| June 30, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| June 30, 2026 | Plan to take in NMS, NPV | Sept 24, 2026 | Original document → |
| June 26, 2026 | Plan to take in NMS, NPV | Sept 24, 2026 | Original document → |
| June 18, 2026 | Plan to take in NPV | Sept 24, 2026 | Original document → |
| June 18, 2026 | Plan to take in NMS, NPV | Sept 24, 2026 | Original document → |
| May 13, 2026 | Plan to take in NMS, NPV | none | Original document → |
| May 1, 2026 | Repaying borrowed money | June 2, 2026 | Original document → |
| Feb 25, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Feb 25, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Repaying borrowed money | Dec 1, 2025 | Original document → |
| April 28, 2025 | Repaying borrowed money | May 28, 2025 | Original document → |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Repaying borrowed money | Nov 27, 2024 | Original document → |
- Run by
- Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC
- Fund family
- Nuveen Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-10345
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 659
- Preferred share classes
- 2
See this fund's page at the SEC →
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