NCPB
Nuveen Core Plus Bond ETF
NuShares ETF Trust
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.31%
Net assets2
$56.94M
Holdings2
476
Category
Allocation
2025 return3
7.46%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Nov. 25, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek total return, primarily through current income.

Strategy. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ( ETF ) that seeks to pursue its investment objective by investing under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in income producing fixed income securities. The Funds portfolio is divided into two segments. The first segment, which makes up at least 65% of the Funds assets, is invested primarily in a broad range of investment-grade bonds and fixed-income securities, including, but not limited to, corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and agency securities and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The securities within the Funds first segment are mainly high-quality instruments rated in the top four credit categories by a … The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ( ETF ) that seeks to pursue its investment objective by investing under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in income producing fixed income securities. The Funds portfolio is divided into two segments. The first segment, which makes up at least 65% of the Funds assets, is invested primarily in a broad range of investment-grade bonds and fixed-income securities, including, but not limited to, corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and agency securities and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The securities within the Funds first segment are mainly high-quality instruments rated in the top four credit categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization ( NRSRO ) or deemed to be of the same quality by the Funds sub-adviser using its own credit analysis. The second segment, which will not exceed 35% of the Funds assets, is invested in securities rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as high yield or junk bonds) or the unrated equivalent. These securities generally are rated in the fifth or lower rating categories (rated BB/Ba or lower). These securities generally offer a higher yield than investment grade securities, but involve a high degree of risk. Non-investment-grade securities are speculative in nature. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities of all types, including any duration, with the expected duration of the Fund being between 5 and 7 years. The Funds investments in mortgage-backed securities can include pass-through securities sold by private, governmental and government-related organizations and collateralized mortgage obligations ( CMOs ). Mortgage pass-through securities are created when mortgages are pooled together and interests in the pool are sold to investors. The cash flow from the underlying mortgages is passed through to investors in periodic principal and interest payments. CMOs are obligations that are fully collateralized directly or indirectly by a pool of mortgages from which payments of principal and interest are dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on the CMO. The Fund may use an investment strategy called mortgage rolls (also referred to as dollar rolls), in which the Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts with a counterparty to repurchase similar (same type, coupon and maturity) but not identical securities on a specified future date. The Fund loses the right to receive principal and interest paid on the securities sold. However, the Fund would benefit to the extent of any price received for the securities sold and the lower forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the drop) plus the interest earned on the short-term investment awaiting the settlement date of the forward purchase. If such benefits exceed the income and gain or loss due to mortgage repayments that would have been realized on the securities sold as part of the mortgage roll, the use of this technique will enhance the investment performance of the Fund compared with what such performance would have been without the use of mortgage rolls. Realizing benefits from the use of mortgage rolls depends upon the ability of the sub-adviser to predict correctly mortgage prepayments and interest rates. The Fund can make foreign investments, including investments in emerging market countries and non-dollar-denominated instruments, but the Fund does not expect such investments to exceed 25% of its assets under most circumstances. Emerging market countries include any country other than Canada, the United States and the countries comprising the MSCI EAFE Index (currently, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). The Fund may also engage in relative value trading, a strategy in which the Fund reallocates assets across different sectors and maturities. Relative value trading is designed to enhance the Funds returns but increases the Funds portfolio turnover rate. In addition, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in derivative instruments and cash. The Fund may use credit default swaps and futures contracts, in connection with its principal investment strategies, in certain market conditions, to hedge against default risk and manage duration risk, respectively.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
US TREASURY N/B $2.59M 4.54%
US TREASURY N/B $2.40M 4.21%
US TREASURY N/B $1.10M 1.94%
Fannie Mae Pool $1.05M 1.84%
FN MA5353 $703.06K 1.23%
FNMASECY FHLMC $700.85K 1.23%
FR SD8231 $660.46K 1.16%
JPMORGAN CHASE $652.90K 1.15%
FNMA 30YR 4.5% 06/01/2052#MA4684 $621.75K 1.09%
BANK OF AMER CRP $608.37K 1.07%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
44
Exited
37
Increased
25
Decreased
69
Unchanged
338

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of July 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC Adviser
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of November 25, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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